A yearbook for the Facebook generation: Rich Barton, Mike McCue back TreeRing

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Call it a yearbook for the Facebook generation. TreeRing, a San Mateo, California startup, has landed $3.6 million from some heavy hitters in the tech industry to radically upend the traditional yearbook industry. Among the backers of the company are Zillow co-founder Rich Barton; Flipboard CEO Mike McCue and Seattle area venture capital firms Second… Read More…

Looking to wipe out wrinkles, JeNu Biosciences lands cash for new skin care device

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One of the biggest success stories of 2011 was the sale of David Giuliani’s Pacific Bioscience Laboratories — the maker of the Clarisonic skin cleansing device — to L’Oréal USA. Now, another Seattle upstart is hoping that it can follow in the footsteps of Clarisonic. It’s called JeNu Biosciences, and it just scored $1.5 million in… Read More…

Jeff Bezos-backed Qliance to expand health care clinics

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Qliance, an operator of health care clinics in which members pay monthly fees for primary and preventive care, is expanding operations in the Seattle area with a new clinic slated to open in Tacoma this October and an existing primary practice in Mill Creek now operating as an affiliate of the company. Backed by Amazon.com… Read More…