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Tech Moves: Yoodli, A-Alpha Bio, MoxiWorks add execs, TiE Seattle names president

Seattle startups Yoodli, A-Alpha Bio and MoxiWorks add to their C-suites, TiE Seattle names a president, and other Seattle-area tech moves. Read More

From Nobel buzz to hiring halt: Trump funding cuts hobble UW protein design startup machine

Since 2014, UW Medicine’s Institute for Protein Design has spun off 10 startups, and the institute’s director, University of Washington… Read More

Tech Moves: Smartsheet and Zillow add VPs; Zenoti hires CFO; Meta taps product leader

Eva Schoenleitner joined enterprise software giant Smartsheet as vice president of partner. Schoenleitner has extensive experience working in Europe and… Read More

A-Alpha Bio lands $14.5M from Department of Defense to prep for future biological threats

A-Alpha Bio will receive $14.5 million from the Department of Defense (DOD) to expand a project with a national lab… Read More

A-Alpha Bio, a biotech startup that measures and predicts protein interactions, raises $22.4M

Seattle biotech startup A-Alpha Bio raised $22.4 million to boost development of its machine learning platform that analyzes protein-protein interactions.… Read More

How AI is changing the way scientists engineer drugs, biosensors, enzymes and more

Inside the headquarters of Outpace Bio in Seattle, senior scientist Bobby Langan shows a video of one of his favorite… Read More

Tech Moves: Madrona adds three new venture partners; DexCare hires exec; and more

— Seattle venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group announced it added three new venture partners: Loren Alhadeff, Mark Nelson, and… Read More

Life sciences entrepreneurs offer advice on launching and building startups

The University of Washington recently hosted a panel of five entrepreneurs to discuss what it takes to launch a life… Read More

Health Innovation of the Year: 5 finalists at the GeekWire Awards span fields and approaches

The finalists for Health Innovation of the Year at the GeekWire Awards showcase the strength of science and discovery in… Read More

Startups are back on campus: UW job fair brings out big crowd for internship and job opportunities

The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship and CoMotion hosted the University of Washington Startup Career & Internship Fair this week for… Read More

A-Alpha Bio founders

DoD gives $1.1M to Seattle startup that will help find new antibodies against COVID-19 variants

Seattle-based A-Alpha Bio will support research into new therapies for COVID-19 variants in a collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.… Read More

Tech Moves: Lyft hires CFO from Amazon; Tomo adds CMO; Gopuff taps more Seattle talent

— Tomo, a new real estate startup led by ex-Zillow leaders, announced Sarah Makar as CMO. She is also a… Read More

A-Alpha Bio founders

University of Washington spinout A-Alpha Bio snags $20M for protein-discovery platform

A-Alpha Bio will build lab space in downtown Seattle and beef up its machine learning team with $20 million in… Read More

A-Alpha Bio founders

Gates Foundation awards $800K grant to A-Alpha Bio for COVID-19 treatment research

Seattle-based biotech research startup A-Alpha Bio announced on Thursday that it has received an $800,000 grant from the Bill &… Read More

A-Alpha Bio scientist Emily Engelhart

A-Alpha Bio wins $620,000 grant to work on ‘molecular glue’ for treating disease

A-Alpha Bio, a Seattle venture that began at the University of Washington, has won a $620,472 grant from the National… Read More

A-Alpha Bio team

A-Alpha Bio raises $2.8M for genetically engineered drug discovery platform

A Seattle startup that took root at the University of Washington has closed a $2.8 million seed round for a… Read More

Clinical drug screening startup A-Alpha Bio awarded Small Business Innovation Research grant

  A-Alpha Bio, a startup aiming to speed up the development of new drugs, announced Tuesday it has won a… Read More

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