Articles about Venture capital – Page 35 of 70

So many unicorns: New study suggests some billion-dollar companies may not be so magical

Unicorns — privately-held tech startups valued at more than $1 billion — are on the rise. However, a new study by Fenwick… Read More

Venture capital powerhouse DFJ Raises $350 million, plans to pump portion of funds into Seattle startups

Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that has backed companies such as SpaceX, Twilio and Yammer, announced this… Read More

Ignition participates in $35M investment in ‘data wrangling’ company Trifacta

Ignition Partners, the Seattle-based venture capital firm known for its enterprise technology investments, rejoined Accel Partners and Greylock Partners and new investor Cathay Innovation… Read More

Study: Entrepreneurs with direct flight access to venture capital backers are more likely to succeed

A new study from MIT discovered that startups are more likely to succeed when their venture capital backers are connected to… Read More

Joylux raises cash for sonic technology that strengthens women’s pelvic muscles, boosts sexual health

For women who have had children, or who are simply getting older, it can be difficult to maintain sexual health. Of… Read More

Top angels pump $9M into Amperity, a new marketing startup from Derek Slager and Kabir Shahani of Appature

Kabir Shahani and Derek Slager already have one big success under their belts, selling Seattle-based healthcare marketing startup Appature to… Read More

Life without gas stations? On-demand car fueling startup Booster Fuels raises $9M, moves operations to Silicon Valley

Booster Fuels, which allows car owners to request a fueling truck to fill vehicles wherever they are parked, has raised… Read More

Investment data provider PitchBook raises $10M at $160M valuation

PitchBook, a Seattle-based startup that conducts research about investments, is raising an investment of its own. The 9-year-old company today announced… Read More

Moz raises $10M from Foundry Group at $120M valuation, CEO Sarah Bird looks to create ‘something lasting and meaningful’

Seattle-based Moz, a 12-year-old maker of marketing software, has landed $10 million in fresh funding that it will use to… Read More

GeekWire 200 January Update: New funding rounds fuel big growth at Pacific NW startups

New rounds of funding are sparking big growth at several Seattle- and Portland-area startups, leading to some sizable jumps in the January 2016 edition of… Read More

Portland’s Cedexis raises $22M for web performance analytics platform

Cedexis just raised a substantial investment round to continue helping companies deliver optimal end user experiences with websites, mobile apps and streaming… Read More

How this Seattle venture capitalist ended up being the subject of ESPN’s hilarious new ad campaign

As the CEO of Starwave in the early 1990s, former Microsoft and Apple executive Mike Slade helped start ESPN.com. So,… Read More

T. Rowe Price marks down investment in Apptio and other private tech companies, yet another sign of a cooling market

T. Rowe Price sunk gobs of money into companies such as Cloudera, Dropbox, Apptio and Evernote in recent years, oftentimes… Read More

DevOps IT service Sendachi raises $30M after Seattle and London startups merge

Startups from Seattle and London are merging to form a new IT services company called Sendachi that today announced a $30… Read More

Venture capital investing holds steady in 2015, but are warning clouds forming?

The venture capital ecosystem remained relatively robust in the Pacific Northwest in 2015, with investors sinking $1.5 billion in 165… Read More

Slack CEO on going public: The window for easy money in private markets will close slowly

When will Slack, the fast-growing enterprise chat app, go public? Will the environment of easy VC money in the private… Read More

Fast-growing UIEvolution raises $10.2M of larger round for connected device software platform

UIEvolution is raising a substantial investment round to support growth of its connected device enterprise software platform. The Kirkland-based company… Read More

Alphabet investment arm Google Ventures pours $1.5M into virtual reality startup Envelop VR

Count Alphabet’s investment arm as another top venture firm that’s betting on a new Seattle-area virtual reality startup. Envelop VR, a Bellevue-based company… Read More

Pacific Northwest venture capital activity dips 59% in Q4, but up overall for 2015

Venture capital activity in the Pacific Northwest dipped more than 59 percent in Q4 of 2015, capping off what was… Read More

Socedo raises $1.5M to help marketers generate sales leads from social media chatter

Socedo has raised a financing round to grow its platform that helps marketers generate sales leads from social media activity. The 3-year-old… Read More

Madrona bolsters team, names former Isilon president Bill Richter venture partner

Madrona Venture Group, the Seattle venture capital firm that raised a $300 million fund last year, continues to add horsepower… Read More

No more pesky wires: Ossia lands investment to transform the way we charge our phones (and much more)

LAS VEGAS— Ossia may be the biggest idea at the Consumer Electronics Show that you’ve heard nothing about. And probably with… Read More

Front Desk raises another $3.5M for business management software platform

Front Desk is raising more capital to fuel growth of its business management system. The Seattle-based startup today announced a $3.5… Read More

Human Inc. raises $700K to change how we experience sound, use headphones

Benjamin Willis and Joe Dieter want to change the way we listen to audio. The Seattle-based entrepreneurs recently raised $700,000 for their new… Read More

Janrain raises $27M for social log-in technology, landing Oregon’s largest venture round of 2015

More than 10 years after launching and three years after its most recent investment round, Janrain is raising a substantial amount… Read More

Research: 2015 was the best year ever for VR startups trying to raise money

PitchBook analysts say 119 virtual reality startups either raised money or were acquired in 2015 — a record high for an industry… Read More

TINYpulse raises $6M to help companies assess employee morale

TINYpulse has struck a chord with companies who want a better way to assess employee morale. The Seattle-based startup today… Read More

Analytics startup MetricStory raises $1.4M to help marketers make sense of internal data

Marketers can access more internal data than ever before thanks to high-powered software like Google Analytics. But having that information at your fingertips… Read More

Eventbase raises $6M from Madrona to build apps for event and conference organizers

It started out as a small group of entrepreneurs building an app for the 2010 Olympic Games. Now, Eventbase is… Read More

Stilettos, sandals and slippers: Nordstrom bankrolls startup that helps women design their own shoes

Nordstrom is known worldwide for its top-notch shoe department, helping customers find the perfect shoes. Now, the Seattle-based retailer is… Read More