— Joanna Lord, a marketing exec who led teams at Seattle companies including Porch Group, Big Door, and Moz, is now chief marketing officer at Spring Health. The New York-based company… Read More
As artificial intelligence and generative AI continue to dominate the focus of tech companies, American consumer sentiment about AI is mostly split, according to a new survey by Seattle venture… Read More
Extend your cash runway. Do more with less. And get ready for the boom times to be over. Those are common threads embedded inside warning memos that venture capital firms… Read More
The news: Maveron, a venture capital firm founded 24 years ago that invests in consumer-oriented startups, raised $225 million for its eighth fund. Why it matters: It’s one of the… Read More
Jason Stoffer was still early in his career at venture capital firm Maveron in 2012 when he declined an opportunity to invest in Remitly, then a fledgling Seattle startup with… Read More
Dan Levitan isn’t confident that the U.S. government can solve the country’s pressing problems, at a time when it needs help more than ever. “Sadly, I think more and more… Read More
Two former Zulily executives have landed more than $150 million to fuel a new venture that seeks to buy profitable e-commerce businesses. Jason LeeKeenan and Kevin Saliba are the co-founders… Read More
Amazon is often described as innovative, creative, experimental and ruthless. It’s also very, very big — and getting bigger. With a market value of $1.6 trillion — nearly the equivalent… Read More
A group of venture capital firms today joined “The Diversity Term Sheet Rider for Representation at the Cap Table (Diversity Rider),” a new initiative that aims to increase investor diversity… Read More
Los Angeles startup Wave announced a $30 million investment round to fuel growth of its live virtual entertainment platform. Seattle VC firm Maveron led the Series B round, with participation… Read More
The last time Dan Levitan worked on a project with his two brothers, Richard and Robert, they were in high school. In the time since, on opposite sides of the… Read More
— PwC Labs, the multinational firm’s technology innovation group, is growing its team in Seattle. Jill Beck, previously a senior technical product manager at Payscale, has joined as director. “I… Read More
— Elise Hebb left Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron, where she was COO and partner, and is planning to launch a consulting firm next year. Hebb, who joined Maveron in… Read More
Frank Mycroft and his co-founders started with a simple idea: People don’t like going to the gas station. A mobile fuel delivery service powered by technology could solve that problem.… Read More
Having now raised more than $1.1 billion for venture capital investments over the course of her career, Elise Hebb remembers when she first caught the VC bug. It was the… Read More
Venture capitalists broke all kinds of records last year as the size of funds and deals continued to reach astronomical levels. That’s what makes Maveron’s decision to say “no” to… Read More
Cat Lee, a Silicon Valley veteran who was most recently head of culture at Pinterest, has joined Seattle-based consumer-focused venture capital firm Maveron as partner. Lee was an early employee… Read More
When Nick Huzar started OfferUp, it was almost a disadvantage to be based in the Seattle area. “Investors didn’t really understand the consumer world as much,” Huzar said this week, recalling… Read More
Top venture capital firms are making an early bet on a new Seattle startup that is pushing the envelope with immersive games. Leaftail Labs recently reeled in $1.25 million from… Read More
Xnor.ai, an AI edge computing startup that spun out from the Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence, has tapped former Auth0 CEO Jon Gelsey as its new CEO. Gelsey replaces Xnor… Read More
There’s a lot of movement in Amazon’s vast world of entertainment, gaming and audio programming, with industry veterans coming in and going out at Amazon Game Studios, Amazon Studios and… Read More
General Assembly, which helps people learn technical skills such as Web development, data analytics and user interface design, is selling to Switzerland-based Adecco Group for $412.5 million. The New York-based… Read More
How many times have Silicon Valley geeks been credited with setting a style trend? Whether it was Steve Jobs and his black mock turtleneck or Mark Zuckerberg and his gray… Read More
Getting gas delivered to your car while you’re at the office is turning out to be a pretty nice perk — and investors think so, too. Booster Fuels, which operates… Read More
Pluto VR, the Seattle-based virtual reality startup co-founded by PopCap Games co-founder John Vechey, has raised $13.9 million in a Series A funding round. The company, which is developing applications for… Read More
It’s unclear if everyday mainstream consumers will be using virtual and augmented reality in the future, but Maveron is betting on it. The Seattle-based venture capital firm, founded by Starbucks… Read More
Elise Hebb is moving from one Seattle venture capital firm to another. After nearly a decade working at Madrona Venture Group, Hebb recently accepted a new position as COO and… Read More
I’m well aware of the luxe economy; rich people have created a market for wealth counseling, life coaching, personal shopping, and countless other industries that Bernie Sanders would balk at.… Read More
TrueFacet today announced a $6 million funding round led by Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron. The New York-based startup, which graduated from Techstars Seattle in November 2014, also raised money from Freestyle Capital, Social… Read More
Maveron is raising cash for a new fund. New SEC filings posted this week show that the Seattle-based venture capital firm is raising a sixth fund. One filing shows a $100 million… Read More