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Ravenna Solutions scores cash to help schools process admission forms online

The Alliance of Angels has led an $850,000 investment in Ravenna Solutions, a Seattle area startup that is developing tools… Read More

DocuSign inks $85 million venture deal, plans to top 1,000 employees in 2014

Let’s hope they used DocuSign to seal this deal. The electronic signature powerhouse just scored $85 million in fresh funding,… Read More

Gift-giving platform Gratafy expands to Chicago, now allows merchants to give free items away

Seattle-based Gratafy continues its expansion and today announced the availability of its app in Chicago. Already in Seattle and Los… Read More

Play-i raises $8M to teach the iPad generation how to code one pint-sized robot at a time

Kids know how to unlock a touchscreen before they can walk. But will they learn how to code? Vikas Gupta,… Read More

StartupBus lets entrepreneurs launch businesses on a bus ride to SXSW

Most entrepreneurs making the trip to Austin later this week will travel by airplane, arrive in a few hours and… Read More

Chart: Two-thirds of tech companies did not raise any VC money before exit

Venture capital has fueled some pretty important tech companies in recent years — from WhatsApp (backed by Sequoia) to Zulily… Read More

Opal Labs raises $2.1M to help big brands streamline social media campaign production

Opal Labs, a Portland-based startup that helps businesses streamline the production of social media campaigns, today announced $2.1 million in seed funding.… Read More

Jackson Fish Market debuts app to help teachers, realtors, restaurant owners make presentations

The six-person team at Seattle-based software design firm Jackson Fish Market knew that there were people making presentations on a regular basis —… Read More

Tech Moves: Paul Allen names space chief; Bsquare’s new CEO

—Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has named a new space commander to lead the charge on his ambitious Stratolaunch project. He’s… Read More

Lessons from Lockerz? Kathy Savitt uses past startup experience to fuel new push at Yahoo

The story of Lockerz — the battered and bruised Seattle upstart that sold earlier this year to a Chinese e-commerce company… Read More

Yves Behar, CEO of fuse project

Jawbone exec: Startups need designers, not just engineers

SAN FRANCISCO–While startups are often on the lookout for new engineering talent, renowned hardware designer Yves Behar said that they… Read More

Microsoft Ventures Director James Maiocco

VCs: Deserving companies will weather the Series A crunch

SAN FRANCISCO–A quartet of venture capitalists spoke about funding new startups as a part of a panel discussion at today’s… Read More

Azuqua launches to help businesses connect their enterprise cloud services

More and more businesses are investing in cloud-based software due to the growing appeal of SaaS products. While this movement… Read More

Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham

Here are 4 tips for startup founders from Y Combinator’s Paul Graham

SAN FRANCISCO–When Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham took the stage at the Launch Festival in San Francisco, he had a… Read More

Looking to promote clean air, Canairy wins 1st place at Startup Weekend Greenovation

A machine that repurposes plastic byproducts. A platform that lets you earn rewards and gift cards by using less energy… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Placements.io helps publishers automate digital ad campaign fulfillment

When Edwin Fu worked at Salesforce, he learned what he calls a “dirty little secret” while interacting with companies like… Read More

Online banking startup Simple acquired for $117 million

Simple, an online banking startup based in Portland, has agreed to be acquired by banking giant BBVA, based in Madrid,… Read More

Why Seattle needs a WhatsApp

I woke up this morning thinking about WhatsApp. Not so much about the mouth-dropping $19 billion price tag that Facebook… Read More

From Picnik to PicMonkey: How these entrepreneurs rebuilt one of Seattle’s hottest startups

When Google shut down the photo-editing site Picnik in early 2012, millions of users were left frustrated and angry. Some of Picnik’s original… Read More

Koru allies with 13 universities, looks to help grads find jobs

Seattle startup Koru, which charged on the scene last year with $4.45 million in funding from Maveron, Battery Ventures, First Round Capital… Read More

Madrona’s Matt McIlwain: Seattle is the cloud capital of the world

There’s a renaissance of sorts occurring in Seattle right now, from the chart-busting hits of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis to… Read More

Girl power: Seattle ranks 3rd for women entrepreneurs

Washington D.C., San Francisco and Seattle — these are the places to be if you’re a woman and want to… Read More

Haiku Deck reaches 1M downloads, CEO says ‘we’re just at the start of something huge’

Things are rolling at Haiku Deck in the form of a new iPhone app and an impressive milestone. The Seattle-based… Read More

Bootstrapper Studios founder Bryan Zug joins UP Global

UP Global, the Seattle non-profit that formed last year through the combination of Startup America and Startup Weekend, is bringing on… Read More

Impinj bounces back as RFID heats up, expands in old Seattle grocery store

Over the past 14 years, Impinj has weathered two economic recessions, not to mention a slow-to-develop market for its radio frequency… Read More

Worst idea ever! The best feedback I’ve ever received

We live in an amazing city. But the one thing we lack is direct, in-your-face sharing of ideas and feedback.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Pick2Pay helps shoppers maximize credit card rewards, online offers

There are thousands of credit card rewards and other offers out there for consumers, but it can be time-consuming to… Read More

Marshall Kirkpatrick’s social media search startup Little Bird raises $1.7M, adds execs

Little Bird, a Portland-based startup that helps businesses identify top influencers on social media, today announced $1.7 million in additional… Read More

Fast-growing Porch tops 100 employees, seeks new CTO, consolidates operations at new Seattle HQ

Seattle-based startup Porch, which last month landed a big partnership with home-improvement giant Lowe’s, has tripled in size to more than… Read More

E-signature powerhouse DocuSign reportedly raising $100 million

DocuSign, which allows businesses of all kinds to sign documents electronically, is looking to raise $100 million at a valuation… Read More

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