Articles about fundraising

This startup lets companies teach AI about their brands — and the chatbots are listening

Optimly swept three awards at the Flywheel Investment Conference in Wenatchee and has closed an $800,000 pre-seed round backed by AI House, the Seattle startup studio formerly known as AI2 Incubator. The company builds a public index where brands can correct what AI chatbots say about them. Read More

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From Pitch to Close: Navigating Fundraising | Fox Rothschild x Madrona x iSpot (Seattle Tech Week)

Founders and funders are invited to breakfast, networking, and a candid panel demystifying the fundraising process from all sides of… Read More

Brev raises $3.3M for AI agents that keep companies on track with goals

Brev, a startup with roots in Seattle’s tech scene, has raised $3.3 million in pre-seed funding for AI tools that automatically track how companies are performing against their goals. The company’s AI agents join meetings, update goals, flag risks, and track follow-through on action items. Read More

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This startup lets companies teach AI about their brands — and the chatbots are listening

From Pitch to Close: Navigating Fundraising | Fox Rothschild x Madrona x iSpot (Seattle Tech Week)

Brev raises $3.3M for AI agents that keep companies on track with goals

Inside the minds of Seattle startup founders: Fundraising, hiring, and navigating their biggest challenges

Here’s what startup investors are thinking about amid AI boom, layoffs, funding slowdown

The women writing checks: A list of female venture capitalists in the Pacific Northwest

Seattle AI startup that helps professionals improve public speaking by analyzing speech raises $6M

Survey: 88% of U.S. startup leaders worried about fundraising, signaling slower growth ahead

Flying Fish raises $70M fund and will cast net beyond Seattle to back more AI/ML startups

VC funding to Seattle-area startups cools in Q1 as part of larger U.S. slowdown

Seattle VR startup Rec Room raises $145M, reaches $3.5B valuation

Seattle startup Tasso lands $100M for self-administered blood collection devices

Frothy fundraising climate causes Madrona to raise $120M ‘extension fund’ for portfolio companies

Immigration startup Boundless raises $25M, eyes opportunity with ‘pro-immigrant administration’

Behavioral science startup 2Morrow raises $1.5M to grow digital therapeutic platform

Boise-based PlexTrac raises $10M for cybersecurity collaboration and workflow software

Seeq lands $50M to grow manufacturing analytics software platform

Seattle-area AI startup Darklight raises $5.1M to help companies automate cybersecurity tasks

Seattle startup Common Room emerges from stealth mode with $52M in funding

Dapper Labs, the Vancouver B.C. startup behind NBA Top Shot NFT craze, raises $305M

Led by former Juno and Alder exec, Seattle neurology startup Eliem Therapeutics raises $80M

Biotech startup AbSci raises $125M for ‘Protein Printing’ tech; total funding up to $230M

Legal writing startup Clearbrief raises $1.2M from Madrona, Sequoia, Avvo founder, others

‘We make our customers rich’: Shelf Engine raises $41M to help grocery giants manage their orders

Portland-area marketing automation startup Act-On raises $20M

Seattle startup Heard raises $1.3M to help mental health professionals run their own business

OctoML raises $28M grow machine learning software used by Qualcomm, Microsoft, AMD

Cannabis retail tech startup Dutchie valued at $1.7B after raising $200M

Smart home startup Deako raises $12.5M, says its light switches are becoming ‘industry standard’

JetClosing closes $11M investment round, names Seattle tech vet Anna Collins as CEO