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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.

Madrona raises $300M venture fund, reveals strategy for investing in Pacific Northwest startups

Madrona Venture Group today announced a new $300 million investment fund, creating a fresh pool of capital that it will… Read More

Tango Card raises $35M to modernize how companies send out digital rewards

Update, Tuesday morning: Tango Card has officially confirmed the funding. Story updated with comments from CEO David Leeds and more… Read More

Sales automation startup Outreach raises $65M round led by Spark Capital to fuel growth

Outreach is adding more fuel to the fire with a $65 million funding round led by Spark Capital. It’s a… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Rubica defends against digital boogeymen with its team of cyber ops

“I try not to be a fear monger,” says Frances Dewing, CEO of Seattle-based cybersecurity startup Rubica. But then again,… Read More

Nuance buys Voicebox Technologies, scooping up speech-recognition and natural-language pioneer

Nuance Communications has quietly acquired Voicebox Technologies, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that was an early leader in speech recognition and natural… Read More

DigitalTown raises $2.4M to build blockchain tech for smart city software services

Blockchain technology is making its way into public government. Bellevue, Wash.-based DigitalTown today announced a $2.4 million investment from Pithia, a… Read More

TLDR: MLB’s streaming deal with Facebook, diversity on Amazon’s board, PicoBrew

[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

Voyager Capital raising its fifth fund as firm targets B2B startups in Pacific Northwest

Voyager Capital is raising another fund as it looks to continue investing in B2B startups based in the Pacific Northwest.… Read More

Ventec Life Systems raises $13M to scale one-of-a-kind portable life support device into new markets

  Ventec Life Systems, the Seattle-area creator of a unique portable life support device, has raised another $13 million to… Read More

Nohla Therapeutics raises $45M, gets new HQ as it moves novel leukemia treatment closer to market

Seattle startup Nohla Therapeutics has raised another huge funding round as it moves its novel leukemia treatment closer to being… Read More

Stats show drop-off in follow-on funding rounds for women-led startups compared to male peers

It’s a difficult funding environment for female entrepreneurs in today’s technology industry, where less than 3 percent of venture capital dollars went to… Read More

Auth0 raises $55M to fuel the identity management company’s international expansion

Auth0, a Bellevue, Wash. startup that helps developers build identity authentication capabilities into their applications, raised $55 million to embark on… Read More

Cartogram raises more cash from Cyanogen founder, Bing Maps vet for mapping tech startup

Cartogram has reeled in more cash to help expand the use of its mapping technology. The Seattle-area startup just raised… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Mom starts education company with sons to spark next-generation of entrepreneurs

Soojung Smith thought entrepreneurship was a grownup pursuit. Then her sons schooled her. The up-and-coming Generation Z-cohort that includes her… Read More

Revealed: Winners of the 2018 GeekWire Awards

There was singing; there was cheering; there was laughing; there was crying. The 2018 GeekWire Awards had it all on Thursday… Read More

LIVE: 2018 GeekWire Awards

We’re on the scene at MoPOP in Seattle for the 10th anniversary of the GeekWire Awards, presented by Wave Business,… Read More

The Portland Incubator Experiment returns after 3 years with new startups and restructured model

Since 2009, the Portland Incubator Experiment has gone through multiple iterations but maintained a common goal: help founders build their… Read More

Univ. of Washington spinout takes on $5.2B hospital scheduling problem with AI analytics

Hospitals have to solve a thousand logistical challenges every day, but perhaps none are more difficult than operating room schedules.… Read More

ModCloth co-founder aims to create ‘world’s most-used cryptocurrency’ with new startup Merit

You’ve probably read or heard about cryptocurrency in the news. Maybe your techie friend owns some Bitcoin. But you likely… Read More

SniffSpot

Startup founder unleashes new venture: SniffSpot looks to connect dog owners with safe play spaces

When David Adams moved back to Seattle, he settled in an apartment on the seventh floor of a building in… Read More

TLDR: Cortana-Alexa integration, Bono invests in Seattle startup, Oculus Go first impressions

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

Meet the 2018 finalists for EY’s Pacific Northwest Entrepreneur of the Year competition

EY’s annual Entrepreneur of the Year program recognizes top business leaders and there is certainly no shortage of potential nominees… Read More

Food safety monitoring tech startup wins first place at Madrona machine learning hackathon

Food safety is a pressing issue. The latest example came last month when an elusive strain of E. coli linked… Read More

Zembula raises more cash to help marketers capture emails

Zembula has raised another round of investment to help marketers acquire more email addresses. The Portland startup just closed a… Read More

‘Startups are really hard’: GiftStarter founder shares lessons learned after shutting down gifting service

Find your “AJ.” Watch out for assholes. And know when to call it quits. Arry Yu closed the book last… Read More

U2’s Bono and The Edge revealed as investors in Convoy on-demand trucking tech startup

Seattle-based on-demand trucking technology startup Convoy already counts several rock stars of the tech world among its investors — including… Read More

10 things I’ve learned in 10 years of entrepreneurship with 10-yr-old twins

[Editor’s Note: Peter Chee is founder and CEO of Seattle-based Thinkspace.] I’ve been reflecting on my journey over the last 10 years… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Node offers airy energy efficient homes that aim for easy, pre-fab installation

It’s pretty ambitious to launch a business that’s trying to address one of the big challenges confronting the world. A… Read More

TLDR:Amazon responds to proposed tax, Gates Foundation commits $158M to reduce poverty, Rover expands to Europe

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

TLDR: Jeff Bezos and philanthropy, $6 lunch pickup service, 8-year-old coder

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

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