Startups – Page 186 of 285

Pipeline Fellowship bootcamp for women angel investors coming to Seattle

Pipeline Fellowship, an organization than runs bootcamps for women angel investors, is coming to Seattle. Women wanting to learn more… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Translational Software helps physicians make sense of genetic tests

Working on groundbreaking genetic testing research in a lab is one thing, but actually using that data for actionable results… Read More

Tech Moves: Tiwary tapped at AWS; Moz’s Dumont headed to NYC; Nausin joins Trover

—Ashutosh Tiwary, the co-founder and former CEO of Bellevue data backup startup Doyenz, has been named general manager of tools… Read More

City of Seattle doubles down on startups, names first liaison to boost city’s entrepreneurs

As part of Seattle’s effort to help support and expand the city’s startup community, the Office of Economic Development (OED) today… Read More

Mobile health app maker Mindbloom acquired

Mindbloom, a Seattle maker of mobile apps designed to help people live healthier lives, has been acquired in a… Read More

Counterpoint: Seattle has given ride sharing companies ‘a huge gift’

I like and respect Greg Gottesman. But his recent GeekWire post about the upstart, out-of-state taxi companies — Hey, Seattle,… Read More

Highspot wants to give companies tools to unlock shared knowledge

One of the biggest challenges an organization can face is making it possible for the right hand to know what… Read More

Social media analytics startup Simply Measured raises $20M, wants to be Seattle’s next tech titan

Simply Measured is simply on fire. Less than a year after the company took home GeekWire’s 2013 Startup of the Year… Read More

How I raised $2 million in funding by playing ping pong

It all started at last year’s GeekWire ping pong and anniversary bash. I had just founded my company, Qhode (now… Read More

Study: Ugly men have a tougher time raising venture capital

When it comes to raising cash, you’re better off looking a bit like Brad Pitt or David Beckham. A new… Read More

Nextcast: Janis Machala on the changing dynamics of education

As a one-time English PhD student, Janis Machala didn’t always know her career would lead her down a business path.… Read More

Advice for hardware startup founders: Scope how big your idea is before raising money

There’s been an influx of hardware startups popping up in recent years, with cheaper tools and crowdfunding platforms making it… Read More

Women-led co-working space Makers expanding in downtown Seattle

Just one year has passed since Makers opened its doors to the Seattle community, but the company is already growing out… Read More

Startup Spotlight: CarcodeSMS helps car dealerships use texts to communicate with buyers

There’s plenty of room for innovation in the car-buying space, and one Seattle startup thinks it has a great solution.… Read More

Yabbly changes course, dumps product Q&As in favor of ‘Ask Me Anything’ forums

In the world of startups, they call it a pivot: A change of course. An alteration of the business model.… Read More

This Microsoft vet just scored $4 million to radically change the way you use email on mobile devices

Let’s face it. Managing email on a mobile device kind of sucks. It’s nearly impossible to find archived messages, let… Read More

Rover.com fetches $12M, plans to expand dog sitting marketplace

Online dog sitting marketplace Rover.com has a new best friend: Menlo Ventures. The Silicon Valley venture capital firm, an early… Read More

Pethub acquires GetPetsHome, offers free digital pet ID tags

Seattle startup PetHub, maker of a QR code pet-finding tag that attaches to a pet’s collar, today acquired Atlanta-based GetPetsHome.com. As a… Read More

Computenext raises $4M to be an Expedia for cloud computing software

All the way back in October 2011, Sundar Kannan stood in a basement of the Techstars Seattle headquarters and spent one… Read More

Meet RingARush: A startup using everyday drivers to deliver anything to anyone

On his most recent trip to Iran, Houman Pournasseh needed a quick and easy way to get prescription cancer drugs… Read More

Strong IPO market boosts venture capital returns, but Nasdaq still outperforms

Venture capitalists are starting to make a little more money with their bets on early-stage companies. But investors still would… Read More

Washington Senate passes proposed crowdfunding law

The Washington State Senate today passed a proposed crowdfunding law with a 46-2 vote, as House Bill 2023 now moves back to… Read More

Luxury online consignment shop Yoogi’s Closet bootstraps to $1M in monthly sales

Simon Han is answering calls from venture capital firms and other investors on the regular, and it makes sense —… Read More

Protests in Ukraine delay Startup Weekend event: ‘We literally had people shot in the streets’

Tetiana Siianko was preparing to host a Startup Weekend event for women in Kiev, Ukraine, late last month. Unsurprisingly, amid the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft vet looks to make sense out of e-commerce data with Indix

Sanjay Parthasarathy spent 19 years at Microsoft, working in a variety of executive roles, even hiring now CEO Satya Nadella into… Read More

University of Washington grads sell content creation platform CloudPress to News Corp.

CloudPress, a content creation platform co-founded in Egypt by three University of Washington computer science graduates, today announced that it… Read More

UP Global, Google to support women entrepreneurs with new worldwide initiative

The lack of females in startups and tech is a big issue to many, and now, Seattle-based UP Global is teaming… Read More

Yahoo acquires social media visualization startup Vizify

Vizify, a Portland-based startup that turns your social media chatter into visualizations, today was acquired by Yahoo. Founded by Todd Silverstein,… Read More

Former Microsoft VP Jon Roskill named Acumatica CEO

Jon Roskill, the former vice president of Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Group, has been hired as the new chief executive of… Read More

Rudy Gadre unplugged: Seattle super angel on what he looks for in entrepreneurs and more

Seattle super angel Rudy Gadre has probably done more than just about anyone to keep the entrepreneurial flames burning bright… Read More