Maveron to plant a seed each month, unveils plan to sprout early-stage consumer startups

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Maveron struck gold a few years ago when it provided the initial seed funding to a young e-commerce startup by the name of Zulily, housing the startup at its offices as entrepreneurs Darrell Cavens and Mark Vadon got the idea off the ground. Of course, that’s proven to be a very, very good investment for Maveron,… Read More…

Tred speeds ahead with $1.7M, plans to change car shopping with driveway test drives

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One of my favorite pitches at the TechStars Demo Day last November was a tiny company called Tred that had a big idea: Transform the way people test drive and buy new cars. Founder Grant Feek summed up the concept in one line, telling the audience that they allow car shoppers to “test drive from your… Read More…

TechStars Spotlight: Tred aims to help dealers, shoppers with test drives

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[Editor's note: GeekWire is running a series of profiles on the startups participating in this year's class in the TechStars Seattle incubator program. Check back each day at 1:30 p.m. for a new profile, leading up to Demo Day on Nov. 1] Grant Feek spent high school and college summers working at BMW dealerships in… Read More…