Karan Mehandru
Karan Mehandru is a managing director at Madrona, which he joined in 2022 to open its Palo Alto office, investing across stages in SaaS, data infrastructure, security, cloud and intelligent applications. He previously led venture investing at Steadfast Capital, was a general partner at Trinity Ventures for a decade, and worked at Scale Venture Partners. His past investments include Zapier, Klaviyo, Auth0, Cohesity and Outreach.
Karan Mehandru joins Madrona in 2022 as Palo Alto–based investor focusing on SaaS, data infra, security and cloud
Karan Mehandru joined Madrona in 2022, is based in its Palo Alto office, and invests across stages in SaaS, data infrastructure, security, cloud, and intelligent applications while supporting founders and writing on leadership and VC topics.
Madrona Adds Jeff Mills as Partner to Lead Silicon Valley Expansion; Nex Hires Former Walmart Execs; Amperity CEO Steps Down
Seattle venture firm Madrona hired Jeff Mills as partner to expand its Silicon Valley presence, while Nex appointed two former Walmart tech leaders, and Amperity's CEO Barry Padgett stepped down. Other Pacific Northwest tech industry moves include leadership changes at Zendesk and Cohesity.
Madrona Leads Series Seed in Codified to Deliver AI-Powered Policy-Driven Data Governance
Madrona led a Series Seed investment in Codified, an AI-powered, policy-driven data governance platform founded by Yatharth Gupta, aiming to provide seamless, secure, least-privilege access to data amid rising privacy and security concerns.
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See all 14Madrona Leads Investment in Vinci’s $250M Series B to Build a Foundation Model for Physics
Madrona is investing in Vinci’s $250M Series B because Vinci is building a ‘foundation model for physics’ to speed and lower the cost of hardware design by enabling faster, continuous simulation, validation, and optimization across physical domains.
Madrona joins $40M Series A in Jack & Jill as paired AI agents book 25,000 interviews and 380,000 candidate conversations
Madrona invested in Jack & Jill’s $40M Series A because the startup uses paired AI agents—Jack for candidates and Jill for employers—to match talent and hiring teams without traditional applications, having driven 25,000 interviews and 380,000 candidate conversations. The approach automates tedious tasks while preserving human agency, arranging about 5,000 interviews monthly for companies like Ramp and Attio.
Madrona and Altimeter co-lead $38M seed in Mohit Aron’s SciFin to unify fragmented GTM tools
Madrona and Altimeter co-led a $38 million seed round in SciFin, founded by Mohit Aron, to build a unified layer that consolidates fragmented GTM/revenue tooling and surfaces a single source of truth for sales and forecasting.
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Madrona Managing Director · current
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Trinity Ventures current
