The 2011 cohort of Techstars Seattle will be hard to beat. Three of the ten startups in the accelerator that year (Remitly, Outreach, Zipline) went on to become billion-dollar companies —… Read More
SpaceWERX, which essentially serves as a venture fund for the U.S. Space Force, has awarded contracts worth as much as $1.7 million each to 18 companies — including three startups… Read More
Fullcast, a software startup that helps companies manage and automate their revenue-generating operations, is changing hands and its headquarters location after an acquisition deal. Founded in 2017 out of Seattle,… Read More
— Vahé Torossian, a longtime former corporate vice president at Microsoft, joined software development startup Builder.ai as president and chief partner officer. London-based Builder.ai uses AI and other tech to help… Read More
Parse Biosciences. a Seattle biotech startup developing single-cell sequencing products, announced the acquisition of Biomage, a Scotland-based software developer for single-cell RNA data analysis.
If you could skip to the good part of meeting someone new, it might start with a new dating app called Skip. Built in Seattle by tech veteran Scott Avy… Read More
A new Seattle-based startup called Avante confirmed that it raised $10 million in a seed funding round led by Fuse Venture Partners, saying it’s building a company with ambitions to… Read More
— Zhenbin Xu, who spent nearly two decades at Microsoft in various leadership roles, joined e-commerce startup Pacvue as chief product officer. Xu joined Microsoft in 1998 and was most recently… Read More
The climate clock is ticking for Ben Eidelson. The Seattle tech vet who sold startups to Google and Stripe is behind a new climate venture capital fund focused on software-driven… Read More
Kieran Snyder, co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based augmented writing startup Textio, has stepped down as CEO, the company announced Wednesday. Jensen Harris, co-founder and previously chief experience officer — and… Read More
Symbiosys, a two-year-old advertising tech startup that is rethinking how retailers and product brands work together, raised a $9 million Series A round led by Seattle-area venture capital firm Fuse.… Read More
Seattle-based Charmed plans to launch a new AI-powered game design tool this month, which allows for rapid generation of 3D character models from scratch. It’s also raised over $500,000 in… Read More
Flexe is trimming its headcount again in another round of layoffs. The Seattle-based startup cut 38% of its workforce, CEO Karl Siebrecht confirmed Monday. Update: A new filing from the… Read More
Cabana, the Seattle-based startup that rode the pandemic-fueled “vanlife” travel craze to more than $16 million in funding, shut down at the end of 2023 as economic and manufacturing conditions… Read More
Startup investor Nancy Wang sees the potential for generative artificial intelligence to change the balance of power in fields such as cybersecurity, which is one of her areas of focus,… Read More
Nothing like a little tech investor college football trash talk before the big game. As the Washington Huskies take on the Michigan Wolverines in the College Football Playoff championship on… Read More
OctoML is now OctoAI. The Seattle startup this week revealed the slight but notable tweak to its name. The change reflects a growing product suite, according to CEO and co-founder… Read More
The Washington State Dept. of Commerce will lead a delegation of companies to the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), taking place in Las Vegas next Tuesday through Thursday. The delegation… Read More
Be curious. Communicate openly and honestly. Maintain capital efficiency with a focus on growth. Those are some of the top tips for founders heading into 2024, according to Seattle-area tech… Read More
Yuzi founder Stephiney Foley graduated from West Point and worked for the U.S. Army for more than seven years, serving as a platoon leader in Afghanistan and Hawaii and a… Read More
The pace of AI-related innovation accelerated, to say the least, in 2023. Expect the same this year — or even more. That’s the word from a group of Seattle-area tech… Read More
Tech startup investments continued to retreat in 2023 as venture capitalists tightened their belts and companies trimmed costs amid uncertainty about the broader economy. Total funding to Pacific Northwest startups… Read More
A new Seattle startup led by co-founders with experience in health tech is aiming to automate communication processes for healthcare clinics with its software platform. Olamedi is a year-old company… Read More
“Nobody cares about your AI…customers don’t care about your AI. They care about the problem that you’re solving and that you’re doing it 10 times better or 10 times more… Read More
If artificial intelligence is indeed coming for people’s jobs, this week would be a good time to start, to help out the busiest guy on the planet. Fixie, a Seattle-based… Read More
Startup and small business owners take note: if your company has 20 or fewer full-time employees and gross annual sales of less than $5 million, there’s a new federal filing… Read More
Seattle data analytics startup MotherDuck is expanding its nest with two new leadership hires. Frances Perry has taken the role of engineering manager. She was previously at Google for 16… Read More
Three former executives of the climate friendly housing technology company Green Canopy NODE have left to create Cambia Capital, a sustainability-focused real estate investment firm. Aaron Fairchild, Andy Wolverton and… Read More
Strike Graph, a Seattle startup and Madrona Venture Labs spinout that helps companies with their security-related compliance and certification, raised $1.5 million in additional funding. The new cash adds to… Read More
Ted and Chris Ackerley are on the hunt for companies at the forefront of sports and media innovation. The Seattle business leaders recently announced the Ackerley Sports Group (ASG), a… Read More