Seattle-based investment group Alliance of Angels is gearing up to raise a new fund that will help support a new batch of startups across the Pacific Northwest. The fund will… Read More
Gary Ritner was investing in startups before many of today’s entrepreneurs were even born. Back in 1985, Ritner launched Seattle’s first venture group, Puget Sound Venture Club. Its members were… Read More
Tom Alberg, a Seattle business and civic leader who played an instrumental role in the creation of industries ranging from e-commerce to wireless communications, died peacefully at his home on… Read More
Nanodropper, a medical device startup founded by University of Washington and Seattle University grads, announced a $1.4 million seed round this week. The company makes an FDA-approved adapter for eye… Read More
It was the mid 1990s, and Tom Alberg had a decision to make. Jeff Bezos had arrived in Seattle and was looking for investors for his nascent virtual bookstore. Alberg,… Read More
In the 1980s, when Laura Ruderman was a teen in New York City walking to the gym after high school, she would pass a homeless man at the 86th Street… Read More
Joylux, a Seattle startup that aims to improve women’s sexual health with a wellness device, has raised an additional $7 million. Joylux plans to use the money to bolster its… Read More
Seattle startup TransformativeMed has a major beef with how health record systems work — or rather, don’t work for doctors. When the systems were designed, “the most expensive commodity in… Read More
Technology promises to do great things for humanity, but many of its benefits are funneled toward a narrow, predominantly white, predominantly male segment of the population. But it doesn’t have… Read More
Two decades ago, Bill Gates Sr., Tom Alberg and Tom Cable jointly sent a letter to friends and colleagues with an important ask. The trio of prominent Seattle business leaders… Read More
Crelate, a startup with offices in Bothell, Wash. and Bethesda, Md., has closed a $1.2 million investment round led by the Alliance of Angels. The startup, which makes software for… Read More
Cloud computing is one of the fastest growing sectors in tech, and Seattle is an integral part of this revolution with local cloud superstars like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft’s… Read More
Helping people to quit smoking can result in a huge benefit for employers. Not only are users healthier and more productive when they stop smoking, but employers can also save… Read More
In 1995, Bill Gates Sr. asked Susannah Malarkey to lead an effort to study the health and vibrancy of the technology industry in Washington state, forming the basis of what… Read More
After successfully raising $416,994 through an Indiegogo campaign last summer, Seattle home security startup Korner is back in the money. This time, the 2-year-old startup — led by former Amazon… Read More
The Alliance of Angels, one of the longest running angel investment groups in the Pacific Northwest, has raised a new $5.3 million seed fund that it will use to bankroll… Read More
The Alliance of Angels has led an $850,000 investment in Ravenna Solutions, a Seattle area startup that is developing tools to help K-12 independent and private schools more effectively oversee… Read More
The Alliance of Angels — a 15-year-old Seattle angel investment organization that boasts more than 60 members — is spinning off from its longtime non-profit parent organization, the Technology Alliance.… Read More
Over the past three days, GeekWire Chief Business Officer Rebecca Lovell and I both have moderated panels about the state of angel financing in Seattle. The discussions have been lively,… Read More
What’s it like inside the mind of an angel? I got to peer into that mysterious — yet all important world — as the moderator of TiE Seattle’s angel investment… Read More
Hanging around startups can be a risky proposition. Sooner or later, you catch the fever. Greg Huey, who served as managing director of the Alliance of Angels for the past… Read More
Over the past seven years, The Alliance of Angels has picked one startup company that represents the promise of the region’s burgeoning tech community. Today, that honor went to LiquidPlanner,… Read More