Articles about Venture capital – Page 23 of 70

Nintex founder launches firm to invest in golf-related startups, acquires indoor simulator maker

It started with a veteran tech executive trying to improve his golf game. Now Brett Campbell has turned his sports… Read More

Seven Peaks Ventures raises $28M fund, will invest in 25 early stage startups across Pacific Northwest

Seven Peaks Ventures has raised $28 million for its second fund and will continue investing in early-stage startups across the… Read More

OncoResponse raises $40M to start clinical trials of antibody-based cancer immunotherapies

OncoResponse, a Seattle biotech company creating antibody-based treatments for cancer, has raised a $40 million Series B round to advance… Read More

Andy Liu’s Unlock Venture Partners becomes latest early-stage firm to invest in Seattle startups

Unlock Venture Partners is the latest early-stage investment firm that sees big opportunity in Seattle. Co-led by longtime Seattle-area entrepreneur… Read More

Future of sports collectibles? Player Tokens brings together blockchain and baseball cards

Player Tokens Inc. is betting that digital assets and blockchain technology will reshape the way sports fans buy and sell… 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

Silicon Valley’s Seattle secret: Bay Area investors making record number of deals in region’s startups

There’s something about Seattle tech startups and entrepreneurs that gets Rajeev Batra excited. His Silicon Valley investment firm, Mayfield, has backed… 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

Vicis lands $15M to boost production of high-tech football helmets and expand beyond gridiron

Vicis, the Seattle-based company known for high-tech helmets used in the NFL, NCAA, high school and youth football, has raised… 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

How Arlan Hamilton turned her hustle and grit into a minority-focused VC fund investing millions

Arlan Hamilton, founder of the venture capital fund Backstage Capital, says that she’s come out twice. First, as a lesbian,… Read More

GeekWire 200 update: It’s the era of giant funding rounds, and Seattle-area startups are benefiting

It’s a good time to be raising venture capital in the Pacific Northwest, and startups on the GeekWire 200 are… Read More

Real estate investment platform CrowdStreet raises $8M to develop new products and services

Portland, Ore.-based CrowdStreet, the crowdfunding commercial real estate investment platform, has raised $8 million in a Series B funding round… 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

An inside look at Create33: Madrona’s new ‘founder center’ attempts to spark Seattle entrepreneurs

Micah Baldwin answers quickly when asked about the vision for Create33, a new “founder center” opening next month on the… Read More

Ignition’s John Connors: Seattle is becoming the most important tech market behind Silicon Valley

Seattle’s tech scene has a lot of mojo going on right now. That’s the word from John Connors, managing partner… Read More

RFP response automation software startup RFPIO raises $25M

RFPIO, a Beaverton, Ore.-based startup that develops request-for-proposal response automation software, has raised a $25 million funding round from K1… Read More

On-demand storage startup and WeWork partner Livible raises $16M to expand nationwide

Seattle-based startup Livible has raised an additional $16 million in funding to fuel a nationwide expansion of its storage service.… Read More

Artificial intelligence startup DefinedCrowd raises more cash

DefinedCrowd is raising more investment for its artificial intelligence training platform used by Fortune 500 enterprises across the world. The… Read More

Why this new Silicon Valley seed-stage VC firm thinks it can win — and why it’s focusing on Seattle

David Rosenthal knows about the dearth of early-stage financing options available to entrepreneurs in the Seattle region. The venture capitalist… Read More

Chevron and Siemens venture arms invest $23M in industrial process data analytics platform Seeq

Seeq today announced a $23 million Series B round led by the Altira Group, a venture capital firm focused on… Read More

Tomorrow raises $4.2M for app that lets you create free legal wills and trusts

Tomorrow is well on its way to helping Americans handle long-term financial and legal decisions with a mobile app. The… Read More

Integris raises $10M to help companies meet GDPR and other security compliance mandates

Seattle startup Integris Software has raised another $10 million to help companies manage personal information data and meet compliance mandates… Read More

Nohla Therapeutics raises another $11M to support leukemia treatment trials

Seattle startup Nohla Therapeutics has reeled in another $11 million to further develop its leukemia treatment. The spinout of Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer… Read More

Eventbase raises $6.5M for mobile event technology platform used by IBM, Microsoft, Cisco

News Brief: Vancouver, B.C.-based startup Eventbase today announced a $6.5 million investment round. Madrona Venture Group; BC Tech Fund; Kensington Capital;… Read More

Wicket Labs raises more cash to build out audience insight platform for online video providers

Wicket Labs has raised more cash to help grow its technology that gives online video providers more data about their… Read More

VC dollars flow into Seattle startups at near-record levels as later-stage companies raise big rounds

Venture capital dollars are flowing into Seattle-area companies in near-record numbers, but most of the cash is going to more… Read More