Startups – Page 296 of 312

Aug 2, 2011, 4:24 PM

Washington state ranks second for entrepreneurs

The venture capital totals may be falling, but Washington state is still a great place to start a new business.… Read More

Aug 2, 2011, 10:44 AM

Airbiquity lands $4M as company sees growth in ‘connected car’ services

Another Seattle area company that’s building some of the underlying technologies for the “connected car” has scored a new round… Read More

Aug 2, 2011, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: BlueKai names Amazon, Yahoo vets to new roles

Here’s a look at some key hires, appointments and people on the move in the Pacific Northwest technology industry BlueKai… Read More

Aug 2, 2011, 12:01 AM

With ex-Yahoo execs at the helm, ChoozOn raises $3.2 million to help sort through daily deal clutter

ChoozOn, the Bellevue company that helps consumers sort through the clutter of daily deals, has raised a $3.2 million first… Read More

Aug 1, 2011, 12:09 PM

Twitter confirms ‘significant’ funding round, now claims more than 200 million Tweets per day

After weeks of speculation, Twitter confirmed today in a blog post that it has closed a “significant round of funding”… Read More

Aug 1, 2011, 11:53 AM

Tech Law: A new era for startup financing documents

Startup investors Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson have an interesting take on the standardization of legal documents used in angel… Read More

Aug 1, 2011, 11:49 AM

Social innovators to compete for $150,000 in prize money

Can you do well, by doing good? An upcoming event — hosted by Social Venture Partners — will highlight entrepreneurial… Read More

Aug 1, 2011, 10:48 AM

Simply Measured rings up $750,000 to help brands monitor social media chatter

When Damon Cortesi and Aviel Ginzburg started their company in early 2010, they weren’t sure what direction it would take.… Read More

Aug 1, 2011, 8:52 AM

Amazon expands Start-Up Challenge worldwide

Amazon Web Services today announced that it is expanding its annual Start-Up Challenge competition to include a total of 15… Read More

Aug 1, 2011, 8:12 AM

Photo sharing service Smilebox sells for up to $40 million

Smilebox, the six-year-old Redmond company that lets users create electronic greetings with their photos and videos, has agreed to be… Read More

Jul 29, 2011, 1:40 PM

Super angel Ron Conway’s advice to entrepreneurs and why this isn’t a bubble

Ron Conway is one of the best known angel investors on the planet. So, when the early backer of Facebook,… Read More

Jul 29, 2011, 11:57 AM

Lucid Commerce scores $8M to tell TV advertisers if campaigns are working

There’s no shortage of companies that help advertisers make better sense of how ad campaigns perform online. But what about… Read More

Jul 29, 2011, 9:44 AM

Google tosses support behind the Portland Incubator Experiment

We’ve talked before about how Google has Portland fever — using the Rose City to test new products like Google… Read More

Jul 28, 2011, 10:40 PM

This Seattle woman really, really wants to work at Valve

Valve Software is one of the Seattle area’s hottest gaming companies. And Erin Michael Vondrak, a Seattle artist and photographer,… Read More

Jul 28, 2011, 5:30 AM

Rich Barton unveils Trover, a new way to explore the world through photos

Rich Barton may be best known for Zillow or Expedia. But the 44-year-old entrepreneur-turned-venture capitalist has a few other things up his… Read More

Jul 27, 2011, 3:35 PM

Photo sharing site PhotoRocket chops staff, names Cockrill CEO

PhotoRocket, the photo sharing service that launched to much fanfare at the DEMO conference earlier this year, has cut about… Read More

Jul 27, 2011, 1:40 PM

Startup Spotlight: Carnegie Mellon transplant takes root in Seattle with Panopto

Panopto was founded in 2007 with technology from Carnegie Mellon University. But the company is now growing its presence in… Read More

Jul 27, 2011, 12:16 PM

BuddyTV looks to make the remote control smarter, unveils new iOS app

There’s certainly plenty of choices these days when it comes to cable or satellite TV programming. But finding the programs… Read More

Jul 27, 2011, 10:30 AM

How smartphones, tablets are killing Wi-Fi on city transit

It seemed like a scene from the future: Step onto a bus, find a good seat, crack open a laptop,… Read More

Jul 27, 2011, 6:40 AM

Venture capital industry sees ‘slow and steady’ improvement

Venture capitalists took it on the chin for a few years as the initial public offering and M&A markets simply… Read More

Jul 26, 2011, 10:31 PM

What a long strange trip it has been: Highway 12 Ventures to wind down new investing

Venture capital firms are bit like old soldiers. They never really die, they just sort of fade away. And that… Read More

Jul 26, 2011, 5:21 PM

Bitcoin befuddles U.S. customs agents, thwarting Seattle visit by digital currency guru

A developer who specializes in the Bitcoin digital currency says he was sent back to China last week after he… Read More

Jul 26, 2011, 4:44 PM

Ex-Googlers attract more capital than ex-Microsofties (but report misses a few too)

I’ve often wondered which of the tech giants breed the most entrepreneurs. Now, the social recruiting company TopProspect takes a closer… Read More

Jul 26, 2011, 1:29 PM

RadioShack dumps T-Mobile for Verizon Wireless

RadioShack announced that it plans to stop selling mobile handsets and wireless service plans from T-Mobile USA effective September 14, a… Read More

Jul 25, 2011, 11:48 PM

SeniorHomes.com raises $3 million, plans national expansion

SeniorHomes.com, an online directory designed to help families find nursing homes, retirement centers and other elder care facilities, has raised… Read More

Jul 25, 2011, 11:02 PM

Tweets and Swype as art? Museum of Modern Art explores new masterpieces

I usually don’t think of mobile software — or Tweets for that matter — as art. But, then again, the… Read More

Jul 25, 2011, 1:58 PM

Ignition backs Motif, ex-Microsoftie’s startup for ‘investing in ideas’

Bellevue-based Ignition Partners led a $20 million financing round in Motif Investing, a San Mateo, Calif.- based company founded by former… Read More

Jul 25, 2011, 7:37 AM

Comcast inks deal with NW companies to stream video to the iPad and iPhone

With Hulu reportedly for sale and Netflix taking heat over its price hike, Comcast is making a bigger push to… Read More

Jul 25, 2011, 12:34 AM

Google engineer Steve Lacey victim of Kirkland car wreck

Google engineer Steve Lacey, 43, a veteran of the Seattle region’s tech community who worked for more than a decade… Read More

Jul 24, 2011, 9:00 PM

Inrix scores $37 million from Kleiner Perkins and others, eyes initial public offering

No matter whether you live in Copenhagen, Chengdu or Cincinnati, everyone hates traffic jams. But that very painful aspect of… Read More