Startups – Page 133 of 285

Medical startup VerAvanti raises $5M to build products to prevent strokes and heart attacks

A startup just down the road from Microsoft’s global headquarters in Redmond, Wash. has landed a $5 million funding round… Read More

Alexa Accelerator names 9 startups for inaugural Amazon and Techstars program

The Alexa Accelerator, a new program that Amazon is running in partnership with Techstars, kicked off its first class on… Read More

Bright.md raises $8M for AI-powered remote healthcare service with ‘virtual physician assistant’

Bright.md is raising more cash for its tech-fueled virtual healthcare service that aims to improve care for patients and reduce… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Online retailer Fuchsia helps cottage industry artisans get in front of consumers

Unlike most online retailers, Seattle-based Fuchsia describes itself as “anti-mass production.” The one-year-old company uses technology to help artisans in… Read More

Moz founder Rand Fishkin to step away from day-to-day operations, will remain chairman

More than 16 years after launching Moz, Rand Fishkin is ready for his next adventure. Over the next six-to-nine months,… Read More

Inspired by treasure hunts in Mexico, DoubleDown co-founder launches new game studio

Finding the inspiration to start a company can happen anywhere, at any time. For Cooper DuBois, it was inside and… Read More

Rover raises $65M round led by Spark Capital as pet-sitting startup aims for international expansion

Typically in today’s technology world, startup founders sit on one side of the room, pitch ideas to investors, and hope… Read More

Element Data raises $3.5M to help companies make decisions with A.I. and machine learning

Element Data is on the path every startup hopes to walk. The company is adding high-level talent quickly; it’s about… Read More

Ignition Partners Managing Partner Frank Artale resigns after ‘misconduct’ allegations

Frank Artale, a managing partner at Bellevue, Wash.-based venture capital firm Ignition Partners, has resigned at the firm’s request after allegations… Read More

Sexual harassment in tech is a big problem — here’s what startup founders can do about it

Editor’s note: Kristina Bergman is the co-founder of Seattle-based startup Integris Software. She wrote this guest post in response to… Read More

Cybersecurity startup RiskLens raises $5M to help businesses understand the cost of cyber risk

RiskLens, a cybersecurity startup based in Spokane, Wash. that helps businesses understand how much cyberattacks could cost them, has landed… Read More

Seattle startup ReplyYes joins Disney Accelerator to grow retail chatbot service

ReplyYes has been accepted into the Disney Accelerator’s 2017 class to continue building out its chat commerce platform that allows… Read More

Ad Lightning raises more cash to fuel growth of digital ad quality monitoring service

Programmatic advertising has helped digital marketers and advertisers with automation and scale. But it can also cause headaches for publishers… Read More

Calling Portland entrepreneurs and techies: 8th annual Tech Crawl set for Sept. 7

Calling all Portland entrepreneurs, engineers, marketers, recruiters, and everyone in between: The Portland Tech Crawl is back for another fun… Read More

JetClosing raises another $2M, will expand real estate closing process service to more states

JetClosing is raising more cash to help support the growth of its online real estate closing platform. The Seattle startup… Read More

Ex-Amazon manager’s modular, smart housing startup Blokable is raising cash

Blokable, a Seattle startup focused on manufactured housing, with goals of speeding up production, cutting costs for builders and making… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft vets launch text11, a messaging platform connecting businesses with customers

John deVadoss, Peng Huang, and David Hill have known that they wanted to go into business together for years. They… Read More

Agriculture startup raises $7M to grow apples, cherries, and nuts in high-tech gel

Phytelligence is raising more cash to further develop its technology that helps grow food crops like apples, cherries, hops, and… Read More

Chinese search giant Baidu buys Seattle startup Kitt.ai to connect natural language tech to developers

Kitt.ai, the Seattle artificial intelligence startup that’s developing a conversational language engine known as ChatFlow and a “hotword” detection platform… Read More

Founder of Valve’s Steam platform just raised $1.25M for new startup Sharkbite Games

Rick Ellis has his fingerprints all over modern gaming. His chief claim to gaming fame is his role as founder… Read More

Seattle investors encouraged by active dialogue on sexual harassment problems in tech

The New York Times published an in-depth story this week headlined Women in Tech Speak Frankly on Culture of Harassment, which included… Read More

Startup Spotlight: motion.social is a fitness app that connects users around common interests

David Longdon and Justin Huff believe that the experience — not the data — is what drives people to continue… Read More

Hemex Health lands $1.7M for lab-in-a-box that diagnoses malaria and sickle cell disease

We often think about global health as a philanthropic endeavor, something addressed by nonprofits and NGOs. But there is a… Read More

Pioneer Square Labs hires Madrona Venture Group’s Julie Sandler as new managing director

For the past five years, Julie Sandler has immersed herself in the startup world as an investor, advisor, and mentor,… Read More

Seven Peaks Ventures to raise $30M for second fund, will invest in Pacific Northwest startups

Seven Peaks Ventures plans to raise $30 million for its second fund and will invest in 20-to-25 startups across the West… Read More

Uber, Instagram, Fitbit investors put $2.4M behind job interview matching platform TalentWorks

It can be difficult to find a job that matches your interests and qualifications, particularly just after graduating from college… Read More

Global IPO market rebounds, but it’s still pretty ‘quiet’ for public offerings in the Pacific Northwest

The economic winds are blowing favorably for those companies venturing into the IPO waters, with a new report released today… Read More

Tango Card raises $10M to shake up how companies reward employees and customers

Seattle startup Tango Card has raised $10 million to speed up the expansion of its digital rewards platform. Previous investor… Read More

Hero Sports raises $1.3M to help fuel growth of college sports news site

The sports media landscape seems to be changing everyday, but some investors like the potential they see in HERO Sports.… Read More

Identity management startup Auth0 raises $30M to fuel international expansion

Identity is the bedrock of so many internet services, both personal and professional. Secure, easy-to-use identity management systems are in… Read More