Amazon veteran Greg Hart, a former technical advisor to Jeff Bezos, is joining Compass as its new chief product officer. Hart spent 23 years at Amazon, most recently running the… Read More
Remitly, the well-funded Seattle startup that helps people send money overseas, is expanding beyond remittances for the first time and launching a new banking service designed specifically for immigrants. The… Read More
There’s a growing cohort of education tech companies across the Pacific Northwest. A flurry of up-and-coming startups are sprouting up in British Columbia. And while Seattle is an enterprise software… Read More
Seattle-area startups are building fintech offerings centered around communities like churches, schools and foreign workers. Church fundraising tech startup Subsplash climbed 29 spots on the GeekWire 200 this month, illustrating… Read More
International money transfer heavyweight Remitly is opening its second U.S. office, and it didn’t have to stray far from home for a location. Remitly announced plans for a new office… Read More
— Kim Vu is the new head of diversity, equity and inclusion at Remitly, a Seattle startup that makes it easier to send money across borders. Vu most recently served… Read More
Before it served more than one million customers, before it helped process $6 billion in remittances last year, and before it raised a $135 million round on Tuesday, Remitly was… Read More
TransferWise. WorldRemit. And now Remitly. Seattle-based Remitly announced a $220 million cash infusion late Tuesday, becoming the third mobile remittance company in the past two months to raise more than… Read More
Madrona Venture Group managing partner Tom Alberg has witnessed and participated in the rise of the aerospace, wireless and e-commerce industries in Seattle as an executive and investor, serving as… Read More
Seattle is an evolving city, so it makes sense for the GeekWire Awards to evolve, too. That’s especially evident as we set out to identify the tech industry’s CEO of… Read More
The Pacific Northwest tech scene is known primarily for giants such as Amazon and Microsoft, but there is a huge crop of fast-growing companies ready to make the leap to… Read More
Remitly, the Seattle international money transfer company, is teaming up with Visa to give people sending money abroad a new option. The companies today unveiled a plan to let people… Read More
Remitly today announced a major expansion, expanding its mobile remittance service to 40 countries across the world. That’s up from 26 countries previously and is a sign of Remitly’s continued… Read More
Krish Srinivasan, former CFO of Seattle international money transfer startup Remitly, has found his next gig, and it’s in a new realm for the tech veteran. Srinivasan joined PCC Community Markets,… Read More
As sports jersey rental startup Rep the Squad winds down operations, its founder and CEO is on to a new role. Brian Watkins has joined Bulletproof 360, the maker of… Read More
Dan Primack is one of my favorite journalists on the startup and venture capital beat, and his Pro Rata newsletter at Axios is a must read each morning, if you… Read More
Remitly, the Seattle-based digital remittance company, is coming to Europe. After debuting its service in the U.K. last year, Remitly is adding 11 countries across Europe to its platform, allowing… Read More
Nordstrom is solidifying its commitment to the digital retail world with a new chair of its board of directors. Brad Smith, the longtime chair and CEO of software company Intuit,… Read More
One of Kevin Nakao’s earliest marketing gigs sent him on tour almost 30 years ago with Puff Daddy, Jodeci and Mary J. Blige. He needed to discover how fans were plugging… Read More
First- and second-generation immigrants make up only 27 percent of the U.S. population, yet more than half of the most valuable U.S. tech companies were founded by immigrants or the… Read More
Remitly, the Seattle-based digital remittance startup, hired its first chief people officer as it expands to more than 700 employees globally. Ayesha Pacholke, previously the executive vice president of human… Read More
One of five companies is about to join an exclusive club. Past winners of GeekWire’s Next Tech Titan award have completed successful IPOs, landed huge funding rounds and emerged as… Read More
John Scrofano, a longtime Seattle entrepreneur and executive who most recently served as CEO of Seattle startup Garmentory, joined startup Remitly as director of new initiatives. Scrofano co-founded and served… Read More
Last week we wrapped up a wild year for the Pacific Northwest’s top startups. Now it’s time to look ahead and see what’s on the horizon for the GeekWire 200, our… Read More
Plenty of Pacific Northwest startups raised big funding rounds this year to fuel their growth in 2017 and beyond. The largest round was a $115 million cash infusion for Remitly, which… Read More
Remitly marketing manager Lazaro Carrion became a U.S. citizen last year. It took 20 years and two emigrations to achieve that status, in part because the Deferred Action for Childhood… Read More
As the year comes to a close, the GeekWire 200 list of the top Pacific Northwest startups shows no signs of slowing down for the holidays. In this, the penultimate… Read More
NEWS BRIEF: Remitly’s $115 million investment round has officially been approved. The cash infusion, which we previously reported on last month, was subject to regulatory approval given its size and the nature… Read More
Remitly has grown steadily over the past few years, operating a mobile remittance platform in 10 countries and expanding its footprint around the world. But now the Seattle-based company is… Read More
Michael Cockrill, Washington state’s chief information officer and director of the WaTech agency, is leaving the role after nearly five years as one of the state’s top tech administrators. He… Read More