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Crowd Cow
Jan 24, 2017, 9:00 AM

Beef-sharing startup Crowd Cow raises $2M as it steers its focus toward a national audience

Talk about seed and feed. Crowd Cow, the Seattle-based startup that launched in 2015 with the goal of bringing higher-quality… Read More

Jan 23, 2017, 5:06 PM

Health123 acquired by Samepage Health to create cloud software for patients with chronic conditions

Two Seattle healthcare companies are joining forces to build tech-infused solutions together. Samepage Health has acquired Health123, a Seattle-based startup that… Read More

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Jan 23, 2017, 10:12 AM

Startup stories: Join us for a discussion on what it is like in the entrepreneurial trenches

Are you thinking about joining the startup ranks? Or just curious what it’s like to be an entrepreneur? Join us… Read More

Jan 20, 2017, 2:31 PM

Tech startups PetHub and Pebblebee settle lawsuit over pet tracking tags

Pet ID tag company PetHub and tracking technology startup Pebblebee have settled a contract dispute over a deal to develop pet tracking… Read More

Jan 20, 2017, 10:56 AM

Headset raises $2.5M for marijuana retail business data intelligence and analytics startup

As more states pass laws legalizing the sale of cannabis, new retail stores are generating revenue. Just like any business,… Read More

Jan 18, 2017, 1:25 PM

Entrepreneurs and investors will love this game about pitching ‘objectively bad startup ideas’

Attention, nerds: This is the party game for you. “Pitch Deck” is kind of like “Cards Against Humanity” for the… Read More

Jan 18, 2017, 9:21 AM

Jellyvision acquires healthcare automation platform FlexMinder, plans to expand Seattle office

Jellyvision has acquired FlexMinder, a Seattle startup that helps healthcare administrators automate the insurance claims submission process. FlexMinder CEO Lowell Ricklefs… Read More

Jan 18, 2017, 8:49 AM

How The Wizard of Oz tells you everything you need to know about being a great entrepreneur

NEW YORK — Is the secret to entrepreneurial success found in The Wizard of Oz? Rich Barton, the co-founder of… Read More

Jan 18, 2017, 8:28 AM

Why this Seattle startup moved to rural South Dakota — and what happened next

Camp Native CEO David Woodbury describes Spearfish, S.D., as a place with “the least amount of tech startup activity in the… Read More

Jan 18, 2017, 7:00 AM

Voyager Capital adds Silicon Valley vet to Seattle office, shifts investing focus to Pacific Northwest

In some ways, James Newell is a hometown Seattle boy. He was born and raised on the Kitsap Peninsula, just an… Read More

Jan 17, 2017, 2:09 PM

HR software maker Unitive acquires Seattle startup TalentSonar to help companies remove bias from hiring

Unitive, a San Francisco company that makes hiring and HR software, is acquiring TalentSonar, according to CEO Alvin Loh. The… Read More

Jan 17, 2017, 10:29 AM

Stay Alfred raises $15M to expand lodging business that rents apartments like hotels

Stay Alfred, a Spokane, Wash. lodging startup that operates short-term rentals out of the downtown neighborhoods of major U.S. cities,… Read More

Jan 17, 2017, 6:00 AM

Apana raises $3.5M to help businesses save money by controlling water use

Water is becoming increasingly scarce, and a startup based in Bellingham, Wash., has raised $3.5 million to help businesses monitor… Read More

Jan 16, 2017, 7:26 AM

Online pet sitting service Rover sniffing around IPO, CEO says they’re targeting 2018

Is Rover barking up the IPO tree? The fast-growing Seattle based online pet sitting and dog walking marketplace is targeting… Read More

Jan 16, 2017, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: WTIA names new chairman; Amazon poaches talent to lead Prime overseas; and more

The Washington Technology Industry Association‘s Board of Directors has a new chairman: John Suk, a Harvard and University of Chicago graduate… Read More

Jan 15, 2017, 12:25 PM

How this reluctant Fitbit investor almost missed a $1.6 billion windfall

Tech investor Brad Feld remembers his first call with Fitbit CEO James Park. It was in 2010, during a major… Read More

Jan 13, 2017, 1:31 PM

Obama’s edict to help immigrant entrepreneurs start companies in the U.S. is finalized

(Updated Jan. 18 to reflect the correct date the rule takes effect). The Department of Homeland Security has officially published a… Read More

Jan 13, 2017, 9:54 AM

Kitchenbowl acquired by Japanese cooking school as founders head to Uber and Instacart

It started with a cold email and ended with an acquisition. Kitchenbowl, a Seattle-based startup that built a social recipe… Read More

Jan 12, 2017, 4:02 PM

Startup Spotlight: On-demand beauty service Tousled brings salon professionals to your door

When Priya Dandawate was studying engineering at the University of Illinois, she moonlighted in local beauty parlors. She saw big inefficiencies in… Read More

Jan 12, 2017, 10:04 AM

ID Genomics consortium to build national database of bacterial ‘fingerprints’ to help doctors diagnose infection

There’s a reason bacteria take up almost an entire kingdom in our map of life: they are an endlessly complex… Read More

Jan 12, 2017, 4:30 AM

Madrona adds ex-King Digital CFO as partner; promotes ‘Soma’ Somasegar to managing director

Madrona Venture Group today announced three internal promotions and the hiring of a new venture partner. Hope Cochran, a long-time… Read More

Jan 11, 2017, 3:00 PM

Guest Post: U.S. Immigration Services issues new standards to make it easer for foreign entrepreneurs to get green cards

Two years ago, in my article titled, “What President Obama’s immigration announcement means for tech companies and entrepreneurs,” I discussed… Read More

Jan 11, 2017, 1:07 PM

After a rocky year, enterprise virtual reality startup Envelop VR is shutting down

Envelop VR, a virtual reality startup out of Bellevue, Wash., has ceased operations, according to the company’s website. The startup,… Read More

Jan 10, 2017, 9:35 AM

Inside the F Bomb Breakfast Club, a space for Seattle’s badass female founders

It’s before dawn on the first Friday of January. A steady trickle of women climb the stairs to a coworking… Read More

Jan 10, 2017, 9:04 AM

Scientific wellness startup Arivale launches new data-driven weight loss program

The field of scientific wellness may still be young, but Seattle’s Arivale — a startup that takes a data-driven approach to… Read More

Jan 9, 2017, 9:46 PM

After nearly a decade at Madrona, Elise Hebb sets sail for Seattle venture capital firm Maveron

Elise Hebb is moving from one Seattle venture capital firm to another. After nearly a decade working at Madrona Venture… Read More

Jan 9, 2017, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Onvia appoints new CEO; Tableau adds New Relic president to board; and more

Russ Mann, a longtime fixture in Seattle’s tech scene, is taking on another leading role. He was announced this morning… Read More

Jan 6, 2017, 2:41 PM

GeekWork Picks: Seattle unicorn OfferUp seeks hacker to strengthen security

Seattle startup OfferUp, the Seattle-based Craigslist competitor that last year become one of the pacific northwest’s few unicorns, is hiring… Read More

rover napkin
Jan 6, 2017, 10:03 AM

Listen up, pet parents — Seattle’s Rover talks wearables and more dog tech trends at CES

LAS VEGAS — In the Pacific Northwest, people love their dogs. The stereotypical Seattle office, with its jeans-and-a-T-shirt dress code… Read More

Jan 5, 2017, 8:16 PM

Samsung partner Voicebox makes major job cuts in wake of Note 7 discontinuation

Voicebox Technologies, which provides natural-language understanding technology for Samsung devices including the discontinued Galaxy Note 7, is cutting a significant portion… Read More

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