Tola Capital, a Seattle-area investment firm that backs enterprise software companies, is raising $400 million for its third fund, according to a new SEC filing. Founded in 2010, Tola is… Read More
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Real estate technology company Redfin and several prominent tech investment firms will encourage startups in their portfolios to recruit an “independent, diverse board member” within two years of funding —… Read More
U.S. venture capital investment activity is returning to steadier times. That’s one takeaway from the latest Venture Monitor from PitchBook and NVCA, which just released its Q2 report for U.S.-based… Read More
Bill Gurley, the Benchmark venture capitalist who served for 10 years on the board of directors at Zillow Group, reunited with Spencer Rascoff for the latest episode of the CEO’s… Read More
Tech giants, like Amazon, Expedia, Google, and Microsoft, have thrown their considerable weight behind Washington state and Minnesota in a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive immigration order. But smaller players… Read More
Venture capital investment activity dipped last year from a record 2015, but returned to normal activity in 2016 and marked the second-highest total in the past 11 years. Pitchbook and NVCA… Read More
Ignition Partners, the Bellevue, Wash.-based venture capital firm, has led the way on a new $20 million round of funding for Accompany, an app that is billed as an intelligent… Read More
Students across the country are headed back to school and many high school seniors are deciding which college or university would be best for them. Those with entrepreneurial ambitions might… Read More
Bill Bryant was talking with a close friend recently, whose mother is a lifelong Democrat. She told her daughter that even though she’d never voted for a Republican before, she’d… Read More
Tim Porter is the guy on the other side of the table. He’s the decision-maker whom eager, nervous entrepreneurs pitch, hoping to secure funding. As managing director of Madrona Venture Group,… Read More
Madrona Venture Group, the Seattle venture capital firm that raised a $300 million fund last year, continues to add horsepower to its team. The latest addition is a familiar face… Read More
Over the past year, Providence Health & Services, a 159-year old not-for-profit Catholic health care provider, has quietly built a sophisticated venture capital arm that could pass as a fund at any… Read More
Los Angeles-based HelloTech, which wants to be the Uber of tech support, has raised $12.5 million in a first round of capital. The company, which was co-founded and led by Richard Wolpert,… Read More
Maybe you thought the kind of VC willing to invest hundreds of millions of dollars at a $1 billion valuation was a rare breed? Well, in that case, you’d be wrong. Not only are… Read More
On its first day of trading as a publicly held company, PayPal’s value soared to $50 billion following its spin-out from eBay. That interest now appears to be fueling a secondary… Read More
PushSpring, a Seattle-based analytics company that helps mobile app developers target specific audiences, has raised $5 million in a first round of capital. The investment was led by Trilogy Equity Partners and brings… Read More
Companies in the Northwest raised a total of $959.28 million in the second quarter, up 35 percent over the same quarter last year, according to data compiled by PitchBook, a… Read More
Polyverse, a Kirkland-based company founded by former AOL CTO Alex Gounares, has raised $1 million in capital to help protect companies from large-scale data breaches. Prior to starting the company, Gounares held high-profile positions at… Read More
Thank the unicorns. As more companies stay private longer, and are raising larger and larger rounds, the trend appears to be benefiting venture capital firms, which were able to raise more money in the second… Read More
Some of the more coveted U.S. tech companies have recently shown an insatiable thirst for capital, and given the times, it’s been easy enough to raise. Fast-growing consumer Internet companies such as Uber, Snapchat… Read More
DocuSign, the company known for enabling electronic signatures online, has raised an impressive $233 million to continue fueling its plans for rapid growth and worldwide expansion. Today’s round — at almost a quarter… Read More
After a wild 16 months, the Silicon Valley-based company that allowed people to share information anonymously is closing down. Secret’s founder David Byttow confirmed the closure in a post on Medium after… Read More
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, is reportedly interested in investing $200 million in Snapchat, which allows people to send photos knowing that they will be erased as soon as they are viewed… Read More
Prism, a three-year old startup, has raised $2 million over multiple rounds to help people pay their bills using a free mobile phone app. Investors include a number of high-profile individuals,… Read More
Gilt Groupe may now have enough runway to hold off on an IPO until the public markets warm to flash sales companies again. The New York-based company, which sells high-end woman and… Read More
Medical device maker Vesiflo has secured $650,000 in funding ahead of its commercial launch later this year. The Redmond-based company, which makes a device that replaces traditional urinary catheters, may… Read More
Zipwhip, the Seattle-based company that enables existing landline phones to send and receive text messages, has raised $5 million in venture capital. John Lauer, Zipwhip CEO, confirmed the round, which was… Read More
If you are a mobile developer, there’s a good chance you compulsively check App Annie to see how your app — and your competitors’ apps — are performing. Today, the mobile analytics… Read More
BEND, Ore. — Venture capitalist Dino Vendetti is buzzing through his adopted hometown of Bend — showing off attractions that he thinks will one day establish this picturesque Central Oregon… Read More