Well, it’s the same old story in the venture capital business. The dominant big funds keep gaining momentum, while the smaller, lesser known funds struggle to raise money. According to… Read More
It’s been a pretty good year in the startup community, with the IPO market heating up and plenty of dollars flowing to new ventures. (Just this month alone, we’ve seen… Read More
With temperatures dipping into the 20s last night, it was absolutely freezing in my house. That’s because my Seattle home is a 1924 Craftsman, with windows that leak air. Sam… Read More
There’s really only one Silicon Valley, and it’s unlikely that any region will supplant this epicenter of technology, innovation and capital anytime soon. Yet, some big cities are trying to… Read More
Money is flowing, and it sure seems like it’s a good time to be a startup entrepreneur. Just how good? Well, PitchBook just released new data this week showing that… Read More
You know what they say about history: “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” Well, let’s hope that Sequoia Capital — one of the biggest backers of dot-com poster… Read More
Seattle is a hotbed of business happy hours — those awkward events designed for introducing people whose only known shared interest is that they’d rather be home watching Downton Abbey. It’s… Read More
If you’re an entrepreneur, there’s a good chance that many of your conversations — and a good chunk of your inner dialogue — are consumed by thoughts of fundraising. You… Read More
Angel investors historically have placed bets at the earliest stages of a company’s formation, oftentimes when the business is nothing more than an idea on the back of a napkin.… Read More
I’ve been covering the venture capital beat for nearly 15 years in the Pacific Northwest, through good times and bad. And this marks the very first time I’ve seen this… Read More
Dogs and cats go missing every day, but Seattle startup PetHub wants to help discover those wayward canines and felines via the power of technology. The three-year-old company, maker of… Read More
The Keiretsu Forum Northwest today announced that it invested $20.1 million in 34 companies last year, backing startups such as iCapEquity, Journey Gym, Minetta Brook and Puralytics. All but three… Read More
[Editor’s note: Startup Jedi is a new column by GeekWire chairman, investor and serial entrepreneur Jonathan Sposato. Future columns will be made available exclusively to GeekWire members in a special… Read More
Tom Huseby knows a thing or two about investing in startups. After all, the former wireless executive now is affiliated with three venture capital firms — including the mega-fund Oak… Read More
A lot has been written in recent weeks about the so-called “Series A Crunch” — the idea that many of the companies raising seed-rounds won’t be able to attract that… Read More
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is trying to give away his fortune. But he may have to try a little bit harder. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Gates added $7 billion… Read More
EnerG2, a manufacturer of carbon materials which are used in next-generation energy storage systems such as lead acid batteries, ultracapacitors and lithium ion batteries, has raised $9.3 million in financing,… Read More
Wowsa. Zillow just added a ton of cash to its balance sheet, pricing 3.425 million shares at $43 per share, bringing in a cool $147 million for the online real… Read More
Below I am going to focus on the stuff that I wish I would have know when I started pitching my startup company, Tatango, to angel groups. In addition to… Read More
Seattle entrepreneur Tony Wright’s announcement earlier this week that he plans to relocate to Silicon Valley to build his latest company sent shockwaves through the startup community. It wasn’t so… Read More
The tech industry has produced some of the fastest growing companies on the planet, from Amazon.com in online retail to Google in Internet search. But is tech the best place… Read More
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates held on to his title as richest American with a net worth of $59 billion, marking the 18th year in a row that the software pioneer… Read More
After weeks of speculation, Twitter confirmed today in a blog post that it has closed a “significant round of funding” led by the Russian firm DST Global. “We will use… Read More