Knock

Acquired
Knock is a Seattle software startup that provides tools for apartment property managers and is being acquired by RealPage.

Facts

HQ
Seattle
Sectors
Property management software, Real estate technology, SaaS
Status
Acquired
Stage
Being acquired
Total raised
$38.9M SEC Form D filings Total of this company's SEC Form D filings
Last round
$17M · Feb 2021 SEC Form D
News 5 Podcasts 3 Videos 4
Grace Gong Featured

Chris Picardo: Madrona Partner on Tech-Driven Life Science Innovation

Chris Picardo is a Partner at Madrona. Chris joined Madrona in 2017. As a partner on the investment team, Chris focuses on identifying, evaluating, and leading new investment opportunities and working closely with existing companies. Chris helps lead Madrona’s investments in companies innovating around the intersection of life and computer science through combining novel wet lab science with cutting-edge machine learning. He also helps lead investing activities in consumer technology and commerce, marketplaces, and Web3, focusing on how new technological innovations can create new consumer experiences and interactions with the digital world. Topics: - Evolution of the "Intersections of Innovation"…

64 min
Book Recommendations for Founders Featured

Investor Spotlight: Chris Picardo on Cross-Disciplinary Innovation and Finding Unique Founders

In this episode of Founded & Funded, host Coral Garnick Ducken interviews Madrona Partner Chris Picardo for the latest Investor Spotlight. With degrees in math and English, Chris shares his unique journey into venture capital. Chris highlights the importance of cross-disciplinary skills in understanding and communicating complex concepts and what he looks for in founders, emphasizing unique worldviews and innovative approaches, particularly in AI, biotech, and consumer verticals. This is a great episode for entrepreneurs interested in working with VCs. (00:00) Introduction to Madrona Partner Chris Picardo (00:46) Chris Picardo: From Math and English to Startups (01:26) Chris's Transition to…

16 min
What Fuels You Podcast Featured

Scott Jacobson - Madrona Venture Group - What Fuels You

Scott Jacobson is a Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group, where he has spent over 14 years helping early-stage technology entrepreneurs in the Pacific Northwest build and scale their companies. Scott is on the boards of companies like Rover, Flexe, and CommerceIQ, and focuses much of his energy on consumer businesses or business technologies that have a significant consumer component. Prior to joining Madrona, Scott worked at Amazon, where he did two tours of duty, leading product management for Amazon’s 3rd-party seller platform and working on the launch of the original Kindle.

49 min
What Fuels You Podcast Featured

Scott Jacobson

Scott Jacobson is a Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group, where he has spent over 14 years helping early-stage technology entrepreneurs in the Pacific Northwest build and scale their companies. Scott is on the boards of companies like Rover, Flexe, and CommerceIQ, and focuses much of his energy on consumer businesses or business technologies that have a significant consumer component. Prior to joining Madrona, Scott worked at Amazon, where he did two tours of duty, leading product management for Amazon’s 3rd-party seller platform and working on the launch of the original Kindle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

51 min
Cara Kuhlman / GeekWire

Aseem Datar leaves Microsoft to join Madrona Venture Group as partner; Madrona promotes Chris Picardo and hires Birkan Uzun; Jaime Teevan promoted to Microsoft CVP

Microsoft Azure GM and COO Aseem Datar is leaving Microsoft to join Madrona Venture Group as a partner later this month, while Madrona also promoted Chris Picardo to partner and hired Birkan Uzun as an investor; separately, Microsoft promoted Chief Scientist Jaime Teevan to corporate vice president. The article notes Datar’s 17+ years at Microsoft and prior roles, Picardo’s and Uzun’s backgrounds, and Teevan’s reaction to her promotion.

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