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Vtrus ABI Zero drone

Led by ex-Oculus research scientist, Seattle drone startup Vtrus raises cash for indoor inspection tech

Seattle startup Vtrus has raised investment for a different kind of drone — one that’s designed to conduct precision inspections… Read More

Madrona leads $10M round for Knock, a CRM and communications service for apartment landlords

When it comes to communication with customers, many apartment landlords still rely only on phone and email to connect with… Read More

Amazon invests in Seattle startup Jargon, a voice application content platform for developers

Voice technology continues to proliferate. There are more than 66 million smart speaker units in the U.S., up from 36… Read More

3 leadership lessons from Adaptive Biotechnologies CEO Chad Robins

As the CEO of Adaptive Biotechnologies, Chad Robins has shown a knack for turning really good ideas into a viable… Read More

‘Parallel reality’ display technology startup Misapplied Sciences raises more cash

Misapplied Sciences, the Seattle-area company behind a screen that can show different things to multiple people at the same time,… Read More

Agriculture startup iUNU raises $7.5M to turn greenhouses into high-tech manufacturing plants

Seattle startup iUNU has raised more cash to expand its platform that uses technologies such as artificial intelligence and computer… Read More

Marketing tech startup Lytics raises $35M to help companies learn more about individual customers

Lytics has raised more funding to help brands such as Nestlé, The Economist, Atlassian and others bolster their 1-to-1 customer marketing… Read More

Industrial augmented reality smart headwear maker RealWear raises another $5M

Vancouver, Wash.-based startup RealWear has raised another $5 million in a round from existing investor Columbia Ventures Corporation to expand its global… Read More

Seattle indie game developer tinyBuild raises $15M, plans to grow using ‘dynamic structure’ strategy

tinyBuild, the Seattle-area indie game developer and publisher of titles such as Hello Neighbor and Rapture Rejects, has raised a… Read More

Surveys in Slack: Madrona leads $7M round in Polly, a Seattle startup that builds polling software

With millions of employees at thousands of companies now getting work done with collaboration software such as Slack and Microsoft… Read More

Audio startup that uses ‘bending wave technology’ raises $6M, looks to ride smart speaker wave

Seattle-area startup Tectonic Audio Labs has raised $6 million to further develop its audio technology used in smart speakers, TVs,… Read More

KenSci raises $22M to help healthcare companies predict when patients will get sick and lower costs

KenSci has raised an additional $22 million to fuel growth of its machine learning and AI-powered technology that helps health… Read More

Possible Finance raises another $4.3M to change how people get small dollar loans

When Tony Huang and his co-founders launched Possible Finance last year, the entrepreneurs originally thought they’d be competing with traditional… Read More

Debt collection tech startup Attunely spins out of Pioneer Square Labs with $3.7M seed investment

Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs has spun out another company — its fourth this year — using the increasingly popular… Read More

‘This is a game changer’: Seattle startup attracts oil and gas giants with special high-performance metal

After more than a decade of testing and development, a Seattle startup is attracting the biggest names in the oil… Read More

Can tech make your dog smarter? Seattle startup raises cash to build brain games for pets

Pet owners are spending more and more on their furry friends. But will they pay for high-tech tools that supposedly… Read More

Vulcan leads $3.5M round in PSL spinout Sigma IQ, which automates manual accounting processes

Finance executives everywhere know all about the pain, expense, and time that can come from the manual accounting process of… Read More

Goldman Sachs leads $51.5M round for business texting software maker Zipwhip

In today’s technology world, there are a bevy of ways for businesses to communicate with customers. They can send emails;… Read More

Another Pioneer Square Labs spinout: Remarkably targets commercial real estate with marketing tech

When Erina Malarkey looks at how commercial real estate stakeholders are spending money on marketing efforts, she’s in disbelief. “You… Read More

Portland-area startup that builds software for breweries and distilleries raises $14M

Orchestra Software, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that builds software for breweries and distilleries, today announced a $14 million investment round… Read More

One of Seattle’s most successful startup founders leaves Uber to launch secretive robotics startup

Paul Mikesell, a University of Washington trained computer scientist who co-founded storage giant Isilon Systems in 2001, has left Uber… Read More

VC funding in U.S. startups nears $100 billion in 2018, highest since dot-com era

U.S. startups are raising investment dollars at levels unseen since the dot-com era. Venture capital funding in U.S. companies reached… Read More

Seattle biotech startup raises $20M to develop gene therapy technology

Seattle-based biotech startup Immusoft this week closed a $20 million Series B venture capital round that will fuel development of… Read More

Lumen Learning raises more cash, aims to replace traditional textbooks with digital ‘open educational resources’

Portland, Ore.-based startup Lumen Learning has reeled in more investment to grow its open digital education course material platform. The company… Read More

New Seattle private equity firm Pike Street Capital acquires US BioTek, its first acquisition

Pike Street Capital Partners, a new Seattle-based private equity firm, made its first acquisition today, swooping up Seattle-area medical testing… Read More

Global commodity trade logistics management software startup Intelage raises $2.3M

After running his own commodities trade and marketing firm for 15 years, John Han knew all about the inefficiencies that… Read More

Authentication security startup NuID raises $2.5M to help companies prevent breaches

Security startup NuID today announced a $2.5 million round to help grow its user authentication technology. Founded in early 2017, the… Read More

Biotech journalist Luke Timmerman sets his sights on Mount Kilimanjaro and $1M for cancer research

As a journalist, Luke Timmerman has covered biotech for more than 17 years. Now, the Timmerman Report founder is making… Read More

AstrumU raises more cash for platform that matches Fortune 500 companies with college grads

Stealthy Seattle-area startup AstrumU continues to add talent and investment as it builds technology to match employers with job seekers.… Read More

Women-focused co-working startup The Riveter raises $15M, plans to open 100 locations by 2022

The Riveter has raised a $15 million Series A investment round as the female-focused co-working space operator prepares for a… Read More

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