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Funding

Seattle startup MIND raises $11M to help companies protect data and prevent leaks

MIND, a Seattle-based startup aiming to help companies protect their data, emerged from stealth mode and announced a $11 million… Read More

Seattle indie game studio Starform raises $6M to bolster aerial combat sim ‘Metalstorm’

Seattle-based video game developer Starform raised $6 million in a new funding round to continue work on its air combat… Read More

Carbitex, makers of carbon fiber materials for footwear, raises $3.3M

Carbitex, a Kennewick, Wash.-based maker of flexible carbon fiber composites for footwear and luggage, raised $3.3 million in a recent… Read More

Former Gates Foundation leader lands $1.8M for engineered bamboo building materials startup

Launching one’s first startup — maybe a domestic software company, for example — could certainly be daunting. But creating a… Read More

Seattle home-inspection services startup Inspectify raises $5.3M

Seattle-based home-inspection services startup Inspectify raised $5.3 million in new funding. Founded in 2019, the company provides inspection software and… Read More

Pizza robot maker Picnic raises $5M as Seattle investor Andy Liu joins board

Picnic, the food automation startup known for its pizza-making robot, has raised $5 million and attracted backing from Unlock Venture… Read More

Seattle startup Moondream, led by AWS vets, raises $4.5M for vision language model software

Moondream, a new Seattle startup building a large language model for visual-related use cases, raised $4.5 million in a pre-seed… Read More

Potato’s AI research assistant digs through publications for science experiment inspiration

Science can reward its practitioners with thrilling eureka moments — with an emphasis on “moments.” A lot of research is… Read More

Seattle startup Read AI raises $50M to fuel ‘copilot everywhere’ vision for enterprise software

Read AI is on a roll. The Seattle startup, which sells enterprise productivity software tools fueled by generative AI, is… Read More

Virtual assistant for HR: Google’s AI-focused venture fund invests in Seattle startup Cascade AI

Trying to find answers to HR-related questions can be a time-consuming and stressful process for employees. A Seattle-based startup is… Read More

Future of farming? Carbon Robotics raises $70M for AI robots that blast weeds with lasers

Seattle startup Carbon Robotics raised $70 million in the latest vote of confidence from investors in the company’s agriculture technology… Read More

Seattle startup Live Aware raises $4.8M for new AI-powered game developer feedback system

Seattle-based startup Live Aware Labs raised $4.8 million in a seed funding round to continue work on its self-titled feedback… Read More

Seattle startup raises $1.25M for electric bike used on golf courses

Seattle-area startup Fairway Bikes raised a $1.25 million seed round to fuel development of its unique electric bike built for… Read More

Pacific Northwest tech startup deals: The top 15 funding rounds during Q3

Venture capital funding to Pacific Northwest startups saw signs of positive momentum in Q3. Privately held tech companies in the… Read More

Seattle startup Vieu raises $11M to reimagine B2B sales outreach, with help from AI

Goodbye, cold calls. Hello, warm introductions. That’s the promise of Vieu, a Seattle startup that wants to help companies boost… Read More

Deepfake detection startup Loti raises investment from Khosla Ventures

Seattle startup Loti announced that it raised new investment from Silicon Valley mainstay Khosla Ventures. Founded in 2022, Loti helps public figures… Read More

Freight fintech startup Outgo raises $15M to help trucking carriers access cash quickly

Outgo, a Seattle-based startup that sells banking services to freight carriers, revealed that it raised $15 million in an investment… Read More

Edera, a cloud infrastructure startup founded this year, raises $5M to rethink container security

Seattle-based startup Edera announced a $5 million seed round from venture capital firms and angel investors include Kubernetes co-creator Joe… Read More

Seattle startup Arzeda raises $38M to create proteins for food, pharma, and other industries

Arzeda, a protein design startup that generates new enzymes for industrial, agricultural and other applications, announced a $38 million investment… Read More

Sustainable aviation startup ZeroAvia lands $130M

Sustainable aviation startup ZeroAvia on Thursday announced that it completed its latest round of funding, totaling $150 million. The company… Read More

EV charging infrastructure startup OpConnect lands $5.3M to expand geographic reach

Portland, Ore.-based OpConnect raised nearly $5.26 million to expand its sales of hardware and software for electric vehicle charging stations.… Read More

Microbiome and diagnostics startup Viome lands $25M and hires former Amazon leader as COO

Viome, a company selling microbiome products and health diagnostics, announced Tuesday that it raised $25 million from investors and hired… Read More

ZipBio, a new Seattle biotech startup aiming to compress proteins, raises $4M

Seattle-based biotech startup ZipBio announced its official launch on Thursday and revealed $4 million in a seed funding round led… Read More

Seattle’s Sonoma Biotherapeutics receives $45M milestone payment

Sonoma Biotherapeutics on Wednesday announced that it received a $45 million payment from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for meeting a significant milestone… Read More

Data observability startup Revefi raises $20M to fuel new ‘AI data engineer’ product

Seattle startup Revefi raised $20 million in a Series A round to support growth of its software platform that helps companies get… Read More

This sustainability startup just raised cash to convert chopsticks into tabletops

Vancouver, B.C.-based ChopValue, which has turned more than 176 million chopsticks into furniture and housewares, announced last week that it… Read More

Ex-Microsoft engineers raise $25M for legal tech startup that uses AI to help lawyers analyze data

Supio, a Seattle startup founded in 2021 by longtime friends and former Microsoft engineers, raised a $25 million Series A… Read More

Expedia vet leads stealthy Madrona Venture Labs spinout building an AI agent for business travelers

A group of longtime travel industry veterans are teaming up on a new Seattle-based startup called Otto that is developing… Read More

Seattle’s APiJET lands $4.5M grant from the FAA to enhance tool for fuel efficient flights

APiJET, a Seattle-based aviation data analytics company, has landed a $4.5 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. The startup… Read More

Canadian carbon capture and removal company lands up to $100M to speed deployment

Svante, a carbon capture and removal company based in British Columbia, is receiving up to $100 million to speed the… Read More

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