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Funding

Seattle startup Zucca raises $5M to help food brands launch products faster with AI

Karen Huh spent two decades and thousands of hours launching consumer products for companies like Starbucks and Bulletproof Coffee. So… Read More

Software for landscapers: Seattle startup Duranta lands $7M to help lawn care companies

Seattle startup Duranta announced a $7 million seed round to support growth of its software platform designed to help landscapers… Read More

Seattle startup raises $6.3M to pick up your used stuff for free — and turn it into a resale marketplace

Pulling into the parking lot of Gone.com‘s headquarters at an office park just south of Seattle, I knew this wasn’t… Read More

Industrial wastewater treatment startup Membrion raises more cash

Industrial wastewater treatment startup Membrion is raising a new round of cash from investors. In a filing with the U.S.… Read More

Pokee AI, a new AI agent startup led by ex-Meta manager, lands $12M to automate online workflows

Point72 Ventures led a $12 million seed round for Pokee AI, a new Seattle-area startup aiming to build AI agents… Read More

AI companionship app Tolan raises $20M to help more people grow with a virtual alien friend

The startup behind the colorful, animated AI companions called Tolan raised $20 million in new funding and has seen significant… Read More

Seattle startup Circulate Health raises $12M for pricey ‘blood-cleaning’ longevity service

Circulate Health, a Seattle healthy longevity startup, today announced $12 million in seed funding. The company is partnering with two-dozen… Read More

MediScan AI raises $1.4M to help medical professionals evaluate patient records

MediScan AI, a Seattle startup using artificial intelligence to help medical professionals evaluate patient records, raised $1.4 million in funding,… Read More

Seattle startup Klutch raises $8M to bring AI coworkers to construction sites

Archie handles zoning and permit reviews. Bob captures site data from texts and photos. Petra manages vendor scoring. Hailey helps… Read More

Centific, a Seattle-area AI services startup and Nvidia partner, lands $60M

Centific, a Redmond, Wash.-based startup founded in 2020 that helps organizations manage data pipelines to power advanced AI systems, raised… Read More

CalmWave raises $4.4M for tech that targets non-actionable patient alarms in hospital ICUs

Seattle health-tech startup CalmWave, working to eliminate unnecessary alarms attached to patients in hospital intensive care units, raised $4.4 million… Read More

Seattle startup Clarify lands $15M to take on Salesforce with AI-native ‘autonomous CRM’

Sales teams should spend more time closing deals — and less time entering data. That’s the pitch from Clarify, a… Read More

AIM raises $50M to retrofit bulldozers and excavators to operate autonomously

AIM Intelligent Machines (AIM), a Seattle-area startup that retrofits heavy earthmoving machinery to operate autonomously, raised $50 million in new… Read More

Sister-led social commerce startup Nectar lands $10.6M, reveals more about marketing tech

Seattle-based social commerce startup Nectar Social is out of stealth and today announced $10.6 million in funding. Sisters Misbah Uraizee… Read More

Seattle startup backed by former Google CEO lands $16M to automate repetitive tasks on a computer

Vercept revealed this week that it raised a $16 million seed round in January from venture capital firms and prominent… Read More

Yoodli CEO Varun Puri on startup grit, filtering out noise, and building the ‘AI roleplay’ category

Yoodli CEO Varun Puri talks too fast. He spends too much time on small talk. And he “question stacks,” or… Read More

ROI on generative AI: Microsoft vets raise $4.9M to quantify business value of AI investments

Pay-i, a Seattle startup founded by Microsoft veterans, raised a $4.9 million seed round to help businesses figure out whether… Read More

AI roleplay startup Yoodli raises $13.7M to help sales teams practice their pitches

Follow-up: Yoodli CEO Varun Puri on startup grit, filtering out noise, and building the ‘AI roleplay’ category Yoodli, a Seattle… Read More

Reperio Health raises $14M for national expansion of its in-home health services

Reperio Health, a Portland, Ore.-based startup providing in-home health screenings, raised $14 million in funding, Endpoints News reports. The new… Read More

Surgical care center startup Oath Surgical comes out of stealth with $10M

Oath Surgical, a new startup out of Portland, Ore., revealed more details about its outpatient surgical care business, touting the… Read More

Irrigation tech startup Verdi raises $4.7M to help farmers monitor and control water flow

Agriculture tech startup Verdi raised a $4.7 million seed round to expand its technology for smarter irrigation of crops including… Read More

Exclusive: Former Apple leaders raise $16M for stealthy Seattle startup building AI inference tech

A new Seattle startup led by veteran engineers is building technology to tackle one of the biggest drivers of cost… Read More

Amazon vets land $4M for Seattle data security startup Tensor9

Tensor9, a Seattle-based security and privacy startup, announced a $4 million seed round. Founded in 2023 by veterans of Amazon,… Read More

B.C. climate tech startup veritree raises $6.5M and lines up pledges to plant 100 million trees globally

Veritree, a Vancouver, B.C.-based climate tech startup supporting reforestation, announced $6.5 million in new funding on Tuesday. The company also… Read More

Seattle studio led by Big Fish founder raises more cash for mobile battler ‘Mutant Forge’

Reflection Games, an independent studio founded in 2021 by several veterans of Seattle’s Big Fish Games, is raising more cash.… Read More

Seattle startup CueZen raises $5M for personalized health coaching software

CueZen, a Seattle-based startup that sells software designed to boost personalized healthcare programs, raised $5 million in a round led… Read More

Retail returns business BuyWander raises $2M and plans warehouse near Seattle

BuyWander, the Spokane, Wash.-based startup that aims to turn truckloads of retail returns into fresh deals for shoppers, raised $2… Read More

Seattle legal tech startup Supio lands $60M to help lawyers streamline data analysis

Seattle startup Supio raised $60 million in a Series B round to fuel growth of its software that helps lawyers… Read More

Seattle startup EDEN raises $3.7M to help residential contractors generate instant quotes

Seattle-based real estate startup EDEN announced $3.7 million in fresh funding to bolster its software aimed at boosting business for… Read More

Marketers are ‘freaking out’ about AI search. This Seattle startup just raised $2M to help.

Seattle startup vets Todd Sawicki and Patrick O’Donnell are teaming up to solve a critical challenge for marketers: understanding how… Read More

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