Startup Spotlight – Page 2 of 19

A new tool creates ‘shopping flash cards’ to help consumers comparison shop more easily

Online shopping is supposed to be about convenience. But the four-man team behind Seattle-startup Hippidy found it was anything but.… Read More

Rock Paper Coin vows to make wedding planning easier with its payment and contract platform

Elizabeth Sheils has a confession to make. If she had known before launching Rock Paper Coin what she knows now,… Read More

Seattle startup gives employees an anonymous space for voicing workplace concerns

Seattle-based Inyore, a startup that lets employees anonymously share their concerns with employers, grew out of a disagreement between two… Read More

‘Amazon Go for the factory’: Xemelgo ramps up after winning top prize at Seattle Angel Conference

Xemelgo, a Seattle-based startup that brings IoT and cloud technology to manufacturing, is cranking up. Last week, the business won… Read More

Software development startup DjangoForce wins clients by pulling back the curtain on coding

DjangoForce, a software development company, is by all measures a tech startup. But the CEO of the Boise-based business attributes… Read More

Feather helps new friends flock by making it easy to participate in small group meetups

When someone is seeking a romantic partner, it’s generally expected that they’re going to be pretty choosy, building detailed, curated… Read More

‘Google Analytics for brick-and-mortar’: Observa helps physical retailers find their marketing edge

As Amazon drives online sales skyward, a 4-year-old startup in the tech behemoth’s backyard is helping brick-and-mortar retailers fine-tune their… Read More

Small startup Geniuslink solves big e-commerce problems and grabs a bigger Kit to add to toolbox

Jesse Lakes was a whitewater “raft-guide bum” working in Colorado when he left for a job at Apple in Silicon… Read More

BizPappa helps spur entrepreneurship with a platform for buying and selling small businesses

When Shan Sundaram tried to purchase a boutique consulting shop, he was frustrated by how inefficient and outdated the process… Read More

No soliciting for your inbox: Groota helps keep the promotional emails you want — and ditches the rest

Rushin Liu likes panning for digital gold, sifting through and reading promotional emails and newsletters for nuggets of useful information.… Read More

Intentionalist helps consumers ‘spend like it matters’ to support community and diversity

It’s admirable to support community through philanthropy and volunteering, but Laura Clise wants to show people another path to building… Read More

This advertising analytics startup helps big brands manage their deals with agencies

When it comes to brands working effectively with advertisers, Agency Mania Solutions co-founder Bruno Gralpois literally wrote the book. Or… Read More

Spruce Up pairs AI and stylists to create a curated, online home-decorating experience

Spruce Up founder and CEO Mia Lewin has a vision for what she calls “the next generation of commerce.” She… Read More

Inspired by the Amazon Dash button, this startup is using tech to help special needs students

Nikody Keating launched mytaptrack because his first-grade son needed help. Keating’s son has autism and their family and educators were… Read More

Corrio aims to reduce recidivism with messaging technology for incarcerated people

Life without readily available cell, text and email communication is unimaginable for most of us. But for people who are… Read More

Y Combinator grad Preclusio automates how companies comply with tech privacy regulations

The scary truth about many technology companies is that for years they’ve been vacuuming up vast quantities of personal data… Read More

‘Stripe for international shipping’: FlavorCloud helps e-commerce companies ship across borders

If you want to buy a shirt directly from a merchant in China, the customs hurdles will vary depending on… Read More

Snack Video offers bite-sized tutorials for info-hungry, time-crunched startups

Startup founders and employees have a reputation for working outlandishly long hours as they race to build their business before… Read More

Google Cloud vets launch Seattle startup Kaskada to bolster machine learning tech with real-time data

After spending several years working at Google Cloud, Davor Bonaci and Ben Chambers saw an opportunity to help companies take… Read More

Startup Spotlight: YouScript warns doctors of ‘metabolic traffic jams’ caused by prescription drugs

Modern drugs are lifesavers. But they can — and frequently do — cause more harm than good. Here’s a staggering… Read More

Laundry haters meet laundry doers through Loopie, a peer-to-peer service that’s cleaning up in Seattle

John Vincent Lee doesn’t like the term “entrepreneur.” The co-founder and CEO of Loopie, a peer-to-peer laundry service in Seattle,… Read More

Seattle’s Shared unveils a moped-like e-vehicle for ride sharing – and plans to make it self-driving

Seattle startup Shared is cruising into the tumultuous bike-and-scooter sharing space with a “micro-vehicle” of its own design, a sort… Read More

With its mentor-matching app, Tribute aims to be ‘the Bumble of corporate mentorship’

Professional conferences and leadership gurus are always urging people, particularly women and underrepresented minorities, to find a mentor to help… Read More

As demand for learning English grows, Seattle’s Lana pairs native speakers with students via video

When Tina Tran Neville launched her third startup in October, she wasn’t going to repeat the mistake that sank her… Read More

This startup from a small city in Oregon wants to revolutionize the metal processing industry

Disruptive technology is embraced in sectors where customers are eager to tear up and replace old models for doing business.… Read More

‘AWS for blockchain’: ArcBlock aims to build, manage and deploy decentralized apps

If you’re still wrapping your head around blockchain 1.0 (Bitcoin) and blockchain 2.0 (Ethereum), you’d better hurry up because blockchain… Read More

Peeka hopes to spark kids’ passion for reading by immersing them in VR-enhanced books

Michael Wong might be the only tech entrepreneur who can point to a gig as a Disneyland Jungle Cruise skipper… Read More

LinkedIn meets Bumble, for developers: Fizbuz is a new job matching site led by Carter Rabasa

Job-seeking software engineers, Carter Rabasa has your back. Rabasa, whose own resume includes developer and program manager roles at Twilio,… Read More

Imani aims to build easily accessible blockchain-based option for mobile banking in Africa

In parts of Africa, payday is a mixed blessing. Because hundreds of millions of adults across the continent don’t have… Read More

Krowdsourced aims to be the Amazon and more for commercial space design

Nicole Schmidt describes herself as an “accidental entrepreneur.” Her real expertise is in interior design for commercial spaces. She has… Read More