Articles about Startup funding – Page 3 of 5

Amazon invests in $50M funding round for German smart thermostat startup tado

Amazon has made another smart home investment, this time backing a German smart thermostat company called tado. The $50 million… Read More

Ribbon, backed by Trulia co-founder, raises $225M to be the ‘credit card swipe’ for real estate

Not only are homebuyers battling each other when looking for houses in today’s supercharged housing market, but there’s also the… Read More

NextStep Interactive raises $3M to help people displaced by AI and automation find healthcare jobs

A new startup called NextStep Interactive has spun out of Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs and raised $3.15 million… Read More

Shelf Engine raises $4.3M to help grocers battling Amazon save money on food orders

Shelf Engine has made some major changes since it was founded about two years ago. The Seattle startup began by… Read More

Postmates raises massive $300M round as CEO hints at 2019 IPO

Delivery startup Postmates has raised a huge $300 million funding, pushing its valuation over $1 billion as it battles a… Read More

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Funding trends reveal how Seattle startups are starting to rival their Silicon Valley counterparts

Seattle is sometimes called the younger sibling of Silicon Valley when it comes to startups, and it’s true that Seattle’s… Read More

University of Washington spin-out raising cash for more accurate DNA sequencing technology

TwinStrand Biosciences, a spin-out of the University of Washington, is raising cash to commercialize DNA sequencing technology that it… Read More

ApoGen raises additional $4M, adds three biotech vets in pursuit of better cancer treatment

Biotech startup ApoGen, which is researching solutions to drug-resistant cancers, is moving into a new phase of development. The company… Read More

Slack raises massive $427M round, valuation skyrockets to $7.1B as it battles Microsoft Teams

Slack has raised a whopping $427 million in a new funding round amid a strong challenge from Microsoft Teams in… Read More

OfferUp is raising a ton of cash as it battles Craigslist, eBay, Facebook and others

OfferUp is raising a huge round of funding as the mobile marketplace continues to grow and battle a crowded field… Read More

Mindshare Medical launches AI cancer screening tech that can see data ‘beyond our perception’

You might think diagnosing cancer is easy: Someone either has a cancerous tumor or they don’t. In practice, it’s much… Read More

DreamBox Learning raises $130M, adds former U.S. Education Secretary to board

DreamBox Learning, the Bellevue, Wash., maker of an adaptive K-8 math education platform, announced Tuesday that it has raised a… Read More

Steth IO raises $1.23M to expand smartphone-based intelligent stethoscope to new markets

StratoScientific, the Seattle-based startup that makes the Steth IO smart stethoscope, has raised $1.23 million to expand the use of… Read More

Stealthy Carewave Medical raises cash for pain relief device using ‘Pulsed Heat Technology’

Carewave Medical, a stealth mode startup backed by big names in Seattle’s biotech industry, has raised just over $3 million… Read More

EndoGastric Solutions raises $30.5M to commercialize acid reflux treatment

News Brief: EndoGastric Solutions, a Seattle area biotechnology company, has raised $30.5 million to scale its commercial efforts. Existing investors… Read More

High-tech agriculture startup Phytelligence raises another $10M, doubles employee count

Agriculture startup Phytelligence is getting another infusion of cash as it continues to grow. The company raised an additional $9.85… Read More

Phase Genomics wins $1.5M grant to peer inside microorganisms’ DNA

University of Washington spin-out Phase Genomics is searching for the genetic code inside the billions of microorganisms that surround us… Read More

Startup Aminex Therapeutics raises $10M, begins clinical trials of immunotherapy treatment

Seattle startup Aminex Therapeutics announced $10 million in new funding Wednesday, alongside the first clinical trial of its immunotherapy drug.… Read More

Owl Insights raises cash for mental health treatment software platform

Portland, Ore., company Owl Insights has raised $2.2 million in new funding, GeekWire has learned. The additional funding brings the… Read More

Seattle Children’s spin-out MDMetrix raises seed funding for A/B testing system for doctors

Health technology startup MDMetrix has raised its first venture capital funds. The company raised just over $758,000 in seed funding,… Read More

FlyHomes raises $17M to purchase homes for buyers battling cash offers in hot housing markets

In Seattle, the nation’s hottest housing market for 19 straight months, frustrated buyers are losing out to all-cash offers left… Read More

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Week In Geek Podcast: An epic week for startup funding, and the Space Needle gets a makeover

Seattle startups raked in hundreds of millions of dollars in the past week alone — for businesses as varied as… Read More

TableSafe raising more cash to expand reach of its restaurant payment devices

TableSafe is upping its most recent funding round as it continues to spread its restaurant payments device around the country… Read More

Smart lighting startup Deako unveils plug-and-play lighting system for home-builders, raises $4M

Seattle smart lighting startup Deako has raised $4 million as it begins to roll out a new “modular” system designed… Read More

Tango Card raises $35M to modernize how companies send out digital rewards

Update, Tuesday morning: Tango Card has officially confirmed the funding. Story updated with comments from CEO David Leeds and more… Read More

Nohla Therapeutics raises $45M, gets new HQ as it moves novel leukemia treatment closer to market

Seattle startup Nohla Therapeutics has raised another huge funding round as it moves its novel leukemia treatment closer to being… Read More

Auth0 raises $55M to fuel the identity management company’s international expansion

Auth0, a Bellevue, Wash. startup that helps developers build identity authentication capabilities into their applications, raised $55 million to embark on… Read More

Startup and researchers get $3.1M grant to bring personalized, cancer-fighting tech to patients

Every patient’s cancer is unique and every patient responds to cancer drugs differently. But right now, all patients with the… Read More

Vera Whole Health aims for ‘healthcare revolution’ as it raises $5M, plans six new clinics

Vera Whole Health is not your average healthcare company. Not by a long shot. “The vision is to create… Read More

Ear-cleaning headphones maker SafKan Health raises $1M to launch in U.S. hospitals

Say so-long to Q-tips and those huge, awkward water syringes. If Seattle startup SafKan Health gets its way, antiquated ear… Read More