Some tech companies are known for their openness or work-life balance or design-oriented products. At Avalara, the culture is defined by the color orange. Orange? Yep, the Bainbridge Island company,… Read More
—Avalara, the fast-growing maker of sales tax and compliance automation software, is bolstering its executive ranks with two key hires. The Bainbridge Island company recently named Peter Horadan as executive… Read More
Jamie Steven has stepped down as chief marketing officer at SEOmoz, taking on the same role at Speedtest.net operator Ookla. “I’ve been flabbergasted by the amount of data these guys have… Read More
It was a big month for video games on the GeekWire 200, our monthly startup index tracking the Seattle region’s technology companies. Exhibit A: Bungie, which unveiled its new game… Read More
Fast-growing Avalara is making another buy, purchasing Tax Technology Services for an undisclosed price. Avalara said in a release that the deal will extend its leadership in the area of… Read More
Avalara, the maker of sales tax automation technology is getting even bigger. The Bainbridge Island company today is announcing that it has purchased UPC Matrix Master, descbied as the the world’s largest… Read More
Avalara appears to be cornering the market on office space near the ferry terminals in the Puget Sound region. The maker of sales tax automation technologies, which recently moved into… Read More
Operating from a home base on Bainbridge Island, Avalara has quietly grown into a powerhouse in the arena of sales tax collection software. But the recent success has not escaped… Read More
At a holiday gift sale I attended last weekend, a few of the vendors were using the new mobile payment technology from Square. That followed our own use of Square… Read More
Avalara is based on Bainbridge Island, and the company’s software helps online merchants manage the mundane tasks of sales tax collection. Given those two attributes, it’s easy to understand why… Read More
Avalara, the fast-growing Bainbridge Island company that helps online merchants manage sales tax collection, has raised an additional $7 million in venture capital financing. Sageview Capital provided the funding, which… Read More
Collecting sales tax can be a real pain for merchants. But Avalara wants to make that process, well, a little “less taxing.” The 7-year-old company, a hidden success story on… Read More