Startups – Page 260 of 312

Aug 20, 2012, 12:46 PM

Best of Startup Day: Angel investor Dave McClure — don’t do a startup you idiot!

Editor’s Note: We’ve got a fantastic lineup of speakers on tap for GeekWire’s Startup Day, taking place Saturday, Sept. 22nd at… Read More

Aug 20, 2012, 10:17 AM

Madrona’s returns from the dot-com bust still shine

The late 1990s were tough times for many VC firms, which overextended themselves into money-losing (and often pointless) dot-com startups that… Read More

Aug 17, 2012, 11:04 AM

‘Cloak’ protects Apple devices from snooping, developed by Microsoft vets

One of our more interesting finds at last night’s gdgt live Seattle event was a service called ‘Cloak’ that protects… Read More

Aug 17, 2012, 10:33 AM

As launch date nears, Solavei collects cash for cell service that pays users for signing up friends

Perhaps no startup in the Seattle area has driven as much discussion and debate in recent weeks as Solavei, a… Read More

Aug 16, 2012, 2:59 PM

Education upstart Empower.me looks to help kids boost learning (and earn a bit of cash for it)

We’ve been wondering what Seattle area entrepreneur Bryan Starbuck has been building over the past few months, first encountering the… Read More

Aug 16, 2012, 7:45 AM

Massively Fun sets sail with new fast-paced multi-player Settlers of Catan game

As you may know, I’m a pretty big fan of the German board game Settlers of Catan, even hosting the… Read More

Aug 15, 2012, 1:36 PM

Startup Spotlight: Fantasy Football Life looks to tackle giants of fantasy sports world

Are you ready for some football? Fantasy football that is? It’s that time of year when fantasy football fanatics assemble… Read More

Aug 15, 2012, 10:10 AM

A next-gen PowerPoint? Haiku Deck looks to help people make beautiful presentations

There are startup pivots. And then there are massive reboots. Haiku Deck, which today is taking the covers off its… Read More

Aug 15, 2012, 9:17 AM

RIM to shut down contact manager Gist on September 15

RIM is planning to shut down Gist, the personal contact management service that it acquired in February 2011. The service… Read More

Aug 15, 2012, 7:31 AM

SEOMoz buys Twitter analytics upstart Followerwonk

Ever want to know how your Twitter standing stacks up against friends, business rivals or celebrities? That’s the idea behind… Read More

Aug 14, 2012, 8:49 PM

Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, Evan Williams and others bankroll D.C. education upstart EverFi

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and Twitter co-founder Evan Williams are among the tech heavyweights bankrolling EverFi,… Read More

Aug 14, 2012, 11:41 AM

Social media agency Ant’s Eye View purchased by PwC

Ant’s Eye View, a three-year-old social media agency with operations in Seattle, Austin and Silicon Valley, has agreed to be… Read More

Aug 13, 2012, 1:37 PM

Startup Spotlight: Utrip aims to take the headaches out of travel planning

Planning a vacation can sometimes be more stress than it’s actually worth. Flight times, tickets, events, hotels, transportation, food —… Read More

Aug 13, 2012, 10:55 AM

Big data startup SpaceCurve lands $3.5 million

Seattle big data startup SpaceCurve has pulled in $3.5 million in new financing, including investments by Reed Elsevier Ventures and new… Read More

Aug 13, 2012, 9:18 AM

Q&A: Solensphere looks to make solar power cheaper and more reliable

Solensphere Renewables has developed a solar concentrator system that intensely focuses sunlight using a reflector fashioned after a telescope. Concentrating… Read More

Aug 10, 2012, 8:38 AM

Olympics traffic jams not as bad as feared, INRIX finds

Gearing up for the Summer Olympics in London, one of the concerns in London was about the traffic. But it… Read More

Aug 10, 2012, 8:00 AM

Meet the startups that just got accepted into TechStars Seattle

TechStars Seattle just accepted its latest batch of companies, choosing 10 young upstarts from around the world to participate in the… Read More

Aug 10, 2012, 7:55 AM

What the startup world looks like from the outside

The Stranger’s Paul Constant is clearly feeling a little cranky, and you might disagree with his perspective, but for anyone… Read More

Aug 9, 2012, 8:39 PM

Bing Fund opens doors for Buddy Platform and Pinion Tech

Microsoft surprised us last month when word spread of its Bing Fund, a new angel investment fund and startup incubator… Read More

Aug 9, 2012, 12:14 PM

Startup Spotlight: RockStar Motel aims to put the power in the hands of music fans

Music is one of the scariest industries for startups. With giant record labels dominating, it’s hard to move quickly without… Read More

Aug 9, 2012, 11:05 AM

Photo app Trover takes a new turn as users expand focus

Photo sharing app Trover launched one year ago with the goal of helping people use pictures to find cool stuff… Read More

Aug 9, 2012, 8:25 AM

Online game maker En Masse Entertaiment cuts staff

En Masse Entertainment, which is developing the online game TERA, has cut staff at its operations in Seattle, according to… Read More

Aug 9, 2012, 6:37 AM

Rich Barton, Nick Hanauer bankroll stealthy Front Desk

Some entrepreneurial ideas are born in the lab. Jon Zimmerman’s latest entrepreneurial effort emerged at the Crossfit gym that he… Read More

Aug 8, 2012, 6:27 PM

Later-stage VC valuations on the rise, and so are ‘up rounds’

We’ve certainly seen an uptick in venture capital activity in recent months, with $312 million invested in Washington state startups… Read More

Aug 8, 2012, 3:02 PM

Beamit changes name to Remitly

Beamit Mobile, the TechStars Seattle grad that’s developing technologies to allow customers to easily transfer money from the U.S. to the Philippines,… Read More

Aug 8, 2012, 12:30 PM

Best of Startup Day: Sunny Gupta’s lessons on raising venture capital

We’re continuing our build-up to GeekWire Startup Day — taking place Sept. 22 at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue— with videos from… Read More

Aug 8, 2012, 11:41 AM

‘Wordplay’ app for iPhone puts new twist on familiar game

A Seattle startup founded by two former Microsoft engineers is jumping into the ultra-competitive market for turn-based social games, but… Read More

Aug 8, 2012, 12:50 AM

Caller ID meets Facebook and Twitter in new WhitePages app

WhitePages is introducing a new Android app today called Current Caller ID that displays not just the name of callers… Read More

Aug 7, 2012, 4:30 AM

Cloud telephony startup Infratel lands $3M, adds ‘click-to-call’ to Facebook pages

Infratel, a Seattle startup that provides cloud-based telephony services to small businesses, has raised $3 million in startup financing. Investors… Read More

Aug 7, 2012, 3:00 AM

Google Ventures joins in DocuSign’s huge $55.7 million venture financing round

DocuSign has closed out its whopping series D financing round at $55.7 million, including new participation from Google Ventures. We… Read More