RealWear, a Vancouver, Wash.-based headset maker that serves frontline workers at industrial companies, named Chris Parkinson as CEO. Parkinson has served as RealWear’s CTO since co-founding the company in 2016.… Read More
A SPAC deal to take Vancouver, Wash.-based industrial headset company RealWear public has fallen apart. Cascadia Acquisition Corp., the special purpose acquisition company led by Seattle investment firm Cascadia Capital, announced… Read More
RealWear, the Vancouver, Wash.-based maker of wearable assisted reality tech for industrial workers, has acquired Seattle-based Genba, whose software serves the same workforce. Genba is a spinout of a Seattle… Read More
RealWear, a Vancouver, Wash.-based startup that sells “assisted reality” smart devices used by frontline workers, closed a $23.5 million round. Companies such as Exxon Mobil, Goodyear, and others use RealWear’s… Read More
Zebra Technologies, maker of mobile devices widely used in warehouses, stores, and manufacturing facilities, will devote a hardware button on many of its handheld computers to the push-to-talk feature in… Read More
— Former Tableau executive Kelly Breslin Wright was named president and COO of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Gong, an AI sales startup. Wright joined Gong’s board of directors in March. An… Read More
As many tech startups scramble to cut expenses and find new revenue streams amid the COVID-19 outbreak, RealWear is dealing with just the opposite. The Vancouver, Wash.-based startup saw a… Read More
Matt McCormick always plans for the Chinese New Year. As the owner of Jet City Device Repair in Seattle, he knows there will be two weeks in winter when the… Read More
Months ago, long before President Donald Trump “hereby ordered” U.S. companies to find places other than China to make their goods, Seattle-based shoe and apparel company Brooks Running was already… Read More
The concept of an augmented reality heads-up display didn’t quite catch on with consumers when Google Glass debuted six years ago. But if RealWear’s growth is any indication, it has… Read More
Vancouver, Wash.-based startup RealWear has raised another $5 million in a round from existing investor Columbia Ventures Corporation to expand its global sales arm and invest in development of its industrial augmented… Read More
Crowd Cow, a Seattle-based marketplace for craft meat straight from farm to consumer, has added its first chief financial officer and head of marketing. Michelle Newbery joins as CFO, coming… Read More
Relying on hands-free or voice-enabled tech in your kitchen or in front of your TV may be a modern convenience worth enjoying, but in a workplace where there are real… Read More
Vancouver, Wash.-based RealWear this week announced a $17 million Series A investment round led by Columbia Ventures Corporation. The company’s $2,000 HMT-1 voice-controlled augmented reality device is worn by industrial workers… Read More