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andy rebele

Pure Watercraft founder resurfaces with Seattle startup focused on autonomous craft for the military

Andy Rebele spent 13 years working on electric outboard motors aimed at disrupting the leisure boating industry, and he’s now shifted to defense tech. Read More

Electric boating insiders react to Pure Watercraft’s demise as court documents reveal sell-off details

More than three months into the process of liquidating the assets of Seattle-based electric boat company Pure Watercraft, the firm… Read More

GM-backed electric boating startup Pure Watercraft selling assets as part of receivership process

Pure Watercraft, the Seattle-based makers of electric outboard motors that hoped to revolutionize the pleasure boating industry and raised investment… Read More

GM-backed startup’s quiet electric pontoon boat is a conversation starter during Seattle joy rides

Apparently the best way to get people talking about your new boat is to get them out on the water… Read More

Seattle’s Pure Watercraft unveils electric pontoon boat as GM collaboration accelerates quickly

Seattle-based Pure Watercraft is acting quickly on its new partnership with General Motors, unveiling an all-electric pontoon boat as the… Read More

GM acquires 25% stake in Seattle’s Pure Watercraft to accelerate future of electric powerboating

A Seattle startup with a vision for electric powerboating is joining forces with a legacy automaker that is shifting its… Read More

Seattle’s Pure Watercraft raises additional $14M to power its plans for electric boat motors

Pure Watercraft, the Seattle-based makers of an electric outboard motor system designed to revolutionize recreational boating, has added $14 million… Read More

Pure Watercraft raises $23.4M to power increased interest in boating with its electric outboard motor

Just after pulling away from the waterfront headquarters for Pure Watercraft in Seattle, CEO Andy Rebele was greeted by a… Read More

Seattle ‘hacker house’ founder battling UW after broken pipe sinks startup enclave

The University of Washington is embroiled in a landlord-tenant dispute with a tech entrepreneur over a property he rents from… Read More

‘Tesla for Boats’: Seattle startup Pure Watercraft launches quiet, convenient electric outboards

Andy Rebele — investor, entrepreneur, and avid boater — enjoys a challenge. In 2011, Rebele founded Seattle-based Pure Watercraft to bring electric vehicle… Read More

Calling entrepreneurs, scientists, coders: New ‘Hacker House’ opens near UW’s Startup Hall

If you’re an entrepreneur, scientist, coder, maker, or innovator that wants to live in a likeminded community near the University of… Read More

Meet Purewatercraft: This startup is building the ‘Tesla for boats’

Tesla has already changed the way we think about electric cars. Now one Seattle startup vet wants to do the same… Read More

Seattle’s new Hacker House: Here’s your chance to live, eat and breathe the startup life

When you’re a young entrepreneur living in a bustling startup city like Seattle, there are various living options. You can… Read More

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