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Tech ideas are brewing at these 5 coffee-crazed Seattle startups — right in Starbucks’ back yard

Independent coffee shops have always sought to carve out their spot in Seattle and elsewhere against Starbucks’ shop-on-every-corner mentality, whether… Read More

How this ex-Microsoft director launched a spa and salon software startup that has raised $91M

Sudheer Koneru thought he was pretty much done working. After stints at Microsoft and SumTotal Systems, Koneru considered himself semi-retired,… Read More

What makes a unicorn? Hear from 3 CEOs of $1B startups at the GeekWire Summit

Launching a startup is no easy feat. Growing a small team of early employees and increasing revenue is even harder.… Read More

Female Founders Alliance and Pioneer Square Labs launch challenge to help entrepreneurs test ideas

Leslie Feinzaig knows how hard it is to let go of a failed startup idea. In 2016 she launched Venture… Read More

The hidden legacy of aQuantive: How Microsoft’s $6B loss became a win for the Seattle tech industry

In business, some deals go well and others go badly. But that’s never the whole story. Microsoft bought Seattle-based advertising… Read More

Today on GeekWire: Startup releases distinctive headphones; HQ2 is hot; inside Bill Gates’ brain

Would you wear these headphones? Would you buy them for $399? Those are the big questions as Seattle startup Human releases… Read More

Vulcan Capital opens first international office in Singapore to invest $100M in Southeast Asia startups

Vulcan Capital, the invest arm of the late Paul Allen, opened its first international office in Singapore to invest in… Read More

Seattle startup Human looks to stand out with distinctive $399 over-the-ear wireless headphones

Update, Aug. 21: Human announced a “special introductory price” of $259 for its headphones, one day after launch. After nearly five… Read More

PTO Exchange raises $3M to grow platform that helps employees cash out unused vacation time

More than half of Americans do not use all of the paid time off granted by their employers, leaving 768… Read More

Making OKRs OK: Ally raises $8M for software to help companies meet objectives and key results

A Seattle startup has raised $8 million to fuel its quest to help companies stay on track and hit their… Read More

Modular smart-home startup Blokable raises $23M, plans new California manufacturing facility

Blokable, the Seattle-based startup aiming to transform how housing is developed, raised $23 million to expand its manufacturing capabilities as… Read More

Going from a big company to a startup? Here are three things you need to ‘unlearn’ to be successful

People going from a big company to a startup, as a founder or an employee, severely underestimate the differences in… Read More

Tech Moves: RealSelf marketing exec departs; Haiku Deck founder joins Microsoft Minecraft team

— Jani Strand is out at RealSelf, just nine months after joining the cosmetic review site as chief brand and… Read More

LumiThera raises cash for medical device that uses light to fight vision loss

Medical device startup LumiThera raised $1.15 million as part of a new fundraising round, according to a new SEC filing.… 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

MediaPartners raises $5.6M to help companies prevent workplace harassment, violence, bias

A Seattle-area company that sells training videos to help improve workplace environments has raised more cash from investors. MediaPartners reeled… Read More

This little known Seattle startup just raised $25M to grow its ‘mobile infrastructure as a service’ tech

Jim Xiao learned about building enterprise platforms at Microsoft China. An executive role at a wireless company taught him about… Read More

Atomo Coffee ditches the bean and raises a nice seed: $2.6M in funding to develop molecular brew

Bean there, done with that. The future of coffee got a jolt Wednesday as Atomo Coffee announced it has secured… Read More

Battery startup Group14 Technologies raises $14M to make materials for electric cars

A 3-year-old Seattle-area startup is raising cash to develop materials that improve batteries in electric vehicles. A new SEC filing… Read More

This startup wants to accelerate ‘precision medicine’ with its growing biological data platform

Amplion, a startup that helps healthcare companies sort through biological data, closed a Series A fundraising round led by Greycroft… Read More

SingleFile spins out of Pioneer Square Labs, raises $3.3M to automate compliance filings

The process by which companies stay compliant hasn’t changed much over the past century. Now a Seattle startup says it… Read More

Hey, startup founders: Growth and profitability can coexist — here’s how to do it

For startups looking to scale, the Silicon Valley mindset encourages growth before profit, which often means raising capital to sustain… Read More

Joe Coffee, the mobile app for indie shops, raises $750K as it plans to bring Seattle buzz to L.A.

The buzz around Joe Coffee keeps building. The Seattle startup, which built a mobile order and rewards app for local… 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

Women’s health startup Genneve lands $4M to grow telemedicine service for menopause

Genneve, a Seattle startup that runs a telemedicine service for women experiencing menopause, landed a $4 million seed round led… Read More

Meet the 6 startups joining the Oregon Enterprise Blockchain Venture Studio

The Oregon Enterprise Blockchain Venture Studio announced its first class on Tuesday. The new public-private program is designed to support startups… Read More

Cancer-fighting startup Neoleukin merging with Aquinox in $40M deal, 8 months after UW spinout

Vancouver, B.C.-based Aquinox Pharmaceuticals is set to buy Neoleukin Therapeutics, a Seattle startup that launched out of the University of… Read More

Commercial real estate marketing tech startup Remarkably raises more cash to meet early demand

Remarkably is raising more cash to meet early demand for its technology that helps apartment rental building owners, managers, investors,… Read More

Grocery delivery startup Dumpling raises $3M to democratize the gig economy, challenging Instacart from Amazon’s backyard

Seattle startup Dumpling raised $3 million for a personal shopping platform that flips the economics of the gig economy upside… Read More

Esports tournament operator Matcherino lands funding as question swirl about industry’s growth

Investors are putting more cash behind esports tournament operator Matcherino as questions swirl about how large the professional gaming industry… Read More

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