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Startup Spotlight

Startup Spotlight profiles tech startups in the Pacific Northwest.

Aug 28, 2014, 4:32 PM

Startup Spotlight: BoldIQ crunches real-time data to help organizations optimize business operations

The World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this week announced that an “unprecedented” number of healthcare workers are infected with the deadly Ebola… Read More

Aug 21, 2014, 3:40 PM

Startup Spotlight: Proto-pasta supplies the ‘ink’ for lower-grade 3D printers

While 3D printing continues to make headlines and revolutionize production, options for individual consumers have been limited. Although personal 3D printers… Read More

Aug 13, 2014, 6:00 AM

Startup Spotlight: PayRange announces $2.7M round from PayPal co-founder, ex-Google Payments boss

PayRange, a startup that allows vending machines to receive smartphone payments, today confirmed a $2.75 million round and announced notable investors… Read More

Aug 7, 2014, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Keebitz uses incentives to accelerate the referral process for dentists

Earlier this week, Keebitz, a service that helps dentists manage their referrals, celebrated its first birthday — and $4 million generated… Read More

Jul 31, 2014, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: IntelliPaper merges the physical and digital space with paper USB drives

In 2008 Andrew DePaula returned to his hotel room after the Consumer Electronics Show, dismayed to learn that after hours… Read More

Jul 24, 2014, 3:00 PM

Startup Spotlight: GiftStarter uses a crowdfunding platform for group gifting

Arry Yu arrived at Seattle’s Startup Weekend in March armed with little more than an idea and a 60-second pitch.… Read More

Jul 17, 2014, 3:45 PM

Startup Spotlight: Workfrom helps people find the best places to work remotely

It’s a familiar scene — professionals and students packed into Starbucks typing away on tiny end tables and chairs fashioned into laptop desks;… Read More

Jul 10, 2014, 1:55 PM

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft vet helps marijuana users figure out what they’re smoking with LiveLabels

Now that anyone 21 years old and up can legally walk into a store and purchase marijuana in Washington, you can certainly… Read More

Jul 3, 2014, 4:01 PM

Startup Spotlight: Shoppost lets retailers sell products in social media newsfeeds

Since people are spending more and more time looking at Facebook and Twitter, why not let them purchase items directly from their social… Read More

Jun 26, 2014, 3:00 PM

Startup Spotlight: appAttach connects mobile manufacturers with app developers

After spending more than two years at Microsoft helping manage deals with computer manufacturers, James DePoy noticed an opportunity. “We saw that… Read More

Jun 19, 2014, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Nova Solar turns skyscraper windows into energy sources

Could the glass on the skyscraper your working in serve as a solar power source? What about the cell phone… Read More

Jun 12, 2014, 4:52 PM

Startup Spotlight: Zombie-Based Learning uses zombie comics to help students learn more effectively

As a middle and high school student, David Hunter wasn’t fond of the “stand and deliver” method of teaching. After… Read More

Jun 5, 2014, 3:38 PM

Startup Spotlight: Filelize automatically stores, syncs your cloud files in one place

Being able to access and work on files in the cloud is often convenient, but it can be somewhat troublesome to constantly… Read More

May 29, 2014, 6:45 PM

Startup Spotlight: APImetrics helps developers keep tabs on API performance

As the mobile platform continues to grow, tech companies are relying on application programming interfaces — APIs — more than ever. While… Read More

May 22, 2014, 3:45 PM

Startup Spotlight: CollegeMapper helps high school students get into college

Growing up with a family that had no college graduates and inside a house that was without plumbing for 12 years,… Read More

May 15, 2014, 4:27 PM

Startup Spotlight: Nouvola helps developers prevent cloud deployment disasters

When asked to explain what her company does, Paola Moretto responds with a simple question: Would you test a bridge before having… Read More

May 8, 2014, 4:45 PM

Startup Spotlight: This former Microsoftie wants to replace your PC with a $100 cloud device

When David Yunger left Microsoft to start GreenBridge Computing, he knew that his cheap-yet-powerful computer work stations would help schools around… Read More

May 1, 2014, 4:36 PM

Startup Spotlight: LendingRobot simplifies peer-to-peer lending for investors

The idea of peer-to-peer lending, which uses the Internet to eliminate the banks who sit between borrowers and lenders, has been… Read More

Apr 24, 2014, 4:32 PM

Startup Spotlight: Deep Domain helps hospitals understand, access health records

There is no doubt an incredible amount of data now available in the medical industry. But Howard Mahran and Jeff Hummel… Read More

Apr 17, 2014, 6:18 PM

Startup Spotlight: Pol.is uses machine learning, data visualization to help large groups spur conversation

For the three entrepreneurs building pol.is, the problem was simple: Big groups of people trying to communicate effectively about a certain topic online… Read More

Apr 10, 2014, 3:45 PM

Startup Spotlight: Gametiime helps marathon runners find events with Pinterest for races

When food lovers want to find a 5-star restaurant, Yelp is a solid option. When travel junkies are looking for… Read More

Apr 3, 2014, 3:45 PM

Startup Spotlight: My Foot In The Door helps applicants market soft skills, land jobs

While serving as the marketing manager at Chempoint.com, Michael Scholl quickly learned that a resume can only show so much… Read More

Mar 27, 2014, 3:45 PM

Startup Spotlight: Online boutique Runway2street offers trendy international fashion items

When Rathna Sharad was traveling around the world a few years ago, she loved finding high quality fashion items produced by… Read More

Mar 20, 2014, 3:45 PM

Startup Spotlight: Translational Software helps physicians make sense of genetic tests

Working on groundbreaking genetic testing research in a lab is one thing, but actually using that data for actionable results… Read More

Mar 13, 2014, 3:00 PM

Startup Spotlight: CarcodeSMS helps car dealerships use texts to communicate with buyers

There’s plenty of room for innovation in the car-buying space, and one Seattle startup thinks it has a great solution.… Read More

Mar 6, 2014, 1:41 PM

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft vet looks to make sense out of e-commerce data with Indix

Sanjay Parthasarathy spent 19 years at Microsoft, working in a variety of executive roles, even hiring now CEO Satya Nadella into… Read More

Feb 21, 2014, 2:14 PM

Startup Spotlight: Placements.io helps publishers automate digital ad campaign fulfillment

When Edwin Fu worked at Salesforce, he learned what he calls a “dirty little secret” while interacting with companies like… Read More

Feb 15, 2014, 12:03 PM

Startup Spotlight: Pick2Pay helps shoppers maximize credit card rewards, online offers

There are thousands of credit card rewards and other offers out there for consumers, but it can be time-consuming to… Read More

Jan 31, 2014, 2:55 PM

Startup Spotlight: MyUnfold wants to help millennials land jobs with LinkedIn-esque platform

For some job seekers, LinkedIn just doesn’t cut it as a method to show off their past accomplishments. That’s why… Read More

Jan 23, 2014, 4:01 PM

Startup Spotlight: QManager speeds up arrival, dismissal process for schools

When Moazzam Ahmed picked up his daughter every day from school, he wondered why the dismissal process for students was… Read More

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