Seattle startup Optio3 has raised $2.5 million for its enterprise IoT management software that helps real estate and transportation companies gain insights into their connected devices. The funding came from angel… Read More
Rigado has raised a $15 million investment round to fuel growth of its commercial IoT technology products and services. Founded in 2010, the Portland-based startup sells a “edge-as-a-service” solution to… Read More
Microsoft is doubling down on its Internet of Things operating system, showing a new set of services designed to support connected devices and the companies that make them. At Computex… Read More
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Microsoft said Wednesday it plans to invest $5 billion in the complicated-but-exciting world of Internet of Things over the next four years. In a blog post, Corporate Vice President of… Read More
Boeing’s HorizonX venture capital arm has made its first investment outside the U.S., as part of a $15 million Series A funding round for an Australian satellite-based IoT startup called… Read More
[Editor’s Note: This guest post is by Larry Arnstein, a former Impinj business and marketing executive who is now an entrepreneur in residence at the Intellectual Ventures Invention Science Fund.] A… Read More
News Brief: Toronto-based Kepler Communications says its first Ku-band telecommunications satellite is in working order after a Jan. 19 launch from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Kipp nanosatellite, which… Read More
Researchers at the University of Washington have been working for years on a radio backscatter system that can monitor ultra-low-power sensors wirelessly, and now they’ve fine-tuned the system to pick… Read More
C-Labs Corp., a Bellevue, Wash. maker of industrial Internet of Things software, has been acquired by German industrial giant TRUMPF International. The parties did not disclose terms of the deal,… Read More
As CEO of Medio Systems, Rob Lilleness led the predictive analytics startup through 10 years of growth and an acquisition by HERE Technologies. Now the Seattle startup vet is ready… Read More
Rigado, a Portland company that provides wireless services for Internet of Things (IoT) companies, has secured $3.3 million in seed funding from Oregon Angel Fund, Rogue Ventures, and other investors.… Read More
Sonos, the high-tech connected speaker maker that opened a Seattle office about two years ago, is turning up the volume on its local presence. Sonos established its Seattle presence at the Bullitt… Read More
As many of the world’s biggest urban centers implement Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in a quest to become “smart cities” — making greater use of connected cameras, sensors and more —… Read More
After witnessing his grandmother’s trying health scares caused by mismanaging her pills, Victor Lesau decided to put his engineering background to work. He and his friend Ivan Spogreev were kicking… Read More
Concur Technologies made a name for itself streamlining and simplifying expense reports, and now its longtime CEO Steve Singh is back to disrupt another budget line item known to cause headaches… Read More
The past few years have been big for the Internet of Things (IoT), and the future of the connected device industry looks even brighter. Research firm IHS forecasts that the… Read More
The Internet of Things can be a rough neighborhood, as October’s massive botnet attack illustrated – and so, in an attempt to head off future hacks, the Federal Trade Commission has… Read More
Four Microsoft veterans have teamed up to create Optio3, a Seattle-based startup aimed at building a web-based service that helps manage commercial facilities like hotels, offices, universities and malls, with… Read More
BrightVolt, a Redmond, Wash., based startup developing ultra-thin batteries, announced the beginning of a Series B round of funding, starting with a $5 million investment from prominent New York venture… Read More
I’m not great at grocery shopping. I almost always forget something and at least once a week my boyfriend has to scramble out to the store to pick up an… Read More
Resin.io, a Seattle-based startup that helps Linux-based developers more easily update the software in internet-connected devices, has received $9 million in funding from Aspect Ventures, DFJ, Ericsson and GE Ventures. The company will… Read More
Algorithms. Cloud. Internet of Things. Data. No one can predict the future of technology with 100 percent accuracy. But these four pillars are certainly at the forefront of innovation in the… Read More
Soon the “Internet of Things” will be keeping watch on jet engines, refrigerators and freezers, factory floors and more, thanks to a series of partnerships announced by Microsoft at the Hannover… Read More
Sirqul, the Seattle startup focused in part on improving the Internet of Things, is looking to expand its services in China, and the company announced today that it has raised another… Read More
Starbucks hired its new chief technology officer, Gerri Martin-Flickinger, just four months ago. While she’s new to the coffee chain, she already has a clear dream for its future — that every Starbucks… Read More
Hardware companies big and small are looking at the Internet of Things (IoT) as the new frontier. As our devices become more connected, the demand for secure infrastructure to manage… Read More
Computer scientists and engineers from the University of Washington say they’ve figured out a way to generate Wi-Fi transmissions using 10,000 times less power than conventional methods. Not even low-power options such… Read More
In the internet of things, the “things” are largely functional, but the “internet” still needs some work. Companies can come up with sensors, displays and other devices so quickly now that connected coffee machines… Read More
How high can the Internet of Things go? Microsoft Research plans to extend the IoT into the stratosphere with its Pegasus II high-altitude balloon experiment, and you’re invited to take… Read More