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Jul 10, 2015, 9:04 AM

Restaurant coupon app Forks raises cash to help people save money on food

Forks is raising cash to help you save some dough. The Seattle-based startup, which develops a restaurant coupon app for… Read More

Jul 9, 2015, 3:41 PM

Startup Spotlight: 6crickets helps parents find summer camps for their kids

Last spring, Helen Wang and Adam Costello — like most parents — began to search for summer activities for their kids.… Read More

Jul 8, 2015, 3:43 PM

Northwest companies raise nearly $1B in Q2, with angel-backed startups seeing higher valuations

Companies in the Northwest raised a total of $959.28 million in the second quarter, up 35 percent over the same… Read More

Jul 8, 2015, 2:45 PM

Founded at MIT, this startup just picked Seattle for its new HQ

Tenacity, a big data startup that uses social incentives to increase employee retention rates, boost productivity and make workers happier and… Read More

Jul 8, 2015, 1:45 PM

Ex-AOL CTO raises $1M for new cyber security startup Polyverse

Polyverse, a Kirkland-based company founded by former AOL CTO Alex Gounares, has raised $1 million in capital to help protect companies from large-scale data… Read More

Jul 8, 2015, 11:30 AM

U.S. venture capital funds raise $10.3 billion in Q2, a 27 percent increase over last year

Thank the unicorns. As more companies stay private longer, and are raising larger and larger rounds, the trend appears to be benefiting venture capital firms,… Read More

Jul 7, 2015, 9:54 AM

Nintex acquires Drawloop to help manage content across Microsoft Office and Salesforce

Nintex, a workflow automation company based in Bellevue, Wash., is acquiring Drawloop Technologies of Irvine, Calif. to help businesses access content across Microsoft… Read More

Jul 4, 2015, 12:30 PM

Book of the Week: Dan Shapiro’s ‘Hot Seat’ is an essential guide to startup leadership

Most who live in the startup world have a very intimate relationship with failure. The overwhelming majority of startups are forced to shut… Read More

Mylio Devices
Jul 3, 2015, 12:05 PM

Review: Mylio is a powerful tool for organizing and backing up photos across all your devices

Whether you are an avid photographer or just a casual shutterbug, chances are you have a large trove of digital… Read More

Jul 2, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: OkCopay aims to be the ‘Zillow for healthcare’

Consider the last big-ticket purchase you made. Maybe you compared prices, read reviews, and utilized online tools designed to help consumers.… Read More

Korner security
Jun 30, 2015, 9:59 AM

Korner raises $1.5M to keep your home safe with a dongle and smartphone app

Seattle-based Korner has raised $1.5 million to help fuel marketing and production of its home security product. The funding round, part of… Read More

Jun 30, 2015, 9:00 AM

Portland mobile transit ticketing startup GlobeSherpa acquired by RideScout

RideScout and GlobeSherpa are teaming up to solve the “last mile” transportation problem and help people move around cities. RideScout, an… Read More

Jun 30, 2015, 4:30 AM

Unikrn raises $7M from Mark Cuban and others to create a global eSports betting powerhouse

Seattle-based eSports betting platform Unikrn said today it has raised $7 million from a list of well-known investors and celebrities, including… Read More

Jun 29, 2015, 6:00 PM

How etailz CEO Josh Neblett turned a college business plan into a $100M business — in Spokane

Josh Neblett, co-founder and CEO of technology and retail company etailz, has grown what started as a college business plan into… Read More

Jun 29, 2015, 5:16 PM

Police body-camera maker Vievu acquired by Safariland

Seattle-based Vievu, which supplies body-worn cameras to police departments around the globe, has been acquired by Safariland, a provider of… Read More

Jun 26, 2015, 7:04 AM

Puppies and cars: Meet the winners from Seattle’s TechCrunch pitch off

A long-term car leasing service that allows participants to swap out the vehicles they drive each week, from SUVs to… Read More

Jun 25, 2015, 9:57 PM

Smartphones at the movies: Seattle startup’s app will offer special mode for darkened theaters

Putting away your smartphone is one of the first rules of going to the movie theater. A bright screen in… Read More

Jun 25, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Coding Dojo bootcamp hopes to ‘transform lives’ with programming classes

This month, the University of Washington graduated a record number of computer science students. But despite growing computer literacy, the demand… Read More

Jun 25, 2015, 9:06 AM

Kate Matsudaira’s technical leadership platform Popforms acquired by Safari Books Online

Popforms, a Seattle-based company founded by former Decide.com and Moz exec Kate Matsudaira, is now owned and operated by a California-based… Read More

Jun 25, 2015, 4:30 AM

PayRange raises $12M to install new payment technology in old vending machines

PayRange wants to help you buy items from a vending machine without cash or coins. The Portland-based startup today announced… Read More

Jun 24, 2015, 11:00 AM

Cadence Biomedical raises $1.2M to help people with disabilities restore walking ability

Cadence Biomedical, makers of the Kickstart medical device, today announced a $1.2 million Series B funding round. The seven-year-old Seattle-based… Read More

Jun 23, 2015, 8:50 AM

Indix raises $15M to build out huge e-commerce product database trove

Indix has raised another $15 million to continue developing a platform that offers its clients information about millions of online products. The… Read More

Jun 23, 2015, 4:30 AM

Ex-Microsoft employees raise $2M for Appuri to help companies reduce customer churn

Seattle-based Appuri has raised $2 million in seed funding led by Divergent Ventures. Appuri collects customer usage data to predict when… Read More

Jun 22, 2015, 1:19 PM

Food industry vets pour $1.3M into Kitchenbowl recipe app as top chefs join platform

Kitchenbowl is raising some dough to help people cook. The Seattle-based startup has reeled in $1.3 million from angel investors like… Read More

Jun 18, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Horizon uses existing communities to create local hospitality networks

In the age of the billion-person social network, it can be challenging to use digital tools to find authentic, trustworthy… Read More

Jun 18, 2015, 3:00 PM

App of the Week: Trover takes travel photo-sharing to a new level

To kick off my summer vacation, I spent three weeks traveling around Thailand with a close childhood friend of mine.… Read More

Jun 16, 2015, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft vet launches Kodu Care, an online marketplace for healthcare home visits

Mauricio Gonzalez de la Fuente had been working for Microsoft for over two decades when he finally decided to strike… Read More

Jun 16, 2015, 3:00 PM

Dave Parker takes reins at Seattle coding academy Code Fellows

Startup veteran Dave Parker is taking the reins of Code Fellows, the Seattle-based educational organization that teaches folks to code.… Read More

Jun 16, 2015, 2:18 PM

Microsoft partners with Techstars and others to give startups free cloud computing credits

Microsoft has struck partnerships with startup accelerators around the world in a new bid to make inroads against Amazon Web Services, Google… Read More

Jun 16, 2015, 5:03 AM

This startup is launching 60 satellites in space to take real-time photos of Earth

A new Seattle-area startup wants to launch the largest satellite-imaging constellation ever deployed to help take pictures and videos of the Earth. BlackSky… Read More

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