A new company will make its nest in Seattle’s “Hawk Tower” in the new year. Seattle-based business and technology firm Slalom Consulting is moving its headquarters into the glass skyscraper at 255… Read More
Rory Rawlings was able to see around a corner when he launched tax compliance software giant Avalara. Now the Seattle-area entrepreneur thinks he’s at the outset of another big trend.… Read More
Avalara, a publicly-traded Seattle tax software company founded in 2004, is going private again in a $8.4 billion deal with Vista Equity Partners. Vista, a global investment firm based in… Read More
— Susanna Morgan is stepping down as CFO of Remitly. Morgan joined the Seattle-based digital remittance company in 2018, following finance exec roles at Apptio, Concur, and Vertafore. Remitly announced Morgan’s… Read More
Tax software giant Avalara made yet another acquisition, announcing Monday that it bought property tax compliance software developer CrowdReason Limited Liability Company. Avalara will use the deal to boost offerings… Read More
— Microsoft Azure General Manager and COO Aseem Datar is joining Madrona Venture Group as a partner. The Seattle investment firm also announced that Chris Picardo has been promoted to… Read More
Seattle-based Avalara is getting a large cash infusion as its business continues to benefit from the e-commerce boom and increasing regulatory obligations. Avalara said last week that it added $959.9… Read More
— After 14 years at Microsoft, Dev Stahlkopf is joining Cisco in August as executive vice president and chief legal officer. She has served as Microsoft’s general counsel and corporate… Read More
Seattle-based tax automation company Avalara announced Tuesday that it has acquired assets from DAVO Technologies, a company that helps small businesses automate daily sales tax requirements. DAVO, headquartered in Westbrook,… Read More
Avalara cruised past expectations for its fourth quarter earnings, reporting $144.8 million in revenue, up 35% year-over-year, and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.09. Wall Street expected revenue of $133… Read More
Tax automation software provider Avalara is buying another company. This time it’s INPOSIA Solutions, a Germany-based company that helps more than 700 customers manage and meet compliance requirements for digital… Read More
Avalara beat analyst expectations for its third fiscal quarter and said it acquired the assets of Business Licenses. The Seattle tax automation company reported $127.9 million in revenue, up 30%… Read More
Seattle sales tax automation company Avalara paid approximately $377 million in cash to acquire Transaction Tax Resources (TTR), a McMinnville, Ore.-based provider of various tax-related products and services. Founded in… Read More
Avalara beat analyst expectations for its second quarter earnings report, posting $116.5 million in revenue, up 28% year-over-year, and a non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.04. June was the company’s… Read More
— Zillow Group co-founder and former CEO Spencer Rascoff joined the board of Palantir Technologies, a big data company backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. The notoriously secretive Silicon Valley… Read More
Shares of Avalara were down nearly 3 percent in after-hours trading following the company’s first quarter earnings report. Avalara grew revenue by 31% to $111 million, with a net loss… Read More
Companies that offer digital services or sell goods online are seeing a huge surge in demand from customers under widespread shutdown orders, while other businesses are being pummeled by the… Read More
— Location data companies Foursquare and Factual are merging. The combined company will be led by Placed founder David Shim under the Foursquare brand. Shim was named CEO of Foursquare… Read More
Shares of Avalara were down nearly 3 percent in after-hours trading following the company’s fourth quarter earnings report. Avalara grew revenue by 40 percent to $107 million, with a net… Read More
— Cary Baker, currently chief financial officer at RealNetworks, will leave the company in February to join Seattle-based RFID maker Impinj as CFO. Baker was previously CFO at HEAT Software… Read More
Microsoft and Amazon are the centerpieces of Seattle’s booming tech scene, and 2019 was a big year for both of them. Microsoft eclipsed a market capitalization of $1 trillion and… Read More
At first glance, the GeekWire 200 might not seem that different today than it did a year ago. But a closer look shows some of the region’s most valuable companies… Read More
Shares of Avalara were up more than 5 percent in after-hours trading after the Seattle-based tax automation company beat estimates for its third quarter earnings report. Avalara posted $98.6 million… Read More
Liz Armbruester clearly remembers her moment of reckoning. She was dropping off the oldest of her two sons for his first day of high school. Her kids, it suddenly felt,… Read More
Shares in Avalara are on the rise as the sales tax automation company posted rapid revenue growth and narrowing losses, beating Wall Street expectations. Revenue: Avalara brought in $91.3 million… Read More
Avalara is looking to raise more cash from the public market. The Seattle sales tax automation software company filed paperwork with the SEC on Tuesday that revealed its proposal to… Read More
Shares of Avalara were up as much as 10 percent in after-hours trading Tuesday after the Seattle-based sales tax automation company beat estimates for its first quarter earnings. Avalara posted… Read More
Like a Reese’s Cup, this GeekWire Awards category offers an appetizing combination — not chocolate and peanut butter, but the nominees for Deal of the Year saw sizable exits by… Read More
Seattle-based tax compliance company Avalara added a trio of new executives to its leadership team, the company announced today. Avalara hired Amit Mathradas as president and chief operating officer, Sanjay… Read More
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus sold 4.7 million shares of Seattle-based sales tax automation company Avalara this week, according to a new SEC filing. The filing shows that Warburg Pincus… Read More