Studies show that women-led startups outperform their male counterparts in revenue. Other research indicates that companies with more gender diversity generate better financial returns. Yet less than 3 percent of venture capital… Read More
Two decades ago, Bill Gates Sr., Tom Alberg and Tom Cable jointly sent a letter to friends and colleagues with an important ask. The trio of prominent Seattle business leaders… Read More
Things were falling apart at Blok24. Fundraising efforts were faltering. The product needed a revamp. And, most frighteningly, the bank account had dwindled to just $16,000. It was the end… Read More
A panel of four Seattle angel investors gathered last week to discuss what characteristics they look for in startup founders — the special sauce that pushes some entrepreneurs to success.… Read More
There are a lot of things that can muck up a startup — bad hires, improper focus or expanding too quickly. But there’s one thing that alleviates much of the… Read More
A week after announcing its closure, Seattle angel investment group Zino Society has found … an angel. The Keiretsu Forum Northwest announced today that it is acquiring the assets of Zino… Read More
Zino Society, a Seattle angel investment group that’s bankrolled companies such as Theo Chocolate, Impel Neuropharma and J&D Foods, is changing the way it charges entrepreneurs who want to pitch to the… Read More
A group of high-profile angel investors are betting big on new virtual reality startup Envelop VR. The Bellevue company today announced $2 million in seed funding, including cash from Seattle… Read More
Six entrepreneurs presented their ideas at the Seattle Angel Conference on Wednesday afternoon in hot pursuit of one very big check. And while each of the entrepreneurs offered compelling pitches… Read More
Seattle entrepreneur Jonathan Sposato has a time-tested rule in business, drawing from his experience of owning and operating bars. If you create a place for men, only men will show… Read More
The Alliance of Angels, one of the longest running angel investment groups in the Pacific Northwest, has raised a new $5.3 million seed fund that it will use to bankroll… Read More
Many entrepreneurs struggle with having the “valuation” discussion with investors. Given that many startups have no revenue, much less profits, well established quantitative methods like Discounted Cash Flow analysis simply… Read More
—Porch has picked up two new high-profile employees: Justin Vanning has left his role as Director of Growth Marketing at Tune (formerly HasOffers) to become the Senior Manager of Marketing… Read More
Looking for cash? You might have an easier time finding an angel than a few years ago. And they might be willing to put a bit more money to work… Read More
Comr.se, a social commerce startup that graduated from B2B incubator 9Mile Labs last year, has reeled in an additional $800,000 in capital that it will use to grow the team and add new… Read More
Seattle super angel Rudy Gadre has probably done more than just about anyone to keep the entrepreneurial flames burning bright in the Pacific Northwest. Over the past three years, the… Read More
ActX, a Seattle startup that is developing technologies to make patient genomic data more useful in medical practice, has raised $1.9 million from members of the Alliance of Angels. ActX… Read More
Former Facebook general counsel and ex-Amazon.com attorney Rudy Gadre has quickly established himself as one of the top angel investors in the Pacific Northwest, bankrolling startup companies like Jobaline, Walkscore,… Read More
Seattle angel investor Dan Rosen has worked hard in recent months to shed light on the potentially damaging effects that proposed regulations in the JOBS Act could have on startups, pointing… Read More
Dawn Lepore is a busy woman. A day after the former drugstore.com CEO joined board of Seattle tech mainstay RealNetworks, she’s tossed her support behind Seattle startup SquareHub. Lepore is… Read More
Today is the first day it becomes legally permissible for startups and emerging companies to advertise their offerings. Or to tweet that they are raising money. Or to generally solicit for… Read More
The JOBS Act — or Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act — was supposed to have a very simple purpose when President Barack Obama signed it into law 17 months ago. Essentially,… Read More
BuildersCloud, a Bellevue company that helps construction companies share files and mobile collaboration for construction professionals, has raised $1.1 million in funding from a group of angels that includes 500… Read More
Seattle super angel Geoff Entress told me a few months ago that HootSuite, the B.C.-based maker of social media analysis tools, may turn into one of his best investments of… Read More
A group of two dozen angel investors — including rock star Bono; Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff; and Path founder Dave Morin — have joined forces to bankroll stealthy online travel… Read More
Now that Clearwire is officially fading into the history books and execs are already leaving, it will be interesting to see if the Bellevue company spawns a wave of entrepreneurial… Read More
Construction and road crew workers are constantly at risk in the field. But, as entrepreneurs Max Baker and Andrew Royal see it, the old-school reflective orange vest just isn’t enough protection.… Read More
There was certainly a lot of buzz around Robin Elenga’s latest angel financing round, literally and figuratively. Elenga is the maker of the Revel Body, an innovative new vibrator that… Read More
It’s 2013 — nearly 10 years after the founding of Flickr and more than a year after Facebook bought Instagram — and yet we still can’t seem to find the… Read More
9Slides, the maker of online presentation software that syncs video with slides, has raised capital from Dave McClure’s 500 Startups as well as angel investors such as Terrapass co-founder Karl… Read More