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Funding

Ex-Microsoft execs and engineers raise $1.5M for Komiko, a CRM enrichment platform

Hal Howard, Ami Heitner, and Srikanth Avadhanam spent years and years at companies like Microsoft and SAP, learning how and why… Read More

Techstars grad Reflect raises $2.5M to help developers create data visualizations

Reflect is raising cash to help developers make data visualizations. The Portland startup today announced a $2.5 million seed funding… Read More

League

Digital health insurance platform League raises $25M, eyes growth in Seattle and beyond

League, the Toronto-based digital health insurance platform with a presence in Seattle, announced Tuesday that it has raised $25 million… Read More

Cannabis software startup Odava, founded by former Urban Airship execs, raises cash to fuel growth

Odava, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that provides software tools for the cannabis industry, has raised $170,000, according to a recent… Read More

‘Heroes’ star and ‘Lion King’ music producer invest in Limitless virtual reality character startup

Limitless, a virtual reality startup created by a former Pixar and Bungie character designer, has closed its first round of… Read More

LeaveLogic raises $900K for parental leave management platform

LeaveLogic is raising more cash to fuel development of its parental leave management platform. The Seattle startup confirmed with GeekWire on… Read More

Bloomz raises $2.3M for a social network that helps educators communicate with parents

From social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn to more-focused apps like Remind and SignupGenius, educators have access to a bevy of applications… Read More

Snap and shop: Observa pays users to photograph store shelves, making sure brands get the placement they want

Grocery stores don’t just place items on the shelf randomly. Food producers negotiate for prime placement, working with stores to… Read More

PicoBrew raises $10.6M to fuel production of at-home beer-making machines

Seattle’s geekiest beer-making company is raising more money. PicoBrew has reeled in a $10.6 million investment round led by Spring… Read More

Domain registry Donuts invests in geofence management firm GeoFrenzy, launching ‘Donuts Labs’ initiative

Donuts, the Bellevue, Wash.-based domain registry that controls extensions like .cash, .email and many more, is looking to back companies innovating… Read More

Cardiac Insight closes $2.5M funding round to identify heart problems in young athletes

Cardiac Insight is preparing for the launch of its CardeaScreen technology, and the company has raised $2.5 million to help spur… Read More

Versium raising $1.7M to bring predictive marketing and analytics to new users

We all generate a lot of online data everyday, but to get the full picture of a person’s life, you have… Read More

Fexy Media lands $6M to grow its portfolio of millennial-focused food brands

Fexy Media, a Mercer Island-based company focused on acquiring millennial-minded food brands, just secured $6 million in funding, according to… Read More

HTC launches $100M Vive X program to accelerate growth of virtual reality startups

If virtual reality fails, it won’t be for lack of funding. HTC announced a $100 million fund and accelerator program to… Read More

Seattle startup looks to extinguish cigarette smoking, raises $500,000 for SmartQuit smoking cessation app

Helping people to quit smoking can result in a huge benefit for employers. Not only are users healthier and more… Read More

Sirqul raises another $3M as it expands IoT solutions to China

Sirqul, the Seattle startup focused in part on improving the Internet of Things, is looking to expand its services in… Read More

Discuss.io raises $1.4M round, led by Unilever Ventures, to build up webcam focus group platform

Getting feedback on a new branding choice or potential product is an important step for companies before embarking on a… Read More

TableSafe looks to change how diners pay for meals, raises cash for tableside credit card readers

Having a stranger take your credit card into a back room to scan it would be a weird practice for… Read More

Siren

Dating app Siren, where women make first move, lands $500k in funding, providing alternative to Tinder, Match and others

Siren, the Seattle-based dating app that lets women make the first move, has raised $500,000 of a planned $750,000 seed round. The… Read More

Front Desk raises additional $1M from Wave Maker Partners, preparing for next phase of growth

Front Desk, the Seattle startup that makes management, payment, and scheduling software used by a wide range of businesses, has raised an additional… Read More

Menlo Ventures leads $14.5M round for Usermind, an enterprise business operations startup

Usermind is bringing on another top-tier investor as the Seattle startup continues to develop its enterprise business operations platform. The company today… Read More

VR sports and music startup Voke raises $12.5M from Intel Capital, Sacramento Kings, A&E and others

Voke, a virtual reality technology company that specializes in live streams of sports and music events, has raised $12.5 million… Read More

Paul Allen bankrolls 611 teacher projects in Washington state in celebrity ‘flash funding’ initiative

Hundreds of schools in Washington state — 329 of them, to be exact — are in for a surprise. Microsoft co-founder… Read More

Alibaba raising $4 billion for acquisitions — or possibly to buy back Yahoo’s stake

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant and Amazon rival, is seeking a loan of as much as $4 billion from at… Read More

Northwest angel investment collective Keiretsu doles out $43.5M in 2015

The Keiretsu Forum Northwest announced today in a news release that its regional collective of angel investors poured $43.5 million into 57 companies… Read More

LiquidPlanner raises $2M to bolster online project management platform

LiquidPlanner is raising more cash to continue building its online project management platform. The Seattle startup just reeled in an… Read More

Poached Jobs restaurant employment site raises $2.25 million in funding

Poached Jobs, a Portland, Ore.-based job board and hiring platform for bars and restaurants, has raised $2.25 million in funding, roughly two-thirds… Read More

Alibaba leads Magic Leap’s new $793.5M funding round at $4.5 billion valuation

Magic Leap hasn’t released a consumer version of its augmented reality tech. It hasn’t released a developer unit. It hasn’t… Read More

GeekWire 200 January Update: New funding rounds fuel big growth at Pacific NW startups

New rounds of funding are sparking big growth at several Seattle- and Portland-area startups, leading to some sizable jumps in the January 2016 edition of… Read More

For founders: This survey will test how ‘fundable’ your startup is

If you’re a startup founder looking to raise some money for your company, there’s a new test available that may… Read More

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