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Startup Spotlight: Snackdish hosts an online community for TV, movie fans to connect

Anyone who’s attended a happy hour recognizes the inevitable “who’s watching what” conversation. Scandal viewers can’t believe the latest plot twist. Game… Read More

Tipbit email app gets upgrade, looking for new edge in competitive market

A new update for the Tipbit mobile email app for iPhone promises better social integration, an improved interface and faster search results for messages… Read More

Front Desk raises $4M for business management software; Demandforce founders invest

Front Desk, a Seattle-based startup that helps businesses manage scheduling, payments, and other administrative tasks, has raised an additional $4… Read More

Meet Project 529: A bike security software startup led by Xbox co-founder J Allard

J Allard knows first-hand how miserable it can be to try and recover a stolen bicycle. Now the Xbox co-founder… Read More

Elemental raises $14.5M from Australian telco giant Telstra, European broadcaster Sky

Portland-based Elemental Technologies today announced a $14.5 million Series D financing round led by Telstra, the largest telecommunications and information… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Modaym helps consumers find unique products directly from fashion designers

When it comes to online shopping, the options are vast. Almost every fashion retailer has an e-commerce presence. The ubiquity… Read More

High-tech cooking startup funded by a surprising investor: Valve’s Gabe Newell

Valve Corp. co-founder Gabe Newell, one of the most influential people in the video-game industry, has quietly invested in a high-tech cooking… Read More

Porch makes another acqui-hire, brings on ex-Microsoft vets from Elemental Foundry

It’s been quite a month for Porch. The Seattle-based home-improvement data startup just last week released its mobile app, and… Read More

After legal tussle with Flipboard, Seattle startup Flowboard changes name

Seattle startup Treemo Labs is dumping the name of its flagship product Flowboard, a move that comes 17 months after… Read More

Skytap lands $35 million to help companies build software faster

Skytap is flying high. The Seattle cloud computing startup today is announcing that it has raised $35 million in new… Read More

Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price named ‘Entrepreneur of 2014’ by Entrepreneur Magazine

Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price has been named the Entrepreneur of 2014 by Entrepreneur Magazine, beating out a field of… Read More

Slide Bureau online presentation tool shutting down on Dec. 24

Jackson Fish Market, the Seattle development and design shop led by Hillel Cooperman and Jenny Lam, is shutting down its… Read More

Utrip

Utrip lands $850K in financing, adds features and clients

Utrip, the Seattle-based travel planning platform, announced today that it has raised $850,000 in its second round of funding this… Read More

Docusign co-founder raises $3M for stealthy cooking app CookBrite

Stealthy Seattle-area startup CookBrite is quietly raising a $3.5 million seed round. The company, led by Docusign co-founder and longtime Seattle… Read More

EveryMove cuts sales staff, takes new approach with @Work fitness service

Seattle startup EveryMove, which helps employees keep track of fitness metrics and receive rewards for hitting goals, has laid off… Read More

Bill Gates-backed Kymeta raises $20 million, CEO announces departure

Kymeta, which has been described as the next billion-dollar idea bankrolled by Bill Gates, has raised another $20 million in… Read More

LilyDrive raising $450K for platform that lets you donate to causes after reading news articles

LilyDrive wants to make it easier for you to donate to charity online and is reeling in some cash in order… Read More

In emotional farewell note, Biznik founder announces closure of 10-year-old business social network

Biznik, which operated a community of small business owners to exchange ideas, resources and referrals, is closing down at the… Read More

Meet Boomio, the new app for music sharing that has the record industry’s support

In this day and age, artists who want to promote their music have a mammoth task ahead of them. Listeners… Read More

Startup Spotlight: LilyDrive wants to change how and when we make donations to charity online

Consider the last story online that left an impression on you; the most recent content you shared with friends; the most memorable… Read More

Cloud lovers: Here’s why two Seattle VCs are so bullish on the future of IT

The technology industry is in constant motion occasionally undergoing tectonic shifts, altering the landscape and crowning new winners and losers.… Read More

Ignition’s John Connors: Here’s what Seattle can learn from Silicon Valley

You may be sick and tired by now of hearing about the rivalry between Seattle and Silicon Valley — with… Read More

Online survey company QuestionPro buys RapidEngage

Seattle-based QuestionPro, a maker of online polling and surveying software, has acquired San Diego-based RapidEngage in a deal of undisclosed size.… Read More

This startup helps Vitamin D-deficient people with a sun ray machine that doesn’t cause skin cancer

Vitamin D deficiency is a serious global problem. As society has migrated away from the equator and moved indoors, more than a billion humans are… Read More

Former Microsoft ad exec launches Parllay, aiming to help companies turn social buzz into sales

A new startup called Parllay, based in Kirkland, Wash., and run by a former top Microsoft advertising executive, launched its first… Read More

Guess who? USA Today’s 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year runs a Seattle startup

USA Today named its 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year today, and the winner is … Matt Ehrlichman, the CEO of Porch,… Read More

Enter the home of the future: From high-tech water heaters to remote-controlled lightpads

An energy-saving water heater. A portable security system. And light-switches that can be controlled from a smartphone, anywhere in the… Read More

Why this fast-growing recipe app startup moved from San Francisco to Seattle

Several tech giants have set up engineering offices in the Seattle area in an attempt to tap into the vast… Read More

Seattle VC firm Madrona debuts new incubator to be ‘systematic about building startups’

Coming up with a legitimate startup idea on a cocktail napkin is hard enough. But actually taking that sketch, quitting your day job,… Read More

Early-bird tickets on sale now for GeekWire Startup Day, an all-day bootcamp for entrepreneurs, makers and builders

Startups are hard. Really, hard. Entrepreneurs sometimes can feel as if they’re fighting a lonely battle, without any support, help… Read More

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