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Funding

Former CrowdStrike and Bloomberg engineers raise $2M for Seattle fintech startup OpenCFO

OpenCFO, a Seattle-based startup tackling the ‘fragmented and manual’ nature of modern finance, has raised $2 million to automate financial functions for mid-sized companies. Read More

Seattle fintech startup Confido Legal raises fresh cash

The startup, which builds financial software for law firms and legal tech companies, raised $9 million across two rounds. Read More

Seattle-area startup Union.ai raises $19M to fuel AI workflow platform

Union is the company behind Flyte, an open-source orchestration tool used to run complex machine learning and data workflows. Read More

Seattle startup Elevāt raises $12M to help industrial companies speed up equipment repairs

The company is positioning itself as an answer to a growing shortage of skilled workers with expertise to maintain complicated industrial equipment. Read More

Seattle startup Adronite raises $5M to help enterprises understand their codebases

Seattle startup Adronite raised $5 million in a Series A round led by Gatemore Capital Management, as it looks to… Read More

Former Avalara exec leads new Seattle-area startup inspired by Washington’s estate tax

The idea for Legata grew out of frustration with Washington’s estate tax and how little many families understand about the risk to their assets if they don’t plan. Read More

Temporal raises $300M, hits $5B valuation as Seattle-area infrastructure startup rides AI wave

The latest round, led by Andreessen Horowitz, doubles the company’s valuation from October and reflects surging demand for infrastructure that keeps AI running reliably in production as agentic systems move from pilot projects to mission-critical deployments. Read More

Seattle startup Certivo raises $4M to automate supply chain compliance with AI

Certivo, which spun out of PSL in 2024, positions itself as an “AI-native compliance automation” company. Read More

Spokane startup Blaze Barrier heats up with new funding for quick-deploy wildfire defense system

Blaze Barrier was born out of founder and CEO Jacob Schuler’s desire to give firefighters and homeowners a quick-acting tool to fight wildfires beyond digging suppression lines by hand. Read More

This Seattle startup wants to turn AI prompts into shareable software

The idea behind Prom is to turn AI prompts — the instructions people give AI tools like ChatGPT — into something you can deploy, share, remix, and discover. Read More

Seattle gaming startup Ironwood Studios raises $4 million for its next project

The round, led by Lifelike Capital, is aimed toward financing Redmond, Wash.-based Ironwood Studios’ next game. Read More

Seattle startup Integrate lands $17M to expand its super-secure project management tool for defense tech

Seattle’s Integrate lands $17 million to broaden the scope of its super-secure project management tool that targets complex operations in defense, space and other sectors. Read More

AI startup founded by ex-Accolade leaders lands $8.5M from Seattle VCs to rethink contact center operations

The company revealed more details about its “operational intelligence platform” for contact centers — the massive customer service operations that companies across healthcare, travel, and financial services rely on to handle millions of interactions. Read More

Former GitHub CEO launches new developer platform with huge $60M seed round

Entre, valued at $300 million, has a big vision to rebuild the developer platform around AI coding agents. Read More

Seattle security startup led by husband-wife duo raises $8.4M

Clearly AI, a Seattle startup that helps companies review security and privacy risks before shipping new products, has raised $8.4 million in seed funding. Read More

Seattle startup uses clinical expertise to make AI models safer and reduce dangerous responses

The company, which was founded in 2020 in a bid to bring more empathy to corporate communication, announced Monday that it is expanding to support foundational model developers and LLM-powered application teams. Read More

Overland AI raises $100M to meet military demand for autonomous ground vehicles

The startup — spun out of the University of Washington in 2022 — said the funding will enable it to meet demand for ULTRA, its autonomous ground vehicle. Read More

Soviet secrets and Star Wars prototypes: Avalanche raises $29M for its desktop-sized power quest

Seattle startup Avalanche Energy will use the funding to support its push toward fusion power and to help launch a commercial-scale testing facility for fusion technologies. Read More

Seattle startup Sound Games raises $6.5M to rethink how premium games are sold

The startup is betting on a “pay once, play anywhere” model — players buy a game one time and can play it across PC, console, and mobile devices. Read More

Remitly vets’ new startup raises $6M to help sports teams manage business operations with AI

Arkero, a Seattle-area startup focused on using AI to help manage the day-to-day operations of sports organizations, raised $6 million… Read More

AZX lands $6M: Seattle-area tech veterans reunite to build custom AI solutions for energy industry

AZX, a startup building bespoke AI solutions, has raised $6 million and reports a 10-fold revenue spike over the past year. Read More

The race to replace lithium: Seattle startup lands funding for salt-powered battery technology

Seattle startup Emerald Battery Labs raised just under $1.1 million in a pre-seed round to continue scaling its sodium-ion battery technology. Read More

Portland-based chip startup AheadComputing raises $30M for CPU tech

Founded in 2024 and led by former Intel engineering leaders, AheadComputing says its CPU cores are faster and more efficient than existing options for AI-heavy workloads. Read More

Seattle startup that brings hedge fund investing capabilities to anyone raises $1.2M

The company aims to give everyday investors access to strategies traditionally reserved for hedge funds and ultra-wealthy clients. Read More

Seattle-area startup MontyCloud raises Series B round to boost cloud operations software

Founded in 2018, MontyCloud builds software that helps companies run and control their cloud infrastructure automatically, from fixing bugs to optimizing spend. Read More

Forget burying unwanted carbon — this Washington startup is turning it into protein, fuel and a frost deicer

OCOchem, a clean tech startup turning carbon dioxide into industrial chemicals, has raised $2.15 million and continues signing new partnerships. Read More

Here’s where Seattle ranks among U.S. cities based on capital raised

Seattle’s startup scene stayed consistent with its venture capital activity in 2025. Financial tech company Carta is out with its… Read More

Startup’s radar tech in a handheld scanner could change how police conduct weapons searches

A Bellevue, Wash.-based startup is moving closer to commercialization of a handheld scanning device that it says could change one of the most dangerous and controversial procedures in policing: the physical pat-down for weapons. Read More

Former Amazon execs raise $15M for agentic commerce startup that uses AI to generate custom storefronts

Spangle AI, a new Seattle startup that helps online retailers build customized shopping experiences in real-time, announced a $15 million… Read More

Seattle’s Alpenglow moves 3D microscope tech from lab to clinic to help modernize cancer diagnostics

Alpenglow Biosciences announced a partnership with PathNet to help commercialize use of the startup’s 3D microscope technology in clinical settings. Read More

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