These angel investors are elevating Seattle to new heights. The brains behind Founder’s Co-op and TechStars not only are bankrolling new startup ventures, but Andy Sack, Geoff Entress and Chris DeVore are making sure Seattle’s next generation of entrepreneurs has what it takes to compete on a global scale. Says DeVore, “Seattle is the underdog that actually… Read More…
GoChime, a recent grad of the TechStars Seattle incubation program, has raised $630,000 in financing from angel investors Geoff Entress, Matt Shobe, Dave Carlson, Walter Winshall, Rob Martin, Kendall Kunz and Jason Seats. As a result of the financing, BigDoor CEO Keith Smith (also an investor) has joined the board. GoChime is an online marketplace that… Read More…
Many Seattle entrepreneurs head south to Silicon Valley when raising financing, tapping into the region’s ranks of well-connected angels. But PokitDok, a Silicon Valley startup that just landed $450,000, took a more unusual course during its recent financing round. It knocked on doors in Seattle. Co-founder Lisa Maki, who actually grew up in tiny Indianola,… Read More…
Seattle angel investor Geoff Entress has joined the board of Treemo Labs, a maker of mobile applications. A member of the Founder’s Co-op team and a venture partner at Voyager Capital, Entress is as well known investor who has backed companies such as Cheezburger, Isilon and Shelfari. In fact, he was an early investor in Treemo,… Read More…
Banyan Branch, the Seattle-based social media marketing firm whose clients include Hartz, Porsche and Gilt Groupe, has raised $1.7 million from a prominent group of angel investors that includes former Qpass CEO Chase Franklin; Seattle angel investor Geoff Entress; KissMetrics founder Neil Patel; venture capitalist Bill Bryant and others. “Social media has become pervasive within… Read More…
This is giving new meaning to the term “daily deal.” In a continued flurry of activity in the M&A market, Seattle-based Dashwire today agreed to be sold to Taiwain smartphone maker HTC for up to $18.5 million. Founded by former Microsoftie Ford Davidson in 2006, Dashwire has developed a mobile phone back-up service that allows… Read More…
San Francisco’s Airbnb reportedly just raised $100 million at a whopping $1 billion valuation, with high-profile backers like Ashton Kutcher joining the frenzy. But Airbnb is not the only upstart looking to transform the way travelers discover cool places to stay across the globe. In fact, there’s a pretty hot startup emerging right here in… Read More…
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