Startups – Page 268 of 312

May 15, 2012, 7:52 AM

Prosodic reels in $1.4M to help big brands target Facebook posts

Fast-growing social media startup Prosodic has nailed down $1.4 million in seed funding, money that the Seattle company will use… Read More

May 15, 2012, 7:33 AM

Medical social network Alliance Health buys Seattle’s Medify

Medify, a Seattle startup that helps people find detailed medical information about diseases, has been acquired in a deal of… Read More

May 15, 2012, 6:00 AM

University of Washington alumni to get exclusive restaurant deals via Pirq

The deals just keep coming for restaurant deal operator Pirq. The Kirkland company today is announcing a partnership with the… Read More

May 14, 2012, 5:42 PM

Startup vet David Weld looks to transform used car business with Auction Edge

Seattle entrepreneur David Weld is fast at work on a new company called Auction Edge that’s coming on the scene in a… Read More

May 14, 2012, 1:37 PM

Naveen Jain looks to spark innovative ideas at Intelius with the iPrize

Intelius founder Naveen Jain has never been one to celebrate venture capitalists, choosing some less than savory words to describe… Read More

May 14, 2012, 9:00 AM

Danielle Morrill leaves Twilio to start Y Combinator-backed Referly

Danielle Morrill has a new startup cooking, and it has already lined up backing from her former boss at Twilio… Read More

May 14, 2012, 6:28 AM

Bike Score arrives, analyzing the most bike-friendly cities

You’ve heard of Walk Score, which assigns a ranking of 0 to 100 to homes and apartments based on how… Read More

May 13, 2012, 8:48 AM

INRIX CEO Bryan Mistele on surviving 70 VC rejections

Bryan Mistele wants to eliminate one of society’s biggest issues — traffic. How’s he going to do it? Find out… Read More

May 11, 2012, 9:34 PM

GeekWire Radio: Seattle and Silicon Valley, the inside view from the startup world

Do Seattle’s tech startups dream big enough, and do the region’s startup investors do enough to help make those big… Read More

May 11, 2012, 1:58 PM

Startup Spotlight: Saltbox looks to help sales forces stay on top

Saltbox co-founder and CEO John Delano admits that his company isn’t building the “most sexy mobile-social-big data app.” But even so,… Read More

May 11, 2012, 12:38 PM

Robbie Bach’s four startup lessons from Xbox and Zune

Former Microsoft executive Robbie Bach led the company’s entertainment division through the rise of the Xbox business, which has become… Read More

May 11, 2012, 11:24 AM

Ad giant WPP invests in auto survey company Enprecis

Enprecis has been around for about six years, quietly growing its business for collecting consumer information related to automobiles. But… Read More

May 11, 2012, 10:10 AM

Early-stage startup valuations rise, but so do ‘down rounds’

Typically, when things are going well in the startup world, venture capitalists optimistically boost valuations of early-stage companies to reflect… Read More

May 10, 2012, 3:57 PM

Think different: How an entrepreneur makes decisions to go camping

Entrepreneurs have an interesting perspective on decision-making. For one, they do a lot of it. But moreover, I believe they… Read More

May 10, 2012, 12:24 PM

BizSpark, Startup Weekend ink alliances to support entrepreneurs in the developing world

Two separate news announcements out today involving Startup Weekend and Microsoft’s BizSpark program could help jumpstart entrepreneurial activities throughout the… Read More

May 10, 2012, 10:49 AM

Podcast Preview: The state of the Seattle startup market with Tomo co-founder Tony Wright

Seattle entrepreneur Tony Wright’s announcement earlier this week that he plans to relocate to Silicon Valley to build his latest… Read More

May 9, 2012, 3:07 PM

Why you ought to change your business model

No matter how prepared you are for the future, how satisfied you are with your customers or how well you are positioned… Read More

May 9, 2012, 10:52 AM

Farewell, coffee cards: Madrona bankrolls mobile loyalty rewards startup RewardLoop

Madrona Venture Group is heading north for its latest investment, leading a $1 million funding round in Vancouver, B.C.-based RewardLoop.… Read More

May 9, 2012, 9:08 AM

Elevator Pitch: Can this Amazon vet’s startup make it to the top?

We’re back for another installment of Elevator Pitch, the show where entrepreneurs pitch their business plans in the 43 seconds… Read More

May 9, 2012, 6:11 AM

On the mend or broken for good? VC returns paint an industry in transition

Earlier this week, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation issued a blistering report about the venture capital industry, detailing its own experiences investing… Read More

May 9, 2012, 5:12 AM

EveryMove lands $2.6 million to create a ‘mileage rewards program’ for health

Should Americans earn rewards for good health and fitness practices, just as they earn free miles for frequent flying and… Read More

May 8, 2012, 4:41 PM

The Founders’ Promise: Put your money where your angst is

“There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of… Read More

May 8, 2012, 12:45 PM

Kineta, UW receive biodefense grant to study ways to wipe out deadly viruses like Ebola

The University of Washington, University of Texas Medical Branch and Kineta — a Seattle biotechnology upstart — have received an… Read More

May 8, 2012, 10:54 AM

Swÿp vs. Swype: This could get really confusing

Swype gained international attention — not to mention a Guinness Book World record holder and millions of customers — for… Read More

May 8, 2012, 9:23 AM

iHear unveils ‘social news narrator’ on Android, an app for multitasking news hounds

A few weeks ago on the GeekWire podcast, we featured a new iPhone app called Snackr that tuned into a… Read More

May 8, 2012, 6:00 AM

Apple employees to get exclusive restaurant deals with Pirq

With a market value of more than $530 billion, Apple has created enormous wealth for thousands of employees who live,… Read More

May 7, 2012, 10:39 PM

Startup vet Tony Wright to set sail for Silicon Valley: Entrepreneur says good deal terms hard to find in Seattle

Tony Wright — a well-respected Seattle entrepreneur who previously co-founded CubeDuel and RescueTime and sold his first company to Jobster… Read More

May 7, 2012, 9:54 PM

As sales soar, Elemental raises $13M to help big media deliver video to multiple screens

Elemental Technologies CEO Sam Blackman wasn’t looking for cash. After all, more than half of the money from the company’s last… Read More

May 7, 2012, 11:48 AM

Maker of electric vehicle charging stations raises $47M from KPCB, Voyager and others

Coulomb Technologies, which operates more than 6,000 electrical vehicle charging stations in 14 countries, including dozens in the Seattle area,… Read More

May 7, 2012, 10:57 AM

Crowdfunding gets serious as leaders form trade group

We’ve been watching in amazement as organizations such as Kickstarter gain steam, revolutionizing the way that entrepreneurs go about raising… Read More