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GeekWire’s startup coverage documents the Pacific Northwest entrepreneurial scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and venture capital directory.

‘Airbnb for warehousing’ startup Flexe raises $43M to help online retailers take on Amazon

As more consumers shop online, retailers need capacity to ship products across the country — particularly as they battle e-commerce… Read More

Real estate startup Loftium pivots to rentals, stops offering down payments for share of Airbnb profits

Loftium, the Seattle real estate startup that helped people buy homes in exchange for renting out an extra room on… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Mother’s Day tech events; celebrating Seattle’s creativity; and more

– The dilemma of raising kids as a working mother arose when women entered the workforce en masse in the… Read More

At home on the road: Stay Alfred loaded a party bus to bring its Spokane startup energy to Seattle

Twenty-six people loaded onto a party bus that left Spokane, Wash., at 10 a.m. on Wednesday with three cases of… Read More

Seattle startup EnergySavvy acquired by utility software firm Tendril

Seattle-based EnergySavvy has been acquired by Tendril, a Boulder, Colo. firm that provides software and analytics to electric and gas… Read More

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Revealed: GeekWire Awards 2019 winners crowned as we celebrate the best of Pacific Northwest tech

The strength and success of the people and companies across the Pacific Northwest tech ecosystem was on full display Thursday… Read More

Seattle startup Spruce Up raises $3M for AI-powered home shopping platform

Spruce Up has some new spending money. The high-tech home shopping startup just closed a $3 million seed round, bringing… Read More

Teenage founders aim to capitalize on an untapped labor pool with video game testing startup Zigantic

The co-founders of Zigantic looked at the U.S. labor pool and saw an opportunity in high school students — and… Read More

Peer-to-peer on-demand moving startup Dolly raises $7.5M to expand across the U.S. and globe

Things are moving at Dolly. The Seattle startup just raised $7.5 million, bringing its total funding to $20 million. The… Read More

Investors double down on Downstream as Seattle startup helps more brands target their Amazon ads

Investors like what they see with Downstream’s traction. The Seattle startup that helps brands with their Amazon advertising strategies has… Read More

Madrona expands geographic reach and targets later-stage deals with $100M ‘acceleration fund’

Call it the “ones we missed” fund. Madrona Venture Group has raised $100 million for what it calls an “acceleration… Read More

More cash crops up for TerraClear as startup raises $6.1M in bid to change farming with advanced tech

TerraClear’s bid to upend the farming industry by using advanced technology to help farmers clear rocks from fields is producing… Read More

Here’s why two Y Combinator partners made a recruiting trip to the Univ. of Washington in Seattle

The University of Washington has one of the world’s best computer science programs. MBA recruiters recently ranked the UW’s business… Read More

ChefSteps CEO tells Joule users and cooking fans ‘this truly sucks’ in post about startup’s job cuts

In the days following news that ChefSteps, the cooking technology startup, had to make significant changes and reduce staff, co-founder… Read More

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IPOs without profits: New tech giants pin their initial public offerings on long-term potential

What do Pinterest, Lyft, Uber and Slack have in common? Yes, they’re all newly public companies, or preparing to make… Read More

Bottomless, the Seattle startup keeping your coffee stock fresh, fills up with $1.9M in funding

Bottomless, the Seattle startup using technology to make sure that coffee lovers never run out of the stuff they love,… Read More

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Why Arivale failed: Inside the surprise closure of an ambitious ‘scientific wellness’ startup

Founded in 2015, Seattle startup Arivale aspired to pioneer a new sector called scientific wellness, combining genetic testing with personal… Read More

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Seattle startup AppSheet raises $15M for no-code app development platform, will open Portland hub

Seattle startup AppSheet has raised $15 million to fuel growth of its platform that helps businesses develop their own data-based… Read More

Why this New Zealand startup just moved its headquarters to Portland after raising $10M

It can be difficult to relocate your startup to a different city, let alone a different country. But the tech… Read More

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Cooking tech startup ChefSteps, funded by Valve’s Gabe Newell, cuts jobs but says it will live on

ChefSteps, the high-tech cooking startup financed by video game titan Gabe Newell, cut an unspecified number of jobs on Wednesday,… Read More

Scientific wellness startup Arivale closes abruptly in ‘tragic’ end to vision to transform personal health

Arivale, the genetic testing and personal health coaching startup co-founded by genomics pioneer Leroy “Lee” Hood, shut down unexpectedly Wednesday… Read More

After raising cash, Seattle cybersecurity startup Cyemptive acquires Adaptive Technology Group

Seattle-area cybersecurity startup Cyemptive today announced the acquisition of Adaptive Technology Group (ATG), a 14-year-old IT consulting service company also… Read More

Blockchain startup incubator launching in Portland to help develop enterprise technologies

An incubator designed to support startups developing blockchain products for businesses is launching in Portland this summer. The Oregon Enterprise… Read More

Augmented writing platform Textio now predicts what you want to say

Textio, a Seattle startup that helps companies write better job listings, today introduced a new feature that uses artificial intelligence… Read More

How a Seattle startup turned a low-tech, thrift-store inspiration into a high-performing water purifier

Inspiration can come from unlikely places. For Nancie Weston, it sparked in a Goodwill thrift store. Seven years ago, Weston… Read More

Seattle cybersecurity startup Critical Informatics raises $9.6M and changes name to CI Security

A cybersecurity startup that pairs software with analysts who review and investigate attacks raised $9.6 million to continue battling intrusions… Read More

Growing like weed: Pot tech startups bloom as Pacific NW becomes hub for cannabis innovation

If you happen to be searching for pot sales analytics today, on the annual 4/20 holiday celebrated by marijuana aficionados,… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Open source project led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee; mastering startup pitches; and more

— When he invented the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee had a specific vision for how it would evolve,… Read More

Convoy launches new marketplace to help small trucking businesses compete with large carriers

After years of development and testing, Convoy today launched a new marketplace that helps small trucking companies get access to… Read More

EY reveals Pacific Northwest finalists for 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year

EY on Thursday revealed the Pacific Northwest region finalists for its annual Entrepreneur of the Year program that recognizes top… Read More

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