Articles about Venture capital – Page 31 of 70

Students pitch everything from non-toxic pesticides to fashion startups at collegiate entrepreneurial contest TigerLaunch

A club at the University of Washington is ready to help launch the next big thing. Startup UW is a… Read More

Best way from A to B: Former Expedia vet raises $1.5M for stealthy transportation advice startup

You’ve got somewhere to be, but aren’t sure what mode of transportation is best. Uber or Lyft might get you there… Read More

Startups and VCs join legal fight against Trump’s immigration ban, claiming ‘immediate harm’ to the innovation economy

Tech giants, like Amazon, Expedia, Google, and Microsoft, have thrown their considerable weight behind Washington state and Minnesota in a… Read More

Madrona and Amplify Partners invest $3.1M in stealthy enterprise ‘intelligent app’ startup Suplari

Three veteran entrepreneurs just raised a hefty seed round from top venture capital firms for their stealthy enterprise startup. Suplari… Read More

Xnor.ai spins out from Paul Allen’s AI2 incubator, raises $2.6M to put AI in every device

Bringing artificial intelligence technology into the hands of consumers and businesses is no easy task; doing so takes a ton of… Read More

Self-sanitizing keyboard creator Vioguard secures $5M — eyes escalator handrails and pens next

Vioguard, the Bothell, Wash., company that created a self-sanitizing keyboard and mouse, has secured another $5 million in Series A… Read More

VC investment activity dips in 2016, but still reaches $69B across 7,751 companies

Venture capital investment activity dipped last year from a record 2015, but returned to normal activity in 2016 and marked the… Read More

After nearly a decade at Madrona, Elise Hebb sets sail for Seattle venture capital firm Maveron

Elise Hebb is moving from one Seattle venture capital firm to another. After nearly a decade working at Madrona Venture… Read More

Here’s what five venture capitalists are predicting for 2017

With 2016 now in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to take a quick moment to forecast what might be looming… Read More

Opal raises more cash to help brands create and produce marketing campaigns

Opal is raising more cash. A new SEC filing reveals that the Portland startup, previously known as Opal Labs, has raised… Read More

A look at the 20 biggest venture capital deals of 2016 in the Pacific Northwest

On the GeekWire podcast this week, I was asked to recap the state of the Seattle startup community in 2016.… Read More

Glympse raises more cash to fuel growth of real-time location sharing platform

Glympse is raising more cash as the startup continues to add new customers and grow its employee base. The Seattle-based company… Read More

Guest post: The biggest trends at the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference

The momentum continues to build and scale in leaps and bounds. That was the overwhelming observation and feeling at the… Read More

Ignition leads $20M funding round for Accompany, an app that acts as a virtual chief of staff

Ignition Partners, the Bellevue, Wash.-based venture capital firm, has led the way on a new $20 million round of funding… Read More

PlayFab raises another $3M to power back-end services for more than 350 online games

PlayFab is raising more cash to help grow its online gaming support platform. PlayFab CEO James Gwertzman said that the Seattle startup has… Read More

Aerospace startups use Starburst’s shark tank in Seattle to keep their dreams afloat

Some aerospace ventures came to Starburst Accelerator’s shark tank in Seattle today to find investors. Others were looking for customers.… Read More

JetClosing raises $2.3M from Trilogy and Maveron to digitize the real estate closing process

Closing on a new home can be a time-consuming and costly experience. A new startup in Seattle wants to fix this problem… Read More

Starburst Venture raises $200 million for aerospace startups (and heads for Seattle)

On the eve of its first event in Seattle, Starburst Accelerator says it has set up a $200 million venture… Read More

PayPal co-founder Max Levchin joins OfferUp funding round as Craigslist rival pulls in more cash

OfferUp continues to attract big-time investor interest. And the latest backer of the Bellevue-based online marketplace is a fixture in… Read More

BuildPulse raises $1.3M to expand building energy analytics platform

BuildPulse, a Seattle startup that helps facility teams better manage their buildings, has raised $1.3 million. The fresh funding comes from… Read More

Qualcomm, Madrona, Trilogy invest $5M in mobile networking startup M87; T-Mobile vet Cole Brodman named CEO

Cole Brodman is taking on another leadership role in the telecom industry. The former T-Mobile executive, who spent 17 years at… Read More

Apptentive raises $3.6M from Vulcan, Origin Ventures, SurveyMonkey, others to fuel growth

Apptentive is on a roll. The Seattle startup, which helps mobile app makers retain customers and boost reviews, today announced… Read More

Ex-Microsoft manager raises $295M for growth stage venture fund targeting the future of enterprise software

Sheila Gulati is excited about the converging worlds of cloud, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and now the former Microsoft… Read More

Marijuana investment firm Privateer raises another $40M to fuel expansion in U.S. and abroad

It’s a big month for marijuana legalization, both in the U.S. and abroad. Privateer Holdings is getting ready. The Seattle-based investment firm… Read More

Microsoft vets raise $2M to manage internet-connected devices in commercial buildings

Four Microsoft veterans have teamed up to create Optio3, a Seattle-based startup aimed at building a web-based service that helps… Read More

Q&A: Soon-to-be VC Bob Kelly on Microsoft-Amazon rivalry, cloud computing in Seattle and Alice in Wonderland

Bob Kelly, a 21-year Microsoft vet who left that company in September to start as a managing partner with Seattle’s… Read More

Cloud exec Bob Kelly leaves 21-year ‘accidental’ Microsoft career, joins Ignition Partners to grow modern business apps

Imagine a millennial — raised with always-on fast internet, smartphones and the cloud — reporting to work, sitting down at a… Read More

Event management software startup Hubb raises $3M for platform used by Microsoft, Tableau, others

Event management can be a real pain, and Hubb wants to help. The Vancouver, Wash.-based startup today announced a $3 million… Read More

EnergySavvy raises $14 million in funding, revamps services for utilities

EnergySavvy, a Seattle startup that helps utilities better relate to their customers, has released what it called its fifth generation of products,… Read More

Voyager and Microsoft Ventures invest $9M in business text messaging platform Zipwhip

With the proliferation of so many messaging apps, from Facebook Messenger to WhatsApp to Snapchat, it may seem like SMS texting is… Read More