Startup Spotlight

Startup Spotlight: Former Microsofties help grocers, restaurants turn food scraps into fertilizer with WISErg

Americans aren’t exactly good at recycling food they don’t eat — in fact, 36 million tons of food waste was… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Trackolade helps remote teams collaborate effectively

There are lots of project management tools out there, but a new company from Seattle thinks it’s created something a… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Dialsmith builds technology to engage audience feedback, score live sports events

Starting the gig in 2001, David Paull had been vice president of Market Strategies International for nearly a decade. But four… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Grayl’s reusable water cup filters your H2O like a french coffee press

What happens when you apply the filtering method used by a French press, but replace coffee with water? The answer… Read More

Startup Spotlight: URGravity helps doctors, patients understand health device data to improve your well-being

After working in front of his computer all day long for decades in the tech industry, Ron Miller’s health wasn’t… Read More

Startup Spotlight: PitchBook provides robust private equity market data for VC professionals

For nine years, John Gabbert led the team at a venture capital data provider called VentureSource. But while there, he saw… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Forks offers instant ways to save money on food in a crowded coupon space

Juggernauts like Groupon and Living Social certainly have a strong presence in the digital coupon space. But one Seattle-based company… Read More

Startup Spotlight: EdStart accelerates student learning with personalized mobile experiences

With more and more children using mobile devices, the education space is certainly ripe for innovation. Kirkland-based EdStart is another… Read More

Meet AtomOrbit: The winning pitch from our Startup Demo Zone competition

We had a great time at last week’s Startup Day event, listening to inspirational talks by the likes of SquareHub… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft vets start Pansieve to develop mobile forms for businesses

When it comes to gathering operational data, many businesses haven’t changed much from the past. Filling out business forms —… Read More

Startup Spotlight: ResolutionTube helps technicians fix broken machines with a mobile app

When Arnav Anand worked as a technician at Boston Scientific, he sometimes spent hours — even days — trying to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Sparktrend tells you where to buy those Pinterest-inspired outfits

Sites like Pinterest have made it easy for shoppers to search for clothes and find inspiration for a new outfit.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Inside Social helps brands measure social media ROI

Attracting Facebook likes and Twitter followers is important for businesses active on social media, but it can be difficult to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Vetted matches big companies with independent consultants

It can be difficult for a company to find the right independent consultant, and just as hard for consultants to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Codementor offers real-time, screen-sharing coding support for developers

Imagine, for a second, that you’re a developer working hard on a big project. But inhibiting progress is that pesky,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Perfect helps you edit, share videos filmed with Google Glass

If Google Glass becomes more popular, people will likely be recording more video than they do today with just smartphones… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Shippable helps developers speed up software deployment

After more than a decade working in various roles at Microsoft and a few years with a startup, Avi Cavale… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Designlab teaches you web design skills with interactive lessons, in-browser tools

As more and more people create products on the web — from blogs to websites to apps — knowing how… Read More

Startup Spotlight: 21-year old creates Barters Closet to buy, sell and donate clothes online

Connor Simpson is a self-proclaimed sweater addict. About two years ago, unsurprisingly, his collection was getting a bit excessive and… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Ex-Amazonians helping teachers create and sell online courses with Everpath

Online learning has offered millions of people a new way to learn. It’s also opened the doors for instructors to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: SimpleVerity helps create credit reports for startups

Not every startup or small business has credit information widely available. Seattle-based SimpleVerity wants to fix that. The Seattle company,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Circle helps parents monitor, manage their kids’ online activity

Once upon a time, families had one, maybe two Internet-connected devices in the home. The “family computer” made it easy… Read More

Meet Fork, an Instagram for food porn lovers to share their own meals

If you’re on Instagram or Facebook, you likely have those friends who just love posting pictures of food they eat. In… Read More

Startup Spotlight: TruBalance predicts what will happen to your money

Many financial applications help consumers look into the past, indicating where things stand once the money is already gone. TruBalance,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Pieces of There helps transplants order care packages loaded with favorite hometown sauces, snacks and sports gear

I love living in Seattle. But my roots are very much in Ohio, the place I called home for my… Read More