Seattle venture capitalist Chris DeVore felt something special when he first connected with Auth0 co-founder Eugenio Pace. DeVore, an early-stage investor and managing partner with Founders’ Co-op, knew he wanted… Read More
Seattle venture capital firm Founders’ Co-op, an early backer of billion-dollar companies such as Remitly, Outreach, and Auth0, has raised a $50 million fund to help fuel another batch of… Read More
Before it served more than one million customers, before it helped process $6 billion in remittances last year, and before it raised a $135 million round on Tuesday, Remitly was… Read More
After nearly five years leading Techstars Seattle as managing director, Chris DeVore is stepping down on July 1. In an interview with GeekWire, DeVore said he’ll continue to stay involved… Read More
More investment dollars are flowing into the Pacific Northwest startup ecosystem thanks to a new fund from Founders’ Co-op. The Seattle-based early-stage venture capital firm just closed a $25 million… Read More
Early Microsoft engineers and Intelius co-founder Chandan Chauhan are behind a stealthy telehealth startup that just launched its customer-facing product, four years after the company was founded. Seattle-area startup Clocktree… Read More
A new Seattle startup is using blockchain technology to help companies in finance, healthcare, and other industries identify their users securely without the need for passwords. Trusted Key today announced… Read More
It can be difficult to find a job that matches your interests and qualifications, particularly just after graduating from college or university. Now a new startup, led by former Amazon… Read More
Hal Howard, Ami Heitner, and Srikanth Avadhanam spent years and years at companies like Microsoft and SAP, learning how and why customer relationship management (CRM) systems were so valuable to companies… Read More
From social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn to more-focused apps like Remind and SignupGenius, educators have access to a bevy of applications that can help improve communication with parents. But Bloomz thinks… Read More
Founders’ Co-op, a Seattle-based early-stage venture fund, has invested in Giftbit, a company that specializes in digital gift card campaigns for enterprise clients. Based in Victoria, BC, and co-founded by Leif Baradoy and… Read More
TrueFacet, a New York-based startup that hosts an online marketplace for luxury jewelry, today announced a $2.7 million funding round led by Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron. Freestyle Capital also… Read More
Transpose, a new Seattle startup that bills itself as a holistic information management platform, today announced a $1.5 million funding round. Seattle-based venture capital firm Founder’s Co-op led the round, which also… Read More
Skyward, a Portland company that’s building network infrastructure for commercial drone operators, today announced a $4.1 million round. GeekWire reported on the funding earlier this month; today the company confirmed an official amount… Read More
Adnan Mahmud knows that most people in the world aren’t experts at analyzing and visualizing large sets of data — particularly non-profits and government organizations. So, as an entrepreneur, he helped build… Read More
Over the past seven years, Founder’s Co-op has trumpeted the benefits of the Pacific Northwest entrepreneurial community more than most, touting the region’s talent, drive and moxie while also writing… Read More
Shippable founder Avi Cavale wasn’t looking for cash. But investors just kept calling, especially after they learned how quickly the company’s user base was growing. Those calls have resulted in new… Read More
Condon Hall isn’t exactly the University of Washington’s most impressive space. From the outside, the building looks like a prison. On the inside, few windows and narrow hallways make for… Read More
Two-and-a-half years ago, Shlomi Atar and Gilad Avidan traveled all the way from Israel to participate in TechStars Seattle and fix the problem of instant online publishing. Fast forward to today, and the Smore… Read More
FlexMinder, a Seattle startup that helps healthcare administrators automate the insurance claims submission process, announced a $1.2 million Series A round on Tuesday. Led by CEO Lowell Rickefs, FlexMinder aggregates the… Read More
When Chris DeVore first meets with entrepreneurs looking for funding, the Founder’s Co-op general partner doesn’t want to hear about products being built or services provided. First and foremost, he wants… Read More
Another Techstars Seattle graduate, another nice seed round. Following in the footsteps of fellow 2013 Techstars Seattle companies Everpath and Wire, today Shippable announced a $2 million seed round led… Read More
Former Facebook general counsel and ex-Amazon.com attorney Rudy Gadre has quickly established himself as one of the top angel investors in the Pacific Northwest, bankrolling startup companies like Jobaline, Walkscore,… Read More
Saving and remembering passwords is troublesome, and at times, dangerous from a security standpoint. That becomes even more of a problem when you’re a company managing several different cloud-based accounts.… Read More
Portland platform-as-a-service startup AppFog is set to be acquired by Savvis, the big co-location and data center operator that’s owned by CenturyLink, according to a report in GigaOm. Terms of… Read More
We’re nearing the end of the voting for the GeekWire Awards, and today we’ve got a big category on hand: Startup of the Year. To qualify for Startup of the… Read More
Haiku Deck has reeled in $3 million in fresh funding, money that the Seattle startup will use to continue to build out its easy-to-use presentation tools. Trilogy Partnership led the… Read More
“There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope… Read More
TechStars will be looking to hatch companies in Seattle for the next three years, thanks in part to cash from some of the region’s leading venture capital firms. TechStars Seattle,… Read More
Seattle startup Beamit Mobile has raised $2.4 million in fresh financing from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s TomorrowVentures, Founder’s Co-op and Bezos Expeditions, the venture capital firm of Jeff Bezos. The money will… Read More