Articles about Venture capital – Page 40 of 70

Software maker K2 raises more than $100M to help businesses build custom applications

K2 may not be the best known software company in the Seattle area. In fact, most people hearing the name probably… Read More

StratoScientific lands $550K in first round of funding

The startup train just keeps rolling for StratoScientific, a Seattle-based company founded by 16-year-old CEO Suman Mulumudi and his father Mahesh… Read More

APImetrics raises cash to help track and monitor Web applications

APImetrics, a Seattle startup that helps developers track the performance of Web services from LinkedIn, Amazon, Facebook and others, has… Read More

Stasys Medical lands Series A to help trauma patients with blood clot dysfunction

Stasys Medical, a startup spun out of research done at the University of Washington, has raised a Series A funding… Read More

Lighthouse eDiscovery raises $30M to help lawyers save time by automatically sifting through piles of legal docs

Lighthouse eDiscovery started 20 years ago, copying and scanning paper-based legal documents so they could be searched electronically. The Seattle… Read More

ActionSprout raises cash to help non-profits connect with supporters on Facebook

ActionSprout, which helps non-profit organizations better engage with supporters on Facebook, has raised $1.7 million from Oregon Angel Fund, Bellingham Angel… Read More

Element 8 members invest record $5.7M in clean tech for 2014

Element 8 announced today that its members invested more than $5.7 million in 14 companies during 2014. That amount of… Read More

Stealthy enterprise data storage startup Qumulo raises $40M, adds Isilon founder to board

Hang around the Qumulo office long enough, and you’ll certainly see someone whizzing by on a Razor scooter. The two-wheelers… Read More

How to raise startup money: Focus on tapping ‘intellectual capital’ first

Editor’s Note: GeekWire has partnered with UP Global and Chase to cover four Startup Week events around the country, starting… Read More

Zapproved raises $15M to help legal departments manage, analyze data

For the past five years, Monica Enand has built a successful business selling legal software to Fortune 500 companies. But now… Read More

Top Seattle VCs: Bootstrap first, then come to us

There are plenty of headlines these days about eye-popping rounds of venture funding for tech startups. But a group of… Read More

Fast-growing mobile marketing analytics startup Tune scores $27M, plans to hire 100 employees

Tune, which bootstrapped its way to success during its first four years, continues to reel in outside financing to fuel… Read More

‘Talent marketplace’ Koru raises $8M to help college grads land great jobs

Koru seems to be on to something with its innovative program that helps college grads find jobs. The Seattle startup today… Read More

Techstars raises new $150M Series A and seed fund

Techstars Ventures announced today that it has raised a new fund worth $150 million to invest in seed and Series… Read More

Ossia lands strategic investment from Japanese carrier KDDI for wireless charging technology

Ossia is adding another established investor to its of group financial backers. The Redmond-based startup, which is developing wireless charging… Read More

Portable water filtration cup maker Grayl raises $800K

Turns out people like having a way to filter their water on the go. Seattle-based startup Grayl has raised $800,000 of… Read More

Chart: The top 10 biggest VC exits of 2014

Big money was flowing in the tech sector in 2014, as evidenced by these blockbuster deals. According to Statista, the… Read More

LendingRobot raises $3M from Runa Capital to help investors automate loan selection process

In an attempt to improve the peer-to-peer lending process, LendingRobot today announced that it has raised a $3 million Series… Read More

Alliance of Angels raises $5.3 million, looks to plug funding gap in Pacific Northwest

The Alliance of Angels, one of the longest running angel investment groups in the Pacific Northwest, has raised a new… Read More

Amazon Web Services vet scores $2.8M from Andreessen Horowitz and others for hot Seattle startup Distelli

Rahul Singh spent eight years at Amazon working on key platform technologies that helped power Amazon Web Services through its… Read More

Sales tax compliance company Avalara raises another $42M, this time from Technology Crossover Ventures

Fresh off a massive $100 million investment, sales tax automation company Avalara has already raised another good chunk of money. The… Read More

The Big Apple vs. Rain City: A look at VC investing in NYC and Seattle

California remains the undisputed leader in venture capital financing, accounting for more than half of all VC dollars in… Read More

Chart: VC financing remains strong as dollars increase 44% in Q4, though deals continue to drop

The venture capital market remained red hot in the fourth quarter of 2014, as U.S.-based companies raised a whopping $13.8… Read More

Instacart confirms $220M investment for one-hour grocery delivery service

Instacart today officially announced that it has closed a $220 million Series C round, pushing total funding past $275 million… Read More

NoSQL database maker Basho raises $25M, moves HQ to Bellevue after tapping new CEO

Basho Technologies, maker of the NoSQL database Riak, has scored $25 million in venture funding following the appointment of Adam… Read More

U.S. venture capital firms raise $29.8 billion in 2014, a 69 percent increase

After several years of slumping returns and lackluster performance, the venture capital industry is back. According to a report released… Read More

GraphLab changes name to Dato, raises $18.5M

There are big changes afoot at GraphLab, the Seattle-based startup that aims to make it easier for small and medium… Read More

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund invests in Seattle marijuana company

Founders Fund is betting big on marijuana. Peter Thiel’s venture capital firm today announced that it has made a multi-million… Read More

Adaptive Biotechnologies buys Sequenta to expedite cancer, infectious disease treatments

Adaptive Biotechnologies, a Seattle company that’s working on sequencing to profile T-cell and B-cell receptors, today announced that it is acquiring… Read More

Seattle cloud startup Blue Box locks down $14 million financing round

Blue Box, the Seattle startup that offers an on-demand private cloud as a service, just completed its series B financing… Read More