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Dec 8, 2015, 9:24 AM

DocuSign moving Seattle headquarters to a different downtown office tower

Electronic signature company DocuSign says it has secured space across six floors inside Seattle’s 999 Third Avenue office tower. At 119,000 square feet, the… Read More

Dec 7, 2015, 10:52 AM

Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price hasn’t actually mortgaged his homes, property records show

Update, March 18, 2016: King County property records show that two deeds of trust have now been recorded on Dan… Read More

Dec 5, 2015, 11:30 AM

Crema.co launches coffee marketplace to connect aficionados with rare roasts

Crema.co just launched a new online marketplace lets coffee fans find rare roasts that otherwise wouldn’t be so easy to come by. The… Read More

Dec 3, 2015, 2:00 PM

The Seattle 10: Top startups sketch business models on giant cocktail napkins

A marketplace for algorithms. An eSports gambling platform. A new venture that promises to change the way people manage their health.… Read More

Dec 3, 2015, 10:04 AM

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center spins out disease-fighting biotech startup Nohla Therapeutics

Nohla Therapeutics just became the latest biotech startup to come out of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Like spinouts before it, Nohla is already… Read More

Dec 2, 2015, 2:00 PM

WebTuner raises $4.1M to deliver ‘next generation TV experience’ with live and on-demand content

WebTuner is ready to start selling its “next generation TV experience” to consumers and is reeling in more cash in order to… Read More

Dec 2, 2015, 12:00 PM

How tax automation startup Avalara recovered from its Black Friday blip and posted record numbers

For many employees in America, Thanksgiving weekend was a time for relaxation, a chance to take a brief break from work.… Read More

Dec 2, 2015, 6:41 AM

This massive map shows how Seattle’s tech ecosystem has evolved over the last 30 years

To help quantify the recent history of the Seattle technology ecosystem in visual form, Madrona Venture Group and the Washington Technology Industry… Read More

Dec 1, 2015, 10:03 AM

CardTapp raises $1.9M to replace business cards with personalized apps

Bellevue-based CardTapp has raised $1.9 million with an idea to replace business cards with custom apps built for salespeople. The… Read More

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Nov 30, 2015, 8:23 AM

Unify Square raises $4M to help businesses utilize Skype, expand operations in India

Unify Square, a Bellevue-based startup that helps companies implement Skype for Business, has raised $4 million in funding to expand its… Read More

Nov 27, 2015, 4:30 AM

Lighter Capital raises $100M fund, plans to make 500 investments in startups

Seattle’s Lighter Capital, which offers an alternative to venture capital and traditional bank loans, today announced a new $100 million… Read More

Nov 25, 2015, 10:25 AM

InfoSpace founder Naveen Jain launches BlueDot, his next moonshot venture aiming for society’s big issues

Dot-com era tech executive Naveen Jain is getting ready to launch his next startup, an innovation factory that hopes to… Read More

Nov 24, 2015, 12:35 PM

‘Innovation studio’ Ivy Softworks unveils first product Atlas, a search engine for your digital life

Stealthy Seattle startup innovation studio Ivy Softworks is lifting the lid off its first set of products that aim to be… Read More

Nov 23, 2015, 2:53 PM

Video ad startup Mixpo cuts staff, shifts resources

Mixpo, a Seattle startup that makes it easy to create online video ads, is cutting jobs and shifting resources to improve efficiency… Read More

Nov 19, 2015, 12:00 PM

Mobile data startup Opanga Networks raises $3.2 million to improve video playback on smartphones

Seattle-based Opanga Networks has quietly raised $3.2 million so far this year, including a $2.8 million cash infusion that came… Read More

Nov 19, 2015, 6:00 AM

Video game gambling startup Unikrn creates pro eSports team of all-female gamers

Unikrn has been making a name for itself in the world of professional video games with a pioneering platform that… Read More

Nov 18, 2015, 11:55 AM

Travel planning startup Utrip caps big year with new investors, partnerships

Seattle-based travel planning startup Utrip is coming off its biggest year yet, and now it’s bringing in fresh funding and a… Read More

Nov 17, 2015, 9:01 PM

Surefield challenges Zillow with new tool to figure out how much your home is worth

Seattle-based Surefield announced a new tool today that offers a transparent way for Washington state home buyers or sellers to… Read More

Nov 17, 2015, 9:24 AM

Urban Airship shuffles staff, cuts seven jobs as it prepares to launch new mobile data tools

Portland-based Urban Airship says it has eliminated seven positions, or 3 percent of total jobs, over the past month-and-a-half as… Read More

Nov 17, 2015, 6:00 AM

New wireless charging chips power devices up to 30 feet away, running on Ossia technology

The wireless charging we have today is barely wireless. Right now, if you are too lazy to plug a wire… Read More

Nov 16, 2015, 6:40 AM

Ignite co-founder Brady Forrest acquires the popular speaker series from O’Reilly Media

Brady Forrest, who hatched the Ignite speaker series with his colleague Bre Pettis nearly nine years ago in Seattle, has acquired… Read More

Nov 16, 2015, 6:00 AM

Sqoop raises cash to help journalists efficiently mine public documents

On a visit to a Seattle newsroom last year, public relations executive Bill Hankes was pained as he watched a… Read More

Nov 14, 2015, 10:00 AM

From side project to cash: ‘Amazing Airfare’ sold by travel enthusiast after nine-month ride

Zachary Cohn had the idea for Amazing Airfare after he was able to sniff out a roundtrip flight from New York… Read More

Nov 13, 2015, 4:12 PM

Music streaming service BOOMiO shuts down as startup rethinks its approach

Seattle-based BOOMiO sent a message to users this week letting them know the music streaming service had been shut down so the app… Read More

Nov 13, 2015, 10:35 AM

Phil Gordon’s startup Chatbox names former LivingSocial exec Doug Miller as CEO

Chatbox, the Seattle-based startup founded last year by professional poker veteran Phil Gordon, has hired Doug Miller, formerly chief revenue officer of… Read More

Nov 12, 2015, 9:05 AM

C-Labs raises $2.7 million to give greater insights into automated industrial equipment

C-Labs has raised $2.7 million as the industrial-grade software company begins to expand and really scale its business. Founded in 2009,… Read More

Nov 12, 2015, 4:01 AM

Flexe raises $4.4M as it builds a marketplace to turn empty warehouse space into extra cash

Flexe announced $4.4 million in funding on Thursday as the hot Seattle startup gets ready to expand its marketplace that acts… Read More

Nov 5, 2015, 8:02 AM

Challenges at Porch: High-flying, heavily funded startup learns the lessons of rapid growth

From the start, Porch has done things big, and fast. In a little more than two years, the home improvement tech company raised… Read More

Nov 4, 2015, 4:03 PM

Here’s how much HomeAway paid to acquire vacation rental startup Dwellable

As part of HomeAway’s third quarter earnings release, which included the announcement of its $3.9 billion acquisition by Expedia, the company revealed today how… Read More

Nov 4, 2015, 12:54 PM

AWS co-founder’s startup Sirqul raises $5M from big-name investors

Sirqul announced $5 million in funding on Wednesday, as the 2-year-old startup gets ready to come out of stealth mode… Read More

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