Apptio's Founders Return With Thira, Raising $21 Million From Madrona
Sunny Gupta and Kurt Shintaffer already sold iConclude to Opsware and Apptio to IBM for $4.6 billion before teaming again with Madrona.
- Thira builds an agentic system of execution to run enterprise IT support automatically.
- Ten lighthouse partners are already shaping the product months after its launch.
- Madrona partner Matt McIlwain calls it the biggest opportunity the two have pursued.
Why it matters: A venture firm backing the same founders again is betting on relationships, not the pitch.
Madrona (Matt McIlwain), "Why We Invested in Thira" ↗ · Jul 18, 20267/18/26 · ✓ Checked✓ Check