After helping people deliver more than 30,000 items in Chicago over the past year, Dolly is raising more investment money and launching in its home city of Seattle. The company… 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
HopSkipDrive wants to be the Uber for kids, and now it has some funding to do so. The Los Angeles-based startup on Tuesday announced a $3.9 million round it raised from Seattle-based… Read More
Eargo, a Maveron-backed hearing-aid company that’s operated secretly for the past three years, today is launching a new line of hearing devices designed for the tens of millions of Americans… Read More
Julep, the heavily-funded Seattle cosmetics startup led by Jane Park, laid off eight percent of its staff or 17 employees earlier this month, GeekWire has learned. “This decision did not… Read More
August, the Maveron-backed Smart Lock maker, just announced a new product at CES that makes it easier for people to control access to their home from afar. The August Connect is… Read More
Pro.com, the Seattle startup that’s looking to make it easier to find home improvement specialists, from plumbers and electricians to roofers and landscapers, has attracted $14 million in fresh funding… Read More
Trupanion, the Seattle pet health insurance company that completed a $73 million IPO last month, continues to add new customers as pet lovers continue to look to guard against skyrocketing… Read More
Maveron has helped jumpstart some well known retail brands, from sandwich maker Potbelly to flash sales site Zulily to online marketplace eBay to cosmetics startup Julep. Now, the Seattle venture… Read More
Seattle pet health insurance company Trupanion is the latest company to start barking on Wall Street. The company, which is based in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, today priced its IPO at… Read More
A new startup in Seattle just raised $2.75 million from some of the region’s top venture capital firms to do something rather simple: Deliver lunch. Peachd is one of many… Read More
Is Fido hurt? Does Max need a little treatment? No worries, Seattle startup Trupanion is looking to fill your pet health insurance needs. The Seattle company, backed by Seattle-based Maveron… Read More
For years, Adam Doppelt refused to take venture capital financing, using a strict bootstrapping ethos to build companies such as restaurant locator Urbanspoon and tech talent identifier CubeDuel. “Just build… Read More
The folks at Vhoto are finding that users — and investors — seem to like the idea of an app that clips out the best photographic moments from a motion video. Vhoto today announced… Read More
General Assembly is coming to Seattle. The New York-based education company — which hosts online and in-person courses on topics such as Web development, digital marketing and data science —… Read More
It’s been quite the year for Maveron’s Dan Levitan — despite the fact that his beloved Duke Blue Devils got bounced in the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball… Read More
General Assembly has reeled in $35 million in fresh funding, money that the New York-based company will use to continue expansion of its unique educational community. The company also announced… Read More
Early Zulily investor Dan Levitan, the Maveron co-founder and partner, will not seek re-election to the company’s board of directors, and will step down following its next annual shareholder meeting, the company… Read More
Seattle startup Koru, which charged on the scene last year with $4.45 million in funding from Maveron, Battery Ventures, First Round Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, is pushing ahead with its mission to… Read More
Venture capital is a high-risk, high-reward game where the funds at the top tend to grab the lion’s share of the returns. And who was at the top of that… Read More
Identity theft monitoring company LifeLock has purchased mobile wallet company Lemon Wallet — backed by Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron — for $50 million, the company announced today. Lemon Wallet’s… Read More
We’ve certainly seen a lot of activity in the online education arena in recent months, including large financing rounds for startups such as CreativeLive and Coursera. Now, here comes another… Read More
Well, we could see this one coming. The Evergreen Venture Capital Association, the group that represents the Seattle venture capital community, picked Zulily and its primary venture backer Maveron for… Read More
Maveron, the Seattle-based venture capital firm, has led an $8 million Series A funding round for August, a home automation company co-founded by renowned designer Yves Behar and Jason Johnson,… Read More
Shares of Zulily are to begin trading this morning after the Seattle-based daily deals site priced its IPO at $22 per share, raising $140 million for the company. We’ll be closely… Read More
Zulily, the fast-growing daily deal site for kid’s gear and apparel, priced its initial public offering at $22 per share on Thursday afternoon. The Seattle company sold 6.3 million shares,… Read More
Fast-growing daily deal site Zulily is prepping for its initial public offering, with shares expected to price Thursday and begin trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker ZU on Friday.… Read More
Well, the sandwiches are delicious. But it’s not just meatball subs that’s getting Wall Street excited about PotBelly Sandwich Shop. Shares of the Chicago-based company soared in a stock market… Read More
eBay is buying Seattle startup Decide.com, gobbling up the online shopping research service that predicted whether prices were going up or down on consumer electronics, housewares and other products. As… Read More
This IPO could be really yummy? Potbelly Sandwich Shop, a Chicago restaurant chain founded in 1977, has filed to raise up to $75 million in a public offering. The company… Read More