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Venture capital

Strong IPO market boosts venture capital returns, but Nasdaq still outperforms

Venture capitalists are starting to make a little more money with their bets on early-stage companies. But investors still would… Read More

Education startup General Assembly lands $35M, tops 100,000 students

General Assembly has reeled in $35 million in fresh funding, money that the New York-based company will use to continue… Read More

Ravenna Solutions scores cash to help schools process admission forms online

The Alliance of Angels has led an $850,000 investment in Ravenna Solutions, a Seattle area startup that is developing tools… Read More

DocuSign inks $85 million venture deal, plans to top 1,000 employees in 2014

Let’s hope they used DocuSign to seal this deal. The electronic signature powerhouse just scored $85 million in fresh funding,… Read More

Maveron’s Dan Levitan to step down from Zulily board as stock soars to new heights

Early Zulily investor Dan Levitan, the Maveron co-founder and partner, will not seek re-election to the company’s board of directors, and will… Read More

Opal Labs raises $2.1M to help big brands streamline social media campaign production

Opal Labs, a Portland-based startup that helps businesses streamline the production of social media campaigns, today announced $2.1 million in seed funding.… Read More

Microsoft Ventures Director James Maiocco

VCs: Deserving companies will weather the Series A crunch

SAN FRANCISCO–A quartet of venture capitalists spoke about funding new startups as a part of a panel discussion at today’s… Read More

Madrona’s Matt McIlwain: Seattle is the cloud capital of the world

There’s a renaissance of sorts occurring in Seattle right now, from the chart-busting hits of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis to… Read More

Nick Hanauer

Early Amazon.com investor says online retailer ‘probably destroyed a million jobs’

Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer loves to stir the pot, poking holes in economic theories and taking his wealthy tech… Read More

Marshall Kirkpatrick’s social media search startup Little Bird raises $1.7M, adds execs

Little Bird, a Portland-based startup that helps businesses identify top influencers on social media, today announced $1.7 million in additional… Read More

E-signature powerhouse DocuSign reportedly raising $100 million

DocuSign, which allows businesses of all kinds to sign documents electronically, is looking to raise $100 million at a valuation… Read More

Front Desk raises $4M to help small service businesses manage scheduling, payments

Front Desk, the Seattle startup that helps businesses manage scheduling, payments, and other administrative tasks, has raised an additional $4… Read More

Skytap lands $6.45 million, plans global expansion

Skytap, a Seattle startup that allows companies to test development environments in the cloud, has raised an additional $6.45 million… Read More

Biotech investor Thong Le named CEO of Accelerator Corp.

Thong Le has taken the helm of Accelerator Corp., the Seattle-based investment firm that bankrolls emerging startups in the biotechnology… Read More

Seattle tech companies crack list of top venture-backed exits

Earlier this week, I noted with a bit of disappointment how no Seattle-area companies made the recent Wall Street Journal/Dow… Read More

Where are the Seattle startups in the billion-dollar valuation club?

It has been a great run for the Seattle tech community in the past 18 months, with spectacular IPOs (Tableau,… Read More

VisibleBrands validates digital coupon service in supermarkets, raises $2.3M

An in-store digital couponing platform built by VisibleBrands seems to be catching on with at least a few retailers and… Read More

Freak’n Genius raises $275K, adds social features to funny YAKiT app

Things are rolling for the folks over at Freak’n Genius. Not only is the startup representing Seattle at the big… Read More

Cardiac Insight raises cash for low-power, disposable ECG heart monitor

Cardiac Insight, a medical device spin out from the University of Washington, has raised $2 million in debt financing, according… Read More

Early stakeholders in Scout Analytics claim venture capitalists engaged in ‘self dealing, corporate waste’ prior to $32M acquisition

Not everyone is happy about today’s $32 million acquisition of Scout Analytics by ServiceSource. A group of series A preferred stockholders… Read More

Concert app Lively sings new tune with fresh funding

Lively has reeled in another $2 million in funding, money that the Seattle startup will use to continue to develop… Read More

Seattle vs. Denver: Who is the winner of the startup bowl?

Oh, the mountains; the music; and the marijuana. Seattle and Denver — the two crunchy Western cities — share a… Read More

ShopIgniter raises another $1.5M to help brands sell on Facebook

ShopIgniter, a four-year-old startup that helps brands market products through social media, has raised an additional $1.5 million from its… Read More

VC dollars surge in NW, propelled by huge $120M deal

Propelled by a massive financing round in upstart Seattle biotechnology company Juno Therapeutics, venture capital investments in the Pacific Northwest… Read More

Evocalize raises $3M to help brands build more personal relationships with customers

With the advent of social media and other technology, brands can communicate with individual customers in more ways than ever.… Read More

Madrona’s McIlwain: The current tech boom has sizzle, but even more substance

Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain doesn’t think history is repeating itself when it comes to another technology bubble, even though… Read More

Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla rips 60 Minutes, says ‘Cleantech Crash’ story uses ‘Benghazi-style reporting’

Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore. In a 2,111-word missive,… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos backs cancer research startup Juno Therapeutics

Juno Therapeutics, a new Seattle startup that’s trying to eliminate cancer from the human body, raised a hefty $120 million… Read More

The rich get richer: VC dollars concentrate in top funds

Well, it’s the same old story in the venture capital business. The dominant big funds keep gaining momentum, while the… Read More

Genomics startup ActX raises $1.9M in seed round

ActX, a Seattle startup that is developing technologies to make patient genomic data more useful in medical practice, has raised… Read More

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