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Venture capital

EndoGastric Solutions raises $30.5M to commercialize acid reflux treatment

News Brief: EndoGastric Solutions, a Seattle area biotechnology company, has raised $30.5 million to scale its commercial efforts. Existing investors… Read More

With $57.5B invested so far in 2018, VC funding for U.S. startups reaching ‘unprecedented levels’

The amount of venture capital funding pouring into U.S. startups is on pace to reach levels unseen since the early… Read More

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Otto Robotics rebrands as Vivid Robotics, wins $4.9M boost for food automation

The stealthy Seattle-based food automation venture formerly known as Otto Robotics has a new name: Vivid Robotics. It also has… Read More

Unify Square raises $10M to help businesses deploy Skype and Microsoft Teams

Unify Square has raised an additional $10 million to help fuel growth of its platform that helps clients manage Microsoft communication products like… Read More

Bumped raises $11.5M, lets users earn stock after buying company’s products

Another Portland startup is raising cash. This time it’s Bumped, the company that lets you own shares in a company… Read More

Smart gameball startup Play Impossible inks retail deal with Apple, partners with NFL players, raises cash

Play Impossible started with a simple thesis: the internet-of-things world had lost a sense of joy and fun. So its… Read More

Jama Software lands $200M from Insight and Madrona to fuel product development platform used by big-name companies

Jama Software, a Portland-based company that makes a product development platform used by companies including Qualcomm, SpaceX and Amazon Robotics,… Read More

Mobile marketing startup Urban Airship raises $25M, reaches 2 trillion messages delivered

Mobile marketing startup Urban Airship today announced a $25 million investment round. Founded in 2009, the Portland-based company helps big… Read More

Madrona reveals more details about its startup founder factory, taps ex-AWS manager as leader

Scott Jacobson knows Seattle’s tech ecosystem: its global corporations, top research institutions, and talented entrepreneurs. But the managing director at… Read More

Commercial IoT provider Rigado raises $15M to roll out ‘edge-as-a-service’ tech

Rigado has raised a $15 million investment round to fuel growth of its commercial IoT technology products and services. Founded… Read More

Data privacy startup Prifender raises $5M to help companies stay compliant

Data privacy continues to be top of mind for companies all around the world, particularly as laws such as the… Read More

Seattle Children’s spin-out MDMetrix raises seed funding for A/B testing system for doctors

Health technology startup MDMetrix has raised its first venture capital funds. The company raised just over $758,000 in seed funding,… Read More

VRstudios raises more cash to expand location-based virtual reality technology across the world

VRstudios has raised more cash as it continues to install virtual reality systems in theme parks, cinemas, family entertainment centers,… Read More

High-tech home closing startup JetClosing raises $20M to capitalize on ‘tipping point’ in real estate

Daniel Greenshields sees a tipping point in real estate. Homebuyers, particularly digital natives, are demanding transparency more than ever. Realtors… Read More

Why Rand Fishkin avoided VC and made his investment documents public for new startup SparkToro

Rand Fishkin and Casey Henry have plenty of experience helping build venture-backed companies — and that’s part of the reason… Read More

SeaChange raises $4.6M for its fourth fund to invest in more Pacific Northwest startups

SeaChange has a new name and a new fund. Formerly known as Seattle Angel Fund, the group today announced a… Read More

Qumulo raises $93M to tackle hybrid cloud file storage, total funding now $230M

We are generating unprecedented amounts of data in our personal and professional lives on the internet, and the trend is… Read More

FlyHomes raises $17M to purchase homes for buyers battling cash offers in hot housing markets

In Seattle, the nation’s hottest housing market for 19 straight months, frustrated buyers are losing out to all-cash offers left… Read More

TableSafe raising more cash to expand reach of its restaurant payment devices

TableSafe is upping its most recent funding round as it continues to spread its restaurant payments device around the country… Read More

Chest-thumpers vs. executors: The difference between Seattle and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, according to this VC

There’s a difference between entrepreneurs from Seattle and those from Silicon Valley and it goes beyond stereotypes about hairstyles, clothing, and… Read More

Once a startup runt, Rover laps up $155 million for tech-fueled pet care marketplace

When Rover started seven years ago, many in the startup community snickered. There was no real business model, they said. A… Read More

Smart lighting startup Deako unveils plug-and-play lighting system for home-builders, raises $4M

Seattle smart lighting startup Deako has raised $4 million as it begins to roll out a new “modular” system designed… Read More

Novel Effect raises $3M from Amazon and VCs for voice-enabled children’s storytelling app

Novel Effect is on a roll. After participating in the inaugural Alexa Accelerator, appearing on Shark Tank, and winning a… Read More

Madrona raises $300M venture fund, reveals strategy for investing in Pacific Northwest startups

Madrona Venture Group today announced a new $300 million investment fund, creating a fresh pool of capital that it will… Read More

Tango Card raises $35M to modernize how companies send out digital rewards

Update, Tuesday morning: Tango Card has officially confirmed the funding. Story updated with comments from CEO David Leeds and more… Read More

Sales automation startup Outreach raises $65M round led by Spark Capital to fuel growth

Outreach is adding more fuel to the fire with a $65 million funding round led by Spark Capital. It’s a… Read More

Voyager Capital raising its fifth fund as firm targets B2B startups in Pacific Northwest

Voyager Capital is raising another fund as it looks to continue investing in B2B startups based in the Pacific Northwest.… Read More

Nohla Therapeutics raises $45M, gets new HQ as it moves novel leukemia treatment closer to market

Seattle startup Nohla Therapeutics has raised another huge funding round as it moves its novel leukemia treatment closer to being… Read More

Stats show drop-off in follow-on funding rounds for women-led startups compared to male peers

It’s a difficult funding environment for female entrepreneurs in today’s technology industry, where less than 3 percent of venture capital dollars went to… Read More

Auth0 raises $55M to fuel the identity management company’s international expansion

Auth0, a Bellevue, Wash. startup that helps developers build identity authentication capabilities into their applications, raised $55 million to embark on… Read More

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