Soda.com, a Seattle media company that operates consumer sites like The Simple Dollar and Reviews.com, has sold to Red Ventures. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. It’s the latest… Read More
Could Facebook emerge as the next big player in travel? Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he expects to see competition from the social network, in a recent interview with travel… Read More
If last week’s reporting of the demise of traditional retail sounded familiar, you’ve been paying attention. In the past 20 years, few industries have transformed as frequently — and significantly… Read More
Over the past two decades, Craigslist has maintained its market share in the online classified space, despite neglecting to make any major updates to its interface or optimize for mobile. With 20… Read More
Online dating is HOT. How hot? Clicking and swiping for love has tripled among young people since 2013, the Pew Research Center says in a study released just in time… Read More
From the start, Porch has done things big, and fast. In a little more than two years, the home improvement tech company raised $100 million from a large group of investors, grew to nearly 500… Read More
Update, Thursday Aug. 6: Sayist has taken down its website after GeekWire readers pointed out the large volume of content from other sites, including Craigslist. Sayist CEO Bryan Brzeg provided this… Read More
Mauricio Gonzalez de la Fuente had been working for Microsoft for over two decades when he finally decided to strike out on his own as an entrepreneur. He found motivation… Read More
Online real estate powerhouses like Redfin, Trulia and Zillow have been around for years, building multi-million dollar businesses in a category that Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman once famously described as… Read More
The Alliance of Angels has led an $850,000 investment in Ravenna Solutions, a Seattle area startup that is developing tools to help K-12 independent and private schools more effectively oversee… Read More
Cheezburger may be best known for fuzzy little felines, and funny photographs of failure. But the Seattle online comedy network led by Ben Huh now has another thing to showcase:… Read More
9Slides, the maker of online presentation software that syncs video with slides, has raised capital from Dave McClure’s 500 Startups as well as angel investors such as Terrapass co-founder Karl… Read More
One of the companies that may be best positioned for the approval of online gambling is Double Down Interactive, the fast-growing Seattle upstart that was gobbled up by Las Vegas-based… Read More
LikeBright, the online dating site that taps into the power of social networks to find one’s perfect match, has found a new mate of its own. The Seattle startup is… Read More
Tenacity Sports started with a simple mission — to foster and empower local sports communities. The year-old company got off the ground by managing flag football, dodgeball and basketball tournaments… Read More
Nuubuu founder Ameya Bhatawdekar wants to make it simple for everyone to upload and sell their digital creations, from electronic books to designs to music to photos. There’s no shortage… Read More
Bellevue-based Intelius, an online identity company that specializes in background checks of individuals, may consider going public next year if there’s an appetite among investors. “We will consider an IPO… Read More
In Seattle, Amazon.com customers have long been able to purchase groceries and have them delivered to the doorstep. Now, the company’s Quidsi unit — best known for its Soap.com and… Read More
The problem with many online dating sites is that they are dominated by dudes, sometimes creating an unwelcoming environment for 50 percent of the population. LikeBright co-founders Sonya Lai, Ron… Read More
Forbes columnist Kashmir Hill recently Googled her name, and to her surprise found an advertisement in the search results from Bellevue-based Intelius. That set the reporter on a quest to… Read More
What haircut do you like best on Justin Bieber? Do you prefer Steve Jobs or Steve Ballmer? And what’s your favorite vodka — Crater Lake or Svedka? Those are just… Read More