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Startup Spotlight

Startup Spotlight profiles tech startups in the Pacific Northwest.

Oct 20, 2015, 4:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: ZIIBRA is a one-stop e-commerce shop for small businesses

Competing in e-commerce can be a challenge for small businesses. Many turn to third parties like Shopify or BigCartel, but those… Read More

Oct 16, 2015, 3:51 PM

Startup Spotlight: Sibling co-founders help developers collaborate with Brand.ai

Two brothers want to help web development teams communicate more effectively and establish a common design language. Ehud and Amit… Read More

Oct 14, 2015, 2:52 PM

Startup Spotlight: Giftbit helps businesses track gift card usage, save money on unused offers

The holidays are coming up, which means you’ll likely receive a gift card from a business you never patronize. And while some… Read More

Oct 8, 2015, 5:11 PM

Startup Spotlight: Mentio uses data to help small businesses manage cash flow

When it comes to accounting, many entrepreneurs try to manage cash flow themselves or turn to traditional bookkeepers. This is a… Read More

Sep 30, 2015, 4:23 PM

Startup Spotlight: Fish Bowl VR helps developers test virtual reality games

Virtual reality is an exciting but largely undiscovered new frontier for digital content. While that opens up a huge world… Read More

Sep 25, 2015, 4:33 PM

Startup Spotlight: Candy Jar satisfies your sweet cravings with its online candy shop

If you love candy, a new startup working out of the Techstars Seattle incubator might be of interest. Candy Jar… Read More

Sep 23, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Innervate helps game developers monetize their most ‘obsessed’ players

Adam Lieb knows games. The 28-year-old Seattle native built his first online gaming community at age 11 and later sold it to… Read More

Sep 18, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Matcherino lets eSports fans crowdfund matches between professionals

Over the past three years, video game streaming has exploded into a young but powerful industry. Tech giants competed over Twitch… Read More

Sep 17, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Code Fellows co-founder heads up on-demand graphic design shop Lightboard

Brad Bouse already helped fix an inefficiency in the developer market when he co-founded the software development bootcamp Code Fellows. Now… Read More

Sep 10, 2015, 5:46 PM

Startup Spotlight: Antsquare adds human element to online shopping with community marketplace

Antsquare wants to bring back the human element that it says is lost with online shopping. Founded in August 2014, the… Read More

Sep 3, 2015, 4:10 PM

Startup Spotlight: Yoga Panda helps you find, book, and pay for yoga classes with a smartphone

After launching a local digital magazine focused on yoga last year, Othmane Rahmouni soon learned of a problem that existed… Read More

Aug 27, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Simply recommends events, curates content based on your interests

The tech world has no shortage of recommendation apps and websites like Yelp or TripAdvisor, but Simply hopes its personalized, curated platform can set it… Read More

Aug 20, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Provata Health helps employees get healthy with results-based wellness program

Dozens of employee wellness startups have emerged in the past decade as companies become more enlightened about the value of… Read More

Aug 5, 2015, 1:03 PM

Startup Spotlight: Sayist focuses on safety and design with new video classifieds site

Update, Thursday Aug. 6: Sayist has taken down its website after GeekWire readers pointed out the large volume of content… Read More

Jul 30, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: ActionSprout helps non-profits boost Facebook engagement

Non-profit organizations have a tall order. Getting people to engage, donate, and volunteer their time without concrete compensation is no easy… Read More

Jul 23, 2015, 4:45 PM

Startup Spotlight: Outleads helps advertisers incorporate offline behavior for targeted online ads

Ever seen an advertisement, supposedly targeted for you, that clearly missed the mark? Maybe flower shopping led to a barrage of wedding dresses… Read More

Jul 16, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Leasify simplifies the leasing process for new car-buyers

Editor’s note: Leasify ceased operations in 2016.  If you’ve ever shopped for a car, you know dealers will do just about… Read More

Jul 9, 2015, 3:41 PM

Startup Spotlight: 6crickets helps parents find summer camps for their kids

Last spring, Helen Wang and Adam Costello — like most parents — began to search for summer activities for their kids.… Read More

Jul 2, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: OkCopay aims to be the ‘Zillow for healthcare’

Consider the last big-ticket purchase you made. Maybe you compared prices, read reviews, and utilized online tools designed to help consumers.… Read More

Jun 25, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Coding Dojo bootcamp hopes to ‘transform lives’ with programming classes

This month, the University of Washington graduated a record number of computer science students. But despite growing computer literacy, the demand… Read More

Jun 18, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Horizon uses existing communities to create local hospitality networks

In the age of the billion-person social network, it can be challenging to use digital tools to find authentic, trustworthy… Read More

Jun 16, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft vet launches Kodu Care, an online marketplace for healthcare home visits

Mauricio Gonzalez de la Fuente had been working for Microsoft for over two decades when he finally decided to strike… Read More

Jun 12, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Unoceros turns smartphones into a massive computing network

Smartphones are everywhere. The number of worldwide smartphone users is expected to surpass 2 billion in 2016. Even now it’s… Read More

Jun 4, 2015, 3:16 PM

Startup Spotlight: SalesPrepper helps sellers target buyers with crowdsourced organizational charts

Michael Chu and Niraj Zaveri were working for SAP when they started to notice a dramatic shift in the world… Read More

May 29, 2015, 1:42 PM

Startup Spotlight: Pingle uses machine learning engine to verify, store and send credentials

Despite strides in business technology, acquiring credentials is still a manual process that can take weeks — a virtual lifetime… Read More

May 14, 2015, 2:55 PM

Startup Spotlight: Camp Native makes it easy to find and reserve campsites around the world

It’s been a whirlwind year for serial entrepreneurs David Woodbury and Brian Martell. A month after conceiving the idea for… Read More

May 7, 2015, 4:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Variat helps manufacturers with cloud-based process control software

The effect of technology on American factories has often been the subject of conversation — and national debate — over the… Read More

May 5, 2015, 7:00 PM

Startup Spotlight: Fasterbids crunches price quote data to streamline home improvement sales

Seattle is experiencing an unprecedented sellers market. The region has its lowest inventory of homes for sale in history and last… Read More

Apr 23, 2015, 6:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Qalendra uses real-time data to help adventure travelers plan vacations

Technology advances of the past decade have ushered in an age of data. Experts estimate that the vast majority of… Read More

Apr 16, 2015, 6:52 PM

Startup Spotlight: Mowdo digitizes lawn care with on-demand pricing and service

The home services market may be on the brink of disruption. Amazon recently made headlines with the official roll out of… Read More

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