Articles about Venture capital – Page 69 of 69

California dreaming: Ignition backs another startup with ties outside the region

One of the interesting trends in the venture capital business around these parts over the past few months has been… Read More

Seattle social commerce startup Lockerz scores massive $30 million round

Last week, Lockerz CEO Kathy Savitt told GeekWire that we’d have to “stay tuned” for news about the company’s future… Read More

Chart: Money flows to the top of the class in venture capital

Some may say that the venture capital model is broken. But that’s not stopping money from flowing into the coffers… Read More

Two Days in Silicon Valley: An inside look at 23 startups from Dave McClure’s Demo Days

I’ve been thinking a lot about passion lately — passion for ideas, teams, the shared pursuit of common goals. More… Read More

Matt McIlwain has the Midas Touch, but no one else does in Seattle

Is Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain a modern day Midas? Some people think so. The Seattle venture capitalist — an… Read More

Smart-grid software company Calico Energy raises cash from Point B

Calico Energy Services, a Bellevue software company whose technologies are used to help residential and business customers reduce energy costs,… Read More

ReliOn scores $6M, looks to become first profitable fuel cell maker

Fuel cell maker ReliOn has scored an additional $6 million in financing from existing investors, money that will be used… Read More

Ex-Expedia CEO Blachford joins Technology Crossover Ventures

Former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford has been named a venture partner at Technology Crossover Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital… Read More

Ad analytics startup Mpire changes gears (again) and raises cash

It seems that Mpire has had nearly as many lives as a cat. The company started in 2005 as a… Read More

Good news, bad news: M&A activity slows, but momentum grows for IPOs

IPOs are on the way up, but M&A deals are coming down. That’ the portrait in a new report released… Read More

Cloud database startup Xeround scores cash

Xeround, which moves SQL databases to the cloud, has raised an additional, $4 million in debt financing, according to a… Read More

Social media monitoring startup Visible Technologies raises $6 million

Visible Technologies has raised an additional $6 million, money that CEO Kelly Pennock said will help the heavily-funded company accelerate… Read More

Z2Live CEO David Bluhm on latest $2.5 million round: It’s not about the money, it’s the ‘chemistry’

Last week, we told you about some of the heavy hitters from the Seattle tech community lining up behind fast-growing… Read More

Physware raises cash, but keeps quiet on the details

Physware, a company created by University of Washington electrical engineering professor Vikram Jandhyala, has raised $6.9 million in funding, according… Read More

Inside look at VC performance: Top and bottom five in Washington state

It’s been a rough few years for venture capitalists, with the IPO market in the tank and venture returns slumping.… Read More

OwnZones raises $500,000 to help media companies charge for digital content

Media companies everywhere — from TV stations to newspapers to book publishers — are trying to figure out how to… Read More

Ed Fries, Bill Bryant join board of profitable social gaming startup Z2Live

Z2Live, maker of the popular Trade Nations game for the iPhone and iPad, has scored a new round of funding… Read More

Exclusive: Finsphere scores $1.75M, looks to become mobile ID system for the Web

Identity theft is a nasty societal problem, growing worse by the amount of data available online. But a Bellevue startup… Read More

Ignition backs Topsy, a real-time search engine

Ignition Partners, the Bellevue venture capital firm, continues to plow cash into Bay Area startup companies. The latest to benefit… Read More

Ignition Partners, Madrona back Tier 3 with $8.5 million

Two of the Seattle area’s best-known venture capital firms have joined forces to back Tier 3, a five-year-old Seattle company… Read More

When will Seattle VCs start investing again in Seattle startups?

Seattle venture capitalists are spreading their wings. And while that may prove to be a smart financial decision for the… Read More

Advice to entrepreneurs: ‘Never stop selling your company’

Representatives from nearly all of the major Seattle angel investment groups recently gathered to discuss their craft at a meeting… Read More

Lost in the cloud? File sharing service HomePipe raises $1.1M

Sometimes you just want to access your digital files — whether music, photos or documents — wherever you go. That’s… Read More