Articles about Venture capital – Page 18 of 69

Maveron partner Elise Hebb offers tips on running meetings and where she gets her best ideas

Having now raised more than $1.1 billion for venture capital investments over the course of her career, Elise Hebb remembers… Read More

Techstars grad Adaptilab raises $1.8M to help companies hire machine learning talent

Machine learning engineers are in high demand. There was a 344 percent jump in the number of ML-related job postings… Read More

Early LendingClub investor leads $10.5M round for small-dollar loan provider Possible Finance

Possible Finance is on a roll. The Seattle startup that provides small-dollar loans is rapidly growing its business and has… Read More

Highspot reels in $60M for AI-powered software used by Fortune 500 sales teams

Across industries, despite the tide of automation and artificial intelligence, most companies still employ humans to deal with customers for… Read More

This startup just raised cash for its robots that help farmers monitor vineyards and crops

For farmers managing thousands of acres, tracking the health of all those plants can be a huge undertaking. Enter Pollen… Read More

Clean energy marketplace LevelTen Energy raises $20.5M to help companies ‘go green’

Several years ago, LevelTen CEO Bryce Smith saw that companies such as Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Apple were starting to… Read More

NextStep raising more funds to train and place healthcare workers with companies that need them

NextStep is raising more cash to build out its platform for recruiting and training healthcare workers and funneling them to… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: The future of mobility; World Ocean Weekend; Pacific Commodore Expo; and more

— It’s hard to find a new car these days that doesn’t have some type of technology inside, and those… Read More

Legwork, a maker of marketing automation software for dentists, raises $17M

Legwork, a Wenatchee, Wash. startup that builds marketing automation software specifically for dental practices, has raised $17 million in funding.… Read More

Polyverse raises $1M in new funding, readies Windows version of its Linux security product

Polyverse has secured an additional $1 million in funding months after its last round, bringing the total amount of money… Read More

Check out GeekWire’s new startup funding list to track Seattle and Pacific NW financing deals

Whether it’s newly minted unicorns landing massive late-stage rounds or small teams just emerging from stealth mode, there are a… Read More

Seattle medical device firm EndoGastric Solutions closes $45M round for acid reflux treatment

EndoGastric Solutions, a medical technology company focused on acid reflux, has closed a $45 million financing round to grow… Read More

Seattle startup led by former VMware execs raises $4.7M for ‘machine-learning-in-a-box’ service

A Seattle startup led by former VMware execs that sells machine learning as a service has raised $4.7 million in… Read More

Why consumer-focused venture capital firm Maveron turned away millions for its seventh fund

Venture capitalists broke all kinds of records last year as the size of funds and deals continued to reach astronomical… Read More

Portland startup OpenSesame raises $28M to expand corporate training marketplace

OpenSesame, a startup that operates a marketplace for corporate learning programs, has raised a $28 million round to fuel growth.… Read More

As more cities embrace shared scooters and bikes, this startup helps them track data and enforce rules

Cities across the U.S. are adding new shared bike and scooter programs from the likes of Lime, Uber, Lyft, and… Read More

Medcurity raises cash to be the TurboTax for federal healthcare law compliance

A startup out of Spokane, Wash. wants to use software to make complying with federal healthcare laws as easy as… Read More

Q&A with Auth0’s CEO after identity tech startup raises $103M and reaches elite unicorn status

Eugenio Pace knows the stats. The rate of survival for most startups is not pretty. In fact, his first attempt… Read More

Streem acquires U.K. computer vision startup Selerio to bring ‘smart AR’ to phone cameras

Streem, a Portland-based company that aims to use augmented reality to help people and companies communicate better, has acquired a… Read More

Identity authentication startup Auth0 raises $103M as another Seattle company reaches unicorn status

Another Seattle-area startup just reached a billion-dollar valuation as Auth0 announced a big $103 million funding round on Monday. Based… Read More

WTIA’s Founder Cohort Program launches new class of 24 startups with inside tips from investors

A new group of startups, tackling everything from business networking to marijuana data analytics, has joined the Washington Technology Industry… Read More

Tiger Global backs another Seattle startup, leads $28M round for technical interview platform Karat

As partners from top tech investment firm Tiger Global Management attended recent board meetings, they kept hearing about a small… Read More

When LinkedIn isn’t enough: Ex-Microsoft leaders raise $6M for recruiting startup SeekOut

LinkedIn can be a valuable resource for hiring managers sourcing potential candidates. But oftentimes it isn’t enough — and that’s… Read More

Seattle startup TomboyX raises $17M to further develop its underwear brand for all body types

TomboyX, the Seattle-based startup bringing gender-neutral underwear to the masses, is apparently a good fit for investors, too, as the… Read More

Women’s sexual health startup Joylux raises more cash, lands in Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop store

Joylux, a Seattle startup that aims to improve women’s sexual health with a wellness device, has raised an additional $7… Read More

This Univ. of Washington spinout just raised $5.8M to reimagine how doctors work with health records

Seattle startup TransformativeMed has a major beef with how health record systems work — or rather, don’t work for doctors.… Read More

‘Airbnb for warehousing’ startup Flexe raises $43M to help online retailers take on Amazon

As more consumers shop online, retailers need capacity to ship products across the country — particularly as they battle e-commerce… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Mother’s Day tech events; celebrating Seattle’s creativity; and more

– The dilemma of raising kids as a working mother arose when women entered the workforce en masse in the… Read More

Investors double down on Downstream as Seattle startup helps more brands target their Amazon ads

Investors like what they see with Downstream’s traction. The Seattle startup that helps brands with their Amazon advertising strategies has… Read More

Madrona expands geographic reach and targets later-stage deals with $100M ‘acceleration fund’

Call it the “ones we missed” fund. Madrona Venture Group has raised $100 million for what it calls an “acceleration… Read More