Articles about Venture capital – Page 46 of 70

Stratos Genomics raises $10M for DNA sequencing technology

Stratos Genomics, a Seattle-based biotech company, has raised $10 million of a $16.3 million series B round. CEO Allan Stephan confirmed… Read More

MovingWorlds raises cash, looks to connect volunteers with non-profits

MovingWorlds, the Seattle-based company which offers to connect skilled volunteers with non-profit organizations, social enterprises and startups around the world,… Read More

Ex-Digg CEO raises $3.5M from Jeff Bezos, Andreessen Horowitz and others for Pro.com, giving you price estimates for home projects

There’s a new online home improvement startup in town, and this one comes with an experienced tech executive at the… Read More

Tacoma biotech Revalesio raising $40M to develop cures for inflammatory diseases

Tacoma may not be the first place you think of when biotechnology comes to mind, but one company from the… Read More

Test drives from your home: Tred raises cash, expands with new trade-in program

Tred, the Seattle startup that’s looking to upend the car buying experience by allowing customers to conduct test drives from… Read More

LiquidPlanner raises $8M, relishing role as underdog in online project management

LiquidPlanner faces no shortage of competition in the online project management arena. Rivals Clarizen and AtTask have raised more than… Read More

Stealthy data center infrastructure startup Igneous Systems raises $23.6M series A from NEA, Madrona and others

Igneous Systems has been operating in stealth mode since the company was formed with a $3 million seed round last… Read More

Shrinkage: Number of VC professionals plummets 60% in past 10 years, funds decline 25%

The venture capital business — which many have proclaimed is fundamentally broken — continues to contract amid changes in how… Read More

ComiXology investor Columbia Pacific announces $100M late-stage tech fund

There’s a little more money floating around for later-stage technology companies in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle-based Columbia Pacific today is formally… Read More

With business booming, Smartsheet raises $35M at triple the valuation of previous round

Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader is a firm believer in the old maxim that it’s much better to raise money when… Read More

EnergySavvy raises $7M to help utilities roll out energy efficiency programs

EnergySavvy has reeled in $7 million in venture financing, cash that the Seattle company will us to continue to market… Read More

Venture capitalist Boris Wertz joins Andreessen Horowitz in part-time board partner role

Many in the Pacific Northwest technology scene may already be familiar with Boris Wertz, the Vancouver, B.C. super angel who… Read More

Seattle blood test startup Indi raises $47.25 million

Seattle’s life sciences industry is getting another boost. Integrated Diagnostics, a Seattle company developing blood-based proteomic tests, has raised $30.25… Read More

Salary report generator PayScale getting up to $100M in deal led by Warburg Pincus

PayScale, a 14-year-old Seattle Internet company that specializes in compiling compensation data, is receiving an investment of as much as… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed Juno Therapeutics closes series A at $176M, appoints new execs

Seattle biotechnology startup Juno Therapeutics, which is developing immunotherapies for cancer, said it has closed its series A financing round… Read More

Utrip raises $750K to help plan your next vacation itinerary

Planning a trip can be a stressful task, and one Seattle startup wants to use artificial intelligence and local expertise… Read More

Back to the dot-com boom days? VC investments soar to 2001 levels

Facebook gobbles up WhatsApp and Oculus in multi-billion dollars deals. Tech IPOs take Wall Street by storm. And more than… Read More

ReadyPulse raises $2M to help brands find compelling marketing images

ReadyPulse has raised $2 million in fresh funding, money that it will use to continue developing a service that helps… Read More

Cardiac Dimensions raises $20M to sell heart-valve repair technology

AlCardiac Dimensions, a Kirkland-based company building heart-valve repair technology, today announced a $20 million round of financing led by M. H.… Read More

Legal marketplace Avvo accelerates with $37.5M, eyes international expansion and new products

Avvo has attracted $37.5 million in fresh capital, a huge capital infusion that the Seattle company will use to grow… Read More

Marketing automation startup Act-On raises $42M, sets sights on IPO

In one of the bigger tech-related fundraising rounds that the Portland area has seen over the past year, Beaverton, Ore.-based… Read More

Julep raises $30M in oversubscribed round, looks to build big beauty brand

With revenues more than tripling last year and new beauty products in the works, Seattle cosmetics and e-commerce powerhouse Julep… Read More

Founder’s Co-op raises $10M, looks to bankroll ‘hungry and foolish’ NW entrepreneurs

Founder’s Co-op, the 6-year-old Seattle angel investment firm led by Andy Sack, Chris DeVore and Rudy Gadre, has raised $10… Read More

Mega-financing rounds push VC totals higher: $10 billion invested in 880 deals in Q1

A series of very large financing deals — including Cloudera ($900 million); TangoMe ($280 million); and Domo Technologies ($125 million)… Read More

UW spin-out Oricula Therapeutics raises cash to sell medicine that prevents hearing loss

Oricula Therapeutics, a startup spun out of the University of Washington, has raised $122,000 to commercialize medicine that can help… Read More

Meet Muut: A Portland startup rethinking the way we leave online comments

Muut, a one-year-old Portland-based startup, isn’t happy with the way people have meaningful discussions online. Now, the nine-person team has… Read More

More funding for cancer research in Seattle: Adaptive Biotechnologies raises $105M

Researchers from Seattle who are finding ways to eliminate cancer are bringing in some serious funding today. On the same… Read More

Boom times: Venture capitalists pour $15 billion into startups in Q1

We’ve officially hit the end of the first quarter, and with that comes data about venture capital investments. The first… Read More

Study: Venture capital flows in dense urban communities that are liberal, gay and educated

What’s makes for an innovative startup hub? Researchers have been diving into that topic for years, analyzing everything from the… Read More

Flowboard raises $750K for iPad presentation app, names ex-PowerPoint GM as advisor

Seattle-based iPad storytelling app Flowboard today announced a new $750,000 round and an updated iPad app. Flowboard, which lets anyone create touch-enabled stories on… Read More