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Funding

Tomo, a ‘PayPal for the mortgage industry’ fintech startup, lands $40M at $640M valuation

Tomo, a startup founded by former Zillow execs that aims to speed up the mortgage approval process, raised a $40… Read More

Startup tackling homelessness with easily erected, durable shelters lands $15M

Pallet, an Everett, Wash. social purpose corporation, has raised $15 million to expand its production of shelters made of hard,… Read More

Bill pay software startup Doxo lands $18.5M

Doxo, a Seattle-area startup that helps people manage and pay their bills, raised $18.5 million. The company is profitable and… Read More

IUNU, a Seattle startup that develops computer vision tech for greenhouses, raises $24M

Seattle startup IUNU landed a $24 million Series B round that will fuel growth of its technology used in greenhouses… Read More

Seattle computer vision startup led by former HoloLens scientist lands $3.4M

The news: Retrocausal raised $3.4 million to advance its AI-powered platform to help manufacturers train employees and avoid mistakes. The… Read More

Startup funding news: PairTree, RightBound, LOANtuitive, Crelate raise fresh cash

PairTree, a Seattle startup that facilitates adoptions, raised $5.1 million. The company launched in 2020 and has 4,000 adoptive families… Read More

Crypto tax software startup BearTax lands $3.2M

BearTax, a Seattle startup that helps cryptocurrency investors file taxes, raised a $3.2 million seed round led by Seattle VC… Read More

Seattle-area VC firm Tola Capital raising a new $400M fund, filing shows

Tola Capital, a Seattle-area investment firm that backs enterprise software companies, is raising $400 million for its third fund, according… Read More

Seattle startup Swiftly lands $100M to help grocers fend off Amazon and other e-commerce players

Swiftly, a Seattle startup that provides software to brick-and-mortar grocery retailers such as Family Dollar and The Save Mart Companies,… Read More

Funding news: Microsoft vets raise $12M for Round; PTO Exchange lands $5M; and more

— Round, a Seattle startup founded by former Microsoft leaders, raised a $12 million seed round. The company aims to help… Read More

Toyota invests in Nori, a carbon removal startup trying to help reverse climate change

Nori, a Seattle startup that sells carbon credits to individuals and businesses to offset carbon emissions, raised $7 million in… Read More

Tagboard, which helps cable giants and sports teams produce live content, lands $8M

Seattle-area startup Tagboard raised $8 million to boost its live production technology used by sports and entertainment companies. Founded in… Read More

Seattle firm Fuse leads $12M round for Vancouver hospitality tech startup Operto

Operto, a Vancouver, B.C. startup that sells software to hotels, resorts, vacation rentals and more, landed a $12 million Series… Read More

Cloud operations startup MontyCloud lands $3M

MontyCloud, a Seattle startup that helps companies manage their cloud operations, raised $3 million. Founded in 2018, the 22-person startup… Read More

Democratized diagnostics: Uh-Oh Labs develops tech for accurate COVID home tests and beyond

Biotech startup Uh-Oh Labs wasn’t so much bootstrapped in its early days as it was deadlifted. Founder and CEO Cameron… Read More

Reducing contamination during blood tests: Magnolia Medical lands $46M to fuel growth

Magnolia Medical Technologies, which markets devices to reduce blood sample contamination while puncturing the skin, has raised $46 million. The… Read More

Temporal is a unicorn: Developer productivity startup lands $103M at $1.5B valuation

The news: Temporal, a Seattle startup that helps companies write and run cloud applications, has reached unicorn status. The 55-person… Read More

Real estate startup Showdigs raises $7.4M as it looks to grow team and expand across U.S.

Showdigs, a Seattle real estate technology startup, has raised $7.4 million in new funding. Founded in 2018, the company makes… Read More

The ‘golden age’ for research tools: Parse Biosciences raises $41.5M for single-cell tech

Alex Rosenberg was a postdoc at the University of Washington when he co-founded a new biotech startup in 2018 and… Read More

Proxi morphs from trick-or-treating tool to an ambitious mapping startup that just raised $1.2M

Melinda Haughey and other parents were desperate for safe trick-or-treating in the midst of the pandemic in 2020. They began… Read More

Kevala lands $12.1M to address worker shortages for healthcare companies

Seattle-based Kevala, which helps healthcare facilities find and manage workers, has raised $12.1 million. The startup supports staffing, compliance and… Read More

Vaccine startup Curevo takes on pharma giant GSK, raises $60M for trial of shingles shot

Curevo has raised $60 million to develop a new vaccine for shingles, an often-painful condition caused by reactivation of the… Read More

Perfect pivot: Mystery hits $100M valuation after shift from date facilitator to employee engagement

Seattle-based Mystery pivoted during the pandemic to a B2B event-facilitation model intended to boost employee engagement and morale at companies.… Read More

Funding news: Materials maker lands $14M, cybersecurity startup raises $4.5M, and more

Here’s a roundup of recent funding news from Pacific Northwest startups: Modumetal, a Seattle-area industrial startup that makes coating technologies,… Read More

This Seattle startup just raised $2.2M for an app that detects ear infections

The news: Wavely Diagnostics, a Seattle-based startup developing a smartphone app to detect ear infections, has raised $2.2 million to… Read More

‘The darkest, most bottomless pit in healthcare’: Goodbill raises $3.4M to tackle medical billing

If you dare, try searching online for “hospital bill nightmares.” The query will yield page after page of terrifying, outrageous… Read More

Flush with cash: Bezos and big-name celebs get behind tree-free toilet paper startup with $5M

The news: Cloud Paper, the Seattle startup that makes toilet paper and paper towels from bamboo in an effort to… Read More

Cybersecurity startup PlexTrac raises $70M

PlexTrac, a Boise, Id.-based cybersecurity software startup, raised a $70 million Series B round led by Insight Partners, with participation… Read More

StarCraft, Rockstar, ArenaNet vets land $5M for stealthy Seattle studio Lost Lake Games

Lost Lake Games, a new Seattle startup led by longtime gaming industry leaders, raised $5 million. Esports and gaming-focused VC… Read More

Unlock Venture Partners raises $60M for second fund, will invest in more Seattle and L.A. startups

The news: Unlock Venture Partners, a seed-stage firm that invests in Seattle and Los Angeles-based startups, raised a $60 million… Read More

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