Hope Cochran
Managing Director @ Madrona
Seattle, United States
Hope Cochran is a seed investor at Madrona in Seattle focused on Finance and Software. Hope Cochran was the CFO of King Digital, the creators of Candy Crush. At King she not only led the company through an IPO and acquisition to Activision but became a rockstar Candy Crush player. Prior to that she was the CFO of Clearwire through its sale to Sprint in 2013 and was the founder of her own company, SkillsVillage which she went on tosell to PeopleSoft. In 2013 Fortune named her to the top 10 Most Powerful Women in Gaming and in 2018 Women’s Inc named her Most Influential Corporate Directors. She is a lifelong supporter of YoungLife, and has passion for the arts. She holds a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Music/Opera from Stanford University.Hope is currently a Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group. She is also on the boards of three public companies, Hasbro, MongoDB, and New Relic.
- Total investments:
- 16
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Hope Cochran invests in
Stages Hope Cochran invests in
Countries Hope Cochran invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Finance 3 (19%)
- Software 3 (19%)
- Financial Services 3 (19%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (19%)
- FinTech 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (25%)
- Series A 4 (25%)
- Series B 2 (13%)
- Series C 1 (6%)
- Funding Round 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Finpilot
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Finpilot's chatbot tool seeks to increase the efficiency of financial analysts. It uses artificial intelligence to explore publicly available corporate files and respond to research requests in natural language. | $4M / Seed / Feb 22, 2024 | |
Strike Graph
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Strike Graph simplifies security certifications, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR, so companies can focus on driving their business forward. Its innovative, easy-to-use platform adapts to a company’s specific needs and then integrates with common business systems and infrastructure to automatically collect evidence for auditorreview. Strike Graph empowers companies to create trust, pass audits, and close enterprise deals at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional methods. | $1.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 18, 2023 | |
Paro
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Paro is the alternative employment model for the future of finance work. Through technology, Paro matches businesses with the highest vetted freelance bookkeepers, accountants, financial analysts, and CFOs who provide remote, on-demand, hourly support when clients need it.The company aims to empower business professionals to work on their ownterms, from day one with Paro through retirement, providing professional expertise to young companies as well as Fortune 500 businesses. Paro vets the talent, accepting only 2% of those applying to its platform, to ensure every client receives access to deeply experienced professionals who are the best fit to solve their specific financial needs. In parallel, Paro harnesses AI to offer these finance experts the tools and insights they need to build their own businesses and enhance their professional success.Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $25M / Series C / Jun 14, 2023 | |
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Strike Graph
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Strike Graph simplifies security certifications, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR, so companies can focus on driving their business forward. Its innovative, easy-to-use platform adapts to a company’s specific needs and then integrates with common business systems and infrastructure to automatically collect evidence for auditorreview. Strike Graph empowers companies to create trust, pass audits, and close enterprise deals at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional methods. | $7M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 22, 2023 | |
Tesorio
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Tesorio is the cash flow performance platform, which Accounts Receivable, Treasury, and FP&A teams use to manage, predict, and collect cash. Its AI processes over $30 billion in transactions each year for companies ranging from 50 to 10,000 employees. Tesorio serves customers around the globe with AR automation and cash flow forecasting, acrossverticals including software, manufacturing, retail, finance, and pharmaceuticals.Customers include Box, Veeva Systems, WP Engine, Currency Cloud, Instructure and many other publicly traded and privately held companies that care about cash flow performance. | $17M / Series B / Jul 05, 2022 | |
Pendulum Intelligence
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Pendulum is an AI/ML-powered platform for companies and government organizations to detect and understand harmful narratives on social media platforms. | $5.9M / Seed / Jan 07, 2022 | |
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Strike Graph
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Strike Graph simplifies security certifications, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR, so companies can focus on driving their business forward. Its innovative, easy-to-use platform adapts to a company’s specific needs and then integrates with common business systems and infrastructure to automatically collect evidence for auditorreview. Strike Graph empowers companies to create trust, pass audits, and close enterprise deals at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional methods. | $8M / Series A / Sep 14, 2021 | |
Sila
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Sila is the leading money API for fintech. Using our developer-friendly sandbox, bank agency, and embedded compliance, our fintech and crypto customers have gone from MSA signing to live in production with compliant payments in as little as a few weeks. Our money API includes solutions for immediate funds availability risk-free to our customers,even in the most pervasive fraud environments. Our core strength is innovating on top of ACH, the backbone of the US payment system. Harness its power. Make everything else better. | $13M / Series A / Jul 26, 2021 | |
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Paro
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Paro is the alternative employment model for the future of finance work. Through technology, Paro matches businesses with the highest vetted freelance bookkeepers, accountants, financial analysts, and CFOs who provide remote, on-demand, hourly support when clients need it.The company aims to empower business professionals to work on their ownterms, from day one with Paro through retirement, providing professional expertise to young companies as well as Fortune 500 businesses. Paro vets the talent, accepting only 2% of those applying to its platform, to ensure every client receives access to deeply experienced professionals who are the best fit to solve their specific financial needs. In parallel, Paro harnesses AI to offer these finance experts the tools and insights they need to build their own businesses and enhance their professional success.Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $25M / Series B / Jul 20, 2021 | |
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Paro
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Paro is the alternative employment model for the future of finance work. Through technology, Paro matches businesses with the highest vetted freelance bookkeepers, accountants, financial analysts, and CFOs who provide remote, on-demand, hourly support when clients need it.The company aims to empower business professionals to work on their ownterms, from day one with Paro through retirement, providing professional expertise to young companies as well as Fortune 500 businesses. Paro vets the talent, accepting only 2% of those applying to its platform, to ensure every client receives access to deeply experienced professionals who are the best fit to solve their specific financial needs. In parallel, Paro harnesses AI to offer these finance experts the tools and insights they need to build their own businesses and enhance their professional success.Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $25M / Series B / Jul 20, 2021 | |
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Co-Investors
About Madrona
Madrona Venture Group is a Seattle-based venture capital firm. The firm prefers to invest in businesses that are involved in information technology, e-commerce, digital media, advertising, software, gaming, data, analytics, mobile, and infrastructure.
Madrona Contacts
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Chris Picardo
Senior Associate
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Hope Cochran
Managing Director
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John Torrey
Venture Partner
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Jon Turow
Partner
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Len Jordan
Managing Director
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FAQ
What does Hope Cochran invest in?
Hope Cochran invests primarily in Finance, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Hope Cochran last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Hope Cochran closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 16 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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