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Funding

University of Washington clean water spinout Membrion raises $6M

A Seattle startup that wants to increase access to fresh water just raised $6 million in new funding. Membrion makes… Read More

Portland startup aims to treat opioid addiction with tech as it raises $10.5M and partners with Premera

In taking on the opioid epidemic, one of the biggest challenges in U.S. health care today, Stephanie Papes is facing… Read More

Gravity Payments invests $500K in Joe Coffee to help startup enhance service and take on Square

Dan Price, the high-profile co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based credit card processing and financial services company Gravity Payments, has been… Read More

Supercast raises $2M to help podcasters make money, names new CEO

Supercast, the Vancouver, B.C., startup that helps podcast creators make money off premium subscriptions, just brought in a little cash… Read More

Source raises $2.5 million to expand its platform for commercial design nationwide

A Portland, Ore., startup that develops online tools for architects and designers just closed a $2.5 million fundraising round to… Read More

Etailz raises $25M in debt funding to help companies sell on big e-commerce platforms

Spokane, Wash. e-commerce company etailz, which helps brands sell on huge platforms run by companies such as Amazon, Walmart and… Read More

Cybersecurity startup Polyverse raises $8M to protect Linux open-source code from hackers

Polyverse raised $8 million to expand the reach of its cybersecurity technology that is used by government organizations and security-minded… Read More

Vancouver B.C.-based Semios raises $75M for precision farming tech

Semios, a Vancouver, B.C.-based company that develops agriculture technology for permanent crops, today announced a $75 million investment round. Founded… Read More

Office lunch delivery startup Peach raises $5M — here’s how the company bounced back after layoffs

Investors are putting more juice behind Peach, the Seattle startup that delivers lunch to office workers. A new SEC filing… Read More

Seattle insurance tech startup n2uitive raises $1.3M

Seattle startup n2uitive, which manages millions of hours of insurance claim interviews and statements, raised $1.3 million to bring more… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote for the top funding deal amid a record 2019 for Pacific NW startups

Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. Pacific Northwest entrepreneurs have long complained… Read More

DevOps for IoT device fleets: Ex-Microsoft, Amazon leaders raise $7.6M for Seattle-area startup Esper

Seattle-area startup Esper today announced a $7.6 million Series A investment round led by Madrona Venture Group. Founded in 2018,… Read More

This Seattle startup gives big discounts on home rentals — but only if you agree to Airbnb a room

It seemed like a scam. When Hannah Exner and Sam Joselyn spotted an ad for a craftsman home in Seattle’s desirable… Read More

Pipe-cutting software maker PypeServer raises $1.5M to streamline industrial manufacturing

PypeServer, a Seattle-area startup that makes software for industrial manufacturers that cut and weld huge amounts of pipe for commercial… Read More

Cardiac Insight raises $8M as sales of its wearable heartbeat sensor spike 100%

Cardiac Insight, a Bellevue, Wash. startup that makes lightweight disposable electrocardiogram (ECG) sensors and software to monitor patients’ heartbeats, has… Read More

AI document engineering startup Docugami raises $10M seed round in unusually large early stage deal

Docugami, a startup aiming to reinvent the way businesses create and extract information from documents, has raised an extraordinary $10… Read More

Cloud data platform giant Snowflake raises $479M at $12.4B valuation, partners with Salesforce

Data warehousing startup Snowflake Computing announced a $479 million funding round that gives the cloud company a whopping $12.4 billion… Read More

Global tax and audit firm KPMG takes minority interest in startup LumaTax in $2M funding round

KPMG, the global tax, audit and advisory firm, has taken a minority interest in LumaTax, the startup that spun out… Read More

Rad Power Bikes raises $25M from Vulcan, others in rare VC bet on e-bike industry

Seattle electric bicycle maker Rad Power Bikes announced a $25 million investment round Wednesday, led by Vulcan Capital and Durable… Read More

Ex-Google Cloud engineers raise $8M for Seattle machine learning startup Kaskada

Machine learning is all the rage in big tech, but still largely unavailable to most companies that don’t have the… Read More

Ex-Amazon, FedEx leaders raise $3M from Madrona and 8VC for Seattle trucking startup Freightweb

Another Seattle startup is blending technology with logistics to change the way goods move around the country within a $800… Read More

Ventec Life Systems raises $20M for multi-function ventilator

Ventec Life Systems has raised more than $20 million to fuel commercialization of its unique portable ventilator. The Bothell, Wash.-based… Read More

StormSensor lands more funding to help cities manage flooding and sewage overflow challenges

StormSensor continues to raise cash for its technology system that helps track stormwater data. The Seattle startup just reeled in… Read More

Seattle startup Nori raises cash for blockchain marketplace to fight climate change

Microsoft’s sweeping pledge to remove more planet-warming carbon from the atmosphere than it emits has the tech world buzzing about… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs spinout Uplevel raises $7.5M to measure engineering teams’ productivity

A new startup has emerged from stealth mode armed with $7.5 million in seed funding to disrupt what it calls… Read More

Funding to Seattle-area startups reaches record $3.5 billion in 2019 — here’s how that ranks nationally

Venture capital funding to Seattle-area startups reached a record-high $3.59 billion in 2019, according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor… Read More

Corporate VC arms of Saudi Aramco and Chevron invest in $24M round for Seattle startup Seeq

Seeq, a Seattle-based maker of analytics software for manufacturers, just raised $24 million in fresh cash. The deal is an… Read More

Home improvement marketplace Porch raises $21M as it pushes toward profitability

Porch is raising a pile of cash as the Seattle-based home improvement marketplace aims to reach profitability. Porch raised $20.6… Read More

Legalpad raises $10M to scale work visa automation platform

A Seattle startup that helps companies apply for visas on behalf of international talent announced a $10 million investment round… Read More

TwinStrand raises $16M from Madrona and others for next-gen DNA sequencing, promising early cancer detection and other breakthroughs

TwinStrand Biosciences, a Seattle startup developing next-generation DNA sequencing technology that promises to lead to early cancer detection, rapid identification… Read More

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