MoxiWorks, a Seattle startup that operates a platform for real estate brokers, has raised cash from private equity firm Vector Capital. The company declined to reveal the size of the… Read More
Amazon and General Motors plan to invest in Rivian, the maker of electric pickup trucks, according to reports by Reuters and Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the matter. The Rivian deal would… Read More
Venture capitalists — the folks who place dollars in emerging companies — are finding a good amount of fresh capital of their own. Money to venture capital funds hit a… Read More
When Bothell, Wash.-based EagleView Technology Corp. was acquired in 2015, EagleView CEO Chris Barrow wasn’t sure what he would do next. He planned to move on from EagleView — a powerhouse in… Read More
Vioguard, the Bothell, Wash., company that created a self-sanitizing keyboard and mouse, has secured another $5 million in Series A funding from Imagen Capitol Partners. The investment brings total funding in… Read More
Venture capital investment declined for the fifth-straight quarter as investors set higher benchmarks for their funding decisions. That’s one takeaway from a new “Venture Monitor” quarterly report from Seattle-based Pitchbook and… Read More
– Amperity, a Seattle-based machine-learning marketing startup, named tech veteran Eric Best as their new chief customer officer today. The startup has remained in stealth mode since being founded by Appature co-founders Kabir Shahani and Derek Slager in February.… Read More
The Keiretsu Forum Northwest announced today in a news release that its regional collective of angel investors poured $43.5 million into 57 companies this past year, making 2015 the biggest year for investments by… Read More
Zonar Systems, a Seattle area company that provides electronic fleet inspection and tracking systems for public and private fleets, has scored $50 million in fresh funding, according to a filing with… Read More
The Washington State Investment Board is looking to reduce its allocation in private equity, cutting the targets from 25 percent to 23 percent, according to a report in PEHub.com. The… Read More
Concur is continuing to place bets in startup companies. The latest deal comes today as the Bellevue maker of travel and entertainment expense management software announced a strategic investment in… Read More
Former Dendreon CEO Mitch Gold has partnered with biotechnology stock researcher David Miller to create a new Seattle-based investment firm called Alpine BioVentures. The fund, which was started earlier this… Read More
Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc. has joined an investment group that has acquired Water Pik, the Fort Collins, Colorado maker of sonic powered toothbrushes, water flossers and shower heads. The Microsoft… Read More
Valuations at startup companies continue to increase, even though venture capitalists aren’t cashing out on deals as frequently as they’d like. According to a new report out this week from… Read More
Despite decreasing overall venture capital investments in cleantech worldwide, Northwest Energy Angels announced today that its members invested $4,696,500 in 15 clean technology companies in 2012— eight new and seven follow-on investments —… Read More
We had a feeling that the fourth quarter was going to be a big one for venture capital investing in Washington state as large rounds of cash rolled into companies… Read More
Microsoft was criticized three years ago when it sunk $240 million into Facebook, valuing the upstart social networking company at a whopping $15 billion. But that bet may be one… Read More