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Sep 5, 2019, 9:16 AM

Prudential to buy Seattle-area insurance tech startup Assurance for $2.35B

Prudential Financial agreed to acquire Seattle-area startup Assurance IQ for $2.35 billion, the companies announced Thursday. The acquisition will fold… Read More

Sep 5, 2019, 8:05 AM

Pulumi takes on cloud juggernauts with flagship product for deploying infrastructure as code

Seattle startup Pulumi is formally launching its technology for programming the underlying infrastructure of the cloud, looking to land new… Read More

Sep 4, 2019, 3:32 PM

Three Seattle startups make LinkedIn’s 2019 list of 50 hottest companies to work for now

LinkedIn’s 2019 list of the 50 Top Startups in the U.S. once again includes three companies from Seattle, with two… Read More

Sep 4, 2019, 10:51 AM

Microsoft acquires cloud migration startup Movere to help companies transition to Azure

Microsoft didn’t have to go far for its latest acquisition. The Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant today announced that it acquired… Read More

Sep 4, 2019, 8:00 AM

Suplari raises funding from Workday, Madrona and others for AI that analyzes corporate spending

Top venture capitalists and the investment arm of Workday are putting more dollars behind Suplari, a Seattle startup that uses… Read More

Sep 4, 2019, 6:00 AM

Would you trust this startup to plan a mystery date for you? We did — and here’s what it was like

It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Friday and I have plans. At least, that’s what I’m told. I have no idea… Read More

Sep 2, 2019, 8:00 AM

No poop required: Researchers devise blood test for gut microbiome diversity using data from defunct startup Arivale

If you want to know what’s going on in your gut microbiome, the community of bacteria in our intestines that… Read More

Aug 30, 2019, 12:45 PM

Y Combinator grad Preclusio automates how companies comply with tech privacy regulations

The scary truth about many technology companies is that for years they’ve been vacuuming up vast quantities of personal data… Read More

Aug 29, 2019, 4:31 PM

Intellectual Ventures spinoff Xinova lays off staff as invention network company aims for profitability

Seattle-based “invention network” company Xinova cut staff today, GeekWire has learned. A company spokesperson declined to provide details about how… Read More

Aug 29, 2019, 1:29 PM

Why Nestlé just bought a personalized vitamin startup in Washington state

A small startup from the Pacific Northwest is now part of a global food and beverage behemoth. Nestlé Health Science… Read More

Aug 28, 2019, 3:28 PM

Cloud services company Skytap lays off 25 workers in first major change under new CEO

Enterprise cloud services company Skytap is laying off 25 employees, or around 12 percent of its workforce, in an effort… Read More

Aug 28, 2019, 9:51 AM

Fresh off Domino’s delivery partnership, Rad Power Bikes rolls out new $1,299 ‘RadRunner’ cruiser

It’s been a big month for Rad Power Bikes. The Seattle startup made headlines earlier in August for its exclusive… Read More

Aug 27, 2019, 9:16 AM

Convoy hires VPs of marketing and revenue, doubles workforce to 750 in bid to transform the trucking industry

Convoy is adding two new senior executives to lead marketing and revenue, capping a year of massive growth following a… Read More

Aug 27, 2019, 8:24 AM

Madrona leads $10M round for Tesorio, a fintech startup that automates cash flow analysis

Hope Cochran knows about managing cash flow. As the former chief financial officer at Candy Crush maker King Digital and… Read More

Aug 27, 2019, 6:22 AM

Female Founders Alliance unveils second accelerator class and partnership with Microsoft

Female Founders Alliance is back with its second accelerator cohort as the Seattle-based organization looks to help another round of… Read More

Aug 27, 2019, 5:00 AM

Mobile marketing startup Airship acquires Apptimize to bolster customer experience testing

Mobile marketing startup Airship scooped up Apptimize, a San Francisco-based user experience testing company, in its second acquisition so far… Read More

Aug 23, 2019, 4:17 PM

Canadian biotech company Chinook Therapeutics raises $65M for rare kidney disease therapies

Chinook Therapeutics, a Vancouver, B.C.-based biotech company creating targeted therapies for kidney diseases, raised $65 million in a Series A… Read More

Aug 23, 2019, 8:33 AM

Riding a telemedicine wave, docs trade white coats for the tech life, testing the limits of health care

Dr. Michael Grabinski walks into the room, but he can’t talk yet. “I just picked up a patient,” he said.… Read More

Aug 22, 2019, 6:00 AM

Tech ideas are brewing at these 5 coffee-crazed Seattle startups — right in Starbucks’ back yard

Independent coffee shops have always sought to carve out their spot in Seattle and elsewhere against Starbucks’ shop-on-every-corner mentality, whether… Read More

Aug 22, 2019, 5:00 AM

How this ex-Microsoft director launched a spa and salon software startup that has raised $91M

Sudheer Koneru thought he was pretty much done working. After stints at Microsoft and SumTotal Systems, Koneru considered himself semi-retired,… Read More

Aug 21, 2019, 10:45 AM

What makes a unicorn? Hear from 3 CEOs of $1B startups at the GeekWire Summit

Launching a startup is no easy feat. Growing a small team of early employees and increasing revenue is even harder.… Read More

Aug 21, 2019, 10:44 AM

Female Founders Alliance and Pioneer Square Labs launch challenge to help entrepreneurs test ideas

Leslie Feinzaig knows how hard it is to let go of a failed startup idea. In 2016 she launched Venture… Read More

Aug 21, 2019, 6:00 AM

The hidden legacy of aQuantive: How Microsoft’s $6B loss became a win for the Seattle tech industry

In business, some deals go well and others go badly. But that’s never the whole story. Microsoft bought Seattle-based advertising… Read More

Aug 20, 2019, 12:23 PM

Today on GeekWire: Startup releases distinctive headphones; HQ2 is hot; inside Bill Gates’ brain

Would you wear these headphones? Would you buy them for $399? Those are the big questions as Seattle startup Human releases… Read More

Aug 20, 2019, 10:57 AM

Vulcan Capital opens first international office in Singapore to invest $100M in Southeast Asia startups

Vulcan Capital, the invest arm of the late Paul Allen, opened its first international office in Singapore to invest in… Read More

Aug 20, 2019, 7:33 AM

Seattle startup Human looks to stand out with distinctive $399 over-the-ear wireless headphones

Update, Aug. 21: Human announced a “special introductory price” of $259 for its headphones, one day after launch. After nearly five… Read More

Aug 20, 2019, 6:00 AM

PTO Exchange raises $3M to grow platform that helps employees cash out unused vacation time

More than half of Americans do not use all of the paid time off granted by their employers, leaving 768… Read More

Aug 19, 2019, 7:00 AM

Making OKRs OK: Ally raises $8M for software to help companies meet objectives and key results

A Seattle startup has raised $8 million to fuel its quest to help companies stay on track and hit their… Read More

Aug 19, 2019, 2:00 AM

Modular smart-home startup Blokable raises $23M, plans new California manufacturing facility

Blokable, the Seattle-based startup aiming to transform how housing is developed, raised $23 million to expand its manufacturing capabilities as… Read More

Aug 18, 2019, 6:00 AM

Going from a big company to a startup? Here are three things you need to ‘unlearn’ to be successful

People going from a big company to a startup, as a founder or an employee, severely underestimate the differences in… Read More

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