Building hardware is hard. It can be especially challenging in the early part of product creation, when designers need to set parameters and requirements, also known as the “definition phase.”… Read More
Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs (PSL) and esteemed Silicon Valley venture capital firm Mayfield are teaming up to fund the next generation of AI-focused startups. The partnership combines the… Read More
A new startup born out of Pioneer Square Labs in Seattle wants to help independent workers — including those who don’t have medical insurance — save money at the pharmacy. Otis is… Read More
After more than a year of remote work, Devin Ajimine and his friends could not find a productivity tool that would help them stay focused. So they decided to build… Read More
A wave of layoffs at tech companies is flooding the job market with fresh talent. The trend is sparking questions about whether startups will take advantage, and whether there will… Read More
“Extremely impressive.” “Incredibly rich.” “Super exciting.” That’s how tech leaders are describing ChatGPT, the new conversational chatbot model released last week by OpenAI. The bot builds on existing GPT natural… Read More
The news: Yesler, the Seattle-based startup creating an Expedia-like experience for the volatile lumber markets through a software-enabled platform, raised $5 million. The tech: Founded in October 2019, Yesler spun out… Read More
SingleFile, the Seattle startup that simplifies filing and compliance workflow, has added $2.1 million in additional funding to its seed round, which now totals $5.4 million. The spinout from Seattle… Read More
New spinout: Genba came out of stealth mode Thursday, revealing its software built for the industrial workforce. The company is the latest to spin out from a Seattle startup innovation… Read More
— Startup Haven, a community for entrepreneurs founded by Seattle startup vet Bob Crimmins, launched an investment fund called Startup Haven Ventures. With the new fund, Startup Haven has also… Read More
Women make the vast majority of healthcare decisions and on average spend 30% more than men on healthcare. And yet when it comes to funding next-generation digital health concepts, just… Read More
The flywheel is spinning at Pioneer Square Labs, the Seattle startup studio formed five years ago by a cadre of Seattle’s leading angel and venture capital investors. In the course… Read More
Attunely is raising more cash to support increasing demand for its machine learning platform used by debt collection agencies. The Seattle startup raised a $6 million Series A round from… Read More
Can tech help teens spend money smarter? That’s the bet Copper and its investors are making. The Seattle-based digital bank startup just announced a $4.3 million seed round led by… Read More
It didn’t take long for a new Seattle innovation studio run by Pioneer Square Labs (PSL) and Fortive to pump out a startup. The two companies today debuted their first… Read More
A Seattle startup is using algorithms and a direct-to-consumer model to take a slice of the U.S. haircare market. Gemma Labs just raised $3.5 million to fuel growth of its… Read More
Seattle startup NextStep raised an additional $3.6 million to help fuel growth of its tech platform that recruits and trains healthcare workers. Founded in 2018 and spun out of Pioneer… Read More
Leslie Feinzaig knows how hard it is to let go of a failed startup idea. In 2016 she launched Venture Kits, a tech company that helped introduce entrepreneurship to kids.… Read More
The process by which companies stay compliant hasn’t changed much over the past century. Now a Seattle startup says it has come up with a more automated and efficient way… Read More
It’s a common problem for podcasters: you’ve got a passionate, loyal audience, but at a time when it seems everyone is producing an audio show, your weekly musings haven’t exactly… Read More
Building a startup venture from scratch can be a daunting and lonely experience. That’s why we created The Playbook, a new speaker series where entrepreneurs, founders and investors connect in… Read More
NextStep is raising more cash to build out its platform for recruiting and training healthcare workers and funneling them to employers. Coming off a $3.3 million round last year, the… Read More
Finance executives everywhere know all about the pain, expense, and time that can come from the manual accounting process of reconciliation. Now a new Seattle startup wants to help with… Read More
Companies that spun out of Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs over the past few years dabble in industries such as esports, cloud computing, real estate, advertising, sales tax, and virtual… Read More
Canotic is a new artificial intelligence startup based in Seattle and Berlin that today announced a $5.3 million seed round led by Seattle-based PSL Ventures and London-based Mosaic Ventures, with… Read More
Bobby Figueroa knows what brands should do to optimize their presence on Amazon’s marketplace, perhaps better than almost anyone. The product marketing veteran spent the past four years leading global operations… Read More
A new startup called NextStep Interactive has spun out of Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs and raised $3.15 million to help people who have been displaced by advances in… Read More
Pioneer Square Labs hires CFO ExtraHop CFO Palvi Mehta has joined Pioneer Square Labs as CFO. Mehta spent more than seven years at ExtraHop, a Seattle IT analytics startup that launched in 2007,… Read More
LumaTax has raised more funding and inked a key partnership with Square to help small businesses automate their sales tax reporting process. The Seattle startup today announced a new $3… Read More
For the past five years, Julie Sandler has immersed herself in the startup world as an investor, advisor, and mentor, traveling around the country and meeting entrepreneurs at accelerators, incubators,… Read More