Why We Invested: Vena Vitals

Why We Invested: Vena Vitals

Combining medical materials and data to build a better mousetrap for hospitals

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

August 24, 2023

Why We Invested: Metrist

Why We Invested: Metrist

App monitoring for the cloud computing era

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

November 3, 2022

Acquisition Dance
acquisitionsM&A

Acquisition Dance

How to position your company to be bought, not sold

Michael Marquez

Michael Marquez

June 1, 2022

Healthy chickens
agtechautomationFLOX

Why We Invested: Flox

Using AI to help farmers raise healthy chickens

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

June 1, 2022

Trends We’re Tracking

Trends We’re Tracking

Morado Ventures partners Mike Marquez and Ash Patel discuss industry trends in technology and what that means for future investments

Russ Rizzo

Russ Rizzo

January 18, 2022

Founder Interview: Curbing Substance Use with AI
Lucid Lane

Founder Interview: Curbing Substance Use with AI

Lucid Lane founder Adnan Asar discusses his quest to leverage data to improve pain, substance use and mental health

Russ Rizzo

Russ Rizzo

November 3, 2021

Getting to Product-Market Fit

Getting to Product-Market Fit

Where's the pain? Thoughts to consider for first-time B2B founders

Henry Sohn

Henry Sohn

September 1, 2021

Why We Invested: Tensorfield Agriculture

Why We Invested: Tensorfield Agriculture

Precision thermal weeding robots save farmers money while sparing the environment from herbicides

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

August 26, 2021

Why We Invested: Fortunately

Why We Invested: Fortunately

A robo-advisor for the masses

Michael Marquez

Michael Marquez

August 12, 2021

Founder Interview: The Accidental Entrepreneur

Founder Interview: The Accidental Entrepreneur

Scribe co-founder and CEO Jennifer Smith on ‘problem first’ founding, the pros of ‘painfully lean,’ and how to pick a VC

Russ Rizzo

Russ Rizzo

July 28, 2021

Robots as a service

Part 2: Rise of the Automated Machines

Shift to RaaS brings new opportunities—and demands—for robotics makers

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

July 8, 2021

Part 1: Rise of the Autonomous Machines
automationRaaS

Part 1: Rise of the Autonomous Machines

How we got here

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

July 7, 2021

Introduction: Rise of the Autonomous Machines
automationRaaS

Introduction: Rise of the Autonomous Machines

An in-depth look into the future of automation

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

July 7, 2021

Why We Invested: Zenda

Why We Invested: Zenda

Trio of industry and startup veterans harness AI to streamline healthcare spending

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

June 17, 2021

Why We Invested: DataFleets
DataFleets

Why We Invested: DataFleets

Powering AI, preserving privacy

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

February 18, 2021

Automated Ordering at the Drive-Thru

Founder Interview: Automated Ordering at the Drive-Thru

Apprente founder Itamar Arel discusses his leap from academia to entrepreneurship

Russ Rizzo

Russ Rizzo

February 11, 2021

Interview: The Future of Work

Interview: The Future of Work

Amitree founder and CEO Jonathan Aizen shares lessons from going all-in on remote work

Russ Rizzo

Russ Rizzo

November 16, 2020

Evolution of robots

Interview: Robots Tackle the ‘Three Ds’

ViaBot co-founder and CEO Gregg Ratanaphanyarat discusses RaaS

Russ Rizzo

Russ Rizzo

September 10, 2020

Why We Invested: Everest Labs

Why We Invested: Everest Labs

Robots as a service

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

June 19, 2020

Why We Invested: Praisidio

Why We Invested: Praisidio

Using AI to solve employee retention

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

June 19, 2020

Interview: The Art of Startups

Interview: The Art of Startups

Cheetah CEO Na’ama Moran discusses her journey

Russ Rizzo

Russ Rizzo

May 20, 2020

Founders Respond to Crisis

Founders Respond to Crisis

Our portfolio companies step up to support communities during the pandemic

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

April 30, 2020

Why We Invested: Lucid Lane

Why We Invested: Lucid Lane

Born of passion, healthtech startup aims to become the standard of care

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

April 2, 2020

Why We Invested: Ono Blends

Why We Invested: Ono Blends

Seasoned team with a passion for mobile dining

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

March 2, 2020

Roll-up TVs and Vegan Interiors

Roll-up TVs and Vegan Interiors

Our takeaways from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

February 11, 2020

Axioms

Zod’s Axioms (Part 1)

A legendary tech leader’s rules for managing people

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

January 1, 2020

Secrets of a CEO Coach

Interview: Secrets of a CEO Coach

Brian Grey shares advice for startup CEOs

Russ Rizzo

Russ Rizzo

November 1, 2019

Lonely at the top

It’s Lonely at the Top

Seek out mentors to avoid a chief pitfall of the job

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

October 1, 2019

Interview: Talking AI Robots
Interviews

Interview: Talking AI Robots

An interview with Canvas Technology founders

Russ Rizzo

Russ Rizzo

September 2, 2019

Prescription: Data

Prescription: Data

Using data to build effective healthcare systems

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

August 1, 2019

Founders Come First

Founders Come First

When founding a company, start with people

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

July 1, 2019

The Automated Farm

The Automated Farm

The future of data-driven agriculture

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

June 3, 2019

Our Investment Thesis

Our Investment Thesis

Data, used intelligently, presents an enormous opportunity

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

Ash Patel & Michael Marquez

May 1, 2019