Ratify, a Bellevue startup that’s developing technologies to allow corporations to view network data in one place, has landed $2 million in venture funding from Ignition Partners and Jafco Ventures, according to a SEC filing. The company is led by former Microsoft Vice President Kurt Kolb, who previously led the software giant’s worldwide OEM licensing, anti-piracy… Read More…
We’re continuing our build-up to GeekWire Startup Day — taking place Sept. 22 at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue— with videos from some of the notable presenters from past years. Today, we’re going back into the archive to 2010, featuring Apptio’s Sunny Gupta and his insights on what it takes to raise venture capital. Gupta is a pro… Read More…
Gas prices may be skyrocketing, but there’s nothing our family likes better than a good road trip. But where to go when the sun shines in Seattle, Santa Cruz or Salem? Eric Theriault has an answer to that question. The 33-year-old founder of MyScenicDrives.com wants to help road warriors find those classic drives, whether it’s the… Read More…
Apptio, fresh off a $50 million funding round, has hired former Real Networks CEO Bob Kimball as its new executive vice president of operations and corporate development, GeekWire has learned. It’s a high-profile hire, and another hint that Apptio CEO Sunny Gupta is prepping the company for a possible IPO. The Bellevue-based company hasn’t yet publicly… Read More…
Bruce Henry has worked for years in the technology industry, currently at Seattle’s Apptio, where he describes himself as a “process and organizational change ninja.” But he didn’t start out in the software industry. His degrees are in physics. It’s an unusual transition, but it was his ownership of a propeller beanie that truly sealed… Read More…
Washington state is once again climbing into the top echelon when it comes to venture capital investing, ranking fifth in the dollars invested and sixth in deals, according to a report out today from DowJones Venture Source. Twenty seven companies in the state attracted $164 million during the quarter, ranking behind New York, Texas, Massachusetts… Read More…
Apptio, moving further down the path toward a possible IPO, today announced a $50 million funding round led by T. Rowe Price — a significant injection of capital for the Seattle-area company and one of the largest venture capital financings in the Pacific Northwest in the past five years. The company, which offers on-demand software… Read More…
The world may be waiting on a Facebook IPO. And while there’s some chatter about whether the $5 billion public offering from the social networking giant will open the floodgates for tech offerings, The Wall Street Journal today notes that it might be a new breed that actually woos Wall Street: enterprise IT companies. That’s… Read More…
Bellevue-based Apptio is growing fast, so fast in fact that it can’t find enough software engineers in the Seattle area. So, the company — which helps CIOs better manage and analyze IT costs — is establishing a new beachhead in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina. The company leased the offices in May, but just… Read More…
Inrix CEO Bryan Mistele knows just how hard it is to raise venture capital. Before the company grew to more than 275 employees, the entrepreneur said that he pitched the concept to 70 venture capitalists. All of them said no. Mistele recalled that story today during one of the most informative panels at the WTIA’s… Read More…
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