Startups – Page 190 of 314

Aug 27, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Simply recommends events, curates content based on your interests

The tech world has no shortage of recommendation apps and websites like Yelp or TripAdvisor, but Simply hopes its personalized, curated platform can set it… Read More

Aug 25, 2015, 3:10 PM

The unicorn trend is backed by hundreds of VCs eager to discover the next big thing

Maybe you thought the kind of VC willing to invest hundreds of millions of dollars at a $1 billion valuation was a rare… Read More

Aug 25, 2015, 12:51 PM

Bill Gates-backed Hampton Creek can’t call eggless spread ‘mayo’ anymore, FDA says

Hampton Creek’s mayonnaise alternative called “Just Mayo” will potentially have to change its name and labeling after the Food and Drug… Read More

Aug 25, 2015, 4:30 AM

Spare5 raises $10M to help smartphone owners make money in their free time

Spare5 seems to have struck a chord with its platform that pays people to spend their spare time performing short… Read More

Aug 25, 2015, 2:00 AM

Modumetal raises more cash from Founders Fund to transform the way metal is made

Modumetal wants to transform the way metal is engineered and now it has more capital in the bank to do so. The… Read More

Aug 24, 2015, 10:59 AM

‘Google Maps on steroids’: Cartogram raises $325K for indoor mapping platform

Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect that Steve Kondik is a board member, not an investor, in Cartogram. … Read More

Aug 21, 2015, 12:38 PM

Techstars Seattle grad TrueFacet raises $2.7M from Maveron, others for online jewelry marketplace

TrueFacet, a New York-based startup that hosts an online marketplace for luxury jewelry, today announced a $2.7 million funding round… Read More

Aug 20, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Provata Health helps employees get healthy with results-based wellness program

Dozens of employee wellness startups have emerged in the past decade as companies become more enlightened about the value of… Read More

Aug 20, 2015, 10:54 AM

Navigating Cancer raises $10M, plans to double headcount as hospitals work to connect with patients

Health portal startup Navigating Cancer has raised another $10 million as the Seattle company continues to grow and offer more… Read More

Aug 19, 2015, 6:00 AM

Former Apple exec Valeria Cole launches anti-aging beauty startup Teadora

Valeria Cole once traveled the world running marketing for Apple’s Latin American division. Now, the former technology executive is more… Read More

Aug 18, 2015, 10:51 AM

Portland real estate startup HouseHappy raises more cash, taps new CEO

Househappy has a new CEO and fresh funding to help continue development of its real estate listings portal. The Portland… Read More

Aug 18, 2015, 6:29 AM

Stylyze raises $890,000 to help you shop for matching home decor

Stylyze announced on Tuesday it has raised a seed round of $890,000 as the company gets ready to launch a… Read More

Aug 18, 2015, 4:30 AM

Peach raises $8M to deliver lunch, will expand service to Boston and Washington D.C.

Peach has nailed down a successful formula for delivering lunch to office workers in places like Seattle and San Diego. Now, the… Read More

Aug 14, 2015, 9:34 AM

EnergySavvy raises $3.5 million, debuts service to connect utilities with offline customers

EnergySavvy has built cloud-based software to help utilities encourage customers to adopt energy-saving habits since it was founded in 2008,… Read More

Aug 13, 2015, 7:00 PM

Startup Spotlight: PupPod helps dogs ‘reach their intellectual potential’ with Internet-connected toy

The Internet of Things is transforming analog to digital all around us. There’s the connected car, the connected house … could… Read More

Aug 13, 2015, 2:34 PM

Heads up, Portland: Join GeekWire at the PDX Tech Crawl After Party next week

Attention Portland entrepreneurs, geeks, and everyone in between: Team GeekWire is headed to PDX. We are hitting the road next week… Read More

Aug 13, 2015, 1:49 PM

Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies includes some surprising tech startups

Tune and Act-On Software managed to stay on Inc.’s prestigious list of the top 500 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.… Read More

Aug 13, 2015, 10:55 AM

Amazon invests in fashion site that shows you where to buy what celebrities are wearing

Amazon has joined the investor list for Clique Media, the Los Angeles startup best known for fashion shopping site Who… Read More

Aug 13, 2015, 10:24 AM

Pavia Systems raises $3M to help transportation departments speed up inspection process

Pavia Systems, a 10-year-old Seattle startup, has raised a $3 million funding round to help continue building out its platform that… Read More

Aug 12, 2015, 11:30 AM

Optimum Energy raises $10M, developing new tools to reduce energy use in buildings

Optimum Energy has reeled in another $10 million in funding as the company keeps expanding its software lineup to help businesses… Read More

Aug 11, 2015, 9:42 AM

Startup raises $9M for high-tech coffee it says will make you thinner and smarter, without the jitters

Bulletproof CEO Dave Asprey says he got the idea for his high-tech coffee from a “little old woman” he met in Tibet… Read More

Aug 11, 2015, 6:00 AM

Unify Square raises another $4M from Microsoft, others to help businesses utilize Skype

Unify Square, a Bellevue-based startup that helps companies implement Skype for Business, has reeled in another $4 million in funding.… Read More

Aug 11, 2015, 4:30 AM

ImpactFlow raises $5.7M to simplify how companies, employees donate to non-profits

ImpactFlow wants to help non-profits and businesses work together more effectively, and now it has a good chunk of funding to… Read More

Aug 10, 2015, 4:29 PM

Portland cloud computing management startup Cloudability raising more cash

Portland-based Cloudability is set to raise a large round of fresh cash, according to a pair of SEC filings. First… Read More

Aug 10, 2015, 10:35 AM

Leafly founders depart, raise cash for new marijuana business intelligence startup

After five years, the founders of marijuana strain and dispensary database Leafly are moving on to their next cannabis-related startup.… Read More

Aug 7, 2015, 8:37 AM

Secretive startup raises another $380,000 for Money Clouds financial management app

We first talked to the Money Clouds team back in 2012, when it was a stealthy startup called Quemulus building a… Read More

Aug 6, 2015, 10:51 AM

Record360 raises $1.5M for an app that will help you prove you didn’t dent that rental car

Seattle startup Record360 has raised about $1.5 million as the company builds a mobile app to let you document the condition… Read More

Aug 5, 2015, 3:14 PM

Why this virtual reality startup picked Seattle over San Francisco for its new HQ

Shawn Whiting and Hayden Lee were set to move to San Francisco earlier this summer as they prepared to accelerate development… Read More

Aug 5, 2015, 1:03 PM

Startup Spotlight: Sayist focuses on safety and design with new video classifieds site

Update, Thursday Aug. 6: Sayist has taken down its website after GeekWire readers pointed out the large volume of content… Read More

Aug 4, 2015, 11:22 PM

Patent Navigation raises $2M to help lawyers automate the patent application process

Patent Navigation is raising cash to accelerate development of its software that helps lawyers prepare patent applications more efficiently. The Seattle… Read More