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Social media manager Hootsuite raises $60 million at valuation near $1 billion

Hootsuite, the Vancouver, B.C.-based startup that helps organizations better manage social media efforts, has pulled in another $60 million in… Read More

SurveyMonkey leads $5.3 million round in Seattle’s Apptentive

Seattle startup Apptentive has raised $5.3 million in funding, bringing in the capital from lead investor SurveyMonkey as well as… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed home improvement marketplace Pro.com lands $14 million from Madrona, Maveron

Pro.com, the Seattle startup that’s looking to make it easier to find home improvement specialists, from plumbers and electricians to… Read More

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Rover expands ‘premier’ dog-sitting service to Portland

Rover, the Seattle-based startup that connects dog owners with people to care for their pooches, announced today that users in… Read More

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U.S. travelers can now build their itineraries with Utrip, the AI-based trip planning service

People looking to take a trip in the Western U.S. have a new tool to help them find where to… Read More

CrowdStreet raises $800K seed round for crowdfunding real estate marketplace

Portland-based CrowdStreet announced today that it has raised an $800,000 seed round to fuel development of the company’s commercial crowdfunding… Read More

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DocuSign lands strategic investment from Australian telco giant Telstra

Telstra, the largest telecommunications company in Australia, has made a strategic investment in e-signature company DocuSign, the two companies announced… Read More

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LinkedIn teams with Koru to help new job-seekers gain experience

Koru announced today that professional networking site LinkedIn has signed on to host participants in its four-week job training program… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Shareconomy Live, Cigars & Startups, and more

The sharing economy has generated a lot of buzz (and heated debate) since services like Uber and Airbnb first emerged.… Read More

Ex-Microsofties raise $33 million for Tola Capital, plan to bankroll ‘next wave’ of enterprise software

Seattle is a good town for enterprise software. And perhaps nothing says that more than news Thursday that SAP is… Read More

Startup lessons: Moz founder Rand Fishkin explains how his arrogance, depression led to failures

Back in December, Moz founder Rand Fishkin went public with his plans to step down as CEO of the Seattle… Read More

Yes, things are hot in startup land, but this ain’t no dot-com bubble

Earlier this week, prominent venture capitalist Bill Gurley sent a warning shot across the startup industry, noting that burn rates… Read More

Matchmaking platform LikeBright morphs into Reveal, a new anonymous chat app

Over the past few years, Seattle entrepreneur Nick Soman had made significant progress with his matchmaking platform, LikeBright. The company participated… Read More

Banking startup Booyami raises $1.2M, acquires BBI Financial

Booyami, a Seattle area startup that streamlines aspects of the banking process, has raised a $1.2 million funding round and… Read More

This Seattle VC just returned from London, and now he’s got $50 million burning a hole in his pocket

Venture capitalist Bill Bryant is back in Seattle, and he’s got some money to toss around to hard-charging entrepreneurs who… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Auth0 raises $2.4M to simplify authentication for app developers

Auth0, a Seattle startup that simplifies authentication for app developers, today announced a $2.4 million round from Bessemer Venture Partners with… Read More

Porch launches new features, discloses $33M in total funding, with Lowe’s as major investor

Porch, the Seattle-based home-improvement data startup, is marking its first year of operation today with a slate of new online… Read More

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Lighter Capital boosts capital base to $17M, plans to help more startups grow without venture capital

Lighter Capital, which specializes in revenue-based loans to small businesses, said that it has increased its capital base to $17… Read More

After years of waiting, Swype is finally arriving on iPhone and iPad

For years, executives with the Seattle startup Swype were forced to shrug their shoulders whenever anyone asked when their innovative… Read More

Free startup lessons from Sam Altman, Marissa Mayer, Marc Andreessen, and more

Sam Altman has a pretty sweet deal for entrepreneurs that would like to take a class on startup lessons but don’t… Read More

Richard Branson invests in drone company 3D Robotics

Richard Branson is already pretty well-versed in the airline industry. Now the business mogul is investing some dough into drones.… Read More

Video: Inside the University of Washington’s new Startup Hall

Condon Hall isn’t exactly the University of Washington’s most impressive space. From the outside, the building looks like a prison.… Read More

Venture capitalist Bill Gurley: Tech sector is overheating, and the boom could end

All good things must come to an end. And Benchmark’s Bill Gurley — one of the most successful venture capitalists… Read More

It’s getting too dang hard to move around Seattle

I love Seattle. The mountains, the water and the quirky neighborhoods that make this one of the most beautiful and… Read More

How working at a day job can make you a better entrepreneur

I’m an entrepreneur with a day job. For a while now I’ve been asking myself if this is reasonable, and… Read More

Porsche invests $55M in traffic data startup INRIX, valuing Seattle-area company at $550M

INRIX is getting a big financial boost from one of Europe’s leading car manufacturers. The Porsche family, a majority shareholder in… Read More

Startup Spotlight: EDUonGo makes it easy for educators to create online academies

Technology has a way of breathing new life into institutions that can become bogged down by tradition. Education, for example,… Read More

Microsoft Ventures head stirs debate over Startup Weekend events for women

Rahul Sood, the General Manager of Microsoft Ventures, isn’t thrilled by the idea of Startup Weekend events exclusively for women,… Read More

MobilePaks raises $2M to help sales teams improve real-time productivity

MobilePaks, a Portland based startup that helps marketing and sales teams bolster real-time productivity, has raised $1.7 million of a $2.3 million… Read More

Entering a startup pitch contest? TechCrunch Disrupt judge Brady Forrest offers tips on how to win

SAN FRANCISCO — As the head of Pacific Coast Highway’s Highway1 accelerator for hardware startups, Brady Forrest knows a thing… Read More

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