Seattle Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Seattle.
Andrew Wright
Investor
Worked at @apple, @microsoft • Investor @leanplum, @pinnatta • Studied at @queen-s-university
Ryan Snodgrass
Investor
Engineer @amazon & Kindle • CS @carnegie-mellon-university • Investor @slidepay, @lovely, @anyperk, @drync, @true-co, @Change.org, YC S13 Fund (@fundersclub)
Dave Parker
Investor
VP Product at UP Global, Tech Entrepreneur, Board Member, former EIR. Sales & Marketing tech background
http://www.dkparker.com/blog
Matt Cholerton
Spends his time advising startups and matching talented folks with companies that need (and reward) them.
http://www.everyonehateshr.com
Bradford Stephens
Founder and CEO of @drawn-to-scale, a distributed database company. Deep enterprise tech and open source love. Did SQL Server @microsoft, OSCON @o-reilly-media.
http://www,roadtofailure.com
Ray Ozzie
Investor
Entrepreneur
http://ozzie.net
Kushal Chakrabarti
Founder, @vittana (Khosla, Google-backed). Advisor, @experiment, @benetech. Former @amazon, @university-of-california-berkeley. 2x Ironman, 2x TED speaker.
http://www.obviouslywrong.org
Adi Bittan
CEO OwnerListens: Before You Yelp, Let The Owner Help
Mentor @sgblank's Lean Launchpad Class & @upwest-labs
Worked @clarium, @google & @idf
Stanford MBA
Adam MacBeth
Mobile, device, cloud software. Founded @mergelab. Worked at @jawbone, Symform, PortalPlayer (NVIDIA), Open Interface (Qualcomm).
Judy Loehr
Worked @salesforce and @deloitte-consulting. Now works by referral only helping B2B SaaS companies with their go-to-market strategy and marketing.
Michael Schutzler
Investor
ceo at wtia, livemocha. built real games biz into global company. rebuilt consumer products at monster.
http://ceosherpa.com/blog
David Cohen
Investor
Founder/CEO of @techstars. Investor in Amazing Startups. Geeky to the bone.
http://www.davidgcohen.com
http://www.davidgcohen.com/
Dave Schappell
Investor
Amazon Web Services Startup BD. Former founder and CEO, @teachstreet. Early Amazonian. Amateur poker superstah. 1/2 of a Wharton MBA.
http://blog.nosnivelling.com
Matt Shobe
Investor
Serial entrepreneur (@feedburner sold to @google, @spyonit sold to 724 Solutions). My head is full of zero-billion dollar business ideas.
Brian Ma
Investor
CoFounder at @decide.com (acquired by Ebay) - shopping with no regrets. Previously: @zillow, @microsoft, UW. My Blog: www.zealoustiger.com
https://www.zealoustiger.com
David Malcolm
Investor
Founding Managing Director of Microsoft Accelerator powered by TechStars; Former TechStars and long time Microsoft prior to that; Advisor
David McLauchlan
Investor
CEO of @buddy - before that: over a decade at Microsoft, a stint at PricewaterhouseCoopers and formerly a professional pianist in Australia. Yes, really.
Luis Salazar
Investor
Founder @ Jobaline Investor & Executive Advisor to Fortune 500, emerging and midsize technology companies.
http://www.NakedCMO.com
John Sechrest
Investor
Expanding the Startup Ecosystem. Lean Startup Seattle , Seattle Angel Conf, Global Facilitator for Startup Weekend, Past Oregon Angel Fund participant
Spencer Rascoff
Investor
CEO of Zillow; father of three; husband of one; real estate junkie
Nick Macey
Investor
Chief Product Officer @rosetta-stone
Mitchell Hymowitz
CFO
Andrew Carton
Investor
Founder @mobile-nations, notifyer • Worked at @hapilabs • Investor @rockhealth, @anyperk
Ashley Raiteri
Investor
Technical Advisor on Scalability, Data Science, Product and Funding
Robert J Taylor
Technical customer service practitioner. Former web application developer helping the next generation succeed.
Debra Griffith
Team member of @balance Financial.
Michael Taus
Investor
VP Marketing @abodo. Founder + advisor @crowdstreet @cinephiled @founderspad @aquo @rent.com. Aspiring polymath. Ciderist. Hiker. Skier. Diver. Husband + dad.
Allistair James
I build strategic partnerships and consumer facing technology companies.
Hal Bringman
Investor
Board member, Public Knowledge, media strategist, founder of digital media consultancy, NVPR, in Seattle, LA & Buenos Aires: marcom, biz dev, creative services
Faisal Masud
Vice President
Groupon, Inc
John Scrofano
Founder, CEO @onewed-formerly-nearlyweds, Inc. / OneWed.com. Previously helped build 3Gupload to $10mm in sales in 3 years.
Darren G. Austin
Investor
VP of Products at @glympse • Founder @seattlerentals-com, @playfield • Pioneered mobile initiatives at @amazon.com, @realnetworks and @expedia.
Bernd Petak
Consultant. Investment Professional. Advisor. Mentor.
Opportunities Evaluated, Innovation Managed, Problems Solved, Ideas Developed Into Businesses.
Mark Relph
Investor
Biz Dev @ AWS | ex-MSFT | C100 | Growlab | Advisor @ LX Ventures | Startup Advisor | Technology Evangelist | Corporate Venturing.
Dan Kihanya
Advisor & Entrepreneur. Career focused on marketing & consumer experience on web and mobile. I've done just about all you can do in & around start-ups.
Sam Onat Yilmaz
Investor
Managing Partner @dapps-fund-i
Board Member @mastercoin-foundation
ED @bitangels
Triple Major('10) & MS Engineering ('12) @johns-hopkins-university
Piers Heaton-Armstrong
Investor
Director at @amazon, advisor to @soniqplay
http://www.pocketvintages.com
Ian Westberg
Founder of @dla-piper-s-venture-pipeline-group. Have been helping start-ups raise capital for 10+ years.
Virl Hill
Investor
Decades of experience building media businesses and strategic partnerships at Disney, @realnetworks, @rhapsody, Blade Games World and RollingStone.com.
Engle Saez
Investor
CEO/CMO/COO/GM = growth @ Starbucks, Eddie Bauer, Blue Nile, Timberland, Sperry Top-Sider. Now helping startups sharpen the message, get traction, build growth.
Mark L. Chang
Product guy @google, advisor @startup-institute. Formerly @edx, @franklin-w-olin-college-of-engineering.
Steven Begeda
Investor
Director, System Sales at Zetron, Inc (subsidiary of JVC KENWOOD). Investor in @buddy.
Amber Osborne
CMO @meshfire-1, Co-Founder @head-of-lettuce-media, @foursquare Day Founding Team Member, @sxsw speaker.
http://missdestructo.com
Alejandro (Alex) Buschel
Investor
Seasoned IT and InfoSec pro. Worked on Cloud Services at Microsoft. Started company in 2012. Built Enterprise Security products for workflow and remediation.
Jonathan Reichhold
Investor
Engineer. Worked to make the fail whale extinct at Twitter. Launched rockets and airplanes
Leon-Gerard Vandenberg
Investor
Founder @tda-tech • Worked at @idealab, @airwave-wireless • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @carleton-university
Ken Tola
CTO of @ip-ghoster Startup focused on providing next generation communication security which will replace VPN.
Patrick Murck
General Counsel @bitcoin-foundation
John Patrick Kelly
Investor
VP, Technical Strategy at @neustar, a public company. Past: Senior roles at Symantec and Veritas in R&D, BD, PM, patent strategy, more. Philosophy professor.
Dan Gerrity
Investor
Entrepreneur, board member, investor, advisor. Former CEO Coinstar, Founder/CEO Naverus (now GE Aviation), VP Intellectual Ventures, VP Concur Technologies.
Matt Kowalczyk
Investor
Former CEO of Leviathan Security Technologies. CEO/Co-Founder of 6 additional startups. Former mgr of TabletPC team at @microsoft. Mobile guy from CMU.
Andrew Saunders
Integrated Marketing & Content Solutions Executive at CAA (@creative-artists-agency). Featured in Wired, Fast Company and Banff Media Festival.
http://www.andrewsaunders.com
Rahul Shendure
Investor
CEO & Co-Founder @oscilla-power • Investor @bioiq, @fledge-1 • Worked at @general-electric, @amyris-biotechnologies, @ballard-power-systems • @massachusetts-institute-of-technology ChemE, @harvard-business-school
Matt Wallaert
@microsoft on @bing, previously founder at @churnless, Lead Scientist at @thrive-acquired-by-lendingtree, behavioral psychologist (focused on behavior change and decision making)
John Rae-Grant
CEO of Glooey, Founder Zazengo, CTO/Founder of NRG Group (IPO), General Manager Microsoft Developer Network, Lead PM Microsoft Visual C++
http://theartofwork.com/blog
Steven Wagner
CEO of @dealer-ignition and Dealy, Strong sales and Marketing, Product Development and Architecture. Work @ford-motor-company, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz.
http://saasceo.me
Carlos Guestrin
Amazon Professor of Machine Learning @university-of-washington. Leader of GraphLab project providing Machine Learning for Big Data. Was Assoc. Prof. @carnegie-mellon-university, worked @intel.
Tara Gowland
Founder @startup-recroot, startup growth investor • Studied at @university-of-toronto
Stephan Fitch
Investor
Founder Juke • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @new-york-university Founder Thinking Pictures. Patent holder (Digital Content and Wearable Video). Digital Rights Mngt, AI and Human Interface
Ben Grossman-Kahn
Preschool Educator. @stanford-university Grad Sch of Education. Education Manager, Zeum (San Francisco Children Museum)
Brock Holzer
Entrepreneur
Brian Johnson
Founder of a Financial Planning & Wealth Management Practice and Co-founder of @trubalance
Mike Fingado
Founder @mowdo • Worked at @tred • B.S. & M.S. Economics & Sport Management at @FSU • Former D1 Athlete at Florida State
Gisli Olafsson
Emergency Response Director - @nethope by day. Advisor to startups, VCs, investors, companies, and governments around the world at other times.
http://blog.disasterexpert.org
Nadia Yun
Brand Marketing @google. 8+ years CPG Intl @starbucks. Founding Team, Growth Hacker @Tatcha Beauty. Founder @airbrush-genie @Geminievents & @bittybcosmetics.
Justin Schram
Investor
Faculty @university-of-washington
Clinical Adviser @heapsylon-sensoria-wearables
Interest in mHealth for chronic disease
Studied @Penn Med, @oxford-university, @university-of-michigan
Joe Wallin
Investor
Startup attorney in Seattle. I blog at startuplawblog.com and joewallin.com. Ideator of the Washington State equity crowdfunding law.
http://www.startuplawblog.com
Tom Ryan
Investor
Multiple time CEO/COO/VP of Sales and Services. Active Angel investor. Worked at Accenture and Cambridge Technology Partners before becoming a start-up junkie.
Andru Edwards
Founder of @gear-live (profitable startup since day one,) speaker, advisor, strategist.
http://www.gearlive.com
Kaveh Goudarzian
Product leader, extensive experience in blank-canvas opps, mobile & UX. Design thinker, user obsessed, lots of informed small bets, avid prototyper.
http://oyjo.tumblr.com
Julia Fryett
Creative consultant with expertise in marketing, digital media, art, film.
Studied at @duke-university & London Film School.
Jason Goldlist
VP Strategy @aplaceformom (@warburgpincus portfolio company). Previously @olympics 2010 @mckinsey @INSEAD MBA. Advisor to great leaders & companies.
Drew A. Spencer
Currently looking/investing (VP/CTO); Worked at Microsoft, CTO/VP Engineering at Caldera (IPO), Novell.
John Kim
Worked at @realnetworks, @witcom-wireless-isp • Studied at @university-of-california-irvine, @california-state-university-fullerton
Joe Dahleen
SVP @ PCM, Former EVP & MD at Elevation Home Loans. Advisory Boards Zillow, Follr, Progress in Lending, Easy Mortgage Apps.
Seattle, WA · http://follr.me/joe
Meredith J. Powell
Creator, Connector & Sometime CEO. Co-Founder of The Next Big Thing Foundation. Passionate activist & speaker for women in tech & entrepreneurship.
http://www.ucantbuycool.com
Renee Butler
Business Consultant, Financial Analyst, CFO, Strategy Consultant, @exeter MBA, Over 12 Years Experience in Financial Management and Business Planning
http://lscocpa.com
Michael J. Laine
President, @liftport-group – The Elevator to Space Companies. Globally (in)famous for developing the Space Elevator from science fiction to a real-world program.
http://www.liftport.com/get-lf8d/
Dan Eyman
Adviser and Service Provider Looking for My Next Role
Franci Penov
Advisor @drone-vc • Engineer @facebook • Worked @amazon , @microsoft • Professional geek
Tolis Dimopoulos
Founder @sophos-law • Studied at @purdue-university, @university-of-richmond
Dolin Pereira
Experienced Global Business Project Manager w/ passion & skills to drive on-time and on-budget delivery in launching new products, organizations or businesses.
Scott James
Entrepreneur, instructor, and advisor in the world of social entrepreneurship. More at www.scottjames.me. CEO @trash-backwards.
http://www.scottjames.me
andrea flamini
UX Consultant - Founder @decoravi-com, @flamini-associates • VP of Product Design @pictureiq - Worked @microsoft, @adobe-systems @landor-associates
Andrew Mui
Startup Technologist, Tech Advocate and Tech Mentor for SoftLayer's Catalyst Startup Program.
Mike Whitaker
Founder @idefi
Rob Elam
Energy, tech and sustainability entrepreneur & executive. CEO Propel Fuels.
http://www.robelam.com
Srivatsan Sivanandan
Tech evangelist, Social venture catalyst, Founding team of stealth startup, Venture capital junkie, e-commerce executive, Foodie
http://srivatsansivanandan.wordpress.com/
Adam Shevell
Technology & IP Attorney @wilson-sonsini-goodrich-rosati • Startups • Licensing • Big Data • Privacy • SaaS • Cloud • Open Source