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Jun 11, 2017, 1:41 PM

Healthcare startup Carena raises $6M to fuel technology behind virtual doctor’s visits

  When you have the flu or a child with an earache, just getting into a doctor’s office can be… Read More

Jun 9, 2017, 9:35 AM

Seattle-based workplace morale management startup TINYpulse cuts 10% of staff

TINYpulse, a Seattle startup that offers technology to assess employee morale, has cut about 10 percent of its staff, the… Read More

Jun 8, 2017, 10:35 AM

New site ‘Capital & Growth’ aims to be the ‘Stack Overflow for startup marketing’

Jasper Kuria’s story will resonate with many startup founders. He spent several years in engineering and program management at Microsoft… Read More

Jun 7, 2017, 6:15 PM

Docker set to open Seattle-area engineering center, latest Bay Area tech company to land in Northwest

Another Silicon Valley tech company is set to open an office in the Seattle area. This time it’s Docker, the heavily-funded… Read More

Jun 7, 2017, 3:00 PM

Startup Spotlight: Vault launches app that helps people save for retirement with their paychecks

There are a few financial challenges we all face, and saving for retirement is one of the biggest. But the… Read More

Jun 7, 2017, 8:05 AM

How a huge fire and a competitor nearly took down Modumetal — and why the company’s still standing

Modumetal CEO Christina Lomasney took to the stage last month to reflect on her time as an up-and-coming entrepreneur, and… Read More

Jun 6, 2017, 2:49 PM

Wicket Labs raises $2M to help companies understand the new media landscape, adds former CEO of Comcast-owned thePlatform

Wicket Labs, a Seattle startup founded by former executives of Comcast-owned thePlatform, has raised $2 million to arm media companies with… Read More

Jun 6, 2017, 10:48 AM

Here’s why Snap just paid more than $200M to acquire Seattle startup Placed

Snap just made one of its largest acquisitions to date, swooping up Seattle startup Placed for more than $200 million,… Read More

Crowd Cow
Jun 6, 2017, 6:00 AM

Crowd Cow takes its crowd-funding beef business national, opens up delivery across the U.S.

Crowd Cow’s crowd of cow-tipping beef lovers just got a lot bigger. The Seattle-based startup announced Tuesday that it is… Read More

Jun 5, 2017, 3:00 PM

Snapchat parent Snap acquires location analytics startup Placed for more than $200M

Snapchat parent Snap has acquired Placed, a Seattle-based startup that operates a consumer location analytics platform, GeekWire has learned. Placed, which employs… Read More

Jun 2, 2017, 1:39 PM

Mysterious Seattle digital marketing startup New Engen, led by former Zulily employees, raises $8M

New Engen, a digital marketing startup led by veterans of online retailer Zulily, has raised $8 million, according to a filing with the… Read More

Jun 2, 2017, 1:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Spotted Places maps out travel recommendations from friends

Bryant Hawthorne and Dan Taylor met as neighbors and quickly bonded over a love of travel and similar careers in… Read More

Jun 2, 2017, 9:06 AM

Media Partners raises $1.1M to produce ‘Hollywood-grade’ training videos

Pretty much everyone has, at some point in life, been sequestered in a room and made to watch a series… Read More

Jun 1, 2017, 9:00 AM

Wireless tech company Rigado raises $3M to expand overseas and grow IoT product line

Rigado, a Portland company that provides wireless services for Internet of Things (IoT) companies, has secured $3.3 million in seed… Read More

May 31, 2017, 3:05 PM

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft cybersecurity vets launch Seklarity to help companies understand hacking risk

During the years Joe Donahue spent running Microsoft’s cybersecurity threat detection team, he observed a recurring problem. The team helped… Read More

May 26, 2017, 4:20 PM

Molecule filter maker Membrion wins top prize at University of Washington Business Plan Competition

A team of chemical engineering and business students from the University of Washington earned the top prize at the 20th… Read More

May 26, 2017, 10:10 AM

UW honors long-time entrepreneurship program leader Connie Bourassa-Shaw at 20th Business Plan Competition

The University of Washington held an award dinner for its 20th Business Plan Competition on Thursday evening in Seattle. But it also… Read More

May 26, 2017, 7:00 AM

Pizza, soda, Oreos and breathing: 7 key lessons I learned in the startup trenches

Becoming a startup CEO was never an explicit career goal. I started PitchBook because of a simple and pure motivation… Read More

May 24, 2017, 4:30 AM

Work management powerhouse Smartsheet lands $52M, valuation tops $850M amid global expansion

Project and work management technology company Smartsheet has landed the biggest funding round in the company’s 11-year history — $52 million — as… Read More

May 23, 2017, 3:42 PM

Startup Spotlight: Cancer survivors join forces for social video startup Splainers

The odds of surviving stage III Hodgkin’s lymphoma are about four-to-one. The odds of two people beating that cancer and… Read More

May 23, 2017, 10:55 AM

Outreach.io raises $30M from top VC firms to help sales teams reach more leads, speed up workflow

Outreach.io today announced a $30 million funding round that will help the Seattle startup grow its sales automation platform. DFJ… Read More

May 23, 2017, 10:13 AM

Discuss.io lands $5M to modernize market research and make focus groups more affordable

Discuss.io has reeled in a $5 million funding round to continue its mission to disrupt the focus group. The Seattle… Read More

May 19, 2017, 11:07 AM

Seattle’s Intentionet lands $3M in Om Malik’s first Pacific NW investment

The process of developing software has been dramatically improved over the last several years with the introduction of concepts like… Read More

Mina Yoo and Qliplet
May 19, 2017, 9:55 AM

HEROCLIP, the do-it-all invention for camping, organizing and more, hooks $500K in new funding

Lulabop, the Seattle-based lifestyle startup which created an “Invention We Love” at the 2016 GeekWire Summit with its multi-use carabiner/hook called… Read More

May 19, 2017, 8:10 AM

Techstars grad Innervate raises more cash for platform that helps developers reach gamers

Innervate, a Seattle startup offering a suite of tools to help gaming companies market their products, has raised an undisclosed… Read More

May 18, 2017, 10:21 AM

Forget the Q-tips: This startup’s headphones clean out your ears in just 35 seconds

Earwax build-up is a nasty fact of life for many people, some of whom go to great lengths to clean… Read More

May 17, 2017, 4:03 PM

UW names Rob Adams to replace Connie Bourassa-Shaw as head of Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship

Rob Adams, a Seattle angel investor, startup mentor, and the former acquisitions manager for Cisco, will replace Connie Bourassa-Shaw as… Read More

May 17, 2017, 9:46 AM

Medical startup originally backed by Jeff Bezos and other big name investors reportedly closing

Qliance Medical Management Inc. — a Seattle-based primary care provider originally backed by the likes of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos — is… Read More

May 17, 2017, 8:28 AM

Lighthouse eDiscovery merges with Discovia to form self-described largest electronic discovery company

Lighthouse eDiscovery, a Seattle-based company that provides electronic discovery products to help lawyers quickly sift through mountains of complex documentation, has… Read More

May 17, 2017, 6:00 AM

CreativeLive lands $25M to expand online learning platform further into the enterprise

CreativeLive, which offers streamed classes taught by experts from a variety of disciplines, has landed a new $25 million funding… Read More

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