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ImpactFlow raises $5.7M to simplify how companies, employees donate to non-profits

ImpactFlow wants to help non-profits and businesses work together more effectively, and now it has a good chunk of funding to… Read More

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Portland cloud computing management startup Cloudability raising more cash

Portland-based Cloudability is set to raise a large round of fresh cash, according to a pair of SEC filings. First… Read More

Leafly founders depart, raise cash for new marijuana business intelligence startup

After five years, the founders of marijuana strain and dispensary database Leafly are moving on to their next cannabis-related startup.… Read More

Secretive startup raises another $380,000 for Money Clouds financial management app

We first talked to the Money Clouds team back in 2012, when it was a stealthy startup called Quemulus building a… Read More

Record360 raises $1.5M for an app that will help you prove you didn’t dent that rental car

Seattle startup Record360 has raised about $1.5 million as the company builds a mobile app to let you document the condition… Read More

Why this virtual reality startup picked Seattle over San Francisco for its new HQ

Shawn Whiting and Hayden Lee were set to move to San Francisco earlier this summer as they prepared to accelerate development… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Sayist focuses on safety and design with new video classifieds site

Update, Thursday Aug. 6: Sayist has taken down its website after GeekWire readers pointed out the large volume of content… Read More

Patent Navigation raises $2M to help lawyers automate the patent application process

Patent Navigation is raising cash to accelerate development of its software that helps lawyers prepare patent applications more efficiently. The Seattle… Read More

President Obama references Steve Jobs, Bill Gates at White House Demo Day

Anybody with a great startup idea in America should have a chance to explore their entrepreneurial dreams. That was the message… Read More

Anonymous career matchmaker Poachable changes name to Anthology as part of rebrand

Poachable is now Anthology. The Seattle-based anonymous career matchmaker today changed its name to Anthology, marking yet another shift in… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Dave McClure and Brady Forrest join the lineup for our biggest event ever

The GeekWire Summit is less than two months away, on Oct. 1 and 2 in Seattle, and today we’re excited… Read More

Top 20 startup ecosystems in the world: New report ranks Seattle No. 8

We’re in the midst of a startup revolution. That’s the crux of a new report on the top 20 entrepreneurial hubs… Read More

Microsoft’s latest acquisition lets sales teams operate like fantasy sports leagues

Microsoft has acquired the startup behind sales gamifaction platform FantasySalesTeam as it looks to bring fantasy sports-like competition to its Dynamics… Read More

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‘Silicon Valley’ star Thomas Middleditch on startup life, Microsoft Windows, and his own game project

GeekWire talked with actor and comedian Thomas Middleditch, star of HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” after his appearance as a judge at… Read More

Seattle’s Yapta raises $1.8 million to expand price tracking service for hotels, airlines

Seattle price tracking startup Yapta confirmed on Friday it has raised $1.8 million as it looks to grow the business one… Read More

Startup guru Steve Blank: Nobody should be paying students to drop out of school

Steve Blank, a Silicon Valley thought leader on the lean startup concept, admits he’s a little conflicted on the debate… Read More

Meet Endeavor One: Bungie vets ditch big studio for new virtual reality gaming startup

After 12 years designing warthogs and battle rifles for Bungie’s Halo series, former art lead Tom Doyle quit his job… Read More

Startup Spotlight: ActionSprout helps non-profits boost Facebook engagement

Non-profit organizations have a tall order. Getting people to engage, donate, and volunteer their time without concrete compensation is no easy… Read More

Photo editing startup PicMonkey lands $41M from Bay Area-based Spectrum Equity

PicMonkey is already a successful startup, boasting more than 25 million monthly users and hundreds of thousands of paying customers from… Read More

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Legal advice startup Avvo raises $71.5M, plans to hire 80 this year

Avvo is on a roll. Just two weeks after the Seattle-based legal advice startup announced plans for a new downtown office,… Read More

Amazon rolls out ‘Launchpad’ for startups, partners with Y Combinator, Indiegogo, Techstars and others

Amazon is working with some of the top startup programs and investors in the country on a new initiative called Amazon… Read More

PushSpring raises $5M from Trilogy to help advertisers target users on mobile phones

PushSpring, a Seattle-based analytics company that helps mobile app developers target specific audiences, has raised $5 million in a first round of… Read More

Meet the 11 new startups in Techstars Seattle

They hail from places like California, Tel Aviv, and Hong Kong. They work with technologies like cloud security, virtual reality, and… Read More

Microsoft’s guinea pig for cross-platform gaming explains how it will work on Xbox, Windows 10

Motiga, a Bellevue video game company, first started building its debut title for PC back in 2012 — long before… Read More

Stealthy startup raises $400,000 for projects like replacing gas in whipped cream canisters

Korvata, a startup seen around University of Washington student pitch competitions since last year, has graduated into the real world… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Outleads helps advertisers incorporate offline behavior for targeted online ads

Ever seen an advertisement, supposedly targeted for you, that clearly missed the mark? Maybe flower shopping led to a barrage of wedding dresses… Read More

Unicorn watch: There were 107 VC financing deals of $100M or more in the first half of 2015

We’ve been writing for some time about how the big private companies in technology just keep on getting bigger, landing… Read More

PicoBrew slurps up another $2.3M to build more beer-making machines

PicoBrew is raising more money to help fuel development of its beer makers. The Seattle-based startup just reeled in another… Read More

6 reasons why Microsoft alumni often struggle in the startup world

Why do Microsoft alumni struggle at startups? This clearly isn’t true of everyone who walks through the halls of Microsoft,… Read More

‘Bazillion Dollar Club’ sneak peek: Syfy show stars Dave McClure and Brady Forrest

What happens when a software accelerator and hardware accelerator join forces in search of a new wave of breakthrough startups? That’s the premise of… Read More

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