Microsoft’s investment arm M12 on Tuesday announced the winners of its inaugural Female Founders Competition that awarded $4 million to two women-led startups. Acerta, an AI startup based in Waterloo,… Read More
Seattle fintech startup Switch has raised another $2 million as it continues to help merchants, card issuers, and consumers manage credit card information online. Founded in 2013 by veteran entrepreneurs that… Read More
Two former U.S. Army vets who were classmates at West Point and Harvard just raised more cash for their security startup. Seattle-based Stabilitas reeled in another $1.6 million for its… Read More
Secretive Seattle-area blockchain startup Core Scientific is raising a big $100 million investment round that could grow to $250 million. Aber Whitcomb, co-founder and director, confirmed the numbers on Thursday… Read More
Seattle-area companies continued raising cash at a record clip during the third quarter, raking in $855 million across 88 deals, according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor. Total venture capital… Read More
Microsoft is investing in the future of headphones. Seattle startup Human today revealed the investors in its new $21 million Series B round. GeekWire first reported about the investment on… Read More
As Series A investment rounds continue to get bigger and bigger, Mike Self and Devin Wade see opportunity to fill a gap. The long-time finance and tech executives are the… Read More
Convoy’s latest investment round was the largest for a Seattle-area startup in the past three years. Trucking startup Convoy reaches $1B valuation after huge $185M investment led by Google VC… Read More
It started with a veteran tech executive trying to improve his golf game. Now Brett Campbell has turned his sports interest into a new venture firm. Campbell, co-founder of workplace… Read More
VRstudios is expanding in Canada thanks to a new investment from a cinema giant. The Seattle-area startup announced that publicly-traded Canadian movie theater operator Cineplex has acquired a “significant ownership”… Read More
Unlock Venture Partners is the latest early-stage investment firm that sees big opportunity in Seattle. Co-led by longtime Seattle-area entrepreneur and angel investor Andy Liu, the new firm is targeting… Read More
There’s something about Seattle tech startups and entrepreneurs that gets Rajeev Batra excited. His Silicon Valley investment firm, Mayfield, has backed fast-growing companies from the region including Outreach and Skilljar in recent years. But… Read More
DefinedCrowd is raising more investment for its artificial intelligence training platform used by Fortune 500 enterprises across the world. The Seattle-area startup has reeled in $10.8 million, according to a… Read More
Lyft has raised a $600 million investment round led by Fidelity Management & Research, the company announced Wednesday. The fresh cash brings the ride-hailing app’s valuation to $15.1 billion. That’s about… Read More
VRstudios has raised more cash as it continues to install virtual reality systems in theme parks, cinemas, family entertainment centers, casinos, and other locations. The state of virtual and augmented… Read More
A Seattle-area startup has raised cash to fuel expansion of its mobile broadband service used by Internet of Things machine operators. Teal Communications raised $1 million from StageDotO, an early… Read More
StormSensor has raised more cash to help expand its high-tech stormwater monitoring system. The Seattle startup just reeled in $1.2 million from investors including Frontier Angels, E8 Angels, Next Wave… Read More
Daniel Greenshields sees a tipping point in real estate. Homebuyers, particularly digital natives, are demanding transparency more than ever. Realtors want more speed and efficiency, powered by technology. It’s why… Read More
Rand Fishkin and Casey Henry have plenty of experience helping build venture-backed companies — and that’s part of the reason why they avoided the traditional venture financing route for their… Read More
SeaChange has a new name and a new fund. Formerly known as Seattle Angel Fund, the group today announced a $4.6 million raise for its fourth fund. SeaChange Fund will… Read More
News Brief: Gresham, Ore.-based Vetsource has raised a $50 million investment from Bain Capital. Founded in 2005, the company provides technology services to veterinarians, from home delivery of prescriptions to… Read More
Madrona Venture Group today announced a new $300 million investment fund, creating a fresh pool of capital that it will use to bankroll more than 30 new tech startups in the Pacific… Read More
Outreach is adding more fuel to the fire with a $65 million funding round led by Spark Capital. It’s a big venture round for a enterprise software company which almost… Read More
Voyager Capital is raising another fund as it looks to continue investing in B2B startups based in the Pacific Northwest. The firm is raising its fifth fund, as revealed in… Read More
Cartogram has reeled in more cash to help expand the use of its mapping technology. The Seattle-area startup just raised another round of funding from investors like Cyanogen founder Steve… Read More
Top Silicon Valley investment firm Sequoia Capital has reportedly accepted up to $350 million from the Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) for its new $5 billion global growth fund. Dan… Read More
Flying Fish Partners is ready to cast its pole deep underneath Seattle’s iceberg. The new venture firm has raised $27.8 million as part of a larger $80 million fund that… Read More
Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs is launching a new $80 million venture fund, expanding beyond its original company-building model and promising a new infusion of capital into the region’s… Read More
A third-generation resident of Seattle’s Central District, K. Wyking Garrett has fond memories of the MidTown Center property on 23rd and Union. He remembers getting french fries at the now-closed… Read More
In 1715, Sybilla Masters traveled from colonial America to London to register a patent. She had invented a new way to process corn, but she was in for a nasty… Read More