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Alzheimer-fighting M3 Biotechnology closes $10 million funding round

Bruce Montgomery, one of Seattle’s longtime biotech veterans, was among the investors that participated in a $10 million funding round… Read More

So many unicorns: New study suggests some billion-dollar companies may not be so magical

Unicorns — privately-held tech startups valued at more than $1 billion — are on the rise. However, a new study by Fenwick… Read More

Mobile gaming vet David Bluhm raises cash for CopsForHire, a service to hire off-duty police

David Bluhm is best known for his work in the gaming space as the co-founder of Z2 (acquired by King.com) and former… Read More

Venture capital powerhouse DFJ Raises $350 million, plans to pump portion of funds into Seattle startups

Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that has backed companies such as SpaceX, Twilio and Yammer, announced this… Read More

MIT spinoff Tenacity raises $1.5M to improve workplace productivity with ‘social physics’

Tenacity is raising money to help companies improve worker productivity. The MIT spinoff, which relocated to Seattle in 2014, today… Read More

‘Gigantic’ game developer Motiga lays off ‘significant percentage’ of studio

Motiga, a Bellevue-based game developer behind the yet-to-be-released Xbox One and Windows 10 game Gigantic, laid off a “significant percentage” of employees today. In… Read More

Ignition participates in $35M investment in ‘data wrangling’ company Trifacta

Ignition Partners, the Seattle-based venture capital firm known for its enterprise technology investments, rejoined Accel Partners and Greylock Partners and new investor Cathay Innovation… Read More

Study: Entrepreneurs with direct flight access to venture capital backers are more likely to succeed

A new study from MIT discovered that startups are more likely to succeed when their venture capital backers are connected to… Read More

Filing reveals Gravity Payments’ CEO pay and internal financial results

A new court filing provides the first detailed glimpse of the internal financial results at what has become one of the Seattle region’s most… Read More

GeekWire Startup Day is Friday: Full agenda released for our big entrepreneurial bootcamp

A wireless pioneer. A Super Bowl-winning lineman from the Seattle Seahawks. And, of course, an abundance of top entrepreneurs. GeekWire… Read More

Poached Jobs restaurant employment site raises $2.25 million in funding

Poached Jobs, a Portland, Ore.-based job board and hiring platform for bars and restaurants, has raised $2.25 million in funding, roughly two-thirds… Read More

MicaSense raises $7.4M from Parrot to develop new drone technology for agriculture industry

MicaSense is raising more cash from Parrot to support its fast-growing drone technology business. MicaSense CEO Gabriel Torres confirmed with… Read More

Steve Ballmer

Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s new project is a ’10-K for government’ — and he’s fired up about it

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been quietly working on a project that he describes as a “10-K for government,”… Read More

Joylux raises cash for sonic technology that strengthens women’s pelvic muscles, boosts sexual health

For women who have had children, or who are simply getting older, it can be difficult to maintain sexual health. Of… Read More

Guest commentary: Why the startup model is best for innovation

“Clockspeed” is a term of art from the computer industry; it means the operating speed of a microprocessor, the rate… Read More

Top angels pump $9M into Amperity, a new marketing startup from Derek Slager and Kabir Shahani of Appature

Kabir Shahani and Derek Slager already have one big success under their belts, selling Seattle-based healthcare marketing startup Appature to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: MarketingZoom launches platform for buying and selling local marketing

After spending nearly a decade running a motorsports marketing agency, Tony Scott saw a major hole in the marketing field:… Read More

Ex-Microsoft manager raises cash from sports team owners to enhance the fan experience at live games

As technology helps our living room become a more attractive and comfortable place to watch live sports — think HDTVs, surround… Read More

Meet the 10 machine learning and data science startups in Microsoft’s Seattle Accelerator

Microsoft Ventures today announced its third batch of Seattle Accelerator startups that are focusing on machine learning and data science. Microsoft’s… Read More

Grayl uses Kickstarter to launch Ultralight, the ‘world’s best’ water purification bottle

Grayl, the Seattle-based maker of portable water-purification bottles, is seeking additional funds through a Kickstarter campaign for its latest offering,… Read More

Social Justice Hackathon brings real solutions to those in need of legal aid

The United States prides itself on guaranteeing justice for all. But inequality in the justice system is still a persistent… Read More

Seattle startup Propella launched their lightweight, single-speed ebike on Indiegogo today.

Seattle electric bike startup Propella debuts affordable e-bike, taking cues from Tesla and Apple

A few years ago, 2011 UW graduate Ben Tarassoli was looking for an electrically-assisted bicycle (e-bike). Although there were plenty… Read More

University of Washington spin-off MediaAMP seeks to simplify digital content sharing

If you’ve worked in an office in the last 10 years, you’ve probably experienced the sometimes-nightmare of creating and sharing… Read More

Zumobi co-founder raises $500K for new virtual reality communications startup

Another day, another virtual reality startup sprouting up in Seattle. This time it’s Zumobi co-founder John SanGiovanni jumping into the… Read More

Amazon spent $690 million on acquisitions in 2015, new filing shows

Amazon spent a total of $690 million on acquisitions in 2015, most of it in cash, according to the company’s annual… Read More

Startup Spotlight: BeFunky makes online photo editing and graphic design simple

Today, almost everyone has a smartphone — which means almost everyone is an amateur photographer. But that wasn’t the case… Read More

Poppy raises cash, expands on-demand childcare service in Seattle region

In early 2015, Avni Patel found herself at a familiar crossroads for entrepreneurs. She’d left a corporate brand development career… Read More

Life without gas stations? On-demand car fueling startup Booster Fuels raises $9M, moves operations to Silicon Valley

Booster Fuels, which allows car owners to request a fueling truck to fill vehicles wherever they are parked, has raised… Read More

Pitchbook

Investment data provider PitchBook raises $10M at $160M valuation

PitchBook, a Seattle-based startup that conducts research about investments, is raising an investment of its own. The 9-year-old company today announced… Read More

How the ‘Seattle Tech Universe’ map ended up at the World Economic Forum

The Seattle region’s technology landscape was in the spotlight over the weekend in Davos, Switzerland, where top corporate executives and global… Read More

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