Sales tax automation company Avalara sailed past Wall Street expectations to close out 2018, though its losses are growing as it continues to pile up new customers. Revenue: Avalara posted… Read More
Seattle-based tax compliance company Avalara has acquired Indix, a Seattle startup that had accumulated vast amounts of data on product information. Avalara, which went public this past June year, will… Read More
Avalara has acquired the “operational assets” of Compli, a California-based company that helps makers of alcoholic beverages comply with government rules and regulations. Compli’s 45 employees will move over to… Read More
— Former Washington State Rep. Laura Ruderman is taking charge as CEO of the Technology Alliance, a non-profit organization of tech leaders in Washington. Ruderman represented the 45th district in the… Read More
This year, the Washington STEM Summit brought together more than 300 leaders in government, education, community and business — including Rev. Jesse Jackson and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. Washington STEM… Read More
Avalara cruised past Wall Street expectations in its second quarterly update since going public in June. The Seattle sales tax automation company posted a net loss of $9 million —… Read More
A tax accountant has sued Avalara, accusing the Seattle sales tax automation company of misappropriating technology he developed and using it to strengthen its core offerings, after he said he… Read More
National e-commerce retailers might have bemoaned the recent Supreme Court decision allowing states to require retailers to collect sales taxes on goods sold to people inside their borders, but that… Read More
This week on TLDR, we’re looking back at some of the top stories of 2018 so far. Today: the ups and downs of the tech economy, including cutbacks by tech… Read More
Avalara looks to be a prime beneficiary of Thursday’s historic U.S. Supreme Court decision on e-commerce sales tax collection, as shares in the sales tax automation company spiked 30 percent… Read More
Update: Shares of Avalara were up 87 percent on the first day of trading, at $44.94. There was an orange crush on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange… Read More
Follow-up: Orange crush: Avalara’s colorful culture helps sales tax company go public after 14 years Original story: Shares of Avalara spiked 50 percent from its initial public offering price on Friday… Read More
UPDATE: Avalara shares began trading at $35 on Friday morning, a 46 percent spike over its offering price of $24. More details here. Avalara on Thursday priced its initial public offering at… Read More
Avalara plans to raise up to $198 million when it goes public, according to an updated filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The sales tax automation company now lists an anticipated… Read More
Avalara updated its IPO filing on Monday with new details about its plans to go public. The Seattle tax automation company plans to issue 7.5 million shares of common stock… Read More
Know Labs, the publicly-traded material identification technology company, has a new chief business officer. The company announced that Mike Grabham, a serial entrepreneur and most recently the founder and CEO… Read More
Avalara hired Danny Fields, an experienced engineering leader and cloud tech veteran, to be its new chief technology officer and executive vice president of engineering. Fields has 28 years of… Read More
Avalara is looking to bring its beach motif and signature orange to the New York Stock Exchange. The Seattle company, which makes software to help companies better adhere to complex… Read More
DocuSign’s long reign atop the GeekWire 200 ranking of the top Pacific Northwest startups is over. The digital signature giant vacated its number one spot after graduating from our list… Read More
A tropical island-themed tiki bar. A colorful pop art paradise. An innovative invention lab. And stunning rooftop decks. Those are some of the attributes of the inspiring and super cool… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear its first state sales tax case in more than 25 years this week and the verdict could have sweeping implications for e-commerce… Read More
It has been nearly a decade since Avalara had all its Seattle-area employees under one roof. But that changed last month when the sales tax automation company opened a new… Read More
From the recent spate of data hacks to this week’s revelation of security flaws in major computer processors, cybersecurity is top of mind for many in the tech world. Expedia, the… Read More
Last week we wrapped up a wild year for the Pacific Northwest’s top startups. Now it’s time to look ahead and see what’s on the horizon for the GeekWire 200, our… Read More
Toward the end of last year, a report named seven Pacific Northwest startups — all of them near the top of the GeekWire 200 — that could go public in 2017. In… Read More
Seattle-based tax automation startup Avalara hired an outside law firm to review “internal complaints this year about employees, including executives, drinking to excess at work-related functions and using questionable judgment,”… Read More
It’s now well established: Seattle is cloud city. But in the shadow of major platform players Amazon and Microsoft, a growing ecosystem of software-as-a-service startups is also attracting investment and… Read More
Two prominent executives are leaving tax automation startup Avalara next year, while a familiar face will return to lead the engineering team in the interim. GeekWire obtained a memo to… Read More
Sales tax automation may not be the most glamorous technology, but Seattle startup Avalara has proven that it’s something every company needs. Avalara has been growing by leaps and bounds… Read More
Avalara, Seattle-based makers of tax automation software, announced Monday that it has added another big name to its leadership team: Amazon and Walmart vet Sujoy Paul, who joins the company as… Read More