Startups – Page 136 of 312

Mar 4, 2019, 3:00 PM

Don’t let your OKRs be TBD: Ally helps companies focus on their most important goals

It was a problem that came up at his first startup that led Vetri Vellore to create his second one.… Read More

Mar 2, 2019, 10:15 AM

3 leadership lessons from Adaptive Biotechnologies CEO Chad Robins

As the CEO of Adaptive Biotechnologies, Chad Robins has shown a knack for turning really good ideas into a viable… Read More

Mar 1, 2019, 1:08 PM

Off the Record, a startup that helps drivers fight tickets, wins dispute brought by traffic attorneys

A Seattle startup that helps drivers fight traffic tickets is celebrating what it calls “a big win” this week in… Read More

Feb 28, 2019, 3:42 PM

GeekWire Calendar Picks: The GeekWire Bash is a week away; International Women’s Day; and the future of Star Trek

Did you spend years in your parents’ basement playing ping pong? Or foosball? Or Catan? If so, join the GeekWire… Read More

Feb 28, 2019, 1:59 PM

‘Halo Light’ maker Illumagear lands $2.5M to make construction workers safer and more productive

Illumagear, the maker of the workplace safety device Halo Light, raised $2.5 million of a $4 million round, led by… Read More

Feb 27, 2019, 10:55 AM

AI2’s Oren Etzioni to entrepreneurs: It’s not too late to ride the machine-learning wave

It may seem as if everyone’s already on the bandwagon for artificial intelligence and machine learning, with players ranging from… Read More

Feb 27, 2019, 9:31 AM

‘Parallel reality’ display technology startup Misapplied Sciences raises more cash

Misapplied Sciences, the Seattle-area company behind a screen that can show different things to multiple people at the same time,… Read More

Feb 26, 2019, 10:22 AM

Dressed with data: Seattle fashion rental startup Armoire uses curation to change how women buy clothes

If Armoire has its way, women can say goodbye to cluttered closets and hundreds of wasted hours shopping for clothes.… Read More

Feb 26, 2019, 9:35 AM

Agriculture startup iUNU raises $7.5M to turn greenhouses into high-tech manufacturing plants

Seattle startup iUNU has raised more cash to expand its platform that uses technologies such as artificial intelligence and computer… Read More

Feb 26, 2019, 7:00 AM

How scorpion venom helps improve brain cancer surgery in children by making tumors glow

Seattle biotech company Blaze Bioscience has raised $5 million in funding as it pursues a pivotal trial for its “Tumor Paint,”… Read More

Feb 25, 2019, 2:30 PM

Seattle startup Small Run removes the mystery and hassle out of shopping for original art

If you’ve graduated from tacking up posters — including the faux-fancy kind that are shrink wrapped on cardboard — and you… Read More

Feb 24, 2019, 8:00 AM

Seattle startup’s path to greatness could be this captivating walk through physical and virtual worlds

I tried to reach down and pet a cat that wasn’t real. And with that, 15 seconds into a 15-minute… Read More

Feb 23, 2019, 5:05 AM

The secret to Seattle’s success in tech, and what needs to happen to spark the next wave of growth

Despite all its success, Seattle’s tech community needs an unprecedented win to take it to the next level — a… Read More

Feb 22, 2019, 12:50 PM

Amazon’s Alexa Fund joins $28M round for CTRL-labs, makers of neural interface technology

CTRL-labs, the New York-based startup that is reimagining how the human brain can connect with machines, has closed another big… Read More

Feb 22, 2019, 9:36 AM

‘Circle with Disney’ device maker raises $20M to help parents set screen time limits, block content

Circle Media Labs, maker of the Circle with Disney parental control device, has raised $20 million in new investment. The… Read More

Feb 21, 2019, 9:30 AM

Marketing tech startup Lytics raises $35M to help companies learn more about individual customers

Lytics has raised more funding to help brands such as Nestlé, The Economist, Atlassian and others bolster their 1-to-1 customer marketing… Read More

Feb 19, 2019, 11:46 AM

Seattle biotech startup Good Therapeutics raises $11M to make smart cancer therapies

Good Therapeutics, a new Seattle biotech startup that aims to develop protein drugs that act only when needed, raised $11… Read More

Feb 19, 2019, 9:43 AM

Industrial augmented reality smart headwear maker RealWear raises another $5M

Vancouver, Wash.-based startup RealWear has raised another $5 million in a round from existing investor Columbia Ventures Corporation to expand its global… Read More

Feb 18, 2019, 3:11 PM

Startup backed by ex-NBA players raises cash to build software for high school athletic programs

Scorebook Live has reeled in another $2.5 million to help high school sports programs get access to the same level… Read More

Feb 18, 2019, 10:05 AM

Univ. of Washington CoMotion innovation center chief Vikram Jandhyala to step down in June

After five years of leading the University of Washington’s innovation center, Vikram Jandhyala is stepping down. Jandhyala, executive director of… Read More

Feb 18, 2019, 9:21 AM

Seattle-area Earth observation satellite factory LeoStella is open for business

When you hear the words “satellite factory,” LeoStella‘s operations in a nondescript office park south of Seattle probably isn’t the image… Read More

Feb 16, 2019, 12:30 PM

How to create an effective pitch deck: A data-driven analysis of what makes successful slides

Editor’s note: This guest post is written by Matt Rubright, an operator turned banker at Silicon Valley Bank. Building an effective… Read More

Feb 15, 2019, 5:47 PM

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Hacking education, comic books, artificial intelligence and robotics

It seems like we’ve moved to the Midwest or East Coast with Seattle weather lately. And days like these make… Read More

Feb 15, 2019, 9:08 AM

Seattle indie game developer tinyBuild raises $15M, plans to grow using ‘dynamic structure’ strategy

tinyBuild, the Seattle-area indie game developer and publisher of titles such as Hello Neighbor and Rapture Rejects, has raised a… Read More

Feb 15, 2019, 7:00 AM

Future unicorns: Algorithm predicts the next $1B companies, including one Seattle startup

Can algorithms predict the next billion-dollar companies better than human venture capitalists? It seems possible, at least based on a formula… Read More

Feb 14, 2019, 4:53 PM

This DNA-driven dating startup says love is in the air — and they’ll help you sniff it out

It’s Valentine’s Day, so romance is in the air. But it’s not the smell of Axe Body Wash or Chanel… Read More

Feb 14, 2019, 9:50 AM

Silicon Valley investment firm Alpine SG acquires 6 startups, forms new Seattle-area marketing company

Alpine SG, a Silicon Valley investment firm that acquires and then operates software-as-a-service companies, is swooping up six startups and… Read More

Feb 13, 2019, 10:24 AM

With latest deals, Amazon reveals sudden interest in autonomous and electric vehicles

Amazon and General Motors plan to invest in Rivian, the maker of electric pickup trucks, according to reports by Reuters and Bloomberg,… Read More

Feb 13, 2019, 8:00 AM

Surveys in Slack: Madrona leads $7M round in Polly, a Seattle startup that builds polling software

With millions of employees at thousands of companies now getting work done with collaboration software such as Slack and Microsoft… Read More

Feb 12, 2019, 3:16 PM

Audio startup that uses ‘bending wave technology’ raises $6M, looks to ride smart speaker wave

Seattle-area startup Tectonic Audio Labs has raised $6 million to further develop its audio technology used in smart speakers, TVs,… Read More