OneEnergy Renewables, a Seattle startup that utilizes funds from its carbon offset and Renewable Energy Certificates program to bankroll new clean tech projects, has raised $1.3 million in funding from… Read More
Founder’s Co-op, the angel investment fund led by Andy Sack and Chris DeVore, has raised a new $8 million fund from some of the top names in the Seattle technology… Read More
RescueTime has pulled in an additional $250,000 in financing from existing investor True Ventures, money that the profitable Seattle startup will use to accelerate hiring and roll out new features.… Read More
Valant Medical Solutions, which has developed software to help psychiatrists manage billing and electronic medical records at their practices, has scored $937,000 in financing in an oversubscribed round, according to… Read More
Just two months after its launch, Seattle startup EquaShip has raised an additional $600,000 in cash. Led by entrepreneur Ron Wiener, EquaShip is taking on established shippers such as FedEx,… Read More
Founder’s Co-op is among the new backers of Unbounce, a Vancouver, B.C.-based company that today announced an $850,000 investment from a large syndicate of investors. Unbounce has developed a new… Read More
Marcus Womack, Josh Hepfer, Mike Bohlander and Ray Fortna were core members of the team at iLike, the Seattle online social music service that sold to MySpace in 2009. Today,… Read More
Charlie Ellis, an 11-year veteran of Microsoft who worked on the Excel and SharePoint teams, has joined three-year-old Seattle startup EnergySavvy. Ellis tells GeekWire that he was ready to leave… Read More
The Oregon Angel Fund and Bellingham Angels Group are pumping $1 million into Meridian, a Portland startup that’s developing new ways for hospitals, sports teams, retailers, hotels and others to… Read More
Some have gone out of business. Several have changed course. And most are still hanging their shingle in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, looking to transform everything from the way… Read More
As a mentor at TechStars, Josh Hug got an inside peek at some of the cool technologies emerging inside the Seattle tech incubator. But one in particular grabbed his attention:… Read More
VisibleBrands has been operating in stealth mode for the past few years, mysteriously building a new digital coupon service from the basement of a mansion in Kirkland. But the 23-person company,… Read More
Guest commentary from Bill Bryant: I have been in the software business for more than 20 years now, spanning some 25 companies (including such notables as Netbot, Visio, Qpass, Isilon,… Read More
Exponential Entertainment, which makes the HollywoodPlayer online trivia and puzzle game, has raised a new round of cash and tapped Seattle marketing veteran Gail DeGiulio as its new chief marketing… Read More
Entrepreneurs from a variety of fields competed Wednesday in the 6th annual Zino Zillionaire Investment Forum, with six finalists chosen at yesterday’s pitch event. From the remaning six companies, two… Read More
We’ve been talking a lot about the startup ecosystem in Seattle and what needs to happen to make the region an even better place for entrepreneurs. Given that discussion on… Read More
It is one of the ongoing mysteries of the Seattle startup community. With all of the wealth created over the years at companies such as Amazon, Expedia, Microsoft, F5 and… Read More
InternMatch, which helps students find high-quality internships at companies such as Walt Disney, Amazon and Blue Nile, has raised $500,000 in fresh capital. Founded in Seattle by Nathan Parcells, Andrew… Read More
Dishonest waiters have been ripping off restaurant goers for years using a technique known as credit card “skimming.” Now, a Kirkland startup company by the name of Viableware is looking… Read More
When we introduced you to Wesley Zhao back in April, he was just a fresh-faced 18-year-old kid kicking around a new Twitter application with his high school buddy Ajay Mehta. At the… Read More
Jen McCabe, who founded the Y Combinator-backed startup Contagion, thought about keeping her company in the San Francisco Bay Area upon merging with Buster Benson’s Health Month. But, after taking… Read More
Raising venture capital has pretty much worked the same way for years. Entrepreneurs hop on a plane or in a car and travel to make their pitches to the folks… Read More
When Damon Cortesi and Aviel Ginzburg started their company in early 2010, they weren’t sure what direction it would take. They didn’t have a product, and the name of their… Read More
The Pacific Northwest may be best known for its software and Internet industry. But Philip “Chip” Corbin, the founder and CEO of Sumner-based FluxDrive, wants to make sure the region… Read More
Guest commentary: Yesterday, Marcelo Calbucci published a challenge to Seattle VCs here on GeekWire. Marcelo argues that seed-stage funding in Seattle is deficient, and challenges Seattle-area VCs to fund 100… Read More
Seattle entrepreneur Mark Phillips was sentenced Friday morning to four years in prison for defrauding MOD Systems and lying to the court in a complex fraud case that has dragged… Read More
Affiliate commissions are a big (and frequently misunderstood) business on the Web. GlobalMojo, which has scored $550,000 from Founder’s Co-op and others, wants to insert itself in those transactions, allowing consumers… Read More
With the rise of smartphones, tablets and laptops, the workplace is becoming increasingly mobile. And while that’s creating new efficiencies, it is also creating new challenges in terms of how… Read More
Mary Jesse has been at the forefront of wireless communications since its early days, serving as vice president of technology at McCaw Cellular/AT&T Wireless and chief technology officer at RadioFrame… Read More
A few months ago, Bob Crimmins launched a daily deal site called Dealometry targeted just at dudes. Now, the Seattle entrepreneur is turning his focus to the gals. Crimmins has… Read More