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Gas delivery startup Booster Fuels raises $20M, reveals 300 large employers as customers

Getting gas delivered to your car while you’re at the office is turning out to be a pretty nice perk… Read More

This venture firm was an early investor in the last three Seattle-area startups to go public

There’s something in common with the last three companies to go public in the Seattle area. That would be Madrona… Read More

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Cyrus Biotech raises $8M to boost protein modeling toolkit for drug discovery

Cyrus Biotechnology is getting an $8 million infusion for its cloud-based protein modeling and design toolkit, thanks to a Series… Read More

Regenerative medicine startup Rodeo Therapeutics raises $5.9M for drugs to regenerate tissue

If you could write a medical wish-list of futuristic technologies, regenerating tissue would be pretty high up there. It could… Read More

Sightbox raises $2.4M to grow contact lens and eye exam membership program

Sightbox, a Portland, Ore.-based startup offering an annual membership for eye exams and contact lenses, has raised $2.4 million in… Read More

Seattle startup raises $12M to ‘rewrite the software of life’ (with a little help from the technology behind beer)

Proteins are incredibly important, but incredibly complicated, molecules. They control 98 percent of all biological functions and are used in industries… Read More

LiveStories raises $10M to help government agencies find, analyze, and publish civic data

LiveStories continues to gain traction with its platform that helps government agencies manage and publish data. Now the Seattle startup… Read More

Tomorrow raises $2.6M to help people buy life insurance, create wills, organize assets on an app

When Dave Hanley lost both of his parents unexpectedly, he wasn’t ready for the difficult financial and legal processes that… Read More

Bright.md raises $8M for AI-powered remote healthcare service with ‘virtual physician assistant’

Bright.md is raising more cash for its tech-fueled virtual healthcare service that aims to improve care for patients and reduce… Read More

Cybersecurity startup RiskLens raises $5M to help businesses understand the cost of cyber risk

RiskLens, a cybersecurity startup based in Spokane, Wash. that helps businesses understand how much cyberattacks could cost them, has landed… Read More

Ad Lightning raises more cash to fuel growth of digital ad quality monitoring service

Programmatic advertising has helped digital marketers and advertisers with automation and scale. But it can also cause headaches for publishers… Read More

VC firms invest $21.8B in 1,958 companies during Q2 as part of ‘self-correction period’

U.S. venture capital investment activity is returning to steadier times. That’s one takeaway from the latest Venture Monitor from PitchBook… Read More

JetClosing raises another $2M, will expand real estate closing process service to more states

JetClosing is raising more cash to help support the growth of its online real estate closing platform. The Seattle startup… Read More

Ex-Amazon manager’s modular, smart housing startup Blokable is raising cash

Blokable, a Seattle startup focused on manufactured housing, with goals of speeding up production, cutting costs for builders and making… Read More

Founder of Valve’s Steam platform just raised $1.25M for new startup Sharkbite Games

Rick Ellis has his fingerprints all over modern gaming. His chief claim to gaming fame is his role as founder… Read More

Pioneer Square Labs hires Madrona Venture Group’s Julie Sandler as new managing director

For the past five years, Julie Sandler has immersed herself in the startup world as an investor, advisor, and mentor,… Read More

Uber, Instagram, Fitbit investors put $2.4M behind job interview matching platform TalentWorks

It can be difficult to find a job that matches your interests and qualifications, particularly just after graduating from college… Read More

Global IPO market rebounds, but it’s still pretty ‘quiet’ for public offerings in the Pacific Northwest

The economic winds are blowing favorably for those companies venturing into the IPO waters, with a new report released today… Read More

Tango Card raises $10M to shake up how companies reward employees and customers

Seattle startup Tango Card has raised $10 million to speed up the expansion of its digital rewards platform. Previous investor… Read More

Identity management startup Auth0 raises $30M to fuel international expansion

Identity is the bedrock of so many internet services, both personal and professional. Secure, easy-to-use identity management systems are in… Read More

Textio raises $20M to expand ‘augmented writing’ platform for the enterprise

Textio, the Seattle startup that provides an “augmented writing” platform to help companies put together better job postings, has raised… Read More

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Holographic beam-forming antenna startup Pivotal Commware raises $17M from Bill Gates and others

BELLEVUE, Wash. – Chalk up another score for metamaterials technology: Bellevue-based Pivotal Commware says it’s raised $17 million in Series… Read More

Former Swype execs raise $8.5M for Xealth, a health platform that connects patients, doctors and digital treatments

There is no end to pressing needs in the healthcare industry. That’s one of the first things that tech veterans… Read More

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Stealthy startup Alitheon raises $2.8M for digital fingerprinting technology

A startup called Alitheon wants to teach computers to recognize objects, and it’s attracted $2.8 million in funding to do… Read More

Wicket Labs raises $2M to help companies understand the new media landscape, adds former CEO of Comcast-owned thePlatform

Wicket Labs, a Seattle startup founded by former executives of Comcast-owned thePlatform, has raised $2 million to arm media companies with… Read More

Mysterious Seattle digital marketing startup New Engen, led by former Zulily employees, raises $8M

New Engen, a digital marketing startup led by veterans of online retailer Zulily, has raised $8 million, according to a filing with the… Read More

Media Partners raises $1.1M to produce ‘Hollywood-grade’ training videos

Pretty much everyone has, at some point in life, been sequestered in a room and made to watch a series… Read More

Report: Google planning AI venture capital group led by engineers

Google has always been a company run by engineers for engineers. It looks like it’s also going to give some… Read More

Work management powerhouse Smartsheet lands $52M, valuation tops $850M amid global expansion

Project and work management technology company Smartsheet has landed the biggest funding round in the company’s 11-year history — $52 million — as… Read More

Outreach.io raises $30M from top VC firms to help sales teams reach more leads, speed up workflow

Outreach.io today announced a $30 million funding round that will help the Seattle startup grow its sales automation platform. DFJ… Read More

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