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DocuSign releases list of high-profile investors, from tech execs to Tony Hawk and Jared Leto

The Seattle-born electronic signature company DocuSign released a list on Wednesday of some of the more prominent individual investors the company has picked… Read More

Meet Booster Fuels: Stealthy startup refuels your car while you work, eliminates trips to gas station

A new Seattle startup wants to eliminate the gas station errand. Founded less than a year ago, Booster Fuels is seeing… Read More

Seattle pharmacy automation company Talyst splits business, sells hardware division

Seattle-based Talyst announced on Tuesday the 13-year-old company is splitting its business and selling its hardware division to Seattle-based investment firm Columbia… Read More

Zillow and Expedia founder Rich Barton: Extreme startup lifestyles are ‘unsustainable’

LAS VEGAS — When Expedia spun out of Microsoft in the 1990’s, founder Rich Barton and his team made a conscious… Read More

Q&A: Madrona’s Tom Alberg on the changing winds of venture capital, tech bubbles and bankrolling a young Jeff Bezos

Tom Alberg did not have grand ambitions when he co-founded Madrona Venture Group with a few high-powered business buddies 20… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Sibling co-founders help developers collaborate with Brand.ai

Two brothers want to help web development teams communicate more effectively and establish a common design language. Ehud and Amit… Read More

AppSheet raises $1.5M, plans expansion with tool that builds mobile apps without writing code

Seattle-based AppSheet is planning to double its headcount to about 15 workers after raising $1.5 million in funding from venture capital firm… Read More

Zomato makes widespread job cuts, closes Seattle office after shutting down Urbanspoon

Zomato, the India-based restaurant discovery company that bought Seattle’s Urbanspoon for $60 million to establish a U.S. beachhead earlier this year,… Read More

After rough period, Seattle-based Blue Rooster sees ‘nice exit’ with sale to Perficient

Things were a little touch-and-go for a while at Seattle-based UX design company Blue Rooster, but company founder Kevin Conroy… Read More

Angel investment groups merge: Zino’s Cathi Hatch to lead Seattle chapter of Keiretsu Forum NW

A week after announcing its closure, Seattle angel investment group Zino Society has found … an angel. The Keiretsu Forum Northwest… Read More

Glamhive raises cash for fashion platform that rewards users who share outfits

Glamhive, a two-year-old Seattle startup that rewards fashionistas with gift cards for sharing their favorite outfits online, has raised $946,000 in investment… Read More

Exclusive: Real estate giant Realogy makes strategic investment in Seattle startup Estately

Seattle real estate startup Estately has received an undisclosed investment from Realogy, the giant real estate conglomerate that operates brands such… Read More

SkoolCommute harnesses a hidden network to get your kid a ride to soccer practice or music lessons

With the multitude of after-school activities, the growing number of families where both parents work full time and ever increasing… Read More

Almost no one in NYC’s Central Park knows Seattle’s tech scene exists

NEW YORK — Dallas, Austin, Atlanta, Richmond, Charlotte. These are some of the cities that people in New York City’s Central… Read More

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SimplyMeasured makes its second acquisition, swoops up social intelligence platform DataRank

Simply Measured has acquired its second company in less than two months. The Seattle social media analytics startup today announced… Read More

Boeing acquires German software startup to train more pilots in Europe

Boeing announced on Monday it has acquired Peters Software, a 20-person German company that builds applications to train commercial and… Read More

Book excerpt: How the Best Angel Investors Make Money in Startups

[Editor’s Note: Seattle-based author Josh Maher shares an excerpt from his newly released book, Startup Wealth: How the Best Angel… Read More

Gratafy raises $4.3M to meet growing demand from restaurants, bars for gift giving platform

Gratafy continues to grow and the Seattle startup is raising more investment money to help meet demand. The three-year-old company, which… Read More

Meet Ripl: This new startup wants to help you make money on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook

Paul Ingalls and Andrew Wright tried to crack into the sports content business with Fanzo, but the Seattle entrepreneurs quickly… Read More

HomeAway buys vacation rental startup Dwellable, plans to shutter service and move team to Austin

Dwellable has found a new home. The Seattle vacation rental startup — founded three years ago by developers Nathan Kriege… Read More

Jet.com kills $50 membership fee, searching for a business model to dethrone Amazon

Jet.com, the closely watched e-commerce startup trying to perfect a business model that it hopes will upend Amazon, announced on Wednesday it will… Read More

Seattle’s tech diversity gap and what Techstars is doing about it, here and around the world

Whether it’s marriage equality, legalizing marijuana or addressing the growing gap between rich and poor, we Seattleites like to think… Read More

Startup gurus Dave McClure and Brady Forrest still holding out hope for canceled reality TV show

Startup gurus and the stars of Syfy channel’s recently canceled series “The Bazillion Dollar Club,” Dave McClure and Brady Forrest, say they… Read More

500 Startups co-founder Dave McClure: 90 percent of VCs are going to look like idiots in 10 years

Venture capitalist Dave McClure takes an unusual approach to startup investing, spreading smaller bets over a lot of startups instead of… Read More

Top Seattle investors raise $12.5M for new ‘startup studio’ Pioneer Square Labs

Geoff Entress has an impressive resume. The former securities lawyer and financial analyst is a venture partner at Voyager Capital… Read More

‘Uber for deliveries’ Dolly raises $8M to help people move big items, launches in Seattle

After helping people deliver more than 30,000 items in Chicago over the past year, Dolly is raising more investment money… Read More

Calling all analytics startups: Microsoft unveils next accelerator program focused on data science

Microsoft announced the third installment of its Microsoft Ventures Seattle Accelerator on Wednesday, this time focusing on data science and machine… Read More

SheerID raises $5.3M to help retailers verify customers who qualify for special offers

SheerID, a Eugene, Ore.-based startup that develops verification technology for retailers, has raised a $5.3 million round to help scale the company’s… Read More

Meet the 8 new college roommates who just moved into a house for women studying computer science

What started as a dream for Lucas and Lee Brown is now a reality at the Tune House. As classes… Read More

Dato v. Datto: Seattle tech firm fighting trademark infringement complaint after name change

Seattle-based Dato has been deadlocked in a trademark infringement argument with fellow tech startup Datto for months, ever since Dato changed… Read More

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