Articles about seed funding

VC is changing dramatically — what’s a founder to do?

Seattle investor and founder Nikesh Parekh argues that venture capital has split in two: record money flowing to a narrow band of AI companies while most founders find it harder than ever to raise. He lays out what founders should do about it, from raising VC to angel funding, venture debt, revenue-based financing, and bootstrapping to profitability. Read More

Devplan raises $2.5M to take on the product coordination work that AI coding is leaving behind

Devplan, a Seattle startup building software to coordinate product and engineering work, is emerging from stealth with $2.5 million in seed funding led by AI2 Incubator. Read More

Ex-Icertis executives raise $7.5M for Rivvun, a startup that recovers lost corporate cash

Two former executives from enterprise software giant Icertis have teamed up to launch a new Seattle startup aimed at a multi-trillion-dollar corporate headache. Read More

Golden Analytics lands $14M seed extension and opens AI platform to public beta

The Bellevue startup founded by former Tableau product chief Francois Ajenstat raised a $14 million seed extension led by Insight Partners, bringing its total seed funding to $21 million, and opened its AI analytics platform to public beta two months after coming out of stealth. Read More

Former Tableau product chief launches Golden Analytics, using AI to challenge the BI old guard

Francois Ajenstat, who spent 13 years at Tableau including more than seven as chief product officer, is launching Golden Analytics with $7M in seed funding to build an AI-native business intelligence platform. Read More

Podcast

Landline phones in 2025? How this tech industry veteran is helping kids connect

A Seattle startup is reviving the landline — without screens, apps, or AI — and parents can’t buy them fast enough. In this Uncommon Thinkers episode of the GeekWire Podcast, Tin Can CEO Chet Kittleson explains why voice-only phones are resonating with families, what sparked the idea, and how a $12 million seed round is helping scale the business. Read More