Amazon’s Moonshot Chief Lands at Seattle Venture Firm Madrona

  • Babak Parviz ran team that led moves into health, other areas
  • He’s the second Amazon vet to join Madrona in four months
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Seattle’s largest venture capital firm has hired its second former Amazon.com Inc. executive in four months, deepening its ties with the e-commerce giant.

Babak Parviz, previously an Amazon vice president who led the company’s Grand Challenge moonshot incubator, has joined Madrona Venture Group as a venture partner, the investment firm said in a blog post.