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Convoy keeps on trucking, hires former Uber Seattle engineering chief

Convoy is putting a little more gas in the tank. The Seattle startup, which matches trucking companies with shippers that need… Read More

Trump poised to kill Obama’s plan to allow foreign entrepreneurs to build startups in the U.S.

Well, that was fast. The Trump administration has reportedly set the wheels in motion to undo former President Obama’s plan to help… Read More

StratusCore, a digital content production startup used by Netflix and Sony, comes out of stealth

StratusCore, a 5-year-old Seattle-based startup that helps digital content creators with cloud-based production technology, is finally coming out of stealth… Read More

Female entrepreneurs launch XXcelerate Fund to help women-led startups access capital

This female founders’ story starts in a kitchen — but the women weren’t there to cook. Portland business leaders Mara Zepeda,… Read More

Jeeva Wireless, founded by UW researchers, raises $1.2M to develop ‘breakthrough’ passive Wi-Fi system

A group of University of Washington engineers has raised capital to develop and commercialize a power-efficient way to generate WiFi transmissions. Jeeva… Read More

Here are the 9 startups in Techstars Seattle’s newest class

Here comes another round of Techstars Seattle startups. The 3-month accelerator announced its 2017 cohort on Thursday. The group, which marks the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Married couple turns a personal crisis into a gifting platform to help people in turmoil

Three years ago, Laura Malcolm and James Kocsis received the heartbreaking news that they were part of the one in… Read More

Lighter Capital uses ‘revenue-based funding’ model to invest in wedding management platform Aisle Planner

Seattle-based investment firm Lighter Capital announced this week that it has invested in Aisle Planner, a San Diego-based startup that… Read More

Seattle entrepreneur launches VR startup with an unusual spin after selling her startup to UW

(Updated Thursday with details about UW’s acquisition of Zealyst). After selling her enterprise collaboration startup Zealyst to the University of Washington,… Read More

Self-sanitizing keyboard creator Vioguard secures $5M — eyes escalator handrails and pens next

Vioguard, the Bothell, Wash., company that created a self-sanitizing keyboard and mouse, has secured another $5 million in Series A… Read More

Pavia Systems raises $4M to deploy flagship construction software

Pavia Systems, a Seattle-based startup developing software that supports infrastructure construction projects, has announced a $4 million funding round to… Read More

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Beef-sharing startup Crowd Cow raises $2M as it steers its focus toward a national audience

Talk about seed and feed. Crowd Cow, the Seattle-based startup that launched in 2015 with the goal of bringing higher-quality… Read More

Health123 acquired by Samepage Health to create cloud software for patients with chronic conditions

Two Seattle healthcare companies are joining forces to build tech-infused solutions together. Samepage Health has acquired Health123, a Seattle-based startup that… Read More

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Startup stories: Join us for a discussion on what it is like in the entrepreneurial trenches

Are you thinking about joining the startup ranks? Or just curious what it’s like to be an entrepreneur? Join us… Read More

Tech startups PetHub and Pebblebee settle lawsuit over pet tracking tags

Pet ID tag company PetHub and tracking technology startup Pebblebee have settled a contract dispute over a deal to develop pet tracking… Read More

Headset raises $2.5M for marijuana retail business data intelligence and analytics startup

As more states pass laws legalizing the sale of cannabis, new retail stores are generating revenue. Just like any business,… Read More

Entrepreneurs and investors will love this game about pitching ‘objectively bad startup ideas’

Attention, nerds: This is the party game for you. “Pitch Deck” is kind of like “Cards Against Humanity” for the… Read More

Jellyvision acquires healthcare automation platform FlexMinder, plans to expand Seattle office

Jellyvision has acquired FlexMinder, a Seattle startup that helps healthcare administrators automate the insurance claims submission process. FlexMinder CEO Lowell Ricklefs… Read More

How The Wizard of Oz tells you everything you need to know about being a great entrepreneur

NEW YORK — Is the secret to entrepreneurial success found in The Wizard of Oz? Rich Barton, the co-founder of… Read More

Why this Seattle startup moved to rural South Dakota — and what happened next

Camp Native CEO David Woodbury describes Spearfish, S.D., as a place with “the least amount of tech startup activity in the… Read More

Voyager Capital adds Silicon Valley vet to Seattle office, shifts investing focus to Pacific Northwest

In some ways, James Newell is a hometown Seattle boy. He was born and raised on the Kitsap Peninsula, just an… Read More

HR software maker Unitive acquires Seattle startup TalentSonar to help companies remove bias from hiring

Unitive, a San Francisco company that makes hiring and HR software, is acquiring TalentSonar, according to CEO Alvin Loh. The… Read More

Stay Alfred raises $15M to expand lodging business that rents apartments like hotels

Stay Alfred, a Spokane, Wash. lodging startup that operates short-term rentals out of the downtown neighborhoods of major U.S. cities,… Read More

Apana raises $3.5M to help businesses save money by controlling water use

Water is becoming increasingly scarce, and a startup based in Bellingham, Wash., has raised $3.5 million to help businesses monitor… Read More

Online pet sitting service Rover sniffing around IPO, CEO says they’re targeting 2018

Is Rover barking up the IPO tree? The fast-growing Seattle based online pet sitting and dog walking marketplace is targeting… Read More

Tech Moves: WTIA names new chairman; Amazon poaches talent to lead Prime overseas; and more

The Washington Technology Industry Association‘s Board of Directors has a new chairman: John Suk, a Harvard and University of Chicago graduate… Read More

How this reluctant Fitbit investor almost missed a $1.6 billion windfall

Tech investor Brad Feld remembers his first call with Fitbit CEO James Park. It was in 2010, during a major… Read More

Obama’s edict to help immigrant entrepreneurs start companies in the U.S. is finalized

(Updated Jan. 18 to reflect the correct date the rule takes effect). The Department of Homeland Security has officially published a… Read More

Kitchenbowl acquired by Japanese cooking school as founders head to Uber and Instacart

It started with a cold email and ended with an acquisition. Kitchenbowl, a Seattle-based startup that built a social recipe… Read More

Startup Spotlight: On-demand beauty service Tousled brings salon professionals to your door

When Priya Dandawate was studying engineering at the University of Illinois, she moonlighted in local beauty parlors. She saw big inefficiencies in… Read More

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