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WebTuner raises $4.1M to deliver ‘next generation TV experience’ with live and on-demand content

WebTuner is ready to start selling its “next generation TV experience” to consumers and is reeling in more cash in order to… Read More

Bill Gates Sr. at 90: A giant impact on technology, philanthropy and the Seattle region

View image | gettyimages.com Editor’s Note: Bill Gates Sr. died on Sept. 14, 2020. This profile, reported in 2015 for… Read More

Sqoop raises cash to help journalists efficiently mine public documents

On a visit to a Seattle newsroom last year, public relations executive Bill Hankes was pained as he watched a… Read More

Fast-growing OfferUp breaks silence with $90M in funding, goes after Craigslist

OfferUp — one of the Seattle area’s most valuable, secretive and fastest growing startups — announced more than $90 million… Read More

Frazier Healthcare raises $262M for therapeutics-focused venture fund

Frazier Healthcare has raised $262 million for its latest life sciences venture fund that will back early stage therapeutics companies,… Read More

Innovators for social good compete for $400k — and a chance to change the world — at SVP Fast Pitch forum

Tonight, 14 teams will compete in the SVP Fast Pitch finals for a share of nearly $400,000 in grants and investments.… Read More

Convoy raises $2.5M from Jeff Bezos, Marc Benioff, others for new on-demand trucking startup

A new Seattle startup has raised $2.5 million from an impressive group of investors to change how shippers connect with… Read More

Seattle’s next $1B startup? Inside this secretive company’s bid to unseat Craigslist

OfferUp could be the most valuable Seattle startup you’ve never heard about. This little-known consumer Internet startup — which connects buyers and… Read More

Haiku Deck raises cash, names Rand Fishkin and Russell Benaroya to board

Haiku Deck, the Seattle startup that’s creating an alternative to PowerPoint, has raised some fresh capital and appointed to key… Read More

Q&A: Madrona’s Tom Alberg on the changing winds of venture capital, tech bubbles and bankrolling a young Jeff Bezos

Tom Alberg did not have grand ambitions when he co-founded Madrona Venture Group with a few high-powered business buddies 20… Read More

Venture capital investments slump 9% in Washington state, talk of slowdown increases

Venture capital investments in Washington state tumbled during the third quarter, falling to $374.5 million as investors bankrolled 30 deals.… Read More

Glamhive raises cash for fashion platform that rewards users who share outfits

Glamhive, a two-year-old Seattle startup that rewards fashionistas with gift cards for sharing their favorite outfits online, has raised $946,000 in investment… Read More

Gratafy raises $4.3M to meet growing demand from restaurants, bars for gift giving platform

Gratafy continues to grow and the Seattle startup is raising more investment money to help meet demand. The three-year-old company, which… Read More

Praesidio raises another $3.1M to help banks, credit unions with cybersecurity solution

Praesidio just raised more funding to help banks and credit unions manage their cybersecurity technology. The Seattle-based startup has reeled… Read More

Deutsche Telekom invests in DocuSign, bringing total capital raised to $525M

DocuSign’s amazing appetite for capital does not appear to be waning. The electronic signature powerhouse, with operations in Seattle and… Read More

500 Startups co-founder Dave McClure: 90 percent of VCs are going to look like idiots in 10 years

Venture capitalist Dave McClure takes an unusual approach to startup investing, spreading smaller bets over a lot of startups instead of… Read More

Top Seattle investors raise $12.5M for new ‘startup studio’ Pioneer Square Labs

Geoff Entress has an impressive resume. The former securities lawyer and financial analyst is a venture partner at Voyager Capital… Read More

‘Uber for deliveries’ Dolly raises $8M to help people move big items, launches in Seattle

After helping people deliver more than 30,000 items in Chicago over the past year, Dolly is raising more investment money… Read More

Life science investment group Accelerator Corp. completes $62.8M in funding for biotech startups

Seattle-based Accelerator Corp. will be looking to spend a ton of money on biotech startups soon, but not only in the… Read More

SheerID raises $5.3M to help retailers verify customers who qualify for special offers

SheerID, a Eugene, Ore.-based startup that develops verification technology for retailers, has raised a $5.3 million round to help scale the company’s… Read More

Ex-Amazon exec looks to disrupt healthcare at Providence Ventures, taps former Swype CEO as entrepreneur-in-residence

Over the past year, Providence Health & Services, a 159-year old not-for-profit Catholic health care provider, has quietly built a sophisticated… Read More

Fashion model raises $1.8M for Fitcode to change how women shop for jeans online

For women, it’s not always easy to find a perfect pair of jeans online, and now one Kirkland, Wash.-based startup wants to help. Founded last year,… Read More

Research: Tech IPOs hit lowest point since 2008 as Seattle region keeps waiting for first of 2015

Here’s a silver lining for all those Seattle-area investors still waiting for the region’s first tech IPO of the year… Read More

Ignition Partners backs a new cloud startup, while IBM acquires one already in its portfolio

Ignition Partners announced some changes to its investment portfolio on Thursday, as the Bellevue-based venture capital firm saw IBM scoop up… Read More

Chef raises $40M to expand globally, meet growing demand for IT automation technology

Demand for Chef’s technology is increasing exponentially, and now the Seattle company is raising its largest funding round yet to help support… Read More

Area360 raises $3.5M for mobile location tech platform, relocates HQ from New Zealand to Seattle

For Chris Smith, what started as a simple trip to the zoo has turned into a fast-growing startup that just… Read More

Cozy raises $3.4M from Slack co-founder, others for property rental management platform

Cozy is raising more money to help fuel development of its property rental management platform. The Portland-based startup has raised… Read More

Spare5 raises $10M to help smartphone owners make money in their free time

Spare5 seems to have struck a chord with its platform that pays people to spend their spare time performing short… Read More

Modumetal raises more cash from Founders Fund to transform the way metal is made

Modumetal wants to transform the way metal is engineered and now it has more capital in the bank to do so. The… Read More

‘Google Maps on steroids’: Cartogram raises $325K for indoor mapping platform

Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect that Steve Kondik is a board member, not an investor, in Cartogram. … Read More

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