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Jul 15, 2021, 8:36 AM

Seattle startup Lumen Bioscience to build algae manufacturing plant in former bakery

Seattle-based biotech company Lumen Bioscience, which manufactures proteins in algae, will expand its manufacturing operations to a former bakery in… Read More

Jul 15, 2021, 7:40 AM

Purpose and profit: Why this venture capital firm became a ‘B-Corp’ and wants others to follow

Dan Levitan isn’t confident that the U.S. government can solve the country’s pressing problems, at a time when it needs… Read More

Jul 14, 2021, 7:00 AM

The Seattle startup scene is sizzling with record funding, hiring surge, 12 unicorns

Huge fundings. New unicorns. More tech talent. Acquisitions. IPOs. The Seattle startup scene is booming. PitchBook and NVCA this week… Read More

Jul 13, 2021, 2:59 PM

Meet the 4 new startups joining a fintech incubator run by BECU and UW in Seattle

Four Seattle startups have won a slot in a financial technology incubator run by banking company BECU and CoMotion, the… Read More

Jul 13, 2021, 10:58 AM

Techstars and Filecoin launching new accelerator out of Seattle for blockchain startups

Techstars, a global network that supports entrepreneurs, is launching a new accelerator program out of Seattle. The Filecoin Techstars Accelerator… Read More

Jul 13, 2021, 8:20 AM

Moving services company Updater acquires Seattle startup Dolly

Seattle-based on-demand moving startup Dolly has been acquired by Updater, a New York moving services company. Terms of the deal… Read More

Jul 13, 2021, 6:00 AM

Amperity is Seattle’s latest unicorn with $100M round to supercharge its customer data platform

Amperity is the latest company to join the Seattle region’s elusive club of unicorns, or privately held tech startups valued… Read More

Jul 13, 2021, 5:00 AM

Seattle startup Truveta raises $95M for ambitious vision to aggregate data across healthcare systems

Seattle-based health data company Truveta today announced $95 million in fresh funding and the addition of three new participating healthcare… Read More

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Jul 13, 2021, 4:30 AM

OceanGate sub makes first dive to Titanic wreck site and captures photos of debris

After years of building, testing and dealing with setbacks, Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate has sent a next-generation submersible and its crew down… Read More

Jul 12, 2021, 11:33 AM

Seattle startup AdaptiLab sells interviewing software to CoderPad as founders pursue new idea

Seattle startup AdaptiLab has sold its technical interviewing platform to CoderPad and its founders plan to launch another new company.… Read More

Jul 10, 2021, 7:23 AM

Couple finally catches a surf break in dream to bring man-made wave facility to Seattle area

Surfing is not the easiest sport to learn. But getting financial backing, securing land and actually building a man-made, deep-water… Read More

Jul 9, 2021, 7:00 AM

Puppet founder Luke Kanies wants to help leaders remember conversations with new startup Clickety

Luke Kanies loves tools. As a youngster, he learned why they matter while building homes with his father. He later… Read More

Jul 8, 2021, 4:25 PM

Seattle studio Polyarc reveals ‘Moss: Book II,’ a sequel to its award-winning 2018 VR adventure

Polyarc, the Seattle-based team behind the award-winning 2018 VR adventure game Moss, is producing a sequel. The news came Thursday… Read More

Jul 8, 2021, 9:44 AM

Relish launches subscriber plan Relish+ with access to more online recipes and meal-planning help

Seattle-based recipe and meal-planning service Relish is boosting its food-preparation help with the launch of Relish+, a membership plan designed… Read More

Jul 8, 2021, 8:00 AM

Utah-based crypto tax software startup TaxBit opening second HQ in Seattle

TaxBit, a Utah-based cryptocurrency tax and accounting firm, is opening a second headquarters in Seattle. The company was founded in… Read More

Jul 8, 2021, 5:00 AM

Tech Moves: Edifecs names new CEO; Absci adds execs ahead of IPO; and more

— Biotech company Absci, which filed to go public last week, added Nikhil Goel as chief business officer and Sarah… Read More

Jul 7, 2021, 10:57 AM

Seattle-based Icosavax, which is developing COVID-19 vaccines, files for IPO 4 years after launch

Seattle-based Icosavax has filed to go public via an IPO, just four years after it launched out of the University… Read More

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Jul 7, 2021, 9:00 AM

WellSaid Labs raises $10M to boost its synthetic voice business, fueled by AI

WellSaid Labs will have a lot more to say in the years ahead, thanks to $10 million in new investment… Read More

Jul 7, 2021, 8:33 AM

Madrona Venture Labs spinout Zeitworks raises $2M, taps Seattle tech vet Jay Bartot as new CEO

New funding: Zeitworks, a Seattle startup that helps companies improve business operations, has raised an additional $2 million and added… Read More

Jul 2, 2021, 12:59 PM

Seattle startup Intentionalist partners with Apple to point customers to LGBTQ businesses on Maps app

Intentionalist, a Seattle-based startup that promotes small companies, has partnered with Apple to connect users with LGBTQ-owned businesses via its… Read More

Jul 2, 2021, 9:00 AM

Close connections and remote work: Investor in Seattle helped Ohio dad land at portfolio company

As a co-founder and managing director at Seattle venture capital firm Pioneer Square Labs, Ben Gilbert spends a lot of… Read More

Jul 2, 2021, 7:00 AM

GeekWire 200 rankings update: E-commerce, virtual event, fintech startups heat up

The beginning of summer this year feels unlike any other. After more than a year of lockdowns, states are reopening,… Read More

Jul 1, 2021, 10:58 AM

Seattle-based Vera Whole Health sells majority stake to private equity firm

Private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice has acquired a majority stake in Seattle-based startup Vera Whole Health, the companies… Read More

Jul 1, 2021, 9:00 AM

Portland Trail Blazers ink NBA jersey sponsorship deal with Seattle crypto startup StormX

Seattle cryptocurrency startup StormX is making a big marketing splash in the corner of an NBA jersey. StormX just inked… Read More

Jul 1, 2021, 5:00 AM

Marchex co-founder’s latest startup uses artificial intelligence to rethink and improve meetings

Nobody really likes work meetings. Pete Christothoulou thinks they’re such a problem that he’s launching a new startup to rethink… Read More

Jun 30, 2021, 6:22 PM

Vancouver, Wash. biotech company Absci files to go public

Absci, a Vancouver, Wash.-based company developing technologies to accelerate the process of drug discovery, announced today that it plans to… Read More

Jun 30, 2021, 5:22 PM

ProbablyMonsters, led by ex-Bungie CEO, raising more cash for ‘family of sustainable game studios’

Bellevue, Wash.-based video game company ProbablyMonsters is raising more cash. A new SEC filing indicates that the company has raised… Read More

Jun 30, 2021, 10:44 AM

WXR Fund lands $5M to invest in women-led AR, VR, and AI startups

The WXR Fund, an investment firm with Seattle roots, landed $5 million for its first fund that will back seed-stage… Read More

Jun 30, 2021, 8:19 AM

Tomo’s seed round hits $70M as ex-Zillow leaders aim to digitize mortgage process for homebuyers

Tomo launches: A new real estate startup led by former Zillow executives Greg Schwartz and Carey Armstrong officially launched Wednesday… Read More

Jun 29, 2021, 3:07 PM

First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

As summer approaches, many high schoolers and college students are off to their first jobs and professional internships across the… Read More

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