Articles about Venture capital – Page 63 of 70

Six reasons why taxi drivers (and other startups) should not take venture capital

I just got the following email. Subject: Small taxi company looking to expand Hello, I run a small taxi company… Read More

OneEnergy Renewables scores cash for carbon offset program

OneEnergy Renewables, a Seattle startup that utilizes funds from its carbon offset and Renewable Energy Certificates program to bankroll new… Read More

Cozi raises $3M, plans to bolster premium calendar offering as CEO says things are ‘on fire’

With key partnerships in place with the likes of Dell Computer and T-Mobile, Seattle startup Cozi has been adding roughly… Read More

Chart: Venture capital returns take a turn for the worse

Returns at venture capital firms took a turn into negative territory during the third quarter of 2011 as the IPO… Read More

Ex-Microsoftie looks to transform banking with new startup Booyami

Booyami, a Seattle area startup that’s looking to streamline aspects of the banking process, has raised $905,000 in startup capital,… Read More

Cloud storage startup Symform scores $2 million

Symform has raised an additional $2 million in funding from WestRiver Capital, OVP Venture Partners and Longworth Venture Partners, bringing total… Read More

As talent war accelerates, venture firm hires a veteran recruiter to find top execs and developers

It’s getting much harder for startup companies to find the technical, engineering and executive talent that they need to grow… Read More

Ugh, this doesn’t look so good: Venture capital investing in Washington state plummets

It seems that every quarter in the venture capital industry brings a bit of good news and bad news. So,… Read More

Paul Allen-backed Audience files for $75 million IPO

Audience, an audio software company backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has filed to raise $75 million in an initial… Read More

Tech Moves: Scott Blanksteen leaves AppStoreHQ for Amazon; Maveron promotes Jason Stoffer; and more

Fast-growing Amazon.com continues to gobble up talent from the Seattle tech community. The latest addition is Scott Blanksteen who just… Read More

Venture capital investing hits 10-year peak, sparking bubble talk

Despite hiccups in the IPO and M&A markets, venture capitalists were still mighty busy in 2011. Investors in privately-held companies… Read More

After a busy 2011, Madrona promotes three to managing director

2011 was a busy year for Madrona Venture Group, with the Seattle venture capital firm bankrolling 14 new startup companies. Now,… Read More

The venture capital industry is shrinking as more money flows to fewer investors

The rich keep getting richer. That maxim may also apply to the venture capital industry where a smaller number of… Read More

Founder’s Co-op raises $8M angel fund, looks to become a ‘catalyst’ for the NW startup community

Founder’s Co-op, the angel investment fund led by Andy Sack and Chris DeVore, has raised a new $8 million fund… Read More

Women’s Venture Capital Fund backs messaging startup Ivy Corp.

A new venture capital fund that’s focusing on women entrepreneurs has made its inaugural investment in Ivy Corp., a Redmond… Read More

Venture-backed IPO and M&A deals decline in 2011, but it’s not all bad news

There were some blockbuster deals in 2011, including Electronic Arts’ buyout of PopCap Games and Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype. But… Read More

Meet the superheroes of Maveron: One hilarious holiday card

We get a lot of holiday greetings here at GeekWire. Some are pretty traditional, with snowmen or santas or wreaths.… Read More

Stealthy Scope 5 emerges, plans to make sense out of energy data

Scope 5 has raised an undisclosed amount of angel financing as it looks for wider adoption of software to help organizations… Read More

Uptake Medical raises cash for novel emphysema treatment

Uptake Medical, which is developing new medical device technologies to treat emphysema, has raised $35 million of a $41 million venture… Read More

Report: Cardeas Pharma raises $5M

Cardeas Pharma, a biotechnology company led by Seattle biotech entrepreneur Bruce Montgomery, has reeled in $5 million in venture financing… Read More

Voyager Capital targets $125 million for new venture fund

Venture capital firms have encountered plenty of headwinds in recent months, with fundraising totals falling off a cliff. But Voyager… Read More

Pirq raises $1.9 million to dish up more mobile restaurant deals

Seattle entrepreneur James Sun traveled to Silicon Valley to raise cash for his new startup, the mobile coupon site Pirq.… Read More

Optimism fades as venture capitalists head into 2012

Generally speaking, venture capitalists and startup CEOs are kind of half-glass-full kind of folks. But even these optimistic groups are… Read More

Trupanion nabs $9M, looks to expand pet insurance pawprint

People love their pets, but anyone who has taken their beloved Fido or Felix to the veterinarian lately knows that… Read More

RescueTime raises cash to help disorganized geeks track how they spend time online

RescueTime has pulled in an additional $250,000 in financing from existing investor True Ventures, money that the profitable Seattle startup… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Valant Medical scores cash to help psychiatrists manage practices

Valant Medical Solutions, which has developed software to help psychiatrists manage billing and electronic medical records at their practices, has… Read More

MicroRNA startup Groove Biopharma scores $6 million

It’s been a bit slow in Seattle venture capital circles in the past few months. But some of the region’s… Read More

Ignition backs San Francisco cloud application service Iron.io

Ignition Partners continues to pump dollars into cloud computing startups — most of them which happen to be based in… Read More

Jeff Bezos hops on Uber, invests in private car service

Maybe Jeff Bezos will get a few free Uber rides around Seattle now. The Amazon.com founder has emerged as one… Read More

Reed Hastings, John Doerr and others invest $11 million in DreamBox Learning

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and venture capitalist John Doerr are among the backers pumping $11 million into DreamBox Learning, the… Read More