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Venture capital

Seattle startup Rival IQ reels in $1 million to help track competitors on social media

Rival IQ wants to help organizations make better sense of information, while also keeping close tabs on the competition. And… Read More

Ossia raising another $24M for wireless charging technology

Ossia, a Redmond-based startup developing wireless charging technology, is raising $24 million. The six-year-old company confirmed today that it has already… Read More

Know’N’act raises $500K for feedback tool that helps businesses prevent poor Yelp reviews

Poor reviews on a site like Yelp or TripAdvisor can be quite detrimental for a small business owner. But now… Read More

Sales tax automation company Avalara scores $100M from Warburg Pincus, eyes new acquisitions

This isn’t such a bad way to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Avalara, the Bainbridge Island software company that helps organizations… Read More

Microsoft vet raises more cash for startup that makes innovative coffee lids

There’s apparently market demand for a better, more efficient coffee lid. Vaporpath, a Seattle-area company that manufactures the Viora Lid, has… Read More

Sales engagement startup Highspot raises $9.6M in Series A funding

Highspot, the marketing engagement startup founded by former Microsoft execs, has landed a $9.6 million Series A round of funding.… Read More

Shippable raises $8 million to help companies accelerate software development

Shippable founder Avi Cavale wasn’t looking for cash. But investors just kept calling, especially after they learned how quickly the company’s… Read More

Good Done Great raises $500K from Lighter Capital for corporate philanthropy platform

Good Done Great, a company that builds cloud software for maximizing corporate philanthropy and social responsibility programs, today announced a… Read More

Bringing big data to food waste: WISErg raises cash to help grocers, restaurants measure what’s being thrown away

Visit any commercial kitchen, restaurant or grocery store and you’ll be struck by the amount of food scraps headed to… Read More

Dude, where’s my dog? Actor Ashton Kutcher invests in pet boarding marketplace Rover

Rover is getting a little bit of Hollywood sizzle. The Seattle-based online dog-sitting marketplace announced today that actor Ashton Kutcher — yes,… Read More

These charts show exactly what’s wrong with Seattle’s startup scene, and what’s right

OK, folks, let’s just stop with the Silicon Valley comparisons. Seattle is not Silicon Valley, nor do we care to be.… Read More

Venture capital data provider PitchBook says they’re not for sale

PitchBook, the Seattle startup that collects data on venture capital and private equity financings, is denying a report by PeHub… Read More

A new type of house call: Bright.md dials up $1M to reduce primary care wait times

The common flu strikes down the best of us around this time of year. But imagine if you didn’t have… Read More

Meet Dolly: A new way to move bulky items (without bugging friends for pickup trucks)

You’ve been there before. An unwieldy mattress or dresser needs moved out of the house, but you don’t own a… Read More

Vadio raises $2M, partners with Vevo for platform that matches music videos with streaming audio

Back in 2012, four entrepreneurs from Portland knew that both digital audio and video consumption was on the rise in… Read More

Online wellness startup Limeade raises $25M, plans to double staff in 2015

Limeade has raised $25 million from a New York venture capital firm that will help the Bellevue startup fuel its platform that… Read More

Boris Wertz raises $35 million for Version One Ventures

Boris Wertz may not be the best known venture capitalist in the world. That’s in part because the e-commerce veteran… Read More

Urban Airship raises $12.1M, looks to help more developers market mobile apps

Portland-based mobile marketing startup Urban Airship has raised another $12.1 million from existing investors in a Series D follow-up round.… Read More

TableSafe raises $2M to help restaurant patrons pay bills quickly and securely

TableSafe is looking to transform how you pay restaurant bills. The Seattle company — maker of the RAIL bill paying… Read More

Cloud accounting startup Acumatica raises $13 million, looks to battle NetSuite

San Mateo, Calif.-based NetSuite is a powerhouse in the business software arena, a 16-year-old company with more than 2,500 employees and… Read More

Former Microsoft exec Bob Muglia raises $26M for Snowflake, a data warehousing startup

Bob Muglia is floating in the clouds, or should we say on some snowflakes. The longtime Microsoft veteran — who… Read More

Amplion wins big at the Bend Venture Conference with promise to become the Kayak of biomarkers

Amplion Research wants to make finding biological information as easy as searching for a flight on Kayak. And the 20-month-old… Read More

Venture capitalist Nick Hanauer on redefining capitalism and why entrepreneurs who don’t get his money ‘suck’

Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer says an economic revolution is coming, and you better get ready for it. Even as… Read More

Hey, entrepreneurs, valuations are cooling and VC deals are dropping

Well, maybe folks in the venture business are listening to Bill Gurley. The Silicon Valley venture capitalist sounded an alarm… Read More

News Brief

Solar photovoltaic startup OneEnergy Renewables raises $5 million

OneEnergy Renewables, a Seattle startup that describes itself as a developer of distributed, utility-scale solar photovoltaic projects, has raised $5 million… Read More

Gratafy raises $2.5M to fuel gift-giving platform that sends food, drinks to friends

The idea of using a mobile device to send your friends food and drinks seems to be proving popular. Seattle-based Gratafy has… Read More

Private cloud service Blue Box secures $10M, taking on Rackspace

Blue Box, the 11-year-old Seattle startup that specializes in private cloud offerings, has raised $10 million in fresh funding. Blue… Read More

Sworl raises more cash from Hanauer brothers and others for mobile photo framing service

It’s only been five months since Sworl launched, but so far, so good for the Seattle startup. Sworl, a free app that… Read More

Fanzo raises $550K to help sports fans find the best news, social media content

Fanzo, the Kirkland-based startup that helps sports fans keep up with the latest news, has raised another $550,000 to help fuel… Read More

AWS migration service 2nd Watch lands $10 million, names new CEO

2nd Watch, which helps companies move applications onto Amazon Web Services, has raised $10 million in fresh funding from Top… Read More

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