Longtime Silicon Valley venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (Venture) is rebranding to Threshold Ventures, Axios reported on Wednesday. The three people who co-founded DFJ— Tim Draper; John Fisher; and… Read More
Cloud computing is big business dominated by the world’s largest tech companies. Three of the four most valuable tech companies — Amazon, Microsoft and Google — are among the most… Read More
There’s a difference between entrepreneurs from Seattle and those from Silicon Valley and it goes beyond stereotypes about hairstyles, clothing, and choice of gadgets. Speaking at a pitch clinic hosted by… Read More
Microsoft has appointed longtime legal executive Dev Stahlkopf as its general counsel after leaving the position vacant for two years. The new general counsel role was created by Brad Smith,… Read More
When Emily Melton, a partner at venture capital firm DFJ, signed onto the board of Redfin in 2007 as part of a $12 million investment round, she was elated to… Read More
We’re at the point where a lot companies need a cloud service to manage all their cloud services, and Seattle’s Azuqua has raised $10.8 million in new funding to build… Read More
With 2016 now in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to take a quick moment to forecast what might be looming on the horizon in the near year. Who better to… Read More
Bill Bryant was talking with a close friend recently, whose mother is a lifelong Democrat. She told her daughter that even though she’d never voted for a Republican before, she’d… Read More
Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that has backed companies such as SpaceX, Twilio and Yammer, announced this week that it raised its twelfth fund, consisting of $350 million… Read More
Alexandros Marinos had spent a few years building a small startup in London when it came time to move his company to the U.S. He had his sights set on the West… Read More
Demand for Chef’s technology is increasing exponentially, and now the Seattle company is raising its largest funding round yet to help support the growth. The IT automation provider today announced a $40 million… Read More
Sending money to friends and family abroad can be inefficient and expensive. Seattle-based startup Remitly has created a tool that aims to fix this problem — given the company’s growth… Read More
—Two of Seattle’s top startup lawyers are taking their talents to a new firm. Joe Wallin, a former partner at Davis Wright Tremaine, and Mike Schneider, an app developer and… Read More
The technology industry is in constant motion occasionally undergoing tectonic shifts, altering the landscape and crowning new winners and losers. The industry is in the midst of one of those… Read More
Venture capitalist Bill Bryant is back in Seattle, and he’s got some money to toss around to hard-charging entrepreneurs who want to change the world. DFJ’s Bryant moved to London… Read More
—Jez Humble has joined Chef as the company’s Engineering Vice President. Prior to joining Chef, Humble was a principal at ThoughtWorks, where he led product and consulting efforts focused on team collaboration… Read More
Microsoft has been fairly quiet on the M&A front over the past 18 months, a fact that has not been lost on venture capitalists who love when cash-rich tech titans… Read More