— Susanna Morgan is stepping down as CFO of Remitly. Morgan joined the Seattle-based digital remittance company in 2018, following finance exec roles at Apptio, Concur, and Vertafore. Remitly announced Morgan’s… Read More
Portland, Ore.-based vacation rental platform Vacasa is going public. The company announced Thursday that it will merge with TPG Pace Solutions this fall in a SPAC deal that values Vacasa… Read More
Portland, Ore.-based vacation rental company Vacasa said Thursday it plans to acquire Austin-based TurnKey Vacation Rentals, one of its primary competitors. The deal will add another 6,000 listings to Vacasa’s… Read More
— George “Skip” Battle, the former CEO of AskJeeves, has resigned from Expedia Group’s board of directors. He originally joined the travel company’s board in 2005. Battle is a longtime… Read More
— Microsoft added to its senior leadership team with the appointment of Christopher Young as executive vice president of business development. Young previously served as CEO of cybersecurity giant McAfee… Read More
The leading privately-held companies across the Pacific Northwest are raising giant swaths of cash and increasing their valuations despite the ongoing economic crisis. See the full GeekWire 200 ranking of… Read More
Silver Lake is betting big on the travel industry despite the ongoing global pandemic. The top Silicon Valley tech investment firm bought big stakes in Expedia and Airbnb over the… Read More
— Former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Amié joined the board of video game retailer GameStop. Also joining the board are William Simon, former president and CEO of Walmart U.S.,… Read More
Six Pacific Northwest startups made Silicon Valley venture capital titan Andreessen Horowitz’s new ranking of the 100 top consumer marketplaces. The highest ranked Pacific Northwest startup on the new Marketplace… 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
—Former Microsoft general manager Adrianna Burrows is now chief marketing officer at Seattle-based compensation startup PayScale. Burrows is one of several new executives appointed by new CEO Scott Torrey, who… Read More
Expedia Group is staring down Google as a looming giant in the field of travel, with the built-in advantage of its prowess as a search and advertising titan, but Expedia… Read More
WeWork’s dramatic fall from grace, which saw its valuation fall from $47 billion to a reported $8 billion amid an IPO fiasco, was just one example of a larger reckoning… Read More
Vacasa just raised a whopping $319 million in new funding as the Portland, Ore.-based company aims to extend its reach in the vacation rental industry and fuel growth of a… Read More
Vacasa users can now search for and book vacation rentals on Google, thanks to a new integration with the search giant. Vacasa said in a press release it is the… Read More
Update: Vacasa finalized its purchase of Wyndham Vacation Rentals on Oct. 23 — see more details here. Vacasa is expanding its vacation rental industry footprint in a big way. The Portland,… Read More
Portland-based vacation rental company Vacasa named two new C-suite executives: Jim Grube is the new chief financial officer and Jeff Bryner was named Vacasa’s first chief information security officer. Grube… Read More
Vacasa today announced that it will acquire Sea to Sky Rentals, a Seattle-based vacation rental operator. Founded in 2003 by Michelle Acquavella, Sea to Sky Rentals manages 85 properties in… Read More
— Vacation home rental company Vacasa added former OpenTable CEO Matt Roberts to its board of directors. Roberts led OpenTable through its IPO in 2009 and later served as CEO… Read More
Vacasa today unveiled a new program to add apartments and condos in big cities to its growing vacation rental platform. Under the new program, called Vacasa Multifamily, the company signs… Read More
Investors continue to bet big on Vacasa. The Portland-based vacation rental management company today raised another $64 million from existing investors. Riverwood Capital led the round, which included participation from… Read More
Vacasa today announced the acquisition of Oasis Collections, a short-term home-sharing company backed by Hyatt Hotels. Founded in 2009, Oasis Collections runs a marketplace similar to industry giant Airbnb but… Read More
When Portland startup Vacasa raised $103 million last year, it set the stage for a flurry of new products, and now the company is pulling back the curtain on the… Read More
For all of Jeff Bezos’ accomplishments, one accolade he hadn’t attained was leading a company sitting atop the GeekWire 200, our ranking of privately held Pacific Northwest tech companies. Until now.… Read More
Portland-based vacation rental company Vacasa today announced the hiring of Lisa Jurinka as its new chief legal officer in preparation for an initial public offering. Jurinka previously helped guide companies like Epocrates… Read More
DocuSign’s long reign atop the GeekWire 200 ranking of the top Pacific Northwest startups is over. The digital signature giant vacated its number one spot after graduating from our list… Read More
Fresh off a $103 million investment round, vacation rental management company Vacasa is moving into a new 61,000 square-foot office in Portland, nearly doubling its current office space with plans… 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
Even a decade ago, finding and renting a vacation home online wasn’t always a smooth process. It was equally difficult for homeowners to expose their properties to potential guests. But… Read More
Smartsheet, the Next Tech Titan award winner at the 2016 GeekWire Awards, has been fulfilling that potential lately. Smartsheet is close to cracking the top 5 of the GeekWire 200 list… Read More