Startups – Page 101 of 314

Mar 4, 2021, 10:21 AM

How this Seattle VC missed out on Auth0’s seed round, but persisted and landed a big payoff

Seattle venture capitalist Chris DeVore felt something special when he first connected with Auth0 co-founder Eugenio Pace. DeVore, an early-stage… Read More

Mar 4, 2021, 7:00 AM

Pioneer Square Labs raises $100M fund for venture arm to back more Pacific Northwest startups

Pioneer Square Labs has raised $100 million for its second venture fund, a key milestone for the 5-year-old Seattle firm… Read More

Mar 4, 2021, 4:00 AM

Seattle startup Downstream, which helps brands with their Amazon ads, acquired by Jungle Scout

Jungle Scout raised $110 million and today announced the acquisition of Downstream, a Seattle startup that helps brands with their… Read More

Mar 3, 2021, 1:24 PM

Okta to pay $6.5B to acquire Seattle’s Auth0; identity tech startup was valued at $1.9B last year

Auth0, the billion-dollar Seattle-area startup that is a leader in identity authentication software, is being acquired by Okta, another leader… Read More

Mar 3, 2021, 10:11 AM

‘The fastest growing marketplace in history’: Vancouver’s Dapper Labs at the center of NFT craze

NFTs go viral: Digital collectibles, also known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), are suddenly the talk of the tech world. They’ve… Read More

Mar 3, 2021, 3:00 AM

Bill Gates and Amazon join $80M funding round for Turntide electric motor venture

Turntide Technologies, a Silicon Valley venture that’s retooling electric motors for the 21st century, says it has completed an $80… Read More

Mar 2, 2021, 5:14 PM

Health data startup Truveta hires Seattle Foundation CEO Tony Mestres as president

Tony Mestres, a former Microsoft vice president who has been president and CEO of the Seattle Foundation for seven years,… Read More

Mar 2, 2021, 8:58 AM

How SPACs are changing the IPO game: Equity ownership of founders a big consideration

A few weeks ago, a longtime GeekWire reader sent a note expressing shock that Sana Biotechnology co-founder and CEO Steve… Read More

Mar 2, 2021, 8:09 AM

Zulily co-founder latest to join SPAC mania

Mark Vadon, the Seattle e-commerce entrepreneur who co-founded Zulily and Blue Nile and served as chairman of Chewy, is joining… Read More

Mar 2, 2021, 8:00 AM

Boeing Insitu founders raise cash for Aerovel, which makes drones that take off and land vertically

An aerospace venture started by the founders of Boeing’s Insitu business unit just raised fresh cash as the company ramps… Read More

Mar 2, 2021, 4:00 AM

Presage Biosciences raises $13M and inks new deal with Merck for cancer drug tests

New funds, new partners: Seattle’s Presage Biosciences announced $13 million in funding as well new collaborations with biotech giant Merck… Read More

Mar 1, 2021, 3:40 PM

Seattle-area fintech startup Secure reveals secret: Suze Orman is part of the founding team

Secure had a secret. And a “secret weapon.” The Seattle-area fintech startup announced recently that TV personality and best-selling author… Read More

Mar 1, 2021, 1:55 PM

Led by co-creator of Nintendo’s Power Glove, this startup raised $2M for its restaurant tech

New funding: Vancouver, Wash.-based startup Perfect Company just reeled in $2 million of a larger round to help grow its… Read More

Mar 1, 2021, 7:30 AM

Reperio Health raises $6M for at-home medical test subscription service aimed at employers

New funding: Reperio Health, a Portland-based health tech company, has raised more than $6 million as part of its seed… Read More

Mar 1, 2021, 6:00 AM

More capital for Pacific Northwest startups: Founders’ Co-op raises $50M fund, its largest yet

Seattle venture capital firm Founders’ Co-op, an early backer of billion-dollar companies such as Remitly, Outreach, and Auth0, has raised… Read More

Feb 27, 2021, 9:23 AM

Finding my way to tech entrepreneurship: An immigrant’s perspective

Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by Seattle entrepreneur Chuks Onwuneme, which first appeared on LinkedIn. The version… Read More

Feb 26, 2021, 1:58 PM

After struggling to adopt a child, this founder launched a matchmaking platform for other families

After trying for four years to have their own baby — including spending $70,000 on fertility treatments and suffering three… Read More

Feb 26, 2021, 8:00 AM

Father-daughters team launches Chances to attract Gen Z to new type of ‘social relationships app’

At times, while working on his new startup with his two daughters, Rob Lipschutz is either “Rob” or he’s “Dad”… Read More

Feb 25, 2021, 1:36 PM

Here’s the first thing President Biden should do to spark entrepreneurship in the U.S.

The most powerful lever President Joe Biden can pull to catalyze entrepreneurship in the U.S. is immigration reform. That’s according… Read More

Feb 25, 2021, 1:27 PM

Seattle investors talk SPACs; pandemic impact on startups; advice for founders; and more

When the pandemic hit last year, tech startups began laying off employees and braced for impact. The outlook was bleak,… Read More

Feb 25, 2021, 8:00 AM

Stoke Space raises $9.1 million to create a new breed of reusable upper-stage rockets

Stoke Space Technologies, the Renton, Wash.-based company founded by veterans of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, has attracted $9.1… Read More

Feb 24, 2021, 10:35 AM

Immigration startup Boundless consolidates customer service team; 31 employees affected

Seattle-based startup Boundless laid off four employees and asked 27 workers to relocate to Las Vegas as part of what… Read More

Feb 23, 2021, 5:44 PM

Second Wave: Meet the 11 startups picked for Washington state’s maritime accelerator

The Port of Seattle and non-profit strategic alliance Washington Maritime Blue continue efforts to merge the region’s longstanding maritime heritage… Read More

Feb 23, 2021, 2:48 PM

ChefSteps founder returns to the kitchen with new startup and another high-tech cooking device

Chris Young took the temperature on current kitchen innovation and decided the time was right to get back to the… Read More

Feb 23, 2021, 7:00 AM

Pendulum, a new Madrona Venture Labs startup, aims to combat misinformation on video platforms

Misinformation is a big problem. Tech giants including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube — which deleted 500,000 COVID-19 misinformation videos —… Read More

Feb 23, 2021, 6:00 AM

SoundCommerce raises $15M to help online retailers ‘think and act like Amazon’

Another Seattle e-commerce logistics startup is raising more cash. This time it’s SoundCommerce, which just announced a $15 million Series… Read More

Feb 22, 2021, 7:50 AM

Another unicorn in Seattle: Enterprise sales startup Highspot raises $200M round at a $2.3B valuation

Highspot has joined the growing list of billion-dollar startups sprouting up in the Seattle area. Seattle’s newest unicorn just raised… Read More

Feb 21, 2021, 10:00 AM

VC shares 5 tips for startup founders who are ready to raise their Series A round

Your startup just hit $1 million in annual recurring revenue. You’ve got product market fit. Now you’re ready for more… Read More

Feb 18, 2021, 2:54 PM

Tech Moves: Wyze names first CFO; OutSystems exec relocates to Seattle; Flying Fish adds partner

— Smart home startup Wyze Labs named Francis Lee as its first chief financial officer. A longtime Nike exec, Lee… Read More

Feb 18, 2021, 7:39 AM

E-commerce logistics startup Pipe17 raises $8M amid pandemic-driven online shopping surge

New funding: Seattle startup Pipe17 announced an $8 million seed funding round for its platform that helps online retailers tie… Read More