Startups – Page 128 of 312

Aug 16, 2019, 7:00 AM

Tech Moves: RealSelf marketing exec departs; Haiku Deck founder joins Microsoft Minecraft team

— Jani Strand is out at RealSelf, just nine months after joining the cosmetic review site as chief brand and… Read More

Aug 16, 2019, 6:00 AM

LumiThera raises cash for medical device that uses light to fight vision loss

Medical device startup LumiThera raised $1.15 million as part of a new fundraising round, according to a new SEC filing.… Read More

Aug 15, 2019, 3:00 PM

‘Stripe for international shipping’: FlavorCloud helps e-commerce companies ship across borders

If you want to buy a shirt directly from a merchant in China, the customs hurdles will vary depending on… Read More

Aug 14, 2019, 3:08 PM

MediaPartners raises $5.6M to help companies prevent workplace harassment, violence, bias

A Seattle-area company that sells training videos to help improve workplace environments has raised more cash from investors. MediaPartners reeled… Read More

Aug 14, 2019, 9:00 AM

This little known Seattle startup just raised $25M to grow its ‘mobile infrastructure as a service’ tech

Jim Xiao learned about building enterprise platforms at Microsoft China. An executive role at a wireless company taught him about… Read More

Aug 14, 2019, 5:00 AM

Atomo Coffee ditches the bean and raises a nice seed: $2.6M in funding to develop molecular brew

Bean there, done with that. The future of coffee got a jolt Wednesday as Atomo Coffee announced it has secured… Read More

Aug 13, 2019, 7:59 AM

Battery startup Group14 Technologies raises $14M to make materials for electric cars

A 3-year-old Seattle-area startup is raising cash to develop materials that improve batteries in electric vehicles. A new SEC filing… Read More

Aug 12, 2019, 12:33 PM

This startup wants to accelerate ‘precision medicine’ with its growing biological data platform

Amplion, a startup that helps healthcare companies sort through biological data, closed a Series A fundraising round led by Greycroft… Read More

Aug 12, 2019, 8:00 AM

SingleFile spins out of Pioneer Square Labs, raises $3.3M to automate compliance filings

The process by which companies stay compliant hasn’t changed much over the past century. Now a Seattle startup says it… Read More

Aug 10, 2019, 3:00 PM

Hey, startup founders: Growth and profitability can coexist — here’s how to do it

For startups looking to scale, the Silicon Valley mindset encourages growth before profit, which often means raising capital to sustain… Read More

Aug 9, 2019, 10:19 AM

Joe Coffee, the mobile app for indie shops, raises $750K as it plans to bring Seattle buzz to L.A.

The buzz around Joe Coffee keeps building. The Seattle startup, which built a mobile order and rewards app for local… Read More

Aug 8, 2019, 3:00 PM

Snack Video offers bite-sized tutorials for info-hungry, time-crunched startups

Startup founders and employees have a reputation for working outlandishly long hours as they race to build their business before… Read More

Aug 6, 2019, 10:10 AM

Women’s health startup Genneve lands $4M to grow telemedicine service for menopause

Genneve, a Seattle startup that runs a telemedicine service for women experiencing menopause, landed a $4 million seed round led… Read More

Aug 6, 2019, 9:01 AM

Meet the 6 startups joining the Oregon Enterprise Blockchain Venture Studio

The Oregon Enterprise Blockchain Venture Studio announced its first class on Tuesday. The new public-private program is designed to support startups… Read More

Aug 6, 2019, 4:00 AM

Cancer-fighting startup Neoleukin merging with Aquinox in $40M deal, 8 months after UW spinout

Vancouver, B.C.-based Aquinox Pharmaceuticals is set to buy Neoleukin Therapeutics, a Seattle startup that launched out of the University of… Read More

Aug 6, 2019, 4:00 AM

Commercial real estate marketing tech startup Remarkably raises more cash to meet early demand

Remarkably is raising more cash to meet early demand for its technology that helps apartment rental building owners, managers, investors,… Read More

Aug 5, 2019, 11:48 AM

Grocery delivery startup Dumpling raises $3M to democratize the gig economy, challenging Instacart from Amazon’s backyard

Seattle startup Dumpling raised $3 million for a personal shopping platform that flips the economics of the gig economy upside… Read More

Aug 5, 2019, 9:01 AM

Esports tournament operator Matcherino lands funding as question swirl about industry’s growth

Investors are putting more cash behind esports tournament operator Matcherino as questions swirl about how large the professional gaming industry… Read More

Aug 4, 2019, 11:00 AM

Geek of the Week: How lifelong entrepreneur Bob Crimmins’ little poker game ballooned to a 2,300-person startup group

There are plenty of stories of entrepreneurs who got their start in dorm rooms and garages, but how many can… Read More

Aug 3, 2019, 8:00 AM

High-tech compression shorts maker Strive aims to measure the ‘miles per gallon’ of athletes

As a professional basketball player in Montenegro, Nikola Mrvaljevic got the idea that there must be a better way for… Read More

Aug 2, 2019, 12:01 PM

Google Cloud vets launch Seattle startup Kaskada to bolster machine learning tech with real-time data

After spending several years working at Google Cloud, Davor Bonaci and Ben Chambers saw an opportunity to help companies take… Read More

Jul 31, 2019, 10:35 AM

Commercial IoT startup Rigado sells Bluetooth tech to Swiss wireless company u-blox

Rigado, a nine-year-old Portland, Ore. startup that builds commercial IoT products and services, sold a portion of its business to… Read More

Jul 31, 2019, 9:26 AM

Portland Seed Fund raises $13.9M for third fund, looks to invest in more early-stage startups

Portland Seed Fund has raised its largest fund yet as the firm looks to invest in more startups up and… Read More

Jul 31, 2019, 6:00 AM

Ex-Microsoft engineers land $3M to launch distributed computing platform Edge Delta

Edge Delta, a Seattle-based startup that’s building a distributed analytics platform, raised $3 million in seed funding from lead investors… Read More

Jul 30, 2019, 3:33 PM

Downticket merges with Politiscope to let voters follow candidates, donate to campaigns in one app

In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, dozens of apps have cropped up seeking to arm voters with better… Read More

Jul 30, 2019, 12:23 PM

The VC View: These top venture capitalists will go deep on tech trends at the GeekWire Summit

What are the hottest investment trends? Which technologies are overhyped? And what startups will go public or get acquired in… Read More

Jul 29, 2019, 1:50 PM

AppViewX raises $30M to grow networking infrastructure automation software platform

Seattle-based company AppViewX just raised $30 million to help expand its networking automation technology, GeekWire has learned. Brighton Park Capital,… Read More

Jul 29, 2019, 10:56 AM

Medical device startup Sterifre nabs $8M to launch sterilization technology

Sterifre Medical raised an $8 million round to fuel development of products that rapidly disinfect healthcare devices, bringing the startup’s… Read More

Jul 26, 2019, 3:32 PM

Startup Spotlight: YouScript warns doctors of ‘metabolic traffic jams’ caused by prescription drugs

Modern drugs are lifesavers. But they can — and frequently do — cause more harm than good. Here’s a staggering… Read More

Jul 25, 2019, 8:45 AM

Smart light switch startup Deako lands $3.5M to speed up production for homebuilders

Seattle startup Deako raised $3.5 million to kick production of its “plug and play” smart light switches into high gear.… Read More