Medical social network Alliance Health buys Seattle’s Medify

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Medify, a Seattle startup that helps people find detailed medical information about diseases, has been acquired in a deal of undisclosed size by Alliance Health Networks. Based in Salt Lake City, Alliance Health operates niche-oriented social networks for more than three dozen diseases. Its most popular site is Diabetic Connect, described as the largest social network… Read More…

Enrique Godreau lands at GSharp: A new VC firm that looks to go ‘retro’ in its approach

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At the GeekWire Meetup earlier this week, I bumped into Seattle venture capitalist Enrique Godreau. I didn’t get a chance to ask in any great detail what he’s been up to following his departure from Voyager Capital, the Seattle venture firm that he co-founded 15 years ago. But perhaps I should have asked more direct… Read More…

As Voyager Capital embarks on its 15th year, co-founder Enrique Godreau departs

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Enrique Godreau has weathered the ups and downs of the Seattle venture capital business for the past 15 years, with plenty of battle scars to prove it. But now the co-founder and managing partner of Voyager Capital has decided to leave the venture capital world behind, GeekWire has learned. “The state of the firm and… Read More…

Inspired by daughter’s illness, Medify CEO sets out to transform health info discovery

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Some startup companies are born out of complete necessity. Take, for instance, the situation facing Derek Streat who learned in 2009 that his two-year-old daughter was facing a life-threatening autoimmune disease. Like most parents, Streat set out to find everything he could about the medical condition. And that search was the inspiration behind Medify, a… Read More…

Chart: Money flows to the top of the class in venture capital

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Some may say that the venture capital model is broken. But that’s not stopping money from flowing into the coffers of VCs. Dow Jones LP Source reports today that U.S. venture capital funds raised $7.7 billion in the first quarter, nearly double the $3.9 billion for the same period last year. What gives? The numbers… Read More…