Articles about B2B

Seattle startups combine: Inflection.io acquires Keyplay, reuniting longtime entrepreneurs

Inflection.io, led by CEO Aaron Bird, has acquired Keyplay, reuniting Seattle founders who have known each other for 15 years and invested in each other’s companies. Keyplay CEO Adam Schoenfeld joins as CMO. Read More

Seattle startup wants to help B2B sellers fix ‘spray and pray’ strategy with more relevant messaging

A new Seattle startup led by veterans of Microsoft, LinkedIn, Apptio, Amperity, Skilljar and other companies landed a $1.5 million… Read More

Data analytics startup Versium pivots to business-to-business marketing with new service

The explosion of consumer data — made possible by the rise of e-commerce and social media — completely changed how… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: The women of Atari, Minecraft extravaganza, and an ethical tech summit

— Atari Women, a University of Washington research project, is looking to give more limelight to the women who were… Read More

DiscoverOrg acquires ZoomInfo to strengthen sales and marketing contact database offering

DiscoverOrg, a Vancouver, Wash.-based marketing and sales intelligence startup, has acquired Boston area startup Zoominfo to strengthen its B2B offerings.… Read More

Entomo raises $2.5M to put its enterprise channel management software on the map

When you think “enterprise software,” industry leaders like Oracle, Microsoft and SAP may come to mind, but Entomo may not be on… Read More

Travel planning startup Utrip raises more cash, adds ex-Expedia CFO to board

Utrip, a platform for creating personalized travel itineraries, is planning to scale up in a big way next year. A new… Read More

Avalara vets launch on-demand inside sales platform Banzai

In his previous job as general manager for sales tax automation firm Avalara, Joe Davy observed a recurring problem. It was… Read More

9Mile Labs Demo Day: My favorite pitches, products and ideas from Seattle’s B2B accelerator

Jet City Improv co-founder Andrew McMasters offered a little comic relief Thursday at the 9Mile Labs Demo Day event in Seattle, noting the… Read More

In effort to bridge divide between sales and marketing departments, Bizible raises $8 million

Seattle marketing analytics startup Bizible — a 2012 TechStars Seattle grad led by former Microsoft program manager Aaron Bird — has reeled… Read More

Silicon Valley VC view: 5 reasons why Seattle will become a hub of business cloud services

I’ve recently read several articles about the difficulties that Seattle entrepreneurs face when building business-to-business companies. While some might find… Read More

B2B startup accelerator 9Mile Labs taps Microsoft VP, veteran VC to lead the charge

Sanjay Puri thinks more needs to be done to help entrepreneurs in the Seattle region — one of the reasons… Read More