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Venture capital

Cascade Seed Fund closes $10M fund to invest in more Pacific Northwest startups

Bend, Ore.-based Cascade Seed Fund raised $10 million for its Cascade Seed Fund II. The firm will make about 25 investments of… Read More

Maveron raises $225M for its 8th fund to back more consumer-focused startups

The news: Maveron, a venture capital firm founded 24 years ago that invests in consumer-oriented startups, raised $225 million for… Read More

Why this Florida venture capitalist is touring Seattle’s tech scene

When Pablo Casilimas gave his girlfriend, a travel nurse, a list of cities he would prefer to live in, he… Read More

Survey: 88% of U.S. startup leaders worried about fundraising, signaling slower growth ahead

New research published Monday quantifies the growing sense of caution among U.S. startup leaders, as economic turmoil creates concerns about… Read More

Flying Fish raises $70M fund and will cast net beyond Seattle to back more AI/ML startups

The news: Seattle-based venture capital firm Flying Fish landed $70 million for its second fund to invest in more early-stage… Read More

Goldman Sachs will invest $325M in iSpot, helping to break Nielsen’s lock on TV ad measurement

Goldman Sachs Asset Management will invest $325 million in iSpot.tv as the Seattle-area company loosens industry stalwart Nielsen’s longtime hold… Read More

Q&A with Seattle investor Naynika Chaubey, whose clean tech firm just raised $150M

The venture capital firm Evok Innovations this week announced that it raised $150 million of a $300 million fund to… Read More

Seattle-area VC firm Tola Capital raising a new $400M fund, filing shows

Tola Capital, a Seattle-area investment firm that backs enterprise software companies, is raising $400 million for its third fund, according… Read More

Meet Seattle’s newest VC: This former car saleswoman and immigrant entrepreneur is on a mission to shake up the industry

Tina Hoang-To put herself through college selling cars at Capitol Honda in San Jose, Calif. “I was very good at… Read More

E-commerce startup Fabric, led by Amazon vets, raises $140M at $1.5B valuation to pursue ‘absurd’ market opportunity

Fabric, a Seattle-based e-commerce technology startup whose leadership team includes several former Amazon executives, announced a $140 million Series C… Read More

Xbox vet Ed Fries on blockchain, life as a venture capitalist and the run of extraordinary gaming deals

Ed Fries is having a big week. His games-focused venture fund 1Up Ventures put money into two separate new gaming… Read More

Have we hit peak unicorn?

As of this week, there are now more than 1,000 startup unicorns scattered across the globe — a group of… Read More

Unlock Venture Partners raises $60M for second fund, will invest in more Seattle and L.A. startups

The news: Unlock Venture Partners, a seed-stage firm that invests in Seattle and Los Angeles-based startups, raised a $60 million… Read More

The great startup reset: Why founders should prepare for lower valuations

The S&P 500 is down more than 10% since the beginning of the year, putting it into “correction” territory. The… Read More

Late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Vulcan spins off VC group with new name, broader investor base

Vulcan Capital, the venture capital group founded in 2003 as an internal division of Paul Allen’s Seattle-based Vulcan Inc. holding… Read More

Newly-formed Seattle VC firm aims to mine Univ. of Washington network for talent, innovation, money

The University of Washington is an absolute research powerhouse, ranking fifth among U.S. universities in R&D expenditures. But even with… Read More

Podcast

Microsoft’s Candy Crush: Madrona’s Hope Cochran, former King CFO, on $68.7B Activision deal

Why would Microsoft pay $68.7 billion for video-game giant Activision Blizzard? Hope Cochran, managing director at venture capital firm Madrona… Read More

Startups to watch: 13 venture capitalists offer their picks for the next Pacific Northwest unicorns

Unicorn startups are everywhere these days. CB Insights’ unicorn tracker — keeping tabs on privately-held companies valued at $1 billion… Read More

Podcast

NFTs, Metaverse, Web3, and new realities of startup investing, with Founders Co-op’s Aviel Ginzburg

So much of what happens in the startup world comes from serendipitous moments, random interactions that lead to fresh insights… Read More

The 2021 venture capital numbers are simply mind-boggling: Record investments recorded in Washington state

Eye-popping. Bonkers. Staggering. Those are just some of the words industry watchers are using to describe venture capital investment levels… Read More

Seattle venture capitalist dies in Oregon ski accident

Birkan Uzun, a former software engineer at Amazon who joined Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group last year and was on a… Read More

Frothy fundraising climate causes Madrona to raise $120M ‘extension fund’ for portfolio companies

It’s a wild time in the venture world. Valuations, deal sizes, and investment funds have blown past records set in… Read More

We asked seven venture capitalists if the metaverse is the next big thing or just a lot of hype

What is the metaverse? How far off is it? And will this represent a tectonic technological platform shift — along… Read More

New ‘rolling’ investment fund led by Seattle tech vets targets startups capitalizing on 5G

Seattle-area tech veterans Jim Brisimitzis and Kevin Ober are leading a new investment fund targeting startups that go through the 5G Open… Read More

How becoming a venture capitalist helped this Seattle startup vet turn his life around 

When it comes to startups, Kirby Winfield has seen the highs, and he’s seen the lows. The longtime Seattleite spent… Read More

Climate investor Dawn Lippert on raising a $60M fund and what’s stoking demand for climate tech

A nonprofit organization with Pacific Northwest ties has spun out its first venture capital fund totaling $60 million for investing… Read More

These high schoolers spent their summer analyzing the GeekWire 200 — here’s what they found

A summer of spreadsheets, researching startups and wrangling data might not sound like “school’s out,” but that’s exactly what four… Read More

Can we innovate our way out of the climate crisis? Venture capitalists sound off on saving the Earth

Eager investors keep coming. It’s the Amazon employee who has seen the company’s stock price rise steadily; the former venture… Read More

Moz co-founder’s venture fund for women-led initiatives makes its first investment

Gillian Muessig isn’t angry about the gender gap in venture capital. She’s just done waiting around for change. “I have… Read More

Podcast

What’s the deal with all the deals? Why the market for IPOs, venture capital and acquisitions is red hot

Another day, another deal. Keeping up with the flurry of acquisitions, IPOs, SPACs and venture capital these days is no… Read More

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