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After huge growth in 2020, Seattle startup Rec Room raises $20M to expand virtual hangout game

Rec Room, the eponymous Seattle-based development studio behind the virtual hangout/game creator Rec Room, has raised $20 million. Madrona Venture… Read More

Seattle’s Pure Watercraft raises additional $14M to power its plans for electric boat motors

Pure Watercraft, the Seattle-based makers of an electric outboard motor system designed to revolutionize recreational boating, has added $14 million… Read More

Seattle startup Symbl raises $4.7M from Amazon and others for ‘conversational AI’ enterprise tech

Symbl has raised more cash to fuel growth of its enterprise software that helps companies transcribe real-time conversations and pull… Read More

Madrona continues to back Ovation.io as Boston startup raises $21.5M for its lab software platform

Seattle-based Madrona Venture Group is putting more money behind Boston’s Ovation.io. The startup which makes cloud-based software to help medical… Read More

Gates and Bezos-backed clean energy funds help power startup building hydrogen-fueled aircraft

ZeroAvia, an aviation startup aiming to power cleaner airplanes with hydrogen, has raised $21.4 million in a funding round led… Read More

Zenoti hits $1B valuation, raises $160M to build enterprise software for salons, spas, yoga studios

The Seattle startup ecosystem has a new unicorn. Zenoti just reeled in a $160 million Series D round to help… Read More

Insect farming startup raises $9.3M, builds North America’s largest mealworm facility east of Seattle

Beta Hatch is planning to grow more than insects east of Seattle in Cashmere, Wash. The 5-year-old startup is growing… Read More

Koan raises $1M for ‘OKR’ collaboration software platform, acquires Portland design studio

Portland, Ore.-based startup Koan raised $1 million from BMNT and acquired fellow Portland company Horrible Design Co to help fuel… Read More

Vouched raises $3M as pandemic drives demand for its ID verification tech

The pandemic is driving more business for Vouched, a Seattle startup that just raised $3 million to fuel growth. Vouched… Read More

Workplace video communication app Voodle raises $6M to combat ‘Zoom fatigue and Slack overload’

Investors are betting that workers want a new way to share information across an organization — both during the pandemic… Read More

Freespira raises $10M for tech platform that aims to ease panic attacks and PTSD

In a year rife with anxiety, a Seattle-area startup called Freespira has raised $10 million to support its efforts to… Read More

Recurrent raises $3.5M to power the data science behind its reports on used electric car batteries

Recurrent, the Seattle-based startup that provides independent reports on the condition of used electric car batteries, has raised $3.5 million… Read More

Ex-Amazon engineer raises $500K to grow voice tech platform used by Whirlpool, LG, others

Vancouver, B.C. startup Picovoice raised a $500,000 investment from Seattle-based Founders’ Co-op for its platform that lets companies build their… Read More

Agriculture tech startup iUNU raises $7M for greenhouse computer vision system

Seattle startup iUNU raised another $7 million to help grow its AI and computer vision tech used in greenhouses. The… Read More

PreAct raises $1.6M from Sony, others to help prevent road traffic crashes with vehicle-sensing tech

Road traffic crashes kill about 1.35 million people worldwide each year. Despite more advanced collision warning systems now built into… Read More

CoreStack raises $4M to help companies manage cloud infrastructure cost, compliance, consumption

Seattle-area startup CoreStack raised another $4 million as the company sees demand increase for its cloud governance software. It follows… Read More

Former Sumo Logic and Auth0 exec raises $2M for stealthy new security startup ZeroWall

Longtime cybersecurity leader Joan Pepin just raised $2 million for a new Portland, Ore.-based startup that aims to rethink how… Read More

Seattle startup Flexe raises $70M as e-commerce rise fuels demand for flexible warehousing platform

Flexe is raising more capital ahead of schedule as the pandemic-driven e-commerce boom spurs faster-than-expected growth for its warehousing technology… Read More

Seattle-area IoT software startup Elevāt raises $9.5M for manufacturing machine monitoring tech

Mukilteo, Wash.-based startup Elevāt raised $9.5 million to fuel growth of its IoT software used by industrial manufacturers to monitor and… Read More

Former Z2 employees raise $3.3M for new Seattle game development studio Lightfox Games

A group of gaming industry vets just raised $3.2 million for a new Seattle studio called Lightfox Games. Founded last… Read More

E-commerce intelligence platform Stackline raises $50M from Goldman Sachs as online retail booms

Stackline raised $50 million from Goldman Sachs Growth Equity to fuel its online retail intelligence platform as the e-commerce industry… Read More

Seattle biotech firm Umoja Biopharma raises $53M as it tackles unique approach to immunotherapy

Umoja Biopharma raised $53 million to expand development of its CAR T-cell immunotherapy treatments for blood-based and organ-based tumors in… Read More

This smart camera startup helps companies meet COVID-19 cleaning standards by detecting dirtiness

Cleanliness took on a whole new meaning in 2020. The pandemic is forcing airlines, hotels, universities, and other organizations to… Read More

With pandemic taking a toll on mental health, Joon Care raises $3.5M to help teens and young adults

The pandemic is taking a toll on everyone, but teens in particular are seeing increased anxiety and depression. Joon Care… Read More

Vimly Benefit Solutions raises $6.7M to help healthcare companies manage employee benefits

Vimly Benefit Solutions raised $6.7 million to help scale its benefits administration software platform. The Seattle-area company provides enrollment, eligibility,… Read More

Seattle Children’s Therapeutics leverages biotech innovation in quest for new treatments for kids

Can a nonprofit research institution operate more effectively by taking a page from the commercial biotech industry? That’s the idea… Read More

Techstars grad WattBuy raises $3.25M to help households shop for electricity providers

WattBuy raised $3.25 million to expand its database tool that collects and shares energy rates in unregulated states where residents… Read More

Graph analytics startup Trovares, led by ex-Cray CEO, raises $1.35M

Seattle startup Trovares has raised another $1.35 million to help boost its graph analytics business. The 9-person company launched in… Read More

Seattle startup vets raise $1M and reveal more details about home valuation platform Plunk

Will that bathroom remodel increase your home’s value by more than $20,000? What about replacing the floors or adding a… Read More

Concure Oncology raises $2M to bring innovative breast cancer radiation therapy to more patients

Concure Oncology has raised $2 million in new funding, helping to fuel growth for the Mercer Island, Wash.-based startup and… Read More

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