Scott Jacobson
Scott Jacobson is Managing Director at Madrona. He previously held senior roles at Accenture, Amazon.com, Knock, Inc., Peach Labs, Inc., and Crowd Cow, Inc.
Madrona Leads Buywander’s Series A to Turn $900B in U.S. Retail Returns into Discounted Deals for Value-Shopping Consumers
Madrona led Buywander’s Series A because the company repackages retail returns into discounted discoveries for value-focused shoppers, addressing a growing structural market driven by rising returns and affordability-driven consumer behavior.
Madrona Ventures Backs AI-Powered E-Commerce Startup Spangle Led by Ex-Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla
Spangle, a new AI-driven e-commerce startup led by former Bolt CEO and Amazon VP Maju Kuruvilla, has emerged from stealth with seed funding from Madrona and Streamlined Ventures. The company aims to revolutionize online shopping personalization by bridging hyper-targeted marketing and broad customer experiences.
Seattle Tech Week 2024 Draws ~75 Events, Organizers Thank JP Morgan, Ascend, Google Cloud and Sarah Studer
Seattle Tech Week 2024 featured about 75 events that brought together founders, investors, and startups, showcasing Seattle as a vibrant tech hub. Organizers thanked hosts, sponsors (including JP Morgan, Ascend, Google Cloud), community builder Sarah Studer, and noted the program expanded from last year with spillover weekend activities and large community turnout.
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CommerceIQ's Guru Hariharan on Pivoting When You're in the Wrong Market
In this episode of Founded and Funded, Managing Director Scott Jacobson is talking with CommerceIQ CEO Guru Hariharan. CommerceIQ is a retail e-commerce management platform that automates and unifies category analytics, retail media management, and sales and operations all under one roof. The company secured $115 million in funding in March and just made its first acquisition — e-fundamentals — to expand into digital shelf analytics. The acquisition actually brings the company around full circle in a sense. CommerceIQ was originally Boomerang Commerce, which was a dynamic pricing software for multi-brand retail companies to better compete with the likes of…
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Education
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA, General Management · 2001–2003
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Northwestern University BA, Applied Mathematics, Economics · 1994–1998
