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Sep 13, 2016, 4:38 PM

Why venture capitalist Marc Andreessen is critical of the ‘fail fast’ startup mentality

SAN FRANCISCO — “Fail fast” is a well-known phrase in the startup world — or “fail forward” and “fail better” —… Read More

Sep 13, 2016, 10:12 AM

Bootstrapped startup MedBridge lines up $3M in debt to boost products

MedBridge, a video-based medical education platform, has lined up $3 million in debt financing, according to a filing with the Securities and… Read More

Sep 12, 2016, 2:42 PM

Content collaboration startup Slope closes $1M round, product now available to the public

GeekWire Startup Day champ Slope, a Seattle-based company that makes software to help teams manage and collaborate on multimedia content,… Read More

Sep 9, 2016, 3:16 PM

Startup Spotlight: This student team designs apps to help people with disabilities

When Maddie Rogers was in high school, her grandfather suffered a stroke. As with many stroke victims, the ordeal made communicating… Read More

Sep 9, 2016, 1:31 PM

GeekWork Picks: Nintex seeks test automation engineer for cloud team

Nintex, a workflow automation firm based in Bellevue, Wash., has been consistently hiring over the past few weeks and is looking to… Read More

Sep 8, 2016, 12:51 PM

LiveStories raises $3M to help governments and non-profits visualize data

Seattle-based startup LiveStories today announced a $3 million funding round led by True Ventures. Founders’ Co-op, Social Leverage, Urban.us, the Knight Foundation… Read More

Sep 8, 2016, 9:48 AM

Here are the top 10 universities graduating the most VC-backed entrepreneurs

Students across the country are headed back to school and many high school seniors are deciding which college or university… Read More

Sep 8, 2016, 3:00 AM

Craigslist rival OfferUp raises $119M, confirms $1B valuation and cites ‘global ambitions’

Bellevue, Wash.-based OfferUp says it has closed a $119 million funding round, led by private equity firm Warburg Pincus. The round has… Read More

Sep 4, 2016, 4:00 PM

This startup wants to give you a free personal wedding planner

Meet Joy: a stylish designer, a networking master, and wedding planner. She can coordinate the pattern on the invitations with the iced… Read More

Sep 2, 2016, 7:31 AM

GeekWork Picks: Avalara seeks senior software engineer to serve startup tax needs

Dealing with sales tax can be a nightmare, particularly for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Seattle-based Avalara aims to end that nightmare with a… Read More

Sep 1, 2016, 10:44 AM

After helping build Destiny, ex-Bungie developers raise $3.5M for new VR startup Polyarc

There’s another startup in Seattle developing virtual reality technology. The latest is Polyarc, a new company that today announced a… Read More

Aug 31, 2016, 10:44 AM

New Portland VC firm Elevate Capital invests in 6 women and minority-led startups

Elevate Capital, a new venture capital firm based in Portland, today unveiled its first funds. The firm announced that it… Read More

Aug 31, 2016, 9:46 AM

This University of Washington spin-out can charge robots and drones wirelessly

WiBotic is coming out of stealth mode. The University of Washington spin-out today revealed more details about its technology that wirelessly… Read More

Aug 30, 2016, 3:02 PM

Cozy raises $8.4M to fuel growth of property rental management platform

Portland-based Cozy today announced an $8.45 million funding round that will help the startup grow its property rental management platform. American Family… Read More

Aug 30, 2016, 10:39 AM

Knock raises $1.6M to help property managers with scheduling and communication

Knock is raising cash to help grow its scheduling and communication platform for property managers. The Seattle startup just reeled… Read More

Aug 29, 2016, 1:24 PM

Will Amazon’s part-time tech teams succeed? Former AWS recruiting leader weighs in

Amazon isn’t known for being a laid-back employer. In fact, the tech giant is famous, and in some cases infamous, for its hard-driving work… Read More

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Aug 26, 2016, 1:41 PM

Something is missing from this new list of the 25 hottest startup cities — Seattle

Popular thinking would have you believe that the Seattle region is a sure bet to make any list of the hottest… Read More

Aug 25, 2016, 2:47 PM

Ex-Microsoft execs and engineers raise $1.5M for Komiko, a CRM enrichment platform

Hal Howard, Ami Heitner, and Srikanth Avadhanam spent years and years at companies like Microsoft and SAP, learning how and why… Read More

Aug 25, 2016, 12:56 PM

GeekWork Picks: WhitePages seeks Senior Software Architect to lead big data development

WhitePages, a leading contact information resource for North America, is adding several members to its Seattle team. One open position on this… Read More

Aug 25, 2016, 9:43 AM

Unilever Ventures pours more cash into Discuss.io, a consumer market research platform

Discuss.io is on a roll. The Seattle startup has reeled in another $880,000 for its consumer market research platform. Unilever… Read More

Aug 25, 2016, 5:47 AM

Seattle startup raises $2M to expand technologies for immunotherapy

Take a quick browse through Seattle’s biotech scene, and you’ll notice a pattern. Immunotherapy — using the body’s immune system to fight… Read More

Aug 24, 2016, 10:32 AM

GeekWire launches new Cloud Tech channel, with underwriting support from Salesforce

Cloud technology is one of the most dynamic, rapidly growing and important areas of the tech industry, and GeekWire has… Read More

Aug 24, 2016, 7:00 AM

Techstars grad Polly.ai raises $1.2M for chatbot tech that helps assess employee happiness

Another Techstars Seattle 2016 graduate is raising cash. This time it’s Polly.ai, which just reeled in a $1.2 million seed round… Read More

Aug 24, 2016, 5:50 AM

After 9 years, Panopto raises $42.8M to take on Microsoft and IBM in enterprise video

For nine years, Panopto quietly built a successful video platform for hundreds of big-name enterprise and academic customers. Working with… Read More

Aug 23, 2016, 10:52 AM

Cybersecurity response company RADAR spins out of ID Experts, raises $6.2M

RADAR today announced that it has spun out of Portland-area cybersecurity incident response company ID Experts. The new company, also based in Portland, on Tuesday also… Read More

Aug 22, 2016, 1:18 PM

Retired NBA star Kobe Bryant reinvents himself as venture capital investor with new $100M fund

On the court, Kobe Bryant was relentless in his preparation and laser-focused on the smallest details that would give him… Read More

Aug 22, 2016, 10:45 AM

Upside Commerce raises cash to help marketers use data for personalized real-time promotions

Upside Commerce is raising more cash for its platform that helps brands utilize data to create real-time personalized promotions and… Read More

Aug 22, 2016, 10:01 AM

Rover hits $100M run rate, releases new features to track Fido’s walk route and bathroom breaks

Seattle-based online pet-sitting marketplace Rover has introduced new features for its app that allow puppy parents to see exactly what their… Read More

Aug 19, 2016, 1:00 PM

Meet the ‘Salmon Cannon:’ This high-tech contraption sends fish flying over dams and other barriers

Hydroelectric energy is hugely important to Washington state. It accounts for about one third of Washington’s energy consumption, more than any other… Read More

Aug 19, 2016, 7:46 AM

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Startup Grind hosts ReachNow CEO; Tech Crawl; etc.

Car sharing and ride hailing services are become immensely popular in Seattle, with companies like Car2Go and Uber flourishing in… Read More

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