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PayRange raises $12M to install new payment technology in old vending machines

PayRange wants to help you buy items from a vending machine without cash or coins. The Portland-based startup today announced… Read More

Cadence Biomedical raises $1.2M to help people with disabilities restore walking ability

Cadence Biomedical, makers of the Kickstart medical device, today announced a $1.2 million Series B funding round. The seven-year-old Seattle-based… Read More

Indix raises $15M to build out huge e-commerce product database trove

Indix has raised another $15 million to continue developing a platform that offers its clients information about millions of online products. The… Read More

Ex-Microsoft employees raise $2M for Appuri to help companies reduce customer churn

Seattle-based Appuri has raised $2 million in seed funding led by Divergent Ventures. Appuri collects customer usage data to predict when… Read More

Food industry vets pour $1.3M into Kitchenbowl recipe app as top chefs join platform

Kitchenbowl is raising some dough to help people cook. The Seattle-based startup has reeled in $1.3 million from angel investors like… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Horizon uses existing communities to create local hospitality networks

In the age of the billion-person social network, it can be challenging to use digital tools to find authentic, trustworthy… Read More

App of the Week: Trover takes travel photo-sharing to a new level

To kick off my summer vacation, I spent three weeks traveling around Thailand with a close childhood friend of mine.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft vet launches Kodu Care, an online marketplace for healthcare home visits

Mauricio Gonzalez de la Fuente had been working for Microsoft for over two decades when he finally decided to strike… Read More

Dave Parker takes reins at Seattle coding academy Code Fellows

Startup veteran Dave Parker is taking the reins of Code Fellows, the Seattle-based educational organization that teaches folks to code.… Read More

Microsoft partners with Techstars and others to give startups free cloud computing credits

Microsoft has struck partnerships with startup accelerators around the world in a new bid to make inroads against Amazon Web Services, Google… Read More

This startup is launching 60 satellites in space to take real-time photos of Earth

A new Seattle-area startup wants to launch the largest satellite-imaging constellation ever deployed to help take pictures and videos of the Earth. BlackSky… Read More

From customer to acquisition: Limeade makes splash with buy of 9slides

Limeade didn’t have to look very far to make the first acquisition in its nine-year history. The Bellevue corporate health… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Unoceros turns smartphones into a massive computing network

Smartphones are everywhere. The number of worldwide smartphone users is expected to surpass 2 billion in 2016. Even now it’s… Read More

Lessons from startup failure: EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalists weigh in

Lots of entrepreneurs and startups — most, in fact — deal with failure. But what separates the good from great… Read More

GeekWire 200 update: Portland companies shine in list of top startups

A few months ago, we expanded the GeekWire 200 list to include privately-held tech startups headquartered in Oregon. We love… Read More

White House announces ‘Startup in a Day Initiative’ to help cut red tape

Government “red tape” is one of the most frustrating hurdles for entrepreneurs looking to start a new business. In response to… Read More

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund backs Modumetal, a creator of nanolaminated parts that are stronger than steel

Modumetal, the Seattle-based startup that’s developing a new class of nanolayered materials that are stronger, lighter and less corrosive than… Read More

High-powered angel investors sink $2M in new virtual reality startup

A group of high-profile angel investors are betting big on new virtual reality startup Envelop VR. The Bellevue company today… Read More

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Entrepreneurs of the Year: Here’s who won the big EY awards in Seattle last night

EY’s annual Entrepreneur of the Year awards are an intense experience for organizers and nominees alike, starting months before the winners… Read More

Startup Spotlight: SalesPrepper helps sellers target buyers with crowdsourced organizational charts

Michael Chu and Niraj Zaveri were working for SAP when they started to notice a dramatic shift in the world… Read More

Seattle tech leaders share the secrets of landing a great dev job

There are a lot of jobs for engineers and developers in Seattle, but getting a great one can still be tough.… Read More

Here’s where Madrona plans to invest its new $300M fund, including one tech segment that may surprise you

Madrona Venture Group’s new $300 million fund will allow the Seattle venture capital firm to bankroll more than new 30… Read More

Mobile dealership Tred raises another $1M to help used car owners make more money

It took a few pivots, but Tred appears to have settled on new business model that its investors feel optimistic… Read More

Founderfox raises $400K for founder pitch video app just 2 days after launching

Well, that was fast. Seattle-based entrepreneurs Kori Handy and Mitchell Porter launched Founderfox this weekend as a way to help… Read More

Crowd Supply raises cash from MIT director Joi Ito for hardware-focused crowdfunding site

Crowd Supply is raising more cash for its “highly-curated” crowdfunding site. The Portland-based startup added an additional $350,000 to its second seed… Read More

Ottemo raises cash to help small, medium e-commerce retailers with all-in-one platform

After running an online clothing website for four years, Gavin Smith and Lee Smith became frustrated with existing e-commerce platform options.… Read More

Porch hires new CFO, Bob Barton, who helped Drugstore.com go public

Home improvement data startup Porch has hired a new chief financial officer, Bob Barton, whose experience includes helping Drugstore.com go… Read More

New feature: Seattle’s incubators, accelerators, and co-working spaces, all in one place

One hallmark of startup hubs is a bevy of accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces that provide resources for entrepreneurs to help… Read More

This University of Washington spin-out just raised $2.5M to evaluate surgeons’ skills

Performance reviews are commonplace in most industries as a way for employers to ensure that their employees are putting out… Read More

Maana comes out stealth, raises $11M for big data search engine platform

After three years, Maana is emerging out of stealth mode. The company last week announced an $11 million funding round… Read More

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