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MetaBrite raises another $2.2M for receipt-scanning business intelligence platform

MetaBrite continues to see more demand for its technology platform and just raised more cash to help support the company’s… Read More

President Trump

Trump plans to scrap ‘startup visa’ rule that helps foreign entrepreneurs start companies in the U.S.

In January, the outgoing Obama Administration finalized a long-awaited rule to create a “startup visa” that would help foreign entrepreneurs create… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Worcket wants to shake up recruiting with millennial-minded job hunting app

After years of watching their employers in the technology industry struggle to fill crucial roles, Gonzalo Aguero and Sergio Klarreich… Read More

Textio raises $20M to expand ‘augmented writing’ platform for the enterprise

Textio, the Seattle startup that provides an “augmented writing” platform to help companies put together better job postings, has raised… Read More

Healthcare startup League announces U.S. launch of digital health benefits platform

League, a Toronto-based digital health startup with ties to Seattle, announced Tuesday that it has launched its digital health benefits platform… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Grassworks Digital makes technology for the burgeoning pot industry

It had been about a year since retailers in Washington state began selling recreational marijuana when Ryan Porter, a vet… Read More

Commentary: Bonderman and Uber make my head hurt: What your company actually needs from a board member

My whole life I’ve believed that the true judge of one’s character is what he/she does when he thinks no… Read More

Scientific wellness startup Arivale raises $13.6M to scale personalized health platform

Two years ago, genomics pioneer Leroy Hood and tech executive Clayton Lewis launched a unique enterprise: Arivale, a scientific wellness… Read More

Former Swype execs raise $8.5M for Xealth, a health platform that connects patients, doctors and digital treatments

There is no end to pressing needs in the healthcare industry. That’s one of the first things that tech veterans… Read More

Polyarc, led by ex-Bungie developers, debuts first game for PlayStation VR at E3

Polyarc made its debut on one of gaming’s biggest stages. At Sony’s press conference from the big E3 video game… Read More

AxonVR raises another $2M, lands patent for haptic tech that simulates life-like touch in VR

AxonVR just landed more funding and a new patent for its haptic technology that allows users to move through virtual environments… Read More

Healthcare startup Carena raises $6M to fuel technology behind virtual doctor’s visits

  When you have the flu or a child with an earache, just getting into a doctor’s office can be… Read More

Seattle-based workplace morale management startup TINYpulse cuts 10% of staff

TINYpulse, a Seattle startup that offers technology to assess employee morale, has cut about 10 percent of its staff, the… Read More

New site ‘Capital & Growth’ aims to be the ‘Stack Overflow for startup marketing’

Jasper Kuria’s story will resonate with many startup founders. He spent several years in engineering and program management at Microsoft… Read More

Docker set to open Seattle-area engineering center, latest Bay Area tech company to land in Northwest

Another Silicon Valley tech company is set to open an office in the Seattle area. This time it’s Docker, the heavily-funded… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Vault launches app that helps people save for retirement with their paychecks

There are a few financial challenges we all face, and saving for retirement is one of the biggest. But the… Read More

How a huge fire and a competitor nearly took down Modumetal — and why the company’s still standing

Modumetal CEO Christina Lomasney took to the stage last month to reflect on her time as an up-and-coming entrepreneur, and… Read More

Wicket Labs raises $2M to help companies understand the new media landscape, adds former CEO of Comcast-owned thePlatform

Wicket Labs, a Seattle startup founded by former executives of Comcast-owned thePlatform, has raised $2 million to arm media companies with… Read More

Here’s why Snap just paid more than $200M to acquire Seattle startup Placed

Snap just made one of its largest acquisitions to date, swooping up Seattle startup Placed for more than $200 million,… Read More

Crowd Cow

Crowd Cow takes its crowd-funding beef business national, opens up delivery across the U.S.

Crowd Cow’s crowd of cow-tipping beef lovers just got a lot bigger. The Seattle-based startup announced Tuesday that it is… Read More

Snapchat parent Snap acquires location analytics startup Placed for more than $200M

Snapchat parent Snap has acquired Placed, a Seattle-based startup that operates a consumer location analytics platform, GeekWire has learned. Placed, which employs… Read More

Mysterious Seattle digital marketing startup New Engen, led by former Zulily employees, raises $8M

New Engen, a digital marketing startup led by veterans of online retailer Zulily, has raised $8 million, according to a filing with the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Spotted Places maps out travel recommendations from friends

Bryant Hawthorne and Dan Taylor met as neighbors and quickly bonded over a love of travel and similar careers in… Read More

Media Partners raises $1.1M to produce ‘Hollywood-grade’ training videos

Pretty much everyone has, at some point in life, been sequestered in a room and made to watch a series… Read More

Wireless tech company Rigado raises $3M to expand overseas and grow IoT product line

Rigado, a Portland company that provides wireless services for Internet of Things (IoT) companies, has secured $3.3 million in seed… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft cybersecurity vets launch Seklarity to help companies understand hacking risk

During the years Joe Donahue spent running Microsoft’s cybersecurity threat detection team, he observed a recurring problem. The team helped… Read More

Molecule filter maker Membrion wins top prize at University of Washington Business Plan Competition

A team of chemical engineering and business students from the University of Washington earned the top prize at the 20th… Read More

UW honors long-time entrepreneurship program leader Connie Bourassa-Shaw at 20th Business Plan Competition

The University of Washington held an award dinner for its 20th Business Plan Competition on Thursday evening in Seattle. But it also… Read More

Pizza, soda, Oreos and breathing: 7 key lessons I learned in the startup trenches

Becoming a startup CEO was never an explicit career goal. I started PitchBook because of a simple and pure motivation… Read More

Work management powerhouse Smartsheet lands $52M, valuation tops $850M amid global expansion

Project and work management technology company Smartsheet has landed the biggest funding round in the company’s 11-year history — $52 million — as… Read More

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