Founded & Funded Podcast
1) From $1M to $10M ARR in 6 Months: How Fyxer is Winning AI Productivity
Fyxer.ai is an AI-powered assistant that helps users reclaim hours of their day by managing their inboxes, writing replies, and taking meeting notes. But Fyxer didn’t start with AI. It started with a ...Show More
2) Autonomous CRM: How Clarify Is Reinventing a $100B Category
Thompson and Austin Hay, co-founders of Clarify, the startup that’s pioneering the idea of autonomous CRM. Their vision? A CRM that actually does the work for sellers of driving outreach, managing pip...Show More
3) Bridging Strategy and Startups: Madrona Investor Rolanda Fu’s Story
In this Investor Spotlight episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona’s Coral Ducken sits down with Investor Rolanda Fu to explore her journey to VC — from playing violin at weddings to advising startups in...Show More
4) V0's Creator on What's Next for AI Dev Tools
In this episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona Partner Vivek Ramaswami sits down with Jared Palmer — designer, developer, and founder of Turborepo (acquired by Vercel), and former VP of AI at Vercel. Ja...Show More
5) Engineering in the AI Era: Qodo Founder on the AI-Powered SDLC
In this episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona Investor Rolanda Fu is joined by Dedy Kredo, the co-founder and chief product officer of QodoAI — formerly CodiumAI, a 2024 IA40 winner and one of the most...Show More
6) Breaking into Enterprise: How Anagram Landed Disney with Cold Outbound
In the latest episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona Partner Vivek Ramaswami sits down with Harley Sugarman, founder and CEO of Anagram, to unpack how one pivot, a flood of cold outreach, and relentless...Show More
7) Building Biotech in Seattle: Madrona Investor Spotlight with Joe Horsman
What happens when a scientist becomes a VC? We sat down with Madrona’s Joe Horsman to find out. In this episode, Joe shares his journey from late nights in the lab to helping biotech founders bring li...Show More
8) The End of Biz Apps? AI, Agility, and The Agent-Native Enterprise from Microsoft CVP Charles Lamanna
In this Founded & Funded episode, Madrona Managing Director Soma Somasegar sits down with Charles Lamanna, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, to unpack his journey from startup founder to corporat...Show More
9) Building AI That Sells: Scaling Smarter with Luminance CEO Eleanor Lightbody
Entrepreneurs often ask: When do I know it’s time to scale? Or, how do I lead when I wasn’t the original founder? In this week’s Founded & Funded, Madrona Partner Chris Picardo sits down with Eleanor ...Show More
10) Customer Obsession & Agentic AI Power Ravenna’s Reinvention of Internal Ops
Most startups bolt AI onto old products. @ravennahq reimagined the entire workflow. When we first met Kevin Coleman and Taylor Halliday, it was clear they weren’t just chasing the hype cycle. The...Show More