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New wireless charging chips power devices up to 30 feet away, running on Ossia technology

The wireless charging we have today is barely wireless. Right now, if you are too lazy to plug a wire… Read More

Ignite co-founder Brady Forrest acquires the popular speaker series from O’Reilly Media

Brady Forrest, who hatched the Ignite speaker series with his colleague Bre Pettis nearly nine years ago in Seattle, has acquired… Read More

Sqoop raises cash to help journalists efficiently mine public documents

On a visit to a Seattle newsroom last year, public relations executive Bill Hankes was pained as he watched a… Read More

From side project to cash: ‘Amazing Airfare’ sold by travel enthusiast after nine-month ride

Zachary Cohn had the idea for Amazing Airfare after he was able to sniff out a roundtrip flight from New York… Read More

Music streaming service BOOMiO shuts down as startup rethinks its approach

Seattle-based BOOMiO sent a message to users this week letting them know the music streaming service had been shut down so the app… Read More

Phil Gordon’s startup Chatbox names former LivingSocial exec Doug Miller as CEO

Chatbox, the Seattle-based startup founded last year by professional poker veteran Phil Gordon, has hired Doug Miller, formerly chief revenue officer of… Read More

C-Labs raises $2.7 million to give greater insights into automated industrial equipment

C-Labs has raised $2.7 million as the industrial-grade software company begins to expand and really scale its business. Founded in 2009,… Read More

Flexe raises $4.4M as it builds a marketplace to turn empty warehouse space into extra cash

Flexe announced $4.4 million in funding on Thursday as the hot Seattle startup gets ready to expand its marketplace that acts… Read More

Challenges at Porch: High-flying, heavily funded startup learns the lessons of rapid growth

From the start, Porch has done things big, and fast. In a little more than two years, the home improvement tech company raised… Read More

Here’s how much HomeAway paid to acquire vacation rental startup Dwellable

As part of HomeAway’s third quarter earnings release, which included the announcement of its $3.9 billion acquisition by Expedia, the company revealed today how… Read More

AWS co-founder’s startup Sirqul raises $5M from big-name investors

Sirqul announced $5 million in funding on Wednesday, as the 2-year-old startup gets ready to come out of stealth mode… Read More

Accel Partners hires leading Google engineer Joe Beda as a Seattle-based entrepreneur in residence

Accel Partners is brining on longtime Google thought leader Joe Beda as its newest entrepreneur in residence. Beda hasn’t decided… Read More

Mike Fridgen leaves GM job at eBay, joins ‘startup studio’ Madrona Venture Labs as CEO

Seattle entrepreneur Mike Fridgen knows Madrona Venture Group pretty well. After all, three of the startups he’s helped build over… Read More

Seattle startup Context Relevant cuts staff after ‘deep operational review’

Seattle startup Context Relevant — a heavily-funded big data analytics company backed by Madrona Venture Group — has cut a… Read More

Fast-growing OfferUp breaks silence with $90M in funding, goes after Craigslist

OfferUp — one of the Seattle area’s most valuable, secretive and fastest growing startups — announced more than $90 million… Read More

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Meet the Seattle 10: Innovative startups transforming everything from virtual reality to health care

Seattle startups are shaking up all sorts of industries, from gaming to health care to consumer Internet. And all of… Read More

Chef acquires German security startup VulcanoSec, launches new compliance product

Chef today announced its second acquisition ever. The Seattle-based IT automation provider has acquired VulcanoSec, a small German startup founded this… Read More

Paul Allen’s AI2 launches search engine designed specifically for scientists

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, or AI2, launched a new search engine for scientists on Monday, the latest project… Read More

What surviving on Mars can teach you about building a startup to last

It’s rare that a story about survival set on another planet can provide guidance on how to build an enduring… Read More

Follow-up: Porch lays off 90 people, key executives depart as company adjusts strategy

A total of 90 employees were let go from Porch this week, and at least three high-ranking executives have recently parted ways with the company —… Read More

Cybersecurity startup SignalSense raises $4.5M with a ‘DVR’ for network attacks

Seattle-based cybersecurity startup SignalSense just raised $4.5 million, bolstering its efforts to curb a growing security problem facing organizations ranging from Costco… Read More

Meet Ya Joe: A new apparel company targeting ‘tech guys’ who struggle with fashion

We can all agree that most men working in the technology industry don’t exactly have great fashion sense. I count myself… Read More

Envelop VR raises $4M as Madrona backs its first virtual reality startup

Envelop VR announced on Tuesday it has raised $4 million in series A funding as the virtual reality startup gets… Read More

Techstars Seattle Demo Day 2015: Our favorite pitches and startups to watch

It’s hard to walk away from the annual Techstars Seattle Demo Day without feeling like Mark Cuban on an episode… Read More

Convoy raises $2.5M from Jeff Bezos, Marc Benioff, others for new on-demand trucking startup

A new Seattle startup has raised $2.5 million from an impressive group of investors to change how shippers connect with… Read More

Health-care innovation sector having outsized impact on state economy, new study finds

More than 770 health care innovation companies are operating in Washington state, representing 6 percent of jobs in the state’s health-care… Read More

Permission sought and granted by my 9-year-old to start a new company

Starting a new business wasn’t just a professional decision for me. It was also a family one where I sought… Read More

Startup Spotlight: UW grads create DataBlade to help companies draw insights from disparate data

Data can come in all shapes and sizes, from various sources and software. Taking all that information and gleaning actionable… Read More

After selling BigDoor, resilient startup leader Keith Smith is back at it with NYC company

NEW YORK — Serial entrepreneur Keith Smith knows all too well that building a superior product isn’t the same as… Read More

Seattle’s next $1B startup? Inside this secretive company’s bid to unseat Craigslist

OfferUp could be the most valuable Seattle startup you’ve never heard about. This little-known consumer Internet startup — which connects buyers and… Read More

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