Court Lorenzini
Court Lorenzini currently serves on advisory boards at Adit Ventures, artius.iD, Circuit, and DroneSeed, and is an LP investor at Ascend.vc. He founded DocuSign, which went public, and FounderNexus, where he remains active. His expertise includes building and scaling companies and supporting venture-scale founders.
MeeBoss Says Its Conversation-First Hiring Platform Cuts Time-to-Fill and Time-to-First-Response by Up to 88% — Analysis of 2,000+ Users
MeeBoss said analysis of over 2,000 business users in H1 2026 shows its conversation-first hiring platform significantly improves time-to-fill and time-to-first-response versus industry benchmarks, with gains up to 88%. The company announced the findings in a Sept. 22, 2026 PRNewswire release from Seattle.
Court Lorenzini - Founding CEO of DocuSign and FounderNexus
Court Lorenzini is the founder and CEO of multiple successful technology startups including DocuSign, Point.com, Primus BioVision and MetaBrite Inc. His latest venture, FounderNexus, aims to triple the success rate of venture-backed startups, and his work with the Lorenzini Family Foundation is aggressively investing in building a stronger and more equitable society. Additionally, Mr. Lorenzini serves on the Boards of many early-stage companies across the US and UK as well as the United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation, and is an active investor and advisor. Over his career, Mr. Lorenzini has raised over $300M in venture and strategic funding from…
Co-founder Steps Down After 11 Years Leading Dolly, Now Part of Taskrabbit
After 11 years co-founding and leading Dolly, the author is stepping away from the company now part of Taskrabbit, expressing deep gratitude to teammates, investors, mentors, customers, and helpers. They reflect on the meaningful journey and look forward to Dolly's bright future while personally taking time to recharge and explore new directions.
#87 DocuSign Founder on Building $16B Company | Court Lorenzini
Guest: Court Lorenzini | Founder of DocuSign & FounderNexus Host: Nataraj | Senior PM at Azure, Creator of Startup Project & Angel Investor Subscribe to Startup Project Newsletter for valuable founder insights: https://startupproject.substack.com/ Join Nataraj in conversation with Court Lorenzini, co-founder of DocuSign and serial entrepreneur, as they delve into the world of startups. Court shares his incredible journey, from early engineering roles to leading DocuSign to its multi-billion dollar company. **Timestamps & Topics:** * **00:01:246 - 00:35:234:** Introduction and welcome to Court Lorenzini. * **00:40:246 - 01:16:782:** Court's background – Engineering career and early entrepreneurial ventures. * **01:50:102 -…
Pack Ventures launches Seattle syndicate to back UW-linked startups, pledges 10% of future profits to University of Washington
Pack Ventures, a new early-stage Seattle VC, will invest $100K–$200K checks in startups tied to the University of Washington and has already backed five companies including Jeeva Wireless, Talus.bio and Monod Bio; the firm will return 10% of individual future profits to UW. The syndicate includes more than 35 founding investors from the Seattle VC and entrepreneur community and will target AI, robotics, computational biology, enterprise software and other high-growth areas.
Doorstead guarantees rental income for small landlords, targets $2B in managed rentals by 2025 with Opendoor investor backing
Doorstead is a Bay Area startup offering guaranteed rental income to small single-family landlords by managing their properties until units are filled, aiming to manage $2 billion in rentals by 2025 and backed by investors including Opendoor's Eric Wu. It addresses that roughly half of individual landlords struggle to profit despite the U.S. rental market generating hundreds of billions in revenue.
Kirby Winfield, ex-founder and exec, raises $15M for Ascend.vc to back Pacific Northwest early-stage startups
Kirby Winfield, a longtime Seattle startup leader who experienced burnout after multiple exits, founded Ascend.vc to invest in early-stage Pacific Northwest tech companies and raised a $15 million first fund after recovering his health and shifting from founder roles to venture investing.
Graham & Walker (formerly Female Founders Alliance) raises $10M fund to back female-led startups
Seattle-based Female Founders Alliance rebranded as Graham & Walker and launched a $10 million venture fund to invest in female-led early-stage tech startups, led by founder and managing director Leslie Feinzaig. The fund raised capital from 105 backers (two-thirds women, 40% first-time fund investors) and has already made 11 investments with average checks of $25,000–$400,000.
Clearbrief Raises $3.5M Seed Round Led by Reign Ventures with Court Lorenzini, Jack Newton and Others
Clearbrief, a product that strengthens legal writing, has raised a total of $3.5 million in seed funding led by Reign Ventures and announced on August 30, 2021; new investors include Court Lorenzini, Jack Newton, Amy Weaver, Hadi Partovi and Lata Setty. The company previously attracted early backers such as Mark Britton, Bryan Garner and Bill Neukom.
Clearbrief raises $3.5M seed to scale AI that flags misrepresentations in litigation briefs
Clearbrief, a Seattle startup, raised a $3.5 million seed round led by Reign Ventures to expand its AI-powered tool that uses NLP to flag unsupported or misrepresented statements in litigation documents and surface underlying evidence. CEO Jacqueline Schafer says the software helps lawyers and judges quickly verify claims, improve strategy, and increase access to legal materials as courts move online and adopt new filing rules.
Madrona Venture Labs raises $8M and turns investors like Spencer Rascoff into co‑founders of spinouts
Madrona Venture Labs has raised $8 million for its fourth fund and introduced a model that makes investors — including Spencer Rascoff, Julie Larson-Green and Elena Donio — co-founders, board members, and advisors of its spinouts to attract talent and accelerate startup formation. Founded in 2014, the Seattle-based studio has spun out more than a dozen companies, including recent spinouts Zeitworks, Simplata, and Stratify.
Madrona Venture Labs Raises $8M Led by Madrona, Adds Former CEOs and Operators as Investors
Madrona Venture Labs (MVL), the incubation arm of Madrona Venture Group, has raised $8M with Madrona leading the round and brought on a roster of experienced operators and former CEOs as investors to help build spun-out companies. MVL will continue partnering closely with Madrona’s investment professionals on startups like Stratify and Strike Graph as it expands its incubation efforts.
Panda AI, spun out of AI2, raises $3.3M with AI2 as first investor from its new pre-seed fund
Panda AI, a stealth startup spun out of the Allen Institute for AI (AI2), raised $3.3 million in a round led by PSL Ventures with participation from AI2 and others; it is the first company to receive funding from AI2’s new pre-seed fund.
AstrumU raises $7.6M Series A to map college coursework and skills to job outcomes
AstrumU, a three-year-old Seattle-area startup, raised $7.6 million in a Series A led by Kingdom Capital to expand its platform that maps college courses, skills and extracurriculars to labor-market outcomes. The company sells insights to universities and employers to enable skills-based hiring and help institutions understand how educational experiences translate into jobs.
Imperative raises $3M led by Voyager Capital to expand virtual peer-coaching; Nikhil Singhal joins as CTO
Seattle startup Imperative raised $3 million led by Voyager Capital to accelerate its virtual peer-coaching platform that connects managers for structured one-on-one video coaching; the company has 120,000 users and 40 corporate clients and added former Microsoft/Expedia/AT&T engineer Nikhil Singhal as CTO.
DocuSign Founder Court Lorenzini’s MetaBrite Raises $8.6M to Turn CookBrite Receipt App into Consumer-Data Analytics Firm
Seattle startup MetaBrite, founded by DocuSign alum Court Lorenzini, raised $8.6 million to expand an app-originated business that pulls shopping-receipt data (originally from CookBrite) into consumer-purchasing analytics for CPG companies.
Organizations
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artius.iD Advisory Board Member 2025–present · current
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Circuit Advisory Board Member 2025–present · current
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SPARKDIT Advisory Board 2025–present · current
Education
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Duke University BSME, Mechanical Enginieering, Computer Science · 1983–1987
