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CuePath raises $1.8M for smart medication organizer and monitoring system

CuePath is raising cash for its smart medication system that helps patients keep track of their pill dosages and timing.… Read More

Sports jersey rental startup Rep the Squad expands to NBA, raises another $1M from athletes and VCs

Rep the Squad is growing. The Seattle startup, which launched its sports jersey rental service three months ago, today added… Read More

‘Yelp for marijuana’ website Leafly lays off 15 employees

Leafly, a marijuana strain and dispensary resource platform, has laid off 15 employees. The Seattle startup confirmed the cuts to… Read More

Bay-Area biotech startup Zymergen opens Seattle office, signaling big growth plans in the city

Seattle is the second home to yet another startup based in the San Francisco area. That company is Zymergen, a… Read More

Startup leadership tips from Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader on bouncing back, raising capital, demonstrating values

If you’re looking for leadership advice for your startup, whether you just launched a product or are now scaling for… Read More

M3 Biotechnology raises $15.2M, launches clinical trial for drug that could reverse Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s remains one of the biggest puzzles in the medical world. It’s a devastating disease that impacts millions of people… Read More

ExtraSlice raises $1M to open more Seattle-area co-working spaces for tech companies

ExtraSlice is raising investment as it continues to see more demand for its co-working space. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company today… Read More

Frazier Healthcare Partners raises $419M for life science venture fund, signaling huge interest in health investment

The U.S. healthcare system faces a myriad of challenges today, including uncertainty over federal regulation and shifting payer systems. You… Read More

This VC firm is raising a $20M fund to invest in startups with diverse founding teams

The numbers don’t lie — female founders face an uphill battle compared to their male counterparts when it comes to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Pow-r.me provides free device charging in public places

Plato may have pegged necessity as the mother of invention, but for Alejandro Campos, fatherhood served as his motivation. Smart… Read More

Remitly set to raise massive $115M funding round led by Tencent and Flipkart backer Naspers

Remitly has grown steadily over the past few years, operating a mobile remittance platform in 10 countries and expanding its… Read More

Educational robot maker Wonder Workshop raises $41M from Tencent, Madrona and others

Wonder Workshop, which makes robots that teach children computer science concepts, said it has raised $41 million in a Series… Read More

From $16K in the bank to a new life: Startup’s ‘wild ride’ is a riveting tale of near failure and survival

Things were falling apart at Blok24. Fundraising efforts were faltering. The product needed a revamp. And, most frighteningly, the bank… Read More

The Riveter partners with Poppy to offer on-demand childcare for members of the co-working space

The Riveter is teaming up with another female-focused Seattle startup to make it easier for its members to secure childcare.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Can a machine learn to laugh? Botnik crosses a comedian with AI to find out

If the game Cards Against Humanity and those refrigerator poetry magnets had a digital baby bestowed with machine learning, it… Read More

Office lunch delivery startup Peach reaches profitability in 3 cities, expands service to Dallas

Sprig, SpoonRocket, and Maple went out of business. Munchery laid off staff and recapitalized. Postmates is struggling to turn a profit.… Read More

New incubator program at Paul Allen’s AI institute accepts English learning startup

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has accepted the first startup as part of its new incubator program. Seattle-based AI2 announced… Read More

Fast-growing Amperity raises $28M round led by Tiger Global, one month after launch

Amperity is an early-stage company, founded less than two years ago and launching just last month — which makes its… Read More

Drift raises $7M to take on traditional utility companies with peer-to-peer energy marketplace

Drift has raised additional funding to take on traditional utility companies with its new energy marketplace platform. The Seattle startup… Read More

Get paid for being healthy: Wellness rewards platform KrowdFit raises $3.8M

KrowdFit is raising more cash for its wellness rewards platform that offers people money in exchange for practicing healthy habits.… Read More

5 things no one tells you about starting a startup

[This guest commentary is by Avni Patel Thompson, founder and CEO of Poppy.] There are things that I wish I had… Read More

Amazon and Techstars host first-ever Alexa Accelerator Demo Day — here are the top pitches

Part of Amazon’s strategy to get Alexa everywhere in the world is to encourage entrepreneurs to test the boundaries of… Read More

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Mighty AI co-founder Matt Bencke dies at 45 after battle with pancreatic cancer

Matt Bencke, a fixture in Seattle’s technology community and co-founder of the startup Mighty AI, passed away on Wednesday after… Read More

Hiya raises $18M to build business search and spam blocking into native smartphone dialer app

Nearly every major smartphone app built over the last several years has gone through countless improvements and iterations. But the… Read More

Atlas Informatics to shut down, pulling the plug on its encrypted personal search engine

Seattle startup Atlas Informatics, led by Napster co-founder Jordan Ritter, plans to shut down and stop offering its search technology… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Comet is building a GitHub-like management system for machine learning

Gideon Mendels has spent the past three years in machine learning research, studying at Columbia University, building hate speech detection… Read More

We’re looking for the hottest startups: Nominations now open for the Seattle 10

Robotics. Health services. Retail. Cloud. Artificial intelligence. Seattle’s startup scene is bustling with all sorts of innovative ideas, but which company… Read More

I rented an authentic NFL jersey for $20/month: Is this the future of sports fandom?

Love repping your favorite NFL players and teams, but can’t afford the authentic jerseys? Don’t worry, sports fans — a… Read More

Convoy inks deal with Anheuser-Busch as trucking startup expands national footprint

Seattle-based trucking startup Convoy today announced a multi-year strategic partnership deal with Anheuser-Busch to help the brewing giant move its… Read More

Magic Leap vets raise $3.5M for new virtual reality prototyping platform Torch

Designing 3D concepts for virtual and augmented reality apps and programs can be a time-consuming process. Now two former Magic… Read More

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