Startups – Page 249 of 312

Dec 20, 2012, 9:25 AM

Startup orphans: More than 1,000 seed-stage companies to be abandoned

It is typical for seed-stage startups to fizzle out before they really get going, oftentimes unable to raise the next… Read More

Dec 20, 2012, 8:13 AM

How geeks do charity: Use your GPU to churn out goats

Your computer’s graphics processor might be more charitable than you think. CoinLab, a Seattle-based tech startup that focuses on the… Read More

Dec 19, 2012, 6:15 PM

Redfin to top $50M in sales: Kelman says there’s more to the Internet than ‘just running ads for other people’

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman popped by the TechCrunch offices earlier today to talk about the company’s new Collections photo service,… Read More

Dec 19, 2012, 2:36 PM

Startup CEOs predict a funding level bump in 2013, but VCs aren’t so sure

It’s never easy trying to figure out what will happen in the venture capital business. But, nonetheless, it is predictions… Read More

Dec 19, 2012, 10:00 AM

A familiar face at AdReady: Aaron Finn returns as CEO

AdReady co-founder Aaron Finn stepped down from the online advertising rat race a few years ago to return to his… Read More

Dec 19, 2012, 4:00 AM

Stop slouching! Startup scores cash for high-tech posture-sensing waistband

Now, here’s a product that just seems perfect for desk-bound, laptop-typing geeks like us. Meet the Lumo BodyTech, a device… Read More

Dec 18, 2012, 2:47 PM

Appnique looks to help mobile developers stand out in a crowded sea of apps

There’s no shortage of mobile applications floating around, with Apple’s app store alone counting nearly 340,000 apps created just this year.… Read More

Dec 18, 2012, 10:18 AM

Introducing GeekWire 200: Seattle’s Startup Leaderboard

GeekWire is excited to reintroduce a Seattle tech tradition today: a ranked index of the region’s technology startups, using publicly available… Read More

Dec 18, 2012, 9:35 AM

Concur leads $9 million investment in Nor1, a service to help hotels upsell guests

Concur continues to put money to work in the online travel arena, announcing today that it is leading a $9… Read More

Dec 18, 2012, 7:08 AM

This Kickstarter campaign is a puzzle fan’s dream — and a puzzle unto itself

Puzzazz, the Redmond-based puzzle technology startup, is turning its creative energy loose on Kickstarter with a new campaign to fund… Read More

Dec 18, 2012, 6:00 AM

Garmin navigation apps speed ahead with location sharing from Glympse

Seattle startup Glympse continues to gain momentum, announcing a partnership agreement today with navigation leader Garmin. As part of the… Read More

Dec 18, 2012, 6:00 AM

Meritshare aims to help companies motivate, retain teams

Companies spend days, hours and weeks making sure they hire the right people. Sometimes, though, they forget to keep their… Read More

Dec 17, 2012, 6:28 PM

INRIX hires new CFO as it heads down the IPO path, picks startup vet to lead mobile efforts

INRIX is driving toward an initial public offering, and today the Kirkland-based provider of traffic information analysis hired a new… Read More

Dec 17, 2012, 9:25 AM

Meet Rudy Gadre: This former Facebook and Amazon exec is lighting up Seattle’s angel scene

Rudy Gadre admits it. He’s a Seattle “homer.” And that deep hometown pride might be a very good thing for… Read More

Dec 16, 2012, 8:56 PM

Q&A: OfferUp’s Nick Huzar on startup lessons from facing off with a rhino

OfferUp CEO Nick Huzar knows you have a bunch of stuff in your garage, and he wants to help you… Read More

Dec 16, 2012, 7:26 AM

Commentary: Strategies for accelerating clean tech startups

Recently, the Northwest Energy Angels convened a breakfast briefing on cleantech investing, and I had the honor of moderating a… Read More

Dec 15, 2012, 3:41 PM

Blue Box raises more cash, this time from David Frankel’s Founder Collective

Jesse Proudman’s Blue Box has reeled in $800,000 in fresh capital, part of an oversubscribed venture capital round that the… Read More

Dec 15, 2012, 9:29 AM

Podcast: Google Maps, Amazon + Facebook, and EveryMove’s ‘mileage program’ for your health

You can get rewarded for shopping, eating, gambling, flying and pretty much everything else these days. But what about rewards… Read More

Dec 14, 2012, 9:17 AM

Startup Spotlight: Amazon and Microsoft vets unpack Boxella to track product manuals

Vikas Khandelwal and Pankaj Sethi met as classmates nearly 16 years ago at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. As… Read More

Dec 14, 2012, 7:19 AM

Q&A: Former Microsoft exec Brian Arbogast on why he’s betting big on clean tech

Brian Arbogast cut his teeth in the software business, spending more than two decades at Microsoft. But now the former… Read More

Dec 13, 2012, 7:49 AM

Dropbox ‘acqui-hires’ Seattle music service Audiogalaxy

Audiogalaxy, a music streaming service that was initially created more than a decade ago by developer Michael Merhej, has been… Read More

Dec 12, 2012, 11:42 PM

Rich Barton and Nick Hanauer on startups, the fiscal cliff and ‘creative disruption’

Zillow chairman Rich Barton and aQuantive co-founder Nick Hanauer are two of Seattle’s most accomplished entrepreneurs, having created billion-dollar companies… Read More

Dec 12, 2012, 11:36 AM

Startup Spotlight: Tether Technologies makes sure you never lose master keys again

Tether Technologies founder Randy Neely’s entrepreneurial spark occurred more than a decade ago when a security company he managed lost… Read More

Dec 12, 2012, 10:09 AM

Seattle VCs honor one of the region’s ‘founding fathers’

Chad Waite has been an important fixture in the Seattle venture capital community for 25 years, joining OVP Venture Partners… Read More

Dec 11, 2012, 4:43 PM

From college basement to e-commerce apparel: Amazon marketer debuts custom outerwear startup

The lightbulb went off when Nick Marvik was sewing custom ski jackets for friends in the basement of his home… Read More

Dec 11, 2012, 12:58 PM

Seattle online collaboration startup Sandglaz raises cash

There’s no shortage of competition in the online collaboration space, creating tools to make teams work together more efficiently. The… Read More

Dec 11, 2012, 12:17 PM

EnergySavvy hires VP of engineering, inks deal with Tennessee Valley Authority

Seattle startup EnergySavvy has hired Kalpana Narayanaswamy as vice president of engineering, managing software development alongside CTO Leo Shklovskii. Narayanaswamy previously served… Read More

Dec 11, 2012, 9:00 AM

Jeremy Jaech’s new home sensor startup SNUPI lands $1.5M from Madrona, others

It may be several months before we get to see the new home sensor technology that Jeremy Jaech and his… Read More

Dec 11, 2012, 7:31 AM

Find your ‘Golden Tweet’ and everything else of significance you Tweeted this year

It’s that special time of year when people reflect, looking back on the accomplishments of the past. But in an… Read More

Dec 11, 2012, 5:00 AM

T-Mobile tech vet raises cash for new marketing analytics startup IDInteract

Former T-Mobile USA Chief Information Architect Matthew Standish has raised $700,000 for a new analytics startup by the name of IDInteract. The… Read More