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PayRange raises $12M to install new payment technology in old vending machines

PayRange wants to help you buy items from a vending machine without cash or coins. The Portland-based startup today announced… Read More

Cadence Biomedical raises $1.2M to help people with disabilities restore walking ability

Cadence Biomedical, makers of the Kickstart medical device, today announced a $1.2 million Series B funding round. The seven-year-old Seattle-based… Read More

Auth0 secures $6.9M to help app developers simplify user logins

Bellevue-based Auth0 announced today that it has raised $6.9 million in funding. The startup provides a way for developers to easily set… Read More

Ex-Microsoft exec Bob Muglia raises $45M for data warehousing startup Snowflake

Snowflake Computing announced today that it raised $45 million, with the company saying that it will use the funding to continue… Read More

Indix raises $15M to build out huge e-commerce product database trove

Indix has raised another $15 million to continue developing a platform that offers its clients information about millions of online products. The… Read More

Ex-Microsoft employees raise $2M for Appuri to help companies reduce customer churn

Seattle-based Appuri has raised $2 million in seed funding led by Divergent Ventures. Appuri collects customer usage data to predict when… Read More

Food industry vets pour $1.3M into Kitchenbowl recipe app as top chefs join platform

Kitchenbowl is raising some dough to help people cook. The Seattle-based startup has reeled in $1.3 million from angel investors like… Read More

UW spin-out Vicis raises $1.6M for high-tech football helmet that reduces brain trauma

Vicis is raising more money to help develop its high-tech football helmet. The Seattle-based startup, which spun out of the… Read More

Stratos Genomics raises another $15M for DNA sequencing technology

Seattle-based biotech company Stratos Genomics has raised another $15 million to complete a $30 million Series B round. Founded in… Read More

Valant raises $3 million to continue building software for behavioral health practitioners

Valant Medical Solutions, a software developer for behavioral healthcare practices, has raised $3 million, according to a recent SEC filing. The… Read More

Intel Capital launches $125M Diversity Fund, targeting women and minority entrepreneurs

Intel Capital is establishing a new $125 million Diversity Fund designed to bankroll technology startups led by women and underrepresented… Read More

Matt McIlwain

Madrona’s toughest negotiator: 11-year-old son tells venture capitalist father that he wants debt financing

Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain spends hours each week hammering out deal terms with entrepreneurs. But McIlwain, whose Seattle venture… Read More

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund backs Modumetal, a creator of nanolaminated parts that are stronger than steel

Modumetal, the Seattle-based startup that’s developing a new class of nanolayered materials that are stronger, lighter and less corrosive than… Read More

High-powered angel investors sink $2M in new virtual reality startup

A group of high-profile angel investors are betting big on new virtual reality startup Envelop VR. The Bellevue company today… Read More

Here’s where Madrona plans to invest its new $300M fund, including one tech segment that may surprise you

Madrona Venture Group’s new $300 million fund will allow the Seattle venture capital firm to bankroll more than new 30… Read More

Telemedicine startup Carena secures $13.3 million to expand Virtual Clinics

Seattle-based Carena announced today a new $13.3 million round of funding to expand its Virtual Clinic service, which uses webcams and phone calls… Read More

Madrona raises $300M venture fund, continuing quest to bankroll Pacific NW startup superstars

Madrona Venture Group is in the money. Again. The Seattle venture capital firm, a backer of Seattle area companies such… Read More

This University of Washington spin-out just raised $2.5M to evaluate surgeons’ skills

Performance reviews are commonplace in most industries as a way for employers to ensure that their employees are putting out… Read More

AutoGraph raises $2.7M to help retailers deliver targeted deals and messages to shoppers

AutoGraph, a Seattle startup that allows users to get targeted deals, music and other services without giving up personal information,… Read More

DocuSign tops off latest funding round with another $45M, bringing the total to $278M

Some of the more coveted U.S. tech companies have recently shown an insatiable thirst for capital, and given the times, it’s been easy… Read More

Ignition raises $200 million venture fund in pursuit of top enterprise software startups

Ignition Partners has more fuel in the tank. The Bellevue venture capital firm — an early-stage backer of companies such… Read More

Twilio establishes $50 million fund to support cutting-edge messaging apps

Twilio announced a new $50 million fund on Wednesday to support developers creating applications with its cloud-based communications software. The… Read More

Glowforge raises $9M from Foundry Group, True Ventures, MakerBot founder to build 3D laser printers

Dan Shapiro needed to replace his wallet a few months ago. His new company, Glowforge, just built a newly-developed 3D… Read More

Meet Healthy Ventures: This seed-stage venture firm is looking to uncover digital health startups

Enmi Kendall and Anya Schiess met more than 10 years ago while attending The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.… Read More

iSpot lands $22M to help big brands measure if TV ads are working

Nielsen may be the top name in TV measurement — an industry juggernaut for 92 years with annual revenues of… Read More

Commentary: 3 ways to get to a quick ‘no’ from investors

While many entrepreneurs want nothing more than a rapid “yes” from investors they approach for funding, getting a quick “no”… Read More

KustomNote rebrands as Transpose, raises $1.5M for holistic information management platform

Transpose, a new Seattle startup that bills itself as a holistic information management platform, today announced a $1.5 million funding round. Seattle-based… Read More

How this bioplastics startup founder raised capital without giving up equity

COLUMBUS, OHIO — Keith Masavage has spent nearly his entire career working for startups. For the past 35 years, he’s helped… Read More

Seattle’s Adaptive Biotechnologies raises whopping $195 million venture round

In the largest venture capital round in Washington state so far this year, Adaptive Biotechnologies has scored $195 million in… Read More

Outreach raises $2M to help salespeople automate the follow-up process

Outreach, a Seattle-based startup that helps companies automate emails and calls for sales prospects, today announced a $2 million seed round. Manuel… Read More

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