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IPO

Shares of Laird Hamilton’s ‘superfood’ company nearly double on first day of trading

Laird Superfood stock doubled Wednesday before ending up at $40 per share on the first day of trading for the… Read More

Athira Pharma raises $204M in IPO, reaching ‘big milestone’ in fight against Alzheimer’s and other diseases

More than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, and the number is projected to rise to nearly 14 million by… Read More

Athira Pharma prices IPO at $17/share, will raise $204M in third Washington state IPO of 2020

Athira Pharma will raise at least $204 million as the Seattle biotech startup becomes a public company on Friday. Athira… Read More

Snowflake stock soars in largest software IPO ever; Madrona among earlier venture investors

Snowflake came out with a bang in its public debut, raising $3.4 billion in the largest software IPO ever. The… Read More

Seattle biotech Athira Pharma sets terms for IPO, aims to raise up to $170M

Athira Pharma plans to price its stock at $15 to $17 per share and raise up to $170 million in… Read More

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos-backed cancer detection company Grail, led by ex-Juno CEO, files for IPO

Cancer detection startup Grail today filed to go public as the Silicon Valley biotech aims to raise more funding for… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Breaking the IPO glass ceiling; Who succeeds Bezos?; TikTok’s ticking clock

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. When Athira Pharma filed with the Nasdaq for a… Read More

Laird Hamilton’s ‘superfood’ company based in Oregon files for IPO, looks to raise up to $40M

Laird Hamilton is getting in on the IPO frenzy. The legendary surfer is the co-founder of Laird Superfood, a Sisters,… Read More

Seattle’s Athira Pharma files for IPO to fund quest for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s breakthroughs

Athira Pharma is aiming to go public. The Seattle biotech filed initial IPO paperwork Wednesday, a surprising move that would… Read More

Cloud startup Snowflake reveals financials in IPO filing as it battles Amazon, Microsoft, others

Cloud computing startup Snowflake Computing filed for an IPO on Monday, revealing its financial data for the first time as the… Read More

Wireless pioneer Craig McCaw files IPO for new Seattle-area ‘blank check’ tech company Holicity

Craig McCaw, the low-key and mysterious billionaire known for his pioneering work in the telecom industry, is heading up a… Read More

Accolade CEO Raj Singh on health tech company’s IPO, path to profits, and the pandemic’s ‘second hit’

Accolade’s share price is up 38% since its initial public offering on Thursday, marking a successful debut for the health… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: What pandemic? Tech funding stays strong; Accolade’s IPO; Future of sports

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. Despite the pandemic, funding for Pacific Northwest tech startups… Read More

Accolade sets terms for IPO, aims to raise up to $211M in Seattle’s first public offering this year

Accolade set the terms for its IPO on Wednesday as the health benefits platform aims to become the first Seattle-area… Read More

Data warehousing startup Snowflake confidentially files for IPO, could reach $20B valuation

Cloud computing startup Snowflake Computing is aiming to go public. Bloomberg and the Financial Times reported that the company has… Read More

Rajeev Singh

Health tech company Accolade files for $100M IPO, shows revenue of $95M and loss of $57M

Accolade, the Seattle-based health benefits platform led by former Concur president Raj Singh, filed Friday to raise as much as… Read More

Vancouver, Wash. marketing startup ZoomInfo files for $500M IPO

Vancouver, Wash.-based marketing software firm ZoomInfo filed for a $500 million IPO that would make it the first Portland-area company to… Read More

Healthcare tech company Accolade reportedly hires banks ahead of potential IPO

Accolade is taking steps toward going public later this year, according to a new report. CNBC reported that the healthcare… Read More

Seattle tech IPO: Limeade debuts on Australian stock exchange, raising $68M at $335M valuation

Nearly 14 years after it was founded, Limeade just made its initial public stock offering, but its executives won’t be… Read More

Shares of Gates-backed Vir Bio tumble after $143M IPO to fund infectious disease efforts

It was a rough Wall Street debut for Vir Biotechnology, a San Francisco company with ambitious plans to battle infectious… Read More

WeWork says it expects to complete IPO by end of year amid reports of delays

WeWork’s IPO process has hit another bump in the road, as the co-working giant is reportedly set to delay the… Read More

Seattle cannabis company Wikileaf set to go public in Canada via alternative method to IPO

Wikileaf, a Seattle-based online cannabis directory, is going public next week. However, it is eschewing the traditional IPO in favor… Read More

WeWork’s top investor reportedly wants to shelve co-working giant’s IPO

WeWork’s bid to go public is reportedly in jeopardy as the company’s top investor, SoftBank Vision Fund, is pushing for… Read More

In IPO filing, WeWork claims it can thrive in a recession as troubling indicator tanks stock market

WeWork took another step forward in its path to going public today, and the co-working giant claims it will be… Read More

Adaptive Biotechnologies stock soars 90% after ringing Nasdaq opening bell following $300M IPO

Follow-up: Big debut: Shares of Adaptive Biotechnologies rise 100% on first day as public company The public market is bullish… Read More

Adaptive Biotechnologies set to go public with valuation above $2B in biggest biotech IPO of 2019

Adaptive Biotechnologies has raised the price for its initial public offering, putting itself in a position to raise more cash… Read More

Slack makes its public debut at $38.50/share as valuation soars above $20B

Slack is off to a good start as a public company Thursday as shares of the chat-based collaboration app are… Read More

Avalara looks to raise an additional $222M in new offering, one year after original IPO

Avalara is looking to raise more cash from the public market. The Seattle sales tax automation software company filed paperwork… Read More

Q&A: NYSE president talks IPO boom, executive diversity and the bull market in Seattle visit

Stacey Cunningham sits at the intersection of several historical moments in the business world. She is the first-ever female president… Read More

Uber shares start trading at $42/share, below ride-hailing giant’s IPO price

Update: Uber’s stock closed Friday at $41.57, down 7.6 percent.  Uber made its long-awaited debut on the stock market Friday morning,… Read More

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