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Venture capital

Meet the man behind Seattle’s newest $1B startup: ‘We are still in the early days’

Not many startup companies boast a $1 billion valuation — especially after just three short years in business. But that’s… Read More

Daily deal site Zulily raises $85 million from Andreessen Horowitz, tops 10M members

Fast-growing daily deal site Zulily has pulled in an additional $85 million in venture capital financing, cash that the Seattle… Read More

Rover.com rival DogVacay gobbles up $6M from Benchmark, others

Who is going to be the alpha dog in this rivalry? Rover.com or DogVacay? Well, both startup companies, which earlier… Read More

Concur forms $150 million fund to bankroll travel-oriented startups

Redmond-based Concur has become more active with its investments in startup companies in recent months, taking stakes in travel-oriented Seattle… Read More

Keiretsu Forum invests $15.8 million

Keiretsu Forum today announced that its Northwest chapter has invested $15.8 million in 27 companies during the first 10 months of the… Read More

Valuations slide at startups, but it’s still a favorable time for entrepreneurs

Things aren’t quite as hot in startup land as they were this summer, with valuations taking a a slight hit… Read More

Online wellness startup Limeade squeezes $5M round out of TVC

Limeade has pulled in $5 million in fresh capital from TVC Capital, money that the six-year-old Bellevue company will use to… Read More

Talyst lands $10M to automate hospital drug dispensing

Talyst is celebrating its 10th year in business with $10 million in new funding. ORIX Ventures today announced that it has… Read More

My 3 favorite pitches from TechStars Demo Day, and a few from Robert Scoble too

Well, that sure was fun. TechStars Demo Day just concluded, with ten startups showing off their wares to more than… Read More

Live from TechStars Demo Day: Ray Ozzie keynote and 10 new startup pitches

Team GeekWire is attending TechStars Demo Day, taking place today at the Showbox SoDo in Seattle. More than 600 entrepreneurs,… Read More

Mobile app Pirq expands beyond restaurants, adds new reward system

Pirq is moving beyond the restaurant business, announcing today that its mobile app now includes real-time deals in categories such… Read More

Cloud hosting startup Blue Box raises venture capital after nearly 10 years in business

Blue Box, a Seattle-based cloud hosting company which has bootstrapped its way to success over the past nine years, has… Read More

Glassdoor raises $20M, tops 14 million registered users

Glassdoor, which compiles compensation data on tens of thousands of companies, is getting its very own payday. The Sausalito, California-based… Read More

BuddyTV founder Andy Liu’s 8 tips on raising cash: ‘Not all money is good money’

Andy Liu is one of Seattle’s most sophisticated angel investors. He’s also one of the region’s most experienced entrepreneurs. That… Read More

Yabbly raises cash to create a Quora for everyday questions

  Internet searches on Bing or Google don’t always produce the best results. After all, what if you’re looking for… Read More

Short term VC returns sink as recent IPOs disappoint

The decision by OVP Venture Partners to wind down operations after nearly 30 years in business is just one example… Read More

Meteor scores $18M, looks to attract 10 million players for online shooter game Hawken

Mark Long has been around the video game business for nearly two decades. So, when the gaming vet first set… Read More

Philadelphia mayor launches Startup PHL: Should Seattle follow a similar path?

Philadelphia isn’t routinely thought of as a startup hub. But the City of Brotherly Love is hoping to now sprinkle… Read More

Here are the 30 Washington state startups that raised $155M during the third quarter

Washington state isn’t really known for semiconductors or solar technologies. But two companies in those sectors — Seattle-based RFID chip… Read More

Charts: VC deals rise in Q3, but investment totals shrink

Venture capitalists are investing in more seed-stage startups, leading to a flurry of deal activity not seen since the dot-com… Read More

VC Brad Feld: Startup hubs need to be led by entrepreneurs

Politicians, investors and professors are extremely important elements of a thriving startup ecosystem. But, at the end of the day,… Read More

Ignition backs cloud messaging startup Message Bus

Ignition Partners has invested in yet another cloud computing startup, backing 2-year-old Corte Madera, California startup Message Bus. North Bridge Venture… Read More

Profitable auto site AuctionEdge closes funding at $10.8M

Fast-growing automobile auction site AuctionEdge has topped off its latest funding round at $10.8 million, giving the profitable company even more… Read More

OVP Venture Partners to close after nearly 30 years

The message on the Web site of OVP Venture Partners kind of says it all: “We are not currently accepting… Read More

Engagement ring designer Ritani sparkles with $15M, combines clicks with bricks

Ritani has been in the diamond business for more than a decade. But the engagement ring designer is adding a… Read More

Education startup CreativeLive raises $7.5M, names digital media vet Mika Salmi CEO

CreativeLive, a Seattle and San Francisco startup that hosts online classes to help people learn new skills or hobbies, has… Read More

After CEO departs for Yahoo, Lockerz raises more cash

Seattle startup Lockerz lost its founder and CEO — retail and PR vet Kathy Savitt —  to an executive role at Yahoo… Read More

With ‘wind at their backs,’ VC fundraising totals surge

There’s been a lot of chatter about the venture capital model being broken. But that’s not stopping the money spigots… Read More

Big data startup with UW ties lands cash from Accel

Trifacta, a San Francisco big data company co-founded by incoming University of Washington computer science professor Jeffrey Heer and University… Read More

Seattle vs. Silicon Valley: The debate continues (but this time with outsiders weighing in)

We’ve heard a lot of discussion — even sparked some of it on occasion ourselves — about the differences between… Read More

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