Enterprise Capital Alliance – the Tech Alliance's initiative to create a regional pipeline for global corporate investment in Washington state. Our mission is to catalyze the connection between Washington's thriving entrepreneurial community and the venture investment, innovation, and strategic arms of Fortune 1000 companies. We achieve this through a range of resources, regional research, and networking events, including the highly successful Corporate Venture Connections Series program.

Our goal is to foster investments, collaborations, and best practices in enterprise capital that showcase the Pacific Northwest's robust technology capabilities.

By leveraging the reach of the Tech Alliance's board member companies, we're able to support founders across Washington State.

Mark Your Calendars!

The second annual Seattle Investor Summit+Showcase is on June 2-3rd, 2025. This premier event, hosted by the Technology Alliance, is for investors from all over the country to connect with startups, VCs, enterprise corporations, academics, researchers and stakeholders that make up Seattle’s electric entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Join us in Seattle, a hub of innovation, to connect with the brightest minds from startups, major enterprises, and research institutions.

Stay tuned for exciting updates on speakers, agenda, and registration details. Ticket sales begin in January, don’t miss your chance to grab early bird pricing!

The Pacific Northwest is home to cutting edge research institutions, VC’s, startups, and major enterprises who are all building and shaping the future. You’ll hear from startups and investors of all stages.

Save the date today and book your flights - we can’t wait to welcome you!

The Enterprise Capital Alliance benefits both enterprise investors and founders

Why attract enterprise capital to Washington?

Washington state has a thriving technology ecosystem that is home to some of the world's largest and most innovative technology companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Boeing. Washington ranks as the third-largest tech hub in the United States, after California and New York. This ecosystem has fostered a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, which has led to the creation of many successful startups in the state.

“The day of meetings with startups that the Technology Alliance organized for Meta was incredibly valuable for us. We met founders of startups in Seattle that we hadn't previously known about. The relationships that we formed through this program will likely result in new partnership and investment opportunities to help us advance our product development. We look forward to being involved in future initiatives with the TA and the Corporate Venture initiative.”

-Paresh Rajwat - VP & Head of Office (PNW), Meta and Tech Alliance Board Member

Our signature series:

Corporate Venture Connections Series

Corporate Venture Connections Series (CVCS) is a series of virtual events hosted by the ECA and designed to connect enterprise capital entities from across the US, to investment opportunities in the Washington state entrepreneurial ecosystem. The events feature a panel of enterprise capital investors who share their investment thesis with an audience of founders, service providers, VC investors and other stakeholders. The group, moderated by a leading founder or industry expert, then discusses the state of the industry and relevant investment news before entering breakout rooms for deeper discussion.

Entrepreneurs can then apply for a 1:1 meeting with the participating enterprise VCs. The ECA team vets the applications to match the enterprise capital investors with the Washington-based founders by screening for investment thesis fit, relevance, and traction.

Our next CVCS Event: AgTech

The Corporate Venture Connections Series continues November 25th, with a virtual session focused on AgTech and food systems! We’ll hear from investors at Simplot and FMC, who will share their insights on the ever-evolving landscape of AgTech investing.

Startup founders from WA state have the opportunity to apply for 1:1 meetings with these corporate investors! Just fill out this short form by November 26th, at 10pm PT to be considered.

Past CVCS Events

The ECA has the network to foster real change

These companies and organizations support the Enterprise Capital Alliance through participation on our Advisory Committee, in- kind support, and other contributions.

*Serving on ECA Advisory Committee

About the Technology Alliance

A Voice for Washington's Innovation Economy

The Technology Alliance is a statewide, non-profit organization of leaders from Washington’s technology-based businesses and research institutions united by our vision of a vibrant innovation economy that benefits all of our state's citizens. Through programs, events, data analysis, and policy activities, we advance excellence in education, research, and entrepreneurship to support the growth of our high-impact industries; the creation of high-wage jobs; and economic prosperity for our entire state.

Technology Alliance Board Companies and Organizations: