Shyft Technologies, a Seattle-based startup that helps people trade shifts with co-workers, today announced it has received $1.5 million in seed funding. The investment is led by Madrona Venture Group and… Read More
Self-described serial startup guy Ed Petersen knows first-hand how much of a pain car maintenance can be. His dealer was in Bellevue, Wash., where he commuted to work from his home… Read More
A new restaurant is coming to Seattle with a location near the heart of Amazon’s corporate campus and a concept aimed at attracting patrons looking for a fine dining experience that matches… Read More
Indochino, an online menswear company that specializes in made-to-measure shirts and suits, today announced a $30 million strategic investment by Dayang Group, a Chinese global apparel manufacturer. The Vancouver, B.C.-based… Read More
Microsoft has more than its share of experience with multi-billion-dollar, blockbuster acquisitions that didn’t turn out as planned. Its purchase of Nokia’s smartphone business and ad tech company aQuantive are two… Read More
Ben Gilbert knows startups and he knows tech acquisitions. This week on the GeekWire podcast, we asked him about both, grilling him on the best and worst acquisitions, their characteristics,… Read More
—Madrona Venture Group‘s Julie Sandler has been chosen as a presidential leadership scholar. Over the next six months, she’ll spend time developing her business and civic leadership skills with former presidents… Read More
Brian Fioca has been bouncing around from one startup to another since he founded his first company, a job posting site called Jobby, in 2005. Jobby was acquired by Jobster just one… Read More
It started out as a small group of entrepreneurs building an app for the 2010 Olympic Games. Now, Eventbase is fast-growing company raising venture capital from the region’s top firms. The… Read More
S. “Soma” Somasegar, who recently left his job at the helm of Microsoft’s Developer Division, is joining Seattle-based Madrona Venture Group as a venture partner — launching a new phase… Read More
Envelop VR announced on Tuesday it has raised $4 million in series A funding as the virtual reality startup gets ready to launch its first product. The round was led by Madrona… Read More
Kurt DelBene, the former Microsoft Office Division president, is returning to the Redmond company. Microsoft just announced the news. DelBene will be executive vice president of corporate strategy and planning, serving… Read More
Madrona Venture Group is adding some serious horsepower. The Seattle venture capital firm today is announcing the addition of three strategic directors, all of whom at one time held CEO… Read More
MaxPoint Interactive, a hyperlocal advertising startup backed by Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group, has filed for an initial public offering. Madrona, though its Madrona Venture Funds, owns 23.6 percent of MaxPoint’s shares,… Read More
Algorithmia, a Seattle-based startup that wants to build a marketplace for algorithms, has raised $2.4 million in a round of seed funding led by Madrona Venture Group. Others participating include… Read More
Kids know how to unlock a touchscreen before they can walk. But will they learn how to code? Vikas Gupta, the co-founder of Play-i, which is announcing an $8 million round… Read More
There’s a renaissance of sorts occurring in Seattle right now, from the chart-busting hits of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis to the bone-crunching Super Bowl win of the Seattle Seahawks to… Read More
OK, so maybe this isn’t the greatest invention for society, but purely as a technological trick, it’s pretty neat. A group from the University of Washington has figured out how… Read More