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Funding

Silicon Valley powerhouse VC firm Greylock just backed this stealthy Seattle AI startup

A stealthy Seattle startup has raised seed funding from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock and Bellevue, Wash.-based Trilogy. Falkon… Read More

HaptX raises $12M, partners with Advanced Input Systems, to develop next generation VR gloves

HaptX announced a $12 million fundraising round Thursday, allowing the Seattle startup to develop its next generation of virtual reality… Read More

Riipen raises $3.75M to help colleges use real-world problems from employers in coursework

Vancouver, B.C.-based education technology startup Riipen has raised $3.75 million to fuel growth of its technology that connects colleges and… Read More

Healthcare startup GrowthPlug raises $1M, becomes latest company to relocate from Bay Area

New funding: Healthcare software startup GrowthPlug raised a $1 million round led by Elevate Capital. It also announced today that… Read More

Augmented reality startup Taqtile raises $3M, announces Magic Leap partnership

New funding: Seattle augmented reality startup Taqtile raised $3 million in a round led by Broadmark Capital and its affiliated entities,… Read More

Ex-Amazon and Zulily supply chain vets raise $2M for Seattle e-commerce logistics startup Shipium

New funding: Shipium landed a $2 million seed round led by PSL Ventures, the venture arm of Seattle startup studio Pioneer… Read More

Voyager invests in $20M round for ‘crowdsourcing intelligence platform’ Thoughtexchange

New funding: Thoughtexchange announced a $20 million (CAD) Series B investment round led by Information Venture Partners with participation from… Read More

Highspot raises $75M to support rapid growth of ‘sales enablement’ software in $50B category

New funding: Seattle startup Highspot today announced a $75 million “Series D-1” investment round, bringing total funding for the 7-year-old company… Read More

Portland medtech company Sonivate raises cash for ‘ultrasound by touch’ devices

New funding: Medical device startup Sonivate is raising cash to fund its efforts to make ultrasound devices that fit on… Read More

Fresh Chalk lands $2M to help people find local professionals through friend recommendations

New funding: Fresh Chalk just landed a $2 million seed round. The Seattle startup debuted earlier this year with its service… Read More

Concure Oncology raises cash for breast cancer treatment that uses radioactive seeds

New funding: Concure Oncology is raising investment for its Breast Microseed treatment, which helps to prevent breast cancer from recurring.… Read More

The new barcode? Alitheon lands $11.6M for tech that assigns digital fingerprints to objects

Update, Jan. 9: Alitheon raised an additional $3.3 million as part of a $14.9 million round. Investors include BMW i Ventures,… Read More

Stealthly startup Yor Labs raises cash for AI-powered handheld ultrasound system

New funding: Portland, Ore.-based startup Yor Labs raised $3.3 million to fund the development of a lightweight ultrasound system powered… Read More

Seattle-area startup Quantivate raises cash for risk and compliance platform

New funding: Woodinville, Wash.-based Quantivate, which sells software for risk management and compliance, raised an undisclosed amount of money. Lead… Read More

CI Security raises another $6.4M to help hospitals implement cybersecurity tech

New funding: CI Security, a 85-person cybersecurity startup with offices in Seattle, Bremerton, and Ellensburg, Wash., has raised an additional… Read More

Extra cheese, please: Restaurant tech startup Picnic lands $5M for pizza robot

Seattle startup Picnic, which makes robots for the restaurant industry, raised $5 million in a seed round led by Creative… Read More

Seattle startup Crowd Cow raising more cash to beef up meat marketplace

Crowd Cow is raising more cash for its meat marketplace. The Seattle startup just reeled in $15.1 million, according to… Read More

Convoy raises $400M at $2.7B valuation amid trucking recession and Uber Freight competition

It’s another busy day for Dan Lewis. He’s just come out of a big meeting with one of the top… Read More

Sneaker startup Vimazi pairs runners with shoes based on their speed

Nike has more than 100 styles of men’s running shoes and more than a dozen ways to filter through them… Read More

Seattle startup Tomorrow raises more cash to help people create free wills and trusts

Ask just about any financial advisor and they’ll tell you that you should have a will — but more than… Read More

Former Uber, Microsoft engineers raise $11M for cloud data monitoring tool Chronosphere

Chronosphere, a startup founded by former Uber and Microsoft engineers, has raised $11 million to build a platform that lets… Read More

Marijuana review startup Leafly raises $2.3M, dials down hiring amid broader industry cutbacks

Seattle-based marijuana strain and dispensary review startup Leafly is raising cash, but not with breakneck growth mind: the startup is simultaneously… Read More

Vacation rental platform Vacasa raises huge $319M round — here’s how it differs from Airbnb

Vacasa just raised a whopping $319 million in new funding as the Portland, Ore.-based company aims to extend its reach… Read More

Former Jive execs raise $3M to bring ‘Karate Kid principle’ to management teams with Koan

Koan, a startup founded by former Jive Software executives, has raised $3 million to build software that helps business leaders… Read More

Cadence Neuroscience raises $15M for epilepsy treatment created at Mayo Clinic

Medical device startup Cadence Neuroscience raised $15 million to develop a therapy for the treatment of epilepsy. The Series A… Read More

Insurance giant Humana invests $20M in healthcare tech company Accolade

Accolade, a Seattle-based company that operates a technology platform to help employees navigate healthcare, landed a $20 million investment from… Read More

Textile tech startup Evrnu raises $9.1M; early partners include Levi’s, Adidas, Target, others

People are buying more clothes than ever, and wearing them fewer times before discarding. The result is a surge in… Read More

Washington State Univ. spinout Dewey Scientific raises $1.25M to cultivate better cannabis buds

Dewey Scientific, a new startup that spun out of Washington State University, has taken in $1.25 million in seed funding… Read More

Fred Hutch spinout SEngine raises $5.1M to test cancer treatment drugs against a patient’s tumors

Seattle startup SEngine Precision Medicine has raised $5.1 million in fresh funding as it looks to commercialize a platform that… Read More

Secretive robotic farming startup led by Islion founder raises $8.9M from Ignition and Bolt

More details are emerging about a secretive Seattle startup led by Paul Mikesell, a University of Washington trained computer scientist who… Read More

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