Startups – Page 90 of 312

Aug 2, 2021, 9:00 AM

Veteran software engineer launches AI startup Hal9 while battling long COVID and pandemic concerns

Is there ever really a good time to launch a startup? That’s the question Javier Luraschi was asking and sort… Read More

Jul 30, 2021, 5:01 PM

Smart-home device maker Wyze raises $110M as it plans to inject AI heavily into camera products

Smart-home device maker Wyze Labs has raised $110 million in new funding, GeekWire learned on Friday, boosting the Kirkland, Wash.-based… Read More

Jul 29, 2021, 8:02 AM

Vacation rental giant Vacasa to go public via SPAC at $4.5B valuation, reveals revenue projections

Portland, Ore.-based vacation rental platform Vacasa is going public. The company announced Thursday that it will merge with TPG Pace… Read More

Jul 28, 2021, 1:32 PM

Telehealth giant Amwell to acquire Portland healthtech startup Conversa

National telehealth provider Amwell said it will acquire Portland, Ore.-based healthtech startup Conversa and SilverCloud Health. Conversa, founded in 2014,… Read More

Jul 28, 2021, 10:44 AM

Microsoft acquires Seattle startup Suplari, which uses AI to analyze corporate spending

Microsoft has acquired Suplari, a Seattle startup that uses artificial intelligence to help companies understand and get a handle on… Read More

Jul 28, 2021, 9:52 AM

Ex-Amazon and Glossier exec aims to help people live longer, healthier with new startup Modern Age

Helping people live longer and healthier is personal for Melissa Eamer. After her mother died at a relatively young age,… Read More

Jul 27, 2021, 10:38 AM

DataRobot lands $300M and acquires Seattle machine learning startup Algorithmia

Seattle startup Algorithmia has been acquired by DataRobot, a Boston-based startup and leader in the machine learning operations sector. Founded… Read More

Jul 27, 2021, 10:08 AM

After landing NBA jersey sponsorship deal, crypto startup StormX raises $9M

Seattle cryptocurrency startup StormX raised $9 million from Optimista Capital to fuel growth of its platform that lets users earn cryptocurrency… Read More

Jul 26, 2021, 10:50 AM

Identity authentication and fraud prevention company AuthenticID lands $100M

Seattle-based AuthenticID landed $100 million in a minority investment from Long Ridge Equity Partners. Founded in 2001, AuthenticID provides “identity… Read More

Jul 26, 2021, 8:39 AM

Lighter Capital raises more cash for model that lets startups get funding without dilution

Lighter Capital has raised more than $100 million to help back startups using its revenue-based financing model. Since launching more… Read More

Jul 23, 2021, 10:51 AM

Workforce training startup OpenSesame raises $50M as shift to remote work drives demand

Portland, Ore.-based OpenSesame raised $50 million in new funding, the company announced Thursday. Founded in 2011, the startup helps businesses… Read More

Jul 22, 2021, 3:39 PM

How Sean McClain founded Absci at just 22 — and now leads a newly public biotech worth nearly $2B

Biotech CEOs tend to have advanced degrees and multiple academic credentials under their belt. But Sean McClain started Absci as… Read More

Jul 22, 2021, 12:51 PM

‘Co-warehousing’ startup Saltbox opens facility in Seattle, its third nationwide

Saltbox, a warehousing space provider for small and medium-sized digital commerce companies, has expanded to Seattle. Saltbox offers “co-warehousing” space… Read More

Jul 21, 2021, 9:01 AM

Pizza brands show interest in robotic pizza maker Picnic as Seattle startup raises more cash

Seattle-based food automation startup Picnic added an additional $4.2 million in funding to a Series A round that previously raised… Read More

Jul 21, 2021, 8:39 AM

Core Scientific, which started in Seattle but moved HQ to Austin, to go public at a $4.3B valuation

Core Scientific is going public. The blockchain infrastructure company announced that it will merge with a SPAC called Power &… Read More

Jul 20, 2021, 2:25 PM

Qualtrics acquires Seattle marketing software startup Usermind

Experience management software giant Qualtrics has acquired Usermind, a Seattle marketing startup that helps companies acquire, retain, and service customers.… Read More

Jul 20, 2021, 12:00 PM

Testing automation platform Stack Moxie raises cash, leverages startup support networks

Newish name, new funding: Stack Moxie, formerly known as Automaton, this spring raised $875,000 in pre-seed funding. The Seattle-based startup… Read More

Jul 20, 2021, 9:00 AM

Behind the recycling scenes at Ridwell: Seattle startup growing as fast as piles of plastic and more

In a warehouse south of downtown Seattle, Ridwell co-founder and CEO Ryan Metzger stands amid the garbage that has turned… Read More

Jul 20, 2021, 7:11 AM

E-commerce startup Fabric raises $100M in latest giant funding round for a Seattle startup

Another day, another big funding round for a Seattle startup. E-commerce company Fabric just landed a $100 million investment to… Read More

Jul 20, 2021, 6:00 AM

HaptX raises another $12M for high-tech gloves, relocates HQ back to Seattle

HaptX is raising more cash to meet demand for its haptic gloves that help enterprise customers working in virtual reality… Read More

Jul 19, 2021, 9:18 PM

Providence-backed Kno2 raises $15M for healthcare communication tech

Kno2, a Boise, Idaho-based startup developing ways for healthcare systems to communicate with each other, has raised $15 million in… Read More

Jul 19, 2021, 5:00 PM

Limeade buying TINYPulse for $8.8M, combining Seattle-area workplace tech companies

Updated at 6 p.m. with details from interview with Limeade CEO Henry Albrecht. Employee well-being technology company Limeade has agreed… Read More

Jul 19, 2021, 11:49 AM

Eliem Therapeutics files for IPO as another Seattle-area biotech firm set to go public

Eliem Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotech company generating therapies for pain, depression and other nervous-system related conditions, has filed to… Read More

Jul 19, 2021, 9:44 AM

DreamBox will acquire Reading Plus as ed-tech startup expands beyond math

DreamBox Learning is expanding beyond its flagship math education software platform. The Bellevue, Wash.-based startup announced the acquisition of Reading… Read More

Jul 19, 2021, 9:39 AM

Visualping raises $6M to bolster services targeting businesses using its web monitoring tools

New funding: Web monitoring service Visualping has raised a second $6 million seed round. In March, the startup raised $2 million.… Read More

Jul 17, 2021, 8:00 AM

This startup aims to improve workplace conversations with ’empathy-as-a-service’ software

Most of us have had the experience of sending a text or email that came across sounding insensitive or angry,… Read More

Jul 16, 2021, 8:00 AM

How this Seattle entrepreneur went from running a food truck to leading a fast-growing crypto startup

More than a year after shutting down his popular Korean-Mexican food truck and catering business Bomba Fusion, Seattle entrepreneur Simon… Read More

Jul 16, 2021, 7:00 AM

Give InKind, which aims to make giving easier, lands more funding to expand healthcare partnerships

Social giving startup Give InKind has raised another $500,000 as it inks deals with hospitals and healthcare systems. The Tacoma,… Read More

Jul 15, 2021, 4:38 PM

AI2 spinout MajorBoost uses artificial intelligence to help medical providers deal with insurance calls

A new health-tech spinout from Seattle’s Allen Institute for AI (AI2) aims to reimagine how doctor’s offices and insurance companies… Read More

Jul 15, 2021, 9:00 AM

Modulus, a cell therapy biotech incubated at the Allen Institute for AI, raises $3.5M

Modulus Therapeutics, a Seattle-based cellular therapy company spun out of the Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI2), announced $3.5 million… Read More