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Startup Spotlight: Gametiime helps marathon runners find events with Pinterest for races

When food lovers want to find a 5-star restaurant, Yelp is a solid option. When travel junkies are looking for… Read More

Meals to your door: Food delivery service Munchery raises $28M, expands to Seattle

Do you like eating gourmet meals, but don’t like cooking and prefer the comfort of your own home? Munchery might… Read More

Mega-financing rounds push VC totals higher: $10 billion invested in 880 deals in Q1

A series of very large financing deals — including Cloudera ($900 million); TangoMe ($280 million); and Domo Technologies ($125 million)… Read More

Meet Muut: A Portland startup rethinking the way we leave online comments

Muut, a one-year-old Portland-based startup, isn’t happy with the way people have meaningful discussions online. Now, the nine-person team has… Read More

Chart: The top states for entrepreneurship (Oregon and Washington aren’t even close)

We like to think of ourselves from entrepreneurial stock here in the Pacific Northwest — driven by by a pioneering… Read More

New ‘Porch Premium’ service helps home remodelers nab leads from competitors

Home-improvement data startup Porch this morning launched a new “Porch Premium” service that aims to give home remodelers, contractors and… Read More

Zillow, Haiku Deck, Tred nominated for Webby Awards honoring top apps, websites

Nominations were released today for the 18th annual Webby Awards, the Oscars-style bash for Internet innovation, creativity and other wacky stuff.… Read More

Rich Barton, Reid Hoffman, Salman Khan and others named Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship

The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced 11 members of its Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship program, a new effort designed… Read More

This startup wants to reinvent TV as we know it, without blowing up the industry

Apple TV. Roku. Google Chromecast. Amazon Fire TV. There are no shortage of ways to watch video programming these days… Read More

Nextcast: WhitePages CEO Alex Algard on the distraction of outside investors and keeping your startup zeal

Though he’s only held one other job since college, WhitePages founder and CEO Alex Algard thinks he’s found a pretty… Read More

Meet the winners of the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge

The sixth annual University of Washington Environmental Innovation Challenge took place Thursday in Seattle, with 23 teams competing with new technologies… Read More

VC Keith Rabois looks to upend real estate with Homerun, an ambitious (or crazy) idea to sell homes over the Internet in an instant

Get ready for yet another online real estate startup. This one is codenamed Homerun, and it promises to change the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: My Foot In The Door helps applicants market soft skills, land jobs

While serving as the marketing manager at Chempoint.com, Michael Scholl quickly learned that a resume can only show so much… Read More

Tango Card grabs $3.3M, looks to expand rewards platform

Seattle startup Tango Card has scooped up $3.3 million in venture financing, new capital that it will use to expand… Read More

Early Amazon employee raises $1.3M for GemShare, a friend-based recommendation app

Maryam Mohit was one of the first employees at Amazon.com, joining the company just months after founder Jeff Bezos began… Read More

Can these startups save the world? Cooking-oil kiosks and more innovations from UW Enviro Challenge

Down at the local grocery store, you can no doubt find a few kiosks. One may carry DVDs for rent,… Read More

B2B accelerator 9Mile Labs inks key alliance with PARC

Over the past four decades, Xerox PARC has helped spark some amazing innovations, from the ethernet to laser printing to… Read More

Boom times: Venture capitalists pour $15 billion into startups in Q1

We’ve officially hit the end of the first quarter, and with that comes data about venture capital investments. The first… Read More

Tech Moves: INRIX names new board member; Juno taps investment banker as CFO; etc.

—INRIX, the Kirkland company that uses data to reduce traffic congestion, has named Mike Gerling to the board. He previously… Read More

Study: Venture capital flows in dense urban communities that are liberal, gay and educated

What’s makes for an innovative startup hub? Researchers have been diving into that topic for years, analyzing everything from the… Read More

Nextcast: SpaceCurve CEO John Slitz on how big data is changing the world

“The watchword for the last couple of years has been big data,” says John Slitz, CEO of SpaceCurve. And the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Online boutique Runway2street offers trendy international fashion items

When Rathna Sharad was traveling around the world a few years ago, she loved finding high quality fashion items produced by… Read More

SURF Incubator rides expansion wave, moves to larger space in downtown Seattle

Seaton Gras came up with the idea for SURF Incubator five years ago, conceiving a place where entrepreneurs could co-exist,… Read More

The Working Geek: Moz co-founder Rand Fishkin on working late hours and how he organizes his busy life

Moz co-founder Rand Fishkin stepped down from the CEO post last December, handing the reins of the 11-year-old company to… Read More

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz backs Gatheredtable, a new way for families to plan menus for the week

If you’re like me, family dinner time is usually a mad scramble to find something to eat, typically resulting in… Read More

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Flowboard raises $750K for iPad presentation app, names ex-PowerPoint GM as advisor

Seattle-based iPad storytelling app Flowboard today announced a new $750,000 round and an updated iPad app. Flowboard, which lets anyone create touch-enabled stories on… Read More

Redfin co-founder and ex-CTO sue company, allege scheme to cancel shares as IPO nears

Redfin is facing a lawsuit in King County Superior Court from two of its earliest employees who allege that the… Read More

Indix raises $8.5M to build a massive database for product managers

It’s been less than six months since Indix launched, but the Seattle startup is already making moves and raising more… Read More

FlexMinder raises $1.2M to manage refund processes for healthcare administrators

FlexMinder, a Seattle startup that helps healthcare administrators automate the insurance claims submission process, announced a $1.2 million Series A… Read More

Hacking for Jesus: Top projects from ‘Code for the Kingdom,’ a faith-based hackathon for spiritual geeks

Niche hackathons are hot right now. Some solve legal issues and address challenges facing non-profits, while others aim to increase… Read More

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