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Venture capital

A new unicorn in Seattle: Cybersecurity startup Chainguard raises $140M at $1.1B valuation

Kirkland, Wash.-based cybersecurity startup Chainguard announced a $140 million Series C investment, bumping its valuation to $1.12 billion and minting… Read More

Archera raises $17M to help companies get cloud discounts without long-term commitments

Archera, a Seattle-based startup that sells tools to help companies reduce cloud computing expenses, raised $17 million in a Series… Read More

Seattle startup Oisín Biotechnologies raises cash to develop therapies for age-related diseases

Oisín Biotechnologies, a Seattle-based startup focused on treating aging-related diseases, raised the first close of a $15 million Series A… Read More

Kestra Medical Technologies lands $196M to boost commercialization of wearable defibrillator

Kestra Medical Technologies, a Kirkland, Wash.-based company that develops cardiac monitoring technology, raised $196 million to fuel commercialization efforts. Founded… Read More

Seattle startup QA Wolf raises $36M to help companies spot bugs in software code

QA Wolf, a Seattle startup that sells software to help companies scan their code for bugs or glitches, raised $36… Read More

Vancouver legal tech company Clio lands $900M at $3B valuation

Clio raised $900 million, boosting its valuation to $3 billion in what the company describes as the largest capital raise for… Read More

Seattle startup RevealDx lands $4.2M to help clinicians diagnose lung cancer

RevealDx, a Seattle-based startup that develops software aimed at improving the way healthcare professionals diagnose lung cancer, raised $4.25 million… Read More

Filing indicates new fund for Seattle venture capital firm Flying Fish

Flying Fish, the Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 2016, is raising a new fund. GeekWire spotted a new SEC… Read More

Seattle VCs invest in new startup using AI to help manufacturers with regulatory requirements

Signify, a new Seattle startup that recently spun out of the AI2 Incubator, has raised $2.1 million to build out… Read More

Tom Huseby, 1947-2024: Longtime startup investor and advisor remembered for his wisdom and wit

[Editor’s Note: This obituary of Tom Huseby, founder of SeaPoint Ventures and a longtime member of the Seattle tech community,… Read More

Seattle startup Momento, led by ex-AWS engineers, lands $15M to help companies ship faster

Seattle startup Momento, which offers infrastructure tools to help companies speed up software development processes, raised a $15 million Series A… Read More

Longtime Silicon Valley investor on the biggest challenge for Seattle’s startup ecosystem

Seattle needs more founders trying to hit home runs. That’s the word from Kyle Lui, a longtime Silicon Valley venture… Read More

Portland startup lands $2.7M for autonomous robots designed to disinfect hotels and hospitals

Haystack Robotics, a Portland, Ore.-based startup developing robotics technology for disinfection use cases, has raised $2.7 million from an investment… Read More

Who’s raising? The top funding deals for Pacific Northwest startups in Q2

Tech startups spanning biotech, agriculture, healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and other industries reeled in the largest funding rounds during the second… Read More

Former OfferUp and Auth0 CEOs lead secretive new EV charging startup with high-powered exec team

A secretive new Seattle-area startup called Juicer Energy is aiming to turn residential properties into public EV charging stations. Juicer’s… Read More

AI expert and film vet lead new Seattle startup aiming to help artists accelerate production

Yinhan Liu, a natural language processing expert who sold a startup earlier this year, is setting off on another entrepreneurial… Read More

Phaidra raises $12M for AI software that helps manage data center energy consumption

Phaidra, a Seattle startup selling a “virtual plant operator” that uses artificial intelligence to manage industrial operations, raised $12 million… Read More

Seattle-based RareCyte raises $20M for cell analysis products

Seattle-based life sciences company RareCyte announced $20 million in new funding to advance its applications for the analysis of cells.

Loti, a Seattle startup that helps public figures spot and squash deepfakes, raises $5.1M

Seattle startup Loti raised $5.1 million to grow its technology platform that helps public figures scour the internet for fake… Read More

Data warehousing startup SDF, led by Microsoft and Meta vets, comes out of stealth mode

SDF Labs, a Seattle startup aiming to help software developers manage their enterprise data warehouse systems, this week announced public… Read More

Clearbrief, which uses AI to help lawyers find and verify facts in legal docs, raises $4M

Seattle legal tech startup Clearbrief is raising more cash to boost its technology aimed at helping lawyers find, summarize, and… Read More

Topicflow raises $1.8M to rethink performance reviews, with help from AI

Vancouver, B.C.-based startup Topicflow raised $1.8 million from Seattle venture capital firms Founders’ Co-op and Ascend to fuel growth of… Read More

Digital youth safety startup k-ID raises $45M to help developers comply with age regulations

k-ID, a startup headquartered in Singapore and Seattle that’s building tools for online youth safety, announced Tuesday that it raised… Read More

What’s missing from Seattle’s startup ecosystem?

More operators. More sizzle. More founders investing in each other. And making the city a better place to live. Those… Read More

YC grad Manifold Freight raises $1.9M for trucking logistics software

Manifold Freight, a new Seattle-based trucking software startup aiming to help aggregate spot freight opportunities for carriers, raised a $1.9… Read More

Following demise of Techstars Seattle, prominent VC launches new twist on accelerator concept

An entrepreneur and investor with roots in the defunct Techstars Seattle program plans to launch a new invite-only organization and… Read More

Baird Capital president offers startups a glimmer of hope: ‘The market’s coming your way’

It has been a rough couple of years for startup founders, emerging from the pandemic only to find themselves in… Read More

Venture Mechanics aims to boost Seattle-area startup ecosystem with incubator and event space

When Techstars suddenly pulled up stakes from Seattle earlier this year, Ron Wiener saw an opportunity to help fill a… Read More

New startup group in Seattle aims to support Black founders and investors

A computer programmer and laboratory scientist are teaming up to help boost the number of Black founders and investors in… Read More

Founders with unique backgrounds unite over climate concerns and launch new venture fund

SNØCAP, a new climate-focused venture capital fund, is launching with $5 million to invest in startups. The team has a… Read More

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