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Seattle startup iFoodDS raises $15M for food supply chain monitoring tech

New funding: Seattle startup iFoodDS raised a $15 million Series A round led by Insight Partners. The tech: The 8-year-old startup… Read More

Idaho startup Continuous Composites inks deal with French manufacturing giant Saint-Gobain

Coeur d’Alene, Id.-based startup Continuous Composites has entered into a joint development agreement with leading French industrial conglomerate Saint-Gobain to… Read More

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Day 2: How this third-party Amazon seller turned the tech giant’s knockoff product into a win

Peter Dering and his colleagues at Peak Design could write the playbook for a successful response to Amazon knocking off… Read More

Seattle-area legal tech startup Advocat wins top prize of $200k at San Diego Angel Conference

Advocat Technologies, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup which uses artificial intelligence to guide research and drafting for enterprise legal departments, took… Read More

Tech Moves: Startup Haven grows team to lead new fund; PSL promotions; F5 Networks adds execs

— Startup Haven, a community for entrepreneurs founded by Seattle startup vet Bob Crimmins, launched an investment fund called Startup… Read More

Vacation home startup Pacaso raises $75M, hits $1B valuation less than a year after launching

New funding: Pacaso raised $75 million in a Series B funding round and $1 billion in debt financing. The real estate… Read More

RealNetworks launches AI robocall blocker, aims to ‘lead the charge’ in battle against spam calls

The news: RealNetworks released a new product Wednesday aimed at blocking robocalls, which are on the rise and have become the… Read More

Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

Seattle-based Rec Room has raised $100 million in new funding. The game development startup is now valued at $1.25 billion… Read More

Kymeta and Kepler team up to demonstrate satellite connectivity in Arctic deep freeze

Kymeta Corp. — the hybrid connectivity venture that’s based in Redmond, Wash. — says it has demonstrated how its flat-panel… Read More

Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky will return to Amazon Web Services as CEO, replacing Andy Jassy

Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky will be the new CEO of Amazon Web Services, replacing Andy Jassy, who will take… Read More

Amazon Games hires ‘Rainbow Six’ devs to head up new development studio in Montreal

Amazon Games announced on Tuesday that it’s opened a new internal studio in Montreal. The studio, simply called Amazon Games… Read More

Trulia founder, Zillow vets invest in $1.5M round for new real estate startup Instashowing

Instashowing, a startup with an online real estate tool designed to help agents easily schedule home showings, has raised $1.5… Read More

Biotech startup AbSci raises $125M for ‘Protein Printing’ tech; total funding up to $230M

New funding: Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company AbSci raised $125 million in a round led by Casdin Capital and Redmile Group. The… Read More

Legal writing startup Clearbrief raises $1.2M from Madrona, Sequoia, Avvo founder, others

New funding: Clearbrief, a new Seattle startup that has developed AI-fueled writing technology for the legal industry, raised $1.2 million. Venture… Read More

Why Microsoft would want to acquire Discord, which is reportedly exploring a $10B-plus sale

Update, April 20: Report: Discord ends acquisition talks with Microsoft Original story: The gaming-focused VoIP app Discord is reportedly on… Read More

Xbox Live is out, and the ‘Xbox network’ is in, as Microsoft rebrands its online service

After 18 years, Microsoft is retiring the Xbox Live brand. Members of the Xbox Insider program, an opt-in service that… Read More

Atmosphere-monitoring satellites will ride on Spaceflight’s new breed of space tug

Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. says it’s won a contract to handle the launch logistics for a pair of NASA satellites that… Read More

‘The heart of Seattle is open’: Video offers hopeful view of downtown after a year of pandemic pain

Washington state’s move Monday to Phase 3 of its COVID-19 recovery plan has the Downtown Seattle Association buzzing for business.… Read More

Who is Lina Khan? Biden’s FTC commissioner pick is an antitrust expert and Amazon critic

The news: President Joe Biden on Monday announced his intent to nominate Lina Khan as commissioner of the Federal Trade… Read More

Microsoft to reopen HQ campus to more employees March 29 as focus shifts to hybrid work model

Microsoft is going to start bringing some of its Seattle-area employees back to the office next week, just over a… Read More

Seattle health-tech startup DexCare raises $20M, spins out of Providence’s Digital Innovation Group

New funding: DexCare, an “access optimization platform” and the latest health-tech company to spin out of Providence’s Digital Innovation Group,… Read More

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 14, 2021

See the technology stories that people were reading on GeekWire for the week of March 14, 2021. Read More

Commentary: We must prepare our systems of learning for future disruptions with equitable access to opportunity

Washington’s K-12 system was woefully underprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. While our educators have done an admirable job, too many… Read More

Bill Nelson and Chris Ferguson at Starliner mockup

Next NASA chief will face big decisions on future moonshots (and Blue Origin’s role)

President Joe Biden’s choice to lead NASA — former U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson — will be in the hot seat… Read More

Bottomless raises $4.5M as Seattle startup grows team and business around smart coffee platform

New funding: Bottomless, the small Seattle startup with big e-commerce dreams, has raised $4.5 million in a new Series A… Read More

Seattle real estate startup Modus hit with cease-and-desist order by insurance commissioner

Update, June 25: The Washington state insurance commissioner issued a minimum $15,000 fine on June 9 to Modus for violating regulations… Read More

Bill Gates returns to Reddit for meaty discussion on climate, COVID-19, conspiracies and burgers

Bill Gates masked up for his ninth “Ask Me Anything” event on Reddit on Friday, taking questions related to climate… Read More

Seattle stem cell startup Curi Bio raises $6M

New funding: Curi Bio raised $6 million to further develop its human stem cell-based platforms for drug discovery. Dynamk Capital… Read More

Visualping raises $2M to help users track website changes — and find open COVID-19 vaccinations

New funding: Visualping, a web monitoring service that emails users when online sites change their content, has raised $2 million… Read More

Double dose of debate: Opinions vary on timing of COVID vaccine shots as potential 4th wave looms

With COVID-19 vaccines still in limited supply and case counts threatening to resurge, there is a debate over the benefits… Read More