Startups – Page 13 of 285

Longtime Silicon Valley investor on the biggest challenge for Seattle’s startup ecosystem

Seattle needs more founders trying to hit home runs. That’s the word from Kyle Lui, a longtime Silicon Valley venture… Read More

Wellness startup Viome targets oral health with toothpaste and gel formulated via microbiome data

Viome, the Bellevue, Wash.-based wellness and diagnostics company, is putting its efforts around preventive healthcare and longevity where its mouth… Read More

Researcher with apparatus on zero-gravity flight

NASA awards $348,000 to Interlune to test technology for processing moon soil

Seattle-based Interlune has received a $348,000 grant from NASA to test its system for processing lunar soil on a series… Read More

New virtual reality gaming and entertainment venue Mirra opening in Bellevue

Virtual reality entertainment startup Mirra plans to open its first location in Bellevue, Wash. in August. Mirra is a “social… Read More

Markable.AI launches $100M ad fund for creators on Instagram, TikTok and other social platforms

Getting dropped by Weibo couldn’t have worked out better for Markable.AI. The social media platform had been testing a beta… Read More

LevelTen lands $65M from Microsoft, Google to expand clean energy marketplace services

Seattle-based LevelTen Energy, a startup facilitating the deployment of clean energy projects, raised a $65 million Series D round from… Read More

How clean tech companies can take advantage of AI — without draining energy from the planet

Artificial intelligence has tremendous potential to improve efficiency and help decarbonize the planet — but it also requires huge amounts… Read More

Portland startup lands $2.7M for autonomous robots designed to disinfect hotels and hospitals

Haystack Robotics, a Portland, Ore.-based startup developing robotics technology for disinfection use cases, has raised $2.7 million from an investment… Read More

Who’s raising? The top funding deals for Pacific Northwest startups in Q2

Tech startups spanning biotech, agriculture, healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and other industries reeled in the largest funding rounds during the second… Read More

Eric Elfman, new CEO at Moxiworks, brings entrepreneurial mindset to real estate platform

As the industry continues to deal with the disruption of commissions lawsuits and settlements, the new CEO at a key… Read More

Former OfferUp and Auth0 CEOs lead secretive new EV charging startup with high-powered exec team

A secretive new Seattle-area startup called Juicer Energy is aiming to turn residential properties into public EV charging stations. Juicer’s… Read More

Tech Moves: TiE Seattle names leader; ex-Flexport president joins General Catalyst in new role

— Prashant Mishra, a longtime Seattle-area tech leader and founder of Click2Cloud, was named president of TiE Seattle. Mishra founded Click2Cloud… Read More

Former Arista and Cisco exec Douglas Gourlay named CEO of data storage company Qumulo

To help settle into Seattle, Douglas Gourlay spent this past weekend watching Boys in the Boat, the movie depicting the… Read More

Group14 lands $300M deal to produce materials for German battery maker

Next gen battery materials manufacturer Group14 announced a deal Monday with German battery cell company CustomCells, which will purchase $300… Read More

Founder of bible software company leads new contract drafting startup AllDrafts

Bob Pritchett spent three decades running Faithlife, the Bellingham, Wash.-based church technology company behind the popular Logos Bible study software.… Read More

Coming soon to Seattle: a co-working space for tackling climate change

The climate tech sector is blossoming in the Pacific Northwest, attracting new innovators eager to tackle what some see as… Read More

AI expert and film vet lead new Seattle startup aiming to help artists accelerate production

Yinhan Liu, a natural language processing expert who sold a startup earlier this year, is setting off on another entrepreneurial… Read More

This startup wants to help change the way knowledge is captured and accessed at companies

A mountain of knowledge and information resides inside each company, both in documentation and with every employee. But accessing that… Read More

Clean aviation startup ZeroAvia lands deal with American Airlines to buy 100 plane engines

American Airlines plans to buy 100 hydrogen electric engines from clean aviation company ZeroAvia to power some of its commercial… Read More

Phaidra raises $12M for AI software that helps manage data center energy consumption

Phaidra, a Seattle startup selling a “virtual plant operator” that uses artificial intelligence to manage industrial operations, raised $12 million… Read More

Tech Moves: Tomo co-founder steps down; Usermind co-founder joins Ironclad; ex-Google director back at Microsoft

— Carey Schwaber Armstrong, the former Zillow exec who co-founded real estate startup Tomo four years ago, has stepped down… Read More

Amazon hires founders from well-funded enterprise AI startup Adept to boost tech giant’s ‘AGI’ team

Amazon is amping up its AI efforts by hiring executives from Adept, a San Francisco-based startup building “agents” that automate… Read More

Tech Moves: Google exec departs; Syndio adds engineering leader; JPMorgan CTO leaves F5 board

— Nimrod Vered, a longtime engineering leader in Seattle, joined Syndio as senior vice president of engineering. Vered was most recently… Read More

Seattle-based RareCyte raises $20M for cell analysis products

Seattle-based life sciences company RareCyte announced $20 million in new funding to advance its applications for the analysis of cells.

Another logistics startup emerges in Seattle as former Amazon, Flexport execs reveal Freightmate

The list of Seattle-area logistics startups continues to grow with the addition of Freightmate.ai, a new company that came out… Read More

Cancer screening tech startup Ezra opens two locations in Seattle area

Ezra, a New York City-based health technology startup offering cancer screening, opened two locations in the Seattle area this week.… Read More

Next-gen battery startup Sila raises $375M to fund completion of Eastern Wash. factory

Battery startup Sila has raised $375 million, which will help fund the completion early next year of its manufacturing facility… Read More

Loti, a Seattle startup that helps public figures spot and squash deepfakes, raises $5.1M

Seattle startup Loti raised $5.1 million to grow its technology platform that helps public figures scour the internet for fake… Read More

Data warehousing startup SDF, led by Microsoft and Meta vets, comes out of stealth mode

SDF Labs, a Seattle startup aiming to help software developers manage their enterprise data warehouse systems, this week announced public… Read More

Clearbrief, which uses AI to help lawyers find and verify facts in legal docs, raises $4M

Seattle legal tech startup Clearbrief is raising more cash to boost its technology aimed at helping lawyers find, summarize, and… Read More