Why we invested in Knock -General Partners: J. Corey Schmid and Tom Gonser At Seven Peaks Ventures, we like to invest in breakout ideas and teams that have a common set of characteristics. Knock is one of those companies. We are excited to be working with...

By Dave Parker, Venture Partner Seven Peaks is excited to announce we led a round of funding for Metricstory, a Seattle-based technology company that is applying machine learning to how companies manage their Google Analytics Data. Google Analytics is a...

by Tony Abena, Operating Partner Seven Peaks Ventures is really excited to announce our investment in ZapInfo, a Minnesota-based startup that transforms the way companies source and hire talent.  While we would not normally invest in a company outside of our Pacific...

By Dave Parker It's time for Seattle to Play Bigger! As a startup community, we've had a chip on our shoulder for years. We're not the valley. VCs would say we need better founders, founders would say we need better (and more) VCs. Both were right....

Bringing AI Solutions to Enterprise Customers Comes Down to Three C's. By Tony Abena and Matt Abrams, Seven Peaks Ventures We have had a number of conversations recently with founders, CEOs and product leaders who seem to be running into brick walls when...

Head. Heart. Vision. “The only way to break through our blind spots is by gathering and talking.” -Ross Baird, Village Capital, Bonfire 2017 The definition of a blind spot is something we often can’t see in ourselves, but all too frequently find easy to...

Dave Parker's '6 Month Startup' Roadmap Introducing the 6 Month Startup Program and 6MonthStartup.com. A roadmap to go from Ideation to Revenue in six months. Eventbrite tickets for the Seattle event series here. Join the Meetup for notifications here....

Last week at @sxsw 2018 in Austin, I had an opportunity to explore the concept of ‘Smart Contracts’ with a great panel of experts. The session was well attended, and generated lots of great questions. This is a review of what we discussed in case you...

I wanted to take a moment to expand on an article that came out recently on CNBC that characterizes Bend, Oregon as an up-and-coming Silicon Valley tech commuting hub. While I think the article was accurate in sharing the stories of some tech executives in...