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Tacoma biotech Revalesio raising $40M to develop cures for inflammatory diseases

Tacoma may not be the first place you think of when biotechnology comes to mind, but one company from the… Read More

Watch this 15-year-old Seattle entrepreneur pitch an amazing iPhone-enabled stethoscope to Jimmy Fallon

Check this out. 15-year-old Seattle inventor Suman Mulumudi recently appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, showcasing his new Steth… Read More

Test drives from your home: Tred raises cash, expands with new trade-in program

Tred, the Seattle startup that’s looking to upend the car buying experience by allowing customers to conduct test drives from… Read More

Tech industry vet Matthew Schiltz named CEO of Blue Box

Matthew Schiltz has been named CEO of cloud hosting startup Blue Box, assuming the duties from founder Jesse Proudman who is… Read More

Revealed: The winners of the 2014 GeekWire Awards

The best and brightest of Seattle’s startup scene filled the EMP Thursday evening, as we welcomed more than 800 of you to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: This former Microsoftie wants to replace your PC with a $100 cloud device

When David Yunger left Microsoft to start GreenBridge Computing, he knew that his cheap-yet-powerful computer work stations would help schools around… Read More

LiquidPlanner raises $8M, relishing role as underdog in online project management

LiquidPlanner faces no shortage of competition in the online project management arena. Rivals Clarizen and AtTask have raised more than… Read More

Watch out, Yelp: Google acquires restaurant website builder Appetas

Google has acquired Appetas, a Seattle-based startup that helps restaurants build websites. In a blog post, Appetas co-founders Keller Smith… Read More

Techstars Seattle grad, online flyer-maker Smore raises $1.7M from Founder’s Co-op

Two-and-a-half years ago, Shlomi Atar and Gilad Avidan traveled all the way from Israel to participate in TechStars Seattle and fix the problem of… Read More

Stealthy data center infrastructure startup Igneous Systems raises $23.6M series A from NEA, Madrona and others

Igneous Systems has been operating in stealth mode since the company was formed with a $3 million seed round last… Read More

Shrinkage: Number of VC professionals plummets 60% in past 10 years, funds decline 25%

The venture capital business — which many have proclaimed is fundamentally broken — continues to contract amid changes in how… Read More

Hack to End Homelessness: Maps, social networks and other ideas to help Seattle’s homeless

Nearly 100 developers, designers and do-gooders spent this past weekend building technology solutions with one common goal: To end homelessness in… Read More

ComiXology investor Columbia Pacific announces $100M late-stage tech fund

There’s a little more money floating around for later-stage technology companies in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle-based Columbia Pacific today is formally… Read More

With business booming, Smartsheet raises $35M at triple the valuation of previous round

Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader is a firm believer in the old maxim that it’s much better to raise money when… Read More

Techstars Seattle applications due Sunday, hardware startups welcome

For the first time ever, the Techstars Seattle incubator is welcoming hardware startups. While the program has typically only accepted software-focused… Read More

Startup Spotlight: LendingRobot simplifies peer-to-peer lending for investors

The idea of peer-to-peer lending, which uses the Internet to eliminate the banks who sit between borrowers and lenders, has been… Read More

Kickstarter fraud: Washington files first consumer protection lawsuit involving crowdfunding

If you raise money via Kickstarter and don’t deliver products you promised backers, the government will come after you. In… Read More

EnergySavvy raises $7M to help utilities roll out energy efficiency programs

EnergySavvy has reeled in $7 million in venture financing, cash that the Seattle company will us to continue to market… Read More

Watch out Zillow, Trulia: Flipt launches to predict investment options for home buyers

A new Seattle startup wants to fill what it believes is a gap left by real estate sites like Zillow… Read More

Meet Vhoto: This new iPhone app scans your videos to find amazing still photographs

There are amazing photos hidden in all of the those videos you’ve shot on your mobile phone over the past… Read More

Venture capitalist Boris Wertz joins Andreessen Horowitz in part-time board partner role

Many in the Pacific Northwest technology scene may already be familiar with Boris Wertz, the Vancouver, B.C. super angel who… Read More

This reality TV star and online education expert is moving her Mark Cuban-backed startup from NYC to Seattle

Kim Taylor is not your typical tech entrepreneur. A former sports reporter and NBA dancer with the Milwaukee Bucks, Taylor… Read More

Here are the 16 student-led teams that advanced in the University of Washington’s business plan competition

Wireless routers. Influenza diagnostic tools. And even a new recipe for healthy sauerkraut. Those are among the 16 finalists who advanced… Read More

Seattle blood test startup Indi raises $47.25 million

Seattle’s life sciences industry is getting another boost. Integrated Diagnostics, a Seattle company developing blood-based proteomic tests, has raised $30.25… Read More

Porch rolls out Lowe’s partnership nationally, reaching 1,700 stores

After a successful test in pilot markets, Seattle-based home-improvement data startup Porch has expanded its partnership with Lowe’s to all of the… Read More

Redfin founder re-emerges with Surefield, a new way to sell homes with virtual open houses

David Eraker is getting back into the real estate business, 12 years after he co-founded Seattle-based Redfin. Eraker, who left… Read More

An open letter to wannabe edtech entrepreneurs: Welcome to the crowd

Hey, thanks for your tweet asking if you should do an edtech startup based on what I saw at this… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Streaming TV, startup investing, and singing in the studio

We’ve got an especially fun GeekWire radio show for you this week, with two special guests in the studio: Andy… Read More

Korner wants to secure your home with a $100 dongle

A group of four entrepreneurs from Seattle want to help keep your home safe from intruders with a $100 dongle and a… Read More

Dashwire founder Ford Davidson leaving HTC, kicks around new startup idea

Seattle entrepreneur Ford Davidson is leaving HTC nearly three years after selling startup company Dashwire to the smartphone maker. “HTC recently… Read More

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