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Instacart raises another $150M to double staff amid grocery delivery battle with Amazon

Instacart has landed another $150 million to continue battling Amazon’s invasion of its rapid grocery delivery turf. The money is… Read More

Sift Science raises $53M to bolster machine learning for fighting fraud online

Sift Science, a San Francisco company that builds software to fight fraud online and recently opened a Seattle office, has… Read More

Stealthy startup Taproot Medical Technologies raises funds to develop next-gen biomaterials

Stealth-mode startup Taproot Medical Technologies has raised $1.25 million out of a $2.25 million round of funding, according to a… Read More

New Seattle venture fund aims to invest $190M in blockchain startups and apps

A new venture fund is looking to invest a cryptocurrency equivalent of more than $190 million in blockchain apps and… Read More

Carewave Medical raising cash for pain relieving wearable, with support from big biotech names

Medical device company Carewave Medical is looking to raise $1 million to support its wearable pain relief technology, according to… Read More

Event technology startup eventcore raises $4.1M to fuel national expansion

Eventcore, a Seattle startup focused on event planning and management, has raised $4.1 million to grow on a national level.… Read More

TurboPatent lands $3.25M to help companies protect their inventions using automation

Seattle startup TurboPatent has raised $3.25 million to bolster its growing suite of automation tools for patents and intellectual property. TurboPatent focuses… Read More

Virtual reality startup Vreal lands $11.7M to build out VR game streaming platform

Seattle virtual reality startup Vreal has landed an $11.7 million Series A round to continue building out what it calls… Read More

NurseGrid raises $5.7M for scheduling and staffing tech platform for nurses

Operating a hospital is no easy task, and at the moment, finding technology to help in that task is also… Read More

Stratos Genomics raises $20M to commercialize fast DNA sequencing technology

Faster, cheaper DNA sequencing technology has revolutionized medicine in the past ten years. The tech provides the backbone for breakthroughs… Read More

Gene therapy startup Immusoft raises $3M, appoints new CEO as it approaches clinical trials

Immusoft is looking to get its gene therapy technology into clinical trials, and the Seattle startup announced Friday that it… Read More

Critical Informatics raises $1.1M to expand cybersecurity platform that blends human expertise and software

As cybersecurity breaches continue to pile up, a Seattle area startup says it knows what the problem is: too much… Read More

Educational robot maker Wonder Workshop raises $41M from Tencent, Madrona and others

Wonder Workshop, which makes robots that teach children computer science concepts, said it has raised $41 million in a Series… Read More

TableSafe raising cash, lands important global certification to transform paying restaurant bills

TableSafe has raised close to $8 million and received a key certification as it seeks to transform how diners pay… Read More

LevelTen Energy raises $6.8M to make it easier for big companies to buy renewable energy

Renewable energy is on the rise, but it’s still tough for most companies to buy clean power. Seattle startup LevelTen Energy… Read More

Rental home repair marketplace Keepe raises $1.5M to expand to more cities

Finding a good contractor has become easier for homeowners over the years, with proliferation of marketplaces like Porch and HomeAdvisor, but… Read More

Amplero raises $17.5 million to help humans and machines analyze vast expanses of marketing data

Amplero, a Seattle startup that makes artificial intelligence-powered marketing technology, has picked up $17.5 million in a new round of… Read More

Medical startup VerAvanti raises $5M to build products to prevent strokes and heart attacks

A startup just down the road from Microsoft’s global headquarters in Redmond, Wash. has landed a $5 million funding round… Read More

Cybersecurity startup RiskLens raises $5M to help businesses understand the cost of cyber risk

RiskLens, a cybersecurity startup based in Spokane, Wash. that helps businesses understand how much cyberattacks could cost them, has landed… Read More

Ex-Amazon manager’s modular, smart housing startup Blokable is raising cash

Blokable, a Seattle startup focused on manufactured housing, with goals of speeding up production, cutting costs for builders and making… Read More

Founder of Valve’s Steam platform just raised $1.25M for new startup Sharkbite Games

Rick Ellis has his fingerprints all over modern gaming. His chief claim to gaming fame is his role as founder… Read More

Tango Card raises $10M to shake up how companies reward employees and customers

Seattle startup Tango Card has raised $10 million to speed up the expansion of its digital rewards platform. Previous investor… Read More

Textio raises $20M to expand ‘augmented writing’ platform for the enterprise

Textio, the Seattle startup that provides an “augmented writing” platform to help companies put together better job postings, has raised… Read More

Wicket Labs raises $2M to help companies understand the new media landscape, adds former CEO of Comcast-owned thePlatform

Wicket Labs, a Seattle startup founded by former executives of Comcast-owned thePlatform, has raised $2 million to arm media companies with… Read More

Mysterious Seattle digital marketing startup New Engen, led by former Zulily employees, raises $8M

New Engen, a digital marketing startup led by veterans of online retailer Zulily, has raised $8 million, according to a filing with the… Read More

Media Partners raises $1.1M to produce ‘Hollywood-grade’ training videos

Pretty much everyone has, at some point in life, been sequestered in a room and made to watch a series… Read More

Work management powerhouse Smartsheet lands $52M, valuation tops $850M amid global expansion

Project and work management technology company Smartsheet has landed the biggest funding round in the company’s 11-year history — $52 million — as… Read More

Discuss.io lands $5M to modernize market research and make focus groups more affordable

Discuss.io has reeled in a $5 million funding round to continue its mission to disrupt the focus group. The Seattle… Read More

CreativeLive lands $25M to expand online learning platform further into the enterprise

CreativeLive, which offers streamed classes taught by experts from a variety of disciplines, has landed a new $25 million funding… Read More

Former Bitly CMO returns to Seattle, creates VC fund to provide NW startups with more early-stage cash

Seattle has become one of the most important top tech hubs in the world, with an all-star lineup of homegrown… Read More

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