SPACs. IPOs. M&A.
The past 12 months ushered in a frenzy of deal activity, with mammoth public offerings and blockbuster acquisitions. Today in GeekWire Awards voting, we’re recognizing some of the biggest and most important transactions in the Pacific Northwest technology industry — deals that propelled companies to new heights.
In fact, there were so many deals happening in the past 12 months, we’ve split the Deal of the Year category into two parts: Fundings and Acquisitions/IPOs. A big thanks to Wilson Sonsini for their longtime support of the GeekWire Awards.
Community voting is now underway across 13 GeekWire Awards categories in our 13th annual celebration of Pacific Northwest tech. Community voting, which closes on April 30, will be factored in with feedback from more than 20 judges. On May 20 we will announce the winners live at the virtual GeekWire Awards, presented by Wave Business.
Submit your votes below, grab your tickets, and keep scrolling for links to headlines of our Deal of the Year finalists.
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Deal of the Year: Fundings
- 98point6: Virtual primary care startup 98point6 raises $118M as pandemic sparks demand for digital health tech
- DefinedCrowd: Seattle startup DefinedCrowd lands $50M to help Mastercard, BMW, others improve their AI services
- Qumulo: Seattle’s newest billion-dollar startup: Qumulo reaches unicorn status with $125M round
- Rad Power Bikes: Rad Power Bikes raises massive $150M round to scale e-bike business across globe
- Rec Room: Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth
Deal of the Year: IPOs/Acquisitions
- Accolade: Health tech company Accolade goes public at $1.2B valuation in Seattle’s first IPO of 2020
- Athira Pharma: Athira Pharma raises $204M in IPO, reaching ‘big milestone’ in fight against Alzheimer’s and other diseases
- Auth0: Okta to pay $6.5B to acquire Seattle’s Auth0; identity tech startup was valued at $1.9B last year
- Rover: Pet sitting marketplace Rover grabs a bone, valued at $1.3 billion in latest SPAC deal
- Sana Biotechnology: Sana joins Nasdaq with blockbuster $587M IPO
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A big thanks to our longtime awards presenting partner, Wave Business, for supporting this fun community event. Also, thanks to gold and category sponsors: Blink UX, WSGR, JLL, EY, Premera, Dreambox Learning, BECU, WestRiver Group, ALLtech and First Tech Federal Credit Union. And to our silver sponsors BCRA and Kingston Marketing Group. If interested in sponsoring a category or another component of the GeekWire Awards, please contact us at advertising@geekwire.com.
