Nautilus Biotechnology Brings Together Four Big Themes

Today Nautilus started trading as NAUT on the Nasdaq. This ‘new’ company is built on key innovation trends that Madrona has been investing in for the last fifteen plus years. We invested from Day One in Nautilus’ founders Sujal Patel and Parag Mallick, and their vision of bringing transparency to the proteome. We have continued to invest and I sit on the board of the now public company – we are in for the long run with these founders and this exciting mission driven company. 

This event capped off a set of days for me over the last week that illustrates the power of ambitious and inspired founders teamed with real technology innovations. These innovations are from our region, have built the technology bedrock here and are the core of lasting companies. Four Madrona companies we have partnered with from Day One reached major milestones in the past week. But, it is the reflection on four technology investment themes that inspired this post.

Those investment themes are:

1. Software “as a service” not just replacing downloadable software and changing how consumers and businesses pay for software, but also replacing personal and professional processes with digital ones.
2. Cloud computing turning “infrastructure” into services that are composable elements of the API-driven application ecosystem and power modern applications.
3. Applied machine learning and data management that enable “intelligent applications” that infer, predict, recommend or simply automate an action that people care about.
4. Leveraging all of the above trends to transform our understanding of life sciences and improve health outcomes at the “intersections of innovation” for all.

Please read more on our Madrona Blog Post.