Case Study: Madrona Venture Group fills niche data-scientist role in 6 weeks and cuts hiring costs with SeekOut Spot (SeekOut)

Faster, Cost-Effective Hiring: How Madrona Ventures Used SeekOut Spot’s Agentic AI to Fill a Unique Role

Madrona, an early-stage Seattle venture capital firm, needed to hire a rare data scientist with full-stack expertise and VC experience on a tight, holiday-overlapping timeline. With a small referral network for this niche role, Madrona turned to SeekOut and its SeekOut Spot agentic AI recruiting solution instead of a traditional search firm.

SeekOut used Spot’s human‑supervised AI agents and a recruiter‑built rubric to source, score, and engage thousands of passive candidates, delivering a stream of relevant prospects within a week and securing a hire in six weeks. The SeekOut Spot approach uncovered high‑caliber candidates who weren’t actively looking, simplified the hiring process for Madrona, and cut hiring costs by over 50%.

Madrona

Ted Kummert

Venture Partner