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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.

Teal Communications raises $1M to provide broadband connectivity for IoT devices

A Seattle-area startup has raised cash to fuel expansion of its mobile broadband service used by Internet of Things machine… Read More

StormSensor raises cash to help cities track stormwater data and prevent pollution or flooding

StormSensor has raised more cash to help expand its high-tech stormwater monitoring system. The Seattle startup just reeled in $1.2… Read More

High-tech home closing startup JetClosing raises $20M to capitalize on ‘tipping point’ in real estate

Daniel Greenshields sees a tipping point in real estate. Homebuyers, particularly digital natives, are demanding transparency more than ever. Realtors… Read More

Why Rand Fishkin avoided VC and made his investment documents public for new startup SparkToro

Rand Fishkin and Casey Henry have plenty of experience helping build venture-backed companies — and that’s part of the reason… Read More

GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch Ep. 3: StormSensor, PeopleMaven and CampusWall compete for startup glory at the Space Needle

We’re back for another episode of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch, a new show where three entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas in… Read More

Blue Nile and Wetpaint founder Ben Elowitz joins Madrona Venture Labs as co-managing director

Madrona Venture Labs is adding some entrepreneurial firepower to its leadership team. The “startup studio” housed inside of Seattle-based Madrona… Read More

NetMotion launches an IT platform to keep tabs on corporate smartphones

Smartphones have been around for a while, but IT departments are still trying to grapple with a challenge they’ve created:… Read More

George Chrysanthakopoulos

Why this former Microsoft distinguished engineer decided to build weed-zapping laser-armed robots

When Georgios Chrysanthakopoulos decided to launch a startup building small, weed-controlling robots, he wanted an enviro-friendly solution for flattening the… Read More

Qumulo raises $93M to tackle hybrid cloud file storage, total funding now $230M

We are generating unprecedented amounts of data in our personal and professional lives on the internet, and the trend is… Read More

How these entrepreneurs use phone calls to gain an edge in the digital age

In the digital world, it can be easy to forget the importance of human interaction. Jill Nelson, CEO of Ruby… Read More

TLDR: Microsoft’s Ability Summit, Amazon’s 4th pillar, testing out Getaround

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Inspired by mother’s cooking, ex-Amazon engineer creates Indian food delivery startup

The unique workplace culture at Amazon provided Mitra Raman both the motivation to quit the technology giant and the engineering… Read More

FlyHomes raises $17M to purchase homes for buyers battling cash offers in hot housing markets

In Seattle, the nation’s hottest housing market for 19 straight months, frustrated buyers are losing out to all-cash offers left… Read More

Biomanufacturing company AbSci raises $12M to scale synthetic biology platform

Vancouver, Wash.,-based biotechnology company AbSci has raised a chunk of new money. The company announced Wednesday that it has just… Read More

Healthcare startup Qliance files for bankruptcy, lists more than 100 creditors — including CEO’s new company

Qliance Medical Management — a Seattle-based healthcare startup that was embroiled in controversy when it suddenly shut its doors last year — has officially… Read More

AppSheet

AppSheet’s new ‘Spec’ feature aims to make apps easier to build using natural language, without code

Since launching in 2014, Seattle-based AppSheet has focused on helping businesses develop their own data-based apps without requiring those businesses… Read More

Portland immunotherapy startup tops $10M in funding as it launches first clinical trial

In 2008, Emmanuel Akporiaye left a tenured position at the University of Arizona to move across the country and launch… Read More

Digital payments pioneer Lawrence Lerner bets on blockchain with $170M startup investment fund

Lawrence Lerner was working to integrate digital payments into our daily lives and build cryptocurrency before there was even such… Read More

Podcast

Week In Geek Podcast: An epic week for startup funding, and the Space Needle gets a makeover

Seattle startups raked in hundreds of millions of dollars in the past week alone — for businesses as varied as… Read More

Pre-clinical drug screening startup A-Alpha Bio wins first place at Univ. of Washington Business Plan Competition

Pharmaceutical companies spend a lot of money and time developing new drugs. Now a new startup created by a group of… Read More

What entrepreneurs can learn from the journey of The Riveter CEO Amy Nelson

Throughout her career on Wall Street, in the courtroom, and at non-profits, Amy Nelson wondered where the women were. She… Read More

Chest-thumpers vs. executors: The difference between Seattle and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, according to this VC

There’s a difference between entrepreneurs from Seattle and those from Silicon Valley and it goes beyond stereotypes about hairstyles, clothing, and… Read More

Office lunch delivery startup Peach cuts 33% of staff; CEO cites failed ‘sales experiment’

Lunch delivery startup Peach has laid off a third of its staff, eliminating several sales and account management roles as… Read More

TLDR: How Europe’s new privacy law affects U.S. tech companies, Getaround expands to Seattle, ‘float’ above Seattle on the Space Needle

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Education app from Bloomz gives parents a window into the classroom

When Chakrapani “Chaks” Appalabattula and his wife both got sick, their young children were stuck. There was no one to… Read More

Crowd Cow

Crowd Cow raises $8M from Ashton Kutcher, Joe Montana, Madrona and others to grow digital marketplace for craft meats

Three years after getting started with a plan to change how people shop for quality beef products, Seattle-based Crowd Cow… Read More

Once a startup runt, Rover laps up $155 million for tech-fueled pet care marketplace

When Rover started seven years ago, many in the startup community snickered. There was no real business model, they said. A… Read More

TLDR: Judge rules Trump can’t block critics on Twitter, backyard cottages & urban housing crisis, Russell Wilson’s new show on TraceMe

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

Smart lighting startup Deako unveils plug-and-play lighting system for home-builders, raises $4M

Seattle smart lighting startup Deako has raised $4 million as it begins to roll out a new “modular” system designed… Read More

Novel Effect raises $3M from Amazon and VCs for voice-enabled children’s storytelling app

Novel Effect is on a roll. After participating in the inaugural Alexa Accelerator, appearing on Shark Tank, and winning a… Read More

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