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Funding

Iasis Molecular Sciences founder and CEO David Vachon. (Iasis Photo)

Antimicrobial biotech startup lands $1.25M grant to develop urinary catheter

Spokane, Wash.-based biotech startup Iasis Molecular Sciences received a $1.25 million grant from a U.S. government program that addresses spinal… Read More

Zymeworks aims to raise $100M in public offering amid leadership shakeup

Zymeworks is looking to raise $100 million in a public offering, barely a week since new CEO Kenneth Galbraith took… Read More

Logixboard lands $32M as supply chain chaos drives demand for freight forwarding software

The news: Logixboard, a Seattle startup that sells software to freight forwarding companies, raised $32 million. It follows a $13… Read More

Boeing puts $450M into company building electric, autonomous, passenger-carrying planes

Boeing is investing $450 million in Wisk Aero, a company that’s building all-electric, autonomous, passenger-carrying aircraft. Wisk is developing its… Read More

Seattle startup Atlas Health raises $40M to connect health systems with philanthropic aid for patients

Atlas Health, a Seattle-based startup that helps healthcare providers connect to sources of philanthropic medical aid, has raised $40 million.… Read More

SAP backs contract management software startup Icertis, following recent SoftBank investment

Icertis, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that sells contract management software, landed an undisclosed investment from SAP as part of an… Read More

Seattle VC firm Fuse reveals size of inaugural fund that has backed 17 Pacific Northwest startups

Fuse, a new Seattle-based early-stage venture capital firm, has disclosed the size of its inaugural fund for the first time.… Read More

Bateau lands $4M for software used by senior living companies

Bateau, a Seattle startup that makes business intelligence software for senior living companies, raised a $4 million round led by… Read More

Zuper lands $13M to bolster software used by service businesses and their workers

Zuper, a Seattle startup that sells software to help service companies and their field workers, raised $13 million. Founded in… Read More

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AI2 spinout BirchAI lands $3.1M for healthcare customer support platform

A new spinout from the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, BirchAI, has landed $3.1 million in seed funding for its… Read More

Tech vets land $4M to develop solar-powered robots that zap weeds and regenerate soil

New funding: Aigen, a startup developing solar-powered robots for weed control and soil regeneration, has raised $4 million in venture… Read More

Realtor.com operator Move leads $12M round for Seattle marketing startup Evocalize

Evocalize, a Seattle and Austin-based startup that helps brands with paid digital marketing, raised a $12 million Series A round… Read More

Vir to extend COVID-19 treatment approach to HIV, malaria with $50M from Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $40 million in equity investment and $10 million in grant funding to… Read More

Providence health-tech spinout DexCare raises $50M

Seattle health-tech startup DexCare, spun out of Providence’s digital innovation group, announced a $50 million funding round Thursday. Providence initially… Read More

Highspot raises $248M at $3.5B valuation as demand rises for software that helps salespeople

The news: Highspot raised another big round, this time reeling in $248 million as part of a Series F round.… Read More

Sibling founding team fuses tech and farm roots to land $2.2M for agriculture IoT startup

New funding: CODA Farm Technologies, an internet of things (IoT) agriculture startup with literal roots in Western Washington’s Skagit Valley,… Read More

Latest unicorn sighting in Seattle: SeekOut lands $115M to expand recruiting software

The news: Seattle-area startup SeekOut just landed an additional $115 million to propel its valuation past $1 billion, earning it… Read More

AskNicely lands $32M for customer experience software

Portland, Ore.-based startup AskNicely raised $32 million in a Series B round led by Kansas City, Mo.-based Five Elms Capital.… Read More

Pendulum raises $5.9M to help companies identify potentially harmful narratives online

The news: Seattle startup Pendulum announced a $5.9 million seed round. The tech: Pendulum’s software is used by corporate risk… Read More

Napster co-founder leads secretive Seattle startup that just raised $3.5M to ‘supercharge productivity’

The news: A group of experienced entrepreneurs and technologists have teamed up to lead a new Seattle startup that aims… Read More

Seattle investors back new startup Pictory that aims to automate short-form video production

The news: Pictory, a Seattle startup that helps content creators and marketers make short-form videos, raised a $2.1 million seed… Read More

Good Therapeutics lands $8M to develop protein drugs that work only where needed in the body

The news: Seattle startup Good Therapeutics has raised $8 million to advance its therapeutic proteins designed to operate only where… Read More

Curi Bio raises $10M for stem-cell based drug discovery platforms

Seattle-based startup Curi Bio has raised $10 million to advance its platforms for drug discovery, based on human stem cells.… Read More

Intellectual Ventures spinoff Modern Electron raising cash for heat-to-electricity tech

New funding: Modern Electron, a spinoff from Intellectual Ventures, is raising cash. A new filing with the U.S. Securities and… Read More

Biosensor startup Monod lands $6M and spins out of Univ. of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design

A new biotech startup has hatched from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design with $6 million in funding… Read More

Seattle VR startup Rec Room raises $145M, reaches $3.5B valuation

Rec Room, the Seattle-based development studio behind the fast-growing VR application Rec Room, has raised $145 million in new funding,… Read More

Seattle startup Tasso lands $100M for self-administered blood collection devices

Seattle-based Tasso, which makes devices for the self-collection of blood samples, has landed $100 million in funding. Tasso’s devices work… Read More

Rental property investment startup Arrived secures $100M in credit financing to fuel U.S. expansion

Arrived Homes, the Seattle startup that helps people invest in single-family rental properties, is taking on $100 million in new… Read More

Climate funding: Amazon makes more investments; Alaska Airlines and Bill Gates-led effort back aviation startup

The investments keep rolling in for climate tech companies, and Pacific Northwest tech companies are writing many of the checks.… Read More

Level rides ‘Great Resignation’ wave and lands $7M for credit service used by independent contractors

The news: Seattle startup Level raised $7 million to fuel growth of its flexible credit service used by independent contractors… Read More

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