Outreach just landed $200 million in venture capital that the 10-year-old software company will use to help more sales professionals close deals, track leads and boost engagement with customers. The Seattle… Read More
When Jeff Blackburn announced his retirement from Amazon in February after 22 years, the longtime Jeff Bezos lieutenant stressed that he was not retiring and hinted at news to come… Read More
New funding: 2Morrow, a Seattle-area startup that develops digital coaching software to help people reach health goals, has raised $1.5 million. Total funding to date is $2.9 million. Company background: Founded… Read More
The news: PitchBook and NVCA are out with their Q1 Venture Monitor. Investors continue to pour gobs of money into U.S. startups following a 2020 that set records despite the… Read More
New funding: Seattle startup Seeq raised $50 million in a Series C round. Seeq’s software: Founded in 2012, Seeq’s analytics software is used by industrial manufacturers to collect and analyze… Read More
New funding: Seattle-area startup Darklight raised a $5.1 million round. Investors listed on an SEC filing include Jay Lee of Agile Defense and Tom Bruderman of MAG Ventures. Total funding to… Read More
The news: Common Room, a year-old startup based in Seattle, is coming out of stealth mode in a big way. The company revealed $52 million in total funding and big-name customers… Read More
New funding: Outpace Bio raised a $30 million Series A investment round to design custom cell and gene-based therapies. The science: Founded in November, the Seattle startup is developing software… Read More
New funding: Dapper Labs raised $305 million at a reported $2.6 billion valuation. The Vancouver, B.C., startup powers NBA Top Shot, a popular NFT-based digital trading card game that has generated… Read More
All-Pro NFL linebacker Bobby Wagner may best be known for his smart reads on the gridiron. But the anchor on the Seattle Seahawks defense also is tackling a side career… Read More
New funding: Eliem Therapeutics, a new Seattle biotech startup led by former Juno Therapeutics exec Bob Azelby, raised $80 million to develop clinically-validated therapies for pain and depression. The pipeline:… Read More
New funding: Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company AbSci raised $125 million in a round led by Casdin Capital and Redmile Group. The tech: Founded in 2011, AbSci’s “Protein Printing” technology is used… Read More
New funding: Clearbrief, a new Seattle startup that has developed AI-fueled writing technology for the legal industry, raised $1.2 million. Venture capital heavyweights Sequoia Capital and Madrona Venture Group invested, in… Read More
New funding: Shelf Engine raised $41 million to support rapid growth of its tech platform used by grocers such as Kroger and Walmart to manage food orders for deli, bakery, cut… Read More
New funding: Growth marketing automation platform Act-On Software raised $20 million in equity and debt. The company, based in the Portland, Ore. region, aims to help companies generate more revenue and… Read More
New funding: Heard, a 2-year-old startup aiming to help mental health professionals manage bookkeeping and taxes, raised $1.3 million. The company: Heard builds software targeted at clinicians in the mental health… Read More
New funding: Seattle-based startup OctoML raised a $28 million Series B round. The University of Washington spinout aims to help companies deploy machine learning models on various hardware configurations. The… Read More
Dutchie, the Bend, Ore.-based creators of an e-commerce platform that helps cannabis dispensaries facilitate online orders, has raised $200 million in new funding at a $1.7 billion valuation. The fresh… Read More
An increasing number of women are rising through the venture capital ranks, achieving partner or managing director status more than ever before. That’s the good news. The bad news? Women… Read More
New funding: Seattle startup Deako Lighting raised $12.5 million as part of a Series B round to fuel growth of the company’s smart light switch technology. The business: Deako’s “plug and… Read More
New funding: Seattle digital home closing service JetClosing closed an $11 million Series B round. Funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates invested, as well as Pioneer Square Labs… Read More
Icertis has raised a new $80 million investment round, pushing its valuation to $2.8 billion, up from $1.1 billion in 2019. The Seattle-area startup sells contract management software across 90… Read More
Visus Therapeutics, a Seattle-based startup developing a presbyopia-correcting eye drop, raised $36 million. Johnson & Johnson Innovation, the venture capital arm of J&J, invested in the Series A round, in… Read More
New funding: Seattle-area startup SeekOut raised $65 million to fuel growth of its recruiting software. The 4-year-old company is profitable and saw annual recurring revenue spike 10X over the past 21… Read More
Banzai, a Seattle startup that sells event marketing software, raised $15 million in venture debt funding. Columbia Pacific Advisors led the round, which included participation from Gaingels. Founded in 2016… Read More
Pioneer Square Labs has raised $100 million for its second venture fund, a key milestone for the 5-year-old Seattle firm that runs both a startup studio and a venture capital… Read More
A few weeks ago, a longtime GeekWire reader sent a note expressing shock that Sana Biotechnology co-founder and CEO Steve Harr only owned 4.9% of the company after the completion… Read More
New funding: Vancouver, Wash.-based startup Perfect Company just reeled in $2 million of a larger round to help grow its software and hardware products used by restaurants for kitchen prep,… Read More
Seattle venture capital firm Founders’ Co-op, an early backer of billion-dollar companies such as Remitly, Outreach, and Auth0, has raised a $50 million fund to help fuel another batch of… Read More
The most powerful lever President Joe Biden can pull to catalyze entrepreneurship in the U.S. is immigration reform. That’s according to two experts from the venture capital community who spoke… Read More