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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.

GeekWire 200 February update: Funding rounds spur hiring pushes for Pacific Northwest startups

Seattle has become known as one of the nation’s hubs for technology, but the Emerald City isn’t the only region… Read More

Outdoor Project raises $2M to help people find and plan adventures outside

A Portland startup that wants to help plan your next outdoor adventure just raised some fresh cash to build out its… Read More

WeChat parent Tencent leads $3M investment in augmented reality contact-lens company Innovega

The startup journey is often a sprint, a mad dash to raise capital and release products. But augmented reality startup… Read More

Utrip raises $4M to build out artificial intelligence-based travel planning platform

Utrip, a Seattle startup that uses machine learning to help travelers plan their trips , just closed a $4 million… Read More

Chris Barrow

Q&A: Former EagleView CEO Chris Barrow on launching a $150M venture fund in Seattle

When Bothell, Wash.-based EagleView Technology Corp. was acquired in 2015, EagleView CEO Chris Barrow wasn’t sure what he would do next.… Read More

As Trump stokes fears, startup backed by tech heavyweights aims to help immigrants ‘take control of their journey’

Xiao Wang is an immigrant success story. He came to the U.S. from Nanjing at three and went on to… Read More

‘Spotify for business’ startup Soundtrack Your Brand raises $22M, plans to grow Seattle-area office

A Spotify-backed company that gives businesses legal and data-driven background music is raising more cash to help expand its operations. Soundtrack… Read More

Washington state’s life science industry sheds 3% of jobs, as new study calls for revival of state support

Washington state is a leader in many areas of science, technology, and innovation. But over the past few years, the… Read More

Real estate startup Faira raises another $1.2M and expands to San Francisco market

Faira is raising more cash to help build out its real estate platform and expand to the San Francisco market.… Read More

Universal Music Group inks deal to sell music and tickets on retail chatbot service ReplyYes

ReplyYes, a Seattle startup that helps retailers engage with customers via its mobile messaging platform, is jumping into ticket sales under… Read More

Top Silicon Valley VC firm Accel leads $15M round for Opal, a marketing collaboration startup based in Portland

Given its early-stage investments in companies like Facebook, Slack, and Dropbox, if your company raises money from Accel, it’s probably a… Read More

This startup preserves your cells for the future, to capitalize on medical breakthroughs yet to come

Silene Biotech wants to help you grow a new heart or liver, in case those organs fail when you get… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Distiller seeks mobile engineers to fuel liquor discovery platform

There’s startup life, and then there’s liquor startup life. Distiller, a platform that offers custom liquor recommendations and discovery, is… Read More

Record360 raises $500K to grow platform that reduces damage disputes with rental companies

Seattle-based startup Record360 has raised $500,000 in a new investment round. Founded by former Enterprise Rent-A-Car employee Shane Skinner in… Read More

Students pitch everything from non-toxic pesticides to fashion startups at collegiate entrepreneurial contest TigerLaunch

A club at the University of Washington is ready to help launch the next big thing. Startup UW is a… Read More

OneEnergy Renewables raises more cash to develop solar projects across North America

Seattle-based solar energy startup OneEnergy Renewables has raised more cash to help develop large-scale solar energy projects across North America.… Read More

Apptentive raises another $1.7M to help app-makers better understand customers

Apptentive has a new investor and more cash to help fuel its growth. The Seattle startup, which helps mobile app… Read More

San Francisco’s Sift Science opens new Seattle engineering center, led by Amazon vet

Sift Science, a heavily-funded San Francisco-based company that builds software to fight fraud online, is opening up a Seattle outpost,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Amazon vets launch crowdsourced decision-making app Abett

From advertising to city planning, data powers the modern world. And while businesses are becoming increasingly sophisticated in leveraging data… Read More

Best way from A to B: Former Expedia vet raises $1.5M for stealthy transportation advice startup

You’ve got somewhere to be, but aren’t sure what mode of transportation is best. Uber or Lyft might get you there… Read More

Inside Nohla Therapeutics’ new Seattle biotech lab as Gov. Jay Inslee geeks out on science

It’s no secret that wet lab space is hard to come by in Seattle. Small biotech companies often struggle to… Read More

Cloud software monitoring startup Sensu raises $2.5M from Foundry Group

What started as an open source software project more than five years ago has turned into a legitimate startup that… Read More

Podcast

Q&A: Concur co-founders on their new venture, and the transformation of Seattle’s startup scene

When Raj Singh and Mike Hilton co-founded Concur with Steve Singh more than two decades ago, the technology startup scene in Seattle… Read More

MetaBrite raises another $3M to grow consumer purchasing data platform

MetaBrite is raising more cash to bolster its receipt-scanning and business intelligence technology. The Seattle startup just reeled in an… Read More

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Moment focuses on owning mobile photography with new Kickstarter for iPhone lens and cases

Marc Barros has spent three years building a team and a product and learning about his customer. Now, his Seattle-based… Read More

Shelf Engine raises $800K to help food retailers use artificial intelligence for optimized ordering

As his fresh salad and sandwich business started taking off a few years ago, Stefan Kalb realized he had a problem.… Read More

Douglas Johnson

Jobaline raises $3.5 million to expand hourly jobs platform and grow its team by 25%

Jobaline has secured $3.5 million in new funding to expand its bilingual marketplace for hourly jobs and grow its Kirkland,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Paranoid sexters will love this anti-screenshot app

When (newly-public) Snapchat first arrived on the scene, its self-destructing messages felt like a game-changer. Finally, a way to send… Read More

Madrona and Amplify Partners invest $3.1M in stealthy enterprise ‘intelligent app’ startup Suplari

Three veteran entrepreneurs just raised a hefty seed round from top venture capital firms for their stealthy enterprise startup. Suplari… Read More

Xnor.ai spins out from Paul Allen’s AI2 incubator, raises $2.6M to put AI in every device

Bringing artificial intelligence technology into the hands of consumers and businesses is no easy task; doing so takes a ton of… Read More

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