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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.

Startup and researchers get $3.1M grant to bring personalized, cancer-fighting tech to patients

Every patient’s cancer is unique and every patient responds to cancer drugs differently. But right now, all patients with the… Read More

Upbound emerges from stealth, raises $9M from GV to build a multicloud platform on Kubernetes

As more software factories add Kubernetes to their container strategies, a lot of people are getting excited about the container… Read More

Former Microsoft, Oracle execs raise $3M for digital identity enterprise blockchain startup Trusted Key

A new Seattle startup is using blockchain technology to help companies in finance, healthcare, and other industries identify their users… Read More

Rover expands dog-sitting business to Europe, takes aim at more segments of pet industry

Rover is going global. The Seattle-based pet-sitting marketplace company today announced the launch of its service in the United Kingdom… Read More

TLDR: Facebook F8 Conference Highlights, 98point6 virtual clinic, OfferUp now ships across the continental U.S.

[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

The chatbot will see you now: 98point6 launches virtual clinic app, aims to solve ‘primary care crisis’ with AI (and real doctors)

Imagine you have a minor health problem — say, an earache. Then imagine you open an app, message a doctor… Read More

Marketo buys Techstars Seattle alum Bizible, adding new business marketing software tools

Bizible CEO Aaron Bird hit the fundraising trail earlier this year, looking to raise some additional venture capital. The Seattle… Read More

Microsoft’s venture fund gets a new name: M12

Microsoft Ventures, the tech giant’s venture capital investment arm, is now M12. The “M” in the name stands for Microsoft,… Read More

TLDR: A big day for Seattle tech companies on Wall Street, universal flu vaccine, the intersection of tech and fashion

[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

GeekWire Whiteboard Friday: Rand Fishkin’s 3 tips for startups and early stage teams

Rand Fishkin, the longtime Seattle entrepreneur and SparkToro founder, became known for his “Whiteboard Friday” videos as the co-founder of… Read More

Possible Finance launches with small, short-term loans designed for low-income borrowers

Tony Huang was inspired to create Possible Finance because “it’s so damn expensive to be poor.” The Seattle startup just launched… Read More

Proniras Corp. launches in Seattle, scores $89.5 million contract to develop new seizure drug

Accelerator Life Science Partners, a Seattle-based life sciences investment fund and umbrella company, unveiled its newest company with a bang Friday.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Mobile focus and real-life experience gives NurseGrid an edge in scheduling

Illnesses, accidents and moms going into labor don’t happen on predictable schedules, and that can make hospital staffing a tricky… Read More

New episode: GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch returns with AI in healthcare, a math learning tool and a new way to challenge speeding tickets

We’re back for the second episode of Elevator Pitch, a new show on GeekWire in which entrepreneurs pitch their business… Read More

Real estate startup leaseABLE raises $1.5M to simplify ‘archaic’ commercial leasing process

A new startup called leaseABLE aims to bring the typically fragmented and secretive world of commercial real estate leasing online,… Read More

TLDR: Gmail lets you press snooze on emails, new restrictions on H-1B visas, stand 500 ft. above Seattle

[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

The Vendorhawk team. (Vendorhawk photo)

ServiceNow snaps up VendorHawk to help its customers manage their SaaS spending

ServiceNow has acquired Seattle’s VendorHawk, a recent TechStars Seattle graduate, for an undisclosed amount in order to add cloud software… Read More

Amplero taps Jamie Miller, former chief of thePlatform, as new CEO; founder Olly Downs remains as chief scientist

Amplero has a new leader. The Seattle AI marketing startup has tapped veteran tech executive Jamie Miller as its new… Read More

Pioneer Square Labs adds T.A. McCann as managing director, bolstering startup studio leadership team

Pioneer Square Labs just added some serious entrepreneurial clout to its managing director lineup. The Seattle startup studio today named T.A.… Read More

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Painful honesty for startups: Rand Fishkin’s ‘Lost and Founder’ is an exercise in radical transparency

Lots of startup leaders talk about transparency. Rand Fishkin lives it. The co-founder and former CEO of Seattle-based marketing technology… Read More

Vote for Hardware of the Year: 5 high-tech products nominated at the GeekWire Awards

There’s something cool about getting to touch, feel, and use a high-tech hardware product, perhaps more so today than in… Read More

Steth IO launches smartphone-based stethoscope that visualizes heartbeats — invented by teenager

The stethoscope has long been a symbol of medicine, but now the centuries-old device has new competition, with the launch… Read More

New Seattle venture fund hooks $27M to bankroll AI startups — and it’s not done fishing for fresh cash

Flying Fish Partners is ready to cast its pole deep underneath Seattle’s iceberg. The new venture firm has raised $27.8… Read More

Vera Whole Health aims for ‘healthcare revolution’ as it raises $5M, plans six new clinics

  Vera Whole Health is not your average healthcare company. Not by a long shot. “The vision is to create… Read More

Glowforge raises another $10M, launches long-awaited 3D laser printer to the public

Glowforge has raised more investment dollars as the Seattle startup starts selling its 3D laser printer to the general public… Read More

TLDR: A ride-hailing app without surge pricing, meet Apple’s new recycling robot, James Comey to visit Amazon

[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

Techstars Seattle Demo Day: Check out our top 3 pitches from the startup accelerator

Nine years, 139 startups, $700 million raised. Techstars Seattle has become a mainstay of the local tech ecosystem for nearly… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2018: Make your pick for Startup of the Year

If you needed another reminder of Seattle’s robust startup scene, take a look at the finalists for this year’s Startup… Read More

After 10 years, RealSelf raises $40M to ‘hit the gas’ and take cosmetic treatment review platform global

RealSelf has raised its first substantial round of outside capital to bring the cosmetic treatment review hub to users around the… Read More

TLDR: Amazon and Best Buy are BFFs, T-Mobile’s military hiring push, ‘Walk it out’ with Rover

[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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