Startups – Page 113 of 285

Former MIT and Google researchers raise $5.3M for ‘artificial intelligence compiler’ startup Canotic

Canotic is a new artificial intelligence startup based in Seattle and Berlin that today announced a $5.3 million seed round… Read More

Indoor mapping startup Point Inside raises $3.5M to produce ‘spatial intelligence’ data for retailers, airports, others

Seattle-area startup Point Inside has raised a $3.5 million round led by Florida-based private equity investment firm Vestech Partners to… Read More

Forget software bugs, this startup is focused on insects that could change the agriculture industry

Some of the most intriguing farming in Washington is taking place not among the valleys or rolling hills of the… Read More

With millions in funding and a U.S. expansion in the works, Deako’s ‘plug-and-play’ smart lighting casts a bright future

With $15 million in funding and a “laser focus” on customers, Deako is ready for serious growth in the smart lighting market.… Read More

Ganaz raises $2.1M to grow app connecting farmers with seasonal workers

For over a year, Hannah Freeman has dedicated her life to solving a big pain point for farmers and workers:… Read More

Want to work at Amazon? Former ‘Bar Raiser’ launches startup to prepare candidates for tech giant’s grueling interview process

In his five years at Amazon, Nick Dimitrov learned a thing or two about what it takes to interview stronger… Read More

Democracy Live raises $4.5M to grow cloud-based ballot platform

Nov. 6 was a big day for Seattle startup Democracy Live. While the company was busy deploying cloud-based ballots and… Read More

Working Geek: As PitchBook soared, so did career of employee No. 5 Adley Bowden

Sure Adley Bowden has been with the same company for a decade. But the PitchBook that hired him practically straight… Read More

Shyft lands $6.5M to help retail and service workers easily swap schedules

Shyft Technologies, a Seattle startup that helps workers in the service and retail industries communicate and swap shifts, has raised… Read More

Dan Primack is right: Amazon has not sparked a startup wave in Seattle

Dan Primack is one of my favorite journalists on the startup and venture capital beat, and his Pro Rata newsletter… Read More

Software robot startup UiPath lands funding from Madrona and others, plans Seattle-area expansion

New York-based UiPath, a startup specializing in Robotic Process Automation, a new arena also known as “software robots,” has reeled… Read More

Company founded by U.S. Army vet develops cannabis-based products to help people struggling with pain

As the founder of G&G Laboratories, Mike Lui wants to help people who struggle with pain, such as veterans and… Read More

End of the road for Wanderlust Society as travel startup created by Amazon vets is shutting down

It was an interesting trip but a relatively short one for the team of technology veterans who set out to… Read More

Real estate startup Cozy sells to CoStar for $68M

Cozy, a Portland startup that helps more than 50,000 landlords screen potential tenants, market properties and easily collect rent, has… Read More

The lucky calls and unique ideas that put startup Grunka Munka Games on a path to success

Either the team behind Grunka Munka Games is super brilliant or really lucky, or likely a combo of both. Because… Read More

Biomatics raises $300M to invest in health startups, adds Gates Foundation global health director

Biomatics Capital, a venture capital firm founded by two Seattle investors with close ties to philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates,… Read More

Project management company LiquidPlanner, now profitable, raises more cash, 12 years after launch

Since taking over as CEO of LiquidPlanner last year, Todd Humphrey has helped the 12-year-old project management company increase revenue… Read More

Seattle’s next unicorn? Valve and Disney vets raise $5M to build online VR games at BigBox VR

“I’m going to teach you how to fly.” This was no ordinary tech demo. I strapped on a headset, grabbed… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs picks clinical management startup Invio as first company in new accelerator

Invio, a Seattle startup that helps speed up clinical trials for biotech and pharmaceutical companies, announced this week that it is… Read More

U.S. Army vets and Harvard classmates raise cash for AI-powered threat response startup Stabilitas

Two former U.S. Army vets who were classmates at West Point and Harvard just raised more cash for their security… Read More

CopperTree Analytics acquires BuildPulse, a competing building energy management startup

Surrey, B.C.-based CopperTree Analytics has acquired Seattle-based startup BuildPulse in a deal that brings together two building energy management competitors.… Read More

More funding for Pacific Northwest companies: Cascadia Capital will invest up to $500M via new ‘Investment Club’

Cascadia Capital will invest up to $500 million in Pacific Northwest companies with the creation of its new “Investment Club,”… Read More

Share.Farm wants a virtual version of farmers markets running year-round through an app

As most entrepreneurs will agree, launching a new business takes a ridiculous amount of hard work and determination. For Share.Farm… Read More

Russell Wilson’s TraceMe celebrity app cuts staff, closes L.A. office, pivots to sports prediction game

One year after attempting to take on social media giants with its own content platform focused on celebrities, TraceMe is… Read More

Seattle startup mainstay Rebecca Lovell leaves city economic development role to join Madrona’s Create33 ‘founder center’

After nearly five years helping drive economic development initiatives at the City of Seattle, Rebecca Lovell is jumping back into… Read More