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Venture capital

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

Tango Card rings up $1 million, partners with Bing

Tango Card, the Seattle gift card operator, has raised an additional $1 million in equity and debt financing led by… Read More

Newly-formed W Fund includes heavy hitters from Seattle venture capital

University of Washington vice provost of commercialization Linden Rhoads wants the state’s largest research institutions to spin-out more innovative technologies,… Read More

EquaShip raises $600,000, looks to accelerate shipping business

Just two months after its launch, Seattle startup EquaShip has raised an additional $600,000 in cash. Led by entrepreneur Ron… Read More

Daily deal site Zulily to add up to 600 jobs in central Ohio

Zulily, the fast-growing Seattle daily deals site, is planning to establish a new distribution and fulfillment center in central Ohio… Read More

Tech humor: The crazy, wacky and stupid things that VCs do

Venture capitalists do some of the wackiest things. (OK, not really). But now, thanks to venture capitalist Brad Feld, there’s… Read More

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

[Foundry Group co-founders Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson are the authors of Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture… Read More

Survey: Venture capital is very much dominated by white men

A firestorm erupted earlier this month after CNN’s Soledad O’Brien questioned blogger-turned-venture capitalist Michael Arrington and others about why more black… Read More

What Seattle really needs: A world-class private tech university

Seattle has top-notch engineers, well-respected technology giants and a culture of entrepreneurialism and risk taking. So, what’s the region really… Read More

Report: LivingSocial is raising $200 million at a $5 billion valuation

Groupon has already taken the public markets by storm, with the Chicago-based daily deal site posting a massive $16 billion… Read More

NW angel groups bankroll Portland mobile location startup

The Oregon Angel Fund and Bellingham Angels Group are pumping $1 million into Meridian, a Portland startup that’s developing new… Read More

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