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Morningstar agrees to buy remaining stake in venture capital data provider PitchBook for $180 million

PitchBook specializes in compiling venture capital, IPO and M&A data on tens of thousands of companies, offering investors, journalists and… Read More

Unicorns in hiding! Venture capital mega-deals drop by 53% during Q3

Unicorns may once again be living up to their name. The elusive creatures — which in venture capital parlance means… Read More

Cloud-management startup CloudCoreo scores $2.9M in seed round

CloudCoreo, a Seattle-based startup in the cloud-management arena, has received a $2.9 million seed-stage investment led by Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group,… Read More

VC funding dips for 5th-straight quarter; 2016 investments reach $56B; IPOs still scarce

Venture capital investment declined for the fifth-straight quarter as investors set higher benchmarks for their funding decisions. That’s one takeaway from… Read More

Rover staff

Rover raises $40M as dog-sitting platform eyes IPO and aims for profitability

What started as a fun project born at a Startup Weekend event has turned into a potential billion-dollar company that is… Read More

‘The rise of the rest:’ Why startup hubs outside Silicon Valley are built to last

There is a regionalization movement underway in the technology startup industry that has appropriately sparked controversy and strong opinions, most… Read More

Remitly raises another $38M as it expands remittance service to Latin America

Remitly is raising another investment round as the Seattle startup continues to expand around the globe. The latest funding comes… Read More

Avalara raises $50M for growth, $46M to buy out early investors, eyes more deals and hints at IPO

Sales tax automation company Avalara announced Thursday it has landed $96 million in funding from Warburg Pincus, Sageview Capital, Technology… Read More

Pitchbook

Seattle-based PitchBook lands data partnership with National Venture Capital Association

Seattle-based venture capital data company PitchBook has secured a data partnership with the National Venture Capital Association. Together, the two firms… Read More

Thalmic Labs, maker of high-tech muscle-controlled armband, raises $120M from Amazon, other high-profile investors

Thalmic Labs, a six-year-old wearable technology company based out of Ontario, Canada, announced $120 million in Series B funding today.… Read More

Seattle skyline

Thanks, Amazon: Seattle’s tech office market second-hottest in the U.S., study says

The Seattle area is the hottest tech office market in the U.S. outside of Silicon Valley, according to a new report ranking… Read More

LiveStories raises $3M to help governments and non-profits visualize data

Seattle-based startup LiveStories today announced a $3 million funding round led by True Ventures. Founders’ Co-op, Social Leverage, Urban.us, the Knight Foundation… Read More

Here are the top 10 universities graduating the most VC-backed entrepreneurs

Students across the country are headed back to school and many high school seniors are deciding which college or university… Read More

After helping build Destiny, ex-Bungie developers raise $3.5M for new VR startup Polyarc

There’s another startup in Seattle developing virtual reality technology. The latest is Polyarc, a new company that today announced a… Read More

New Portland VC firm Elevate Capital invests in 6 women and minority-led startups

Elevate Capital, a new venture capital firm based in Portland, today unveiled its first funds. The firm announced that it… Read More

Cozy raises $8.4M to fuel growth of property rental management platform

Portland-based Cozy today announced an $8.45 million funding round that will help the startup grow its property rental management platform. American Family… Read More

Ex-Microsoft execs and engineers raise $1.5M for Komiko, a CRM enrichment platform

Hal Howard, Ami Heitner, and Srikanth Avadhanam spent years and years at companies like Microsoft and SAP, learning how and why… Read More

Unilever Ventures pours more cash into Discuss.io, a consumer market research platform

Discuss.io is on a roll. The Seattle startup has reeled in another $880,000 for its consumer market research platform. Unilever… Read More

Seattle startup raises $2M to expand technologies for immunotherapy

Take a quick browse through Seattle’s biotech scene, and you’ll notice a pattern. Immunotherapy — using the body’s immune system to fight… Read More

After 9 years, Panopto raises $42.8M to take on Microsoft and IBM in enterprise video

For nine years, Panopto quietly built a successful video platform for hundreds of big-name enterprise and academic customers. Working with… Read More

Cybersecurity response company RADAR spins out of ID Experts, raises $6.2M

RADAR today announced that it has spun out of Portland-area cybersecurity incident response company ID Experts. The new company, also based in Portland, on Tuesday also… Read More

Retired NBA star Kobe Bryant reinvents himself as venture capital investor with new $100M fund

On the court, Kobe Bryant was relentless in his preparation and laser-focused on the smallest details that would give him… Read More

Tempered Networks raises $10M for networking and security tech that helps companies prevent cyberattacks

Tempered Networks has raised another $10 million to help protect companies from cyberattacks while also providing networking infrastructure. Rally Capital, based… Read More

Upside Commerce raises cash to help marketers use data for personalized real-time promotions

Upside Commerce is raising more cash for its platform that helps brands utilize data to create real-time personalized promotions and… Read More

Seattle biotech entrepreneur Ron Berenson raising cash for new startup

Ron Berenson has another biotechnology startup in the works, a new company by the name of DMD Therapeutics. The Seattle-based company recently… Read More

Seattle startup Zenoti raises $15M, looks to crack fitness and yoga arena with spa-management software

Zenoti, which helps spa and salon chains manage their businesses, has raised $15 million in a round led by Norwest Venture Partners,… Read More

Rajeev Singh

Healthcare company Accolade, helmed by Concur co-founders, lands $70M in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Madrona

Accolade, a healthcare company led by Concur co-founders Raj Singh and Mike Hilton that helps people and companies navigate the… Read More

Top Asian firms lead $80M investment in virtual reality live streaming platform NextVR

NextVR today announced an $80 million funding round to help the Laguna Beach, Calif.-based company expand its virtual reality platform internationally.… Read More

Juno Therapeutics lab

Why biotech investments in Washington state have dropped to the lowest levels since 2011

Seattle’s biotechnology industry has never really taken root — undergoing a series of ups and downs as companies such as… Read More

Seattle skyline

East Coast vs. West Coast: New report explains where you’re better off raising cash for startups

The East Coast-West Coast rivalry goes beyond sports teams, and hip hop. It now extends to the venture capital community.… Read More

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