Portland platform-as-a-service startup AppFog is set to be acquired by Savvis, the big co-location and data center operator that’s owned by CenturyLink, according to a report in GigaOm. Terms of… Read More
A startup by the name of Tipbit — backed by Ignition Partners and Andreessen Horowitz —wants to make you more productive. The company is currently accepting folks into a beta… Read More
John Connors, a venture capitalist at Bellevue-based Ignition Partners who previously served as CFO of Microsoft, was named to Forbes’ 2013 Midas List that honors tech’s top investors. Connors has made… Read More
Bellevue-based Ratify, a stealthy startup that was developing a data analytics platform to better understand network information, notified employees this week that it is ceasing operations, according to a source… Read More
It’s a new era for Ignition Partners. The Bellevue venture capital firm has a new fund, new offices and a new direction as it celebrates its 13th year. Today, the… Read More
What’s the missing ingredient in Seattle’s startup community? Is it a lack of smart money? Or a lack of solid entrepreneurs? Well, for one of Seattle’s top venture capital firms the… Read More
Ignition Partners has experienced a number of transformations over the years, launching a fund in China and debuting a fund just for later-stage deals. Now, the Bellevue venture capital firm… Read More
It’s been a good week for Ignition Partners, the Bellevue venture capital firm. On Wednesday, Citrix Systems announced its intentions to acquire Ignition portfolio company Zenprise in a deal that… Read More
SEOmoz is gobbling up another Portland startup, this time acquiring GetListed for about $3 million in cash and stock. The deal follows SEOmoz’s acquisition of Portland-based social media analytics upstart… Read More
INRIX continues to add horsepower to its board, as the Kirkland provider of traffic data preps for an initial public offering. The latest addition is John Connors, a venture capitalist… Read More
Technology consulting firm Avanade has entered into an agreement to purchase eight-year-old Seattle technology company Azaleos. As a result of the deal, terms of which weren’t disclosed, the 200 employees… Read More
Batch is latest casualty in the online photo sharing arena. The company, which was backed by the likes of Ignition Partners and Sequoia, told customers today that it is shutting… Read More
MTN Satellite Communications, a provider of wireless communications technologies to the maritime industry, has officially opened its Seattle operation under the direction of technology veteran Robert Wise. We reported on… Read More
Ignition Partners has invested in yet another cloud computing startup, backing 2-year-old Corte Madera, California startup Message Bus. North Bridge Venture Partners led the $11 million deal, with True Ventures and… Read More
Cloud infrastructure automation startup Opscode continues to grow at a rapid pace, announcing today that it is expanding operations in Europe and Asia. The Seattle startup has been on an… Read More
Tier 3, a Bellevue upstart that helps businesses manage IT infrastructure in the cloud, has raised $10 million in new financing. Backers of the 50-person company include Ignition Partners and Madrona… Read More
Ignition Partners’ investment pace hasn’t been quite as robust as last year, likely due to the fact that the Bellevue venture capital firm is trying to raise a new early-stage… Read More
Ratify, a Bellevue startup that’s developing technologies to allow corporations to view network data in one place, has landed $2 million in venture funding from Ignition Partners and Jafco Ventures,… Read More
DocuSign has closed out its whopping series D financing round at $55.7 million, including new participation from Google Ventures. We reported on the first portion of the funding, at $47.5… Read More
There’s no shortage of startups trying to help mobile developers quickly and easily build cross-platform apps for an ever-expanding line-up of gadgets, from iPhones to Android tablets to Windows Phone… Read More
Social media monitoring firm Visible Technologies has raised an additional $5.5 million, bringing total funding in the company to $57.5 million. Existing investors, including WPP, Ignition Capital and Investor Growth Capital, participated… Read More
DocuSign, the maker of electronic signature technology, has raised $47.5 million in equity financing, according to a SEC filing released today. Terms of the deal and investment firms were not… Read More
Appature has been undergoing what CEO Kabir Shahani describes as a “pretty dramatic growth curve” in the past year, growing monthly recurring revenues more than 12X since raising its last… Read More
Forgame Tech, a Chinese developer of more than two dozen online games, including Ming Dynasty, Soul Guardians and Legend of Chaos, has raised an undisclosed round of capital from TA… Read More
In a deal of undisclosed size, Bellevue-based Spoken Communications today announced its acquisition of Seattle’s HyperQuality. These two companies should know each other very well. Not only do they share… Read More
SEOMoz is one of the most transparent startups we’ve ever come across, with CEO Rand Fishkin openly discussing everything from revenues to challenges as an entrepreneur to problems raising venture… Read More
Fast-growing social media startup Prosodic has nailed down $1.4 million in seed funding, money that the Seattle company will use to help media companies, publishers and other big brands target… Read More
TechStars will be looking to hatch companies in Seattle for the next three years, thanks in part to cash from some of the region’s leading venture capital firms. TechStars Seattle,… Read More
SEOmoz CEO Rand Fishkin has been down this path before, as detailed in his extensive account of the company’s unsuccessful attempt to raise a large round of venture capital funding last… Read More
Visible Technologies is buying Cymfony in a deal that brings together two long-time players in the social media monitoring and analytics space, GeekWire has learned. As a result of the deal,… Read More
