Startups – Page 19 of 285

Former Techstars Seattle leader Isaac Kato launches fund to back ‘non-obvious’ founders

A new venture firm based in the Seattle region wants to support early stage tech startup founders that may be… Read More

Compliance software firm SingleFile lands $6.5M as Corporate Transparency Act creates tailwinds

SingleFile, a legal tech startup based in Seattle that helps companies file compliance reports with government agencies, raised a fresh… Read More

Lessons from a startup shutdown: Round CEO on building community, and the risks of raising VC

When Seattle startup Round announced a $12 million Series A investment two years ago, it was a moment to celebrate.… Read More

Jama Software to be acquired for $1.2B in significant exit for Portland-based company

Portland, Ore.-based Jama Software, makers of a product development platform, has agreed to be acquired by technology investment firm Francisco… Read More

Vote for Startup CEO of the Year: These five leaders are taking their companies to new heights

The five finalists for Startup CEO of the Year at the GeekWire Awards are leading companies with big ambitions to… Read More

Vote for Startup of the Year: Kevala, Overland AI, Pictory, Shipium, SingleFile

Amid a shaky venture capital market last year, there were still plenty of startups that gained momentum and reached new… Read More

This Seattle investor went from Google to Africa to a big exit — and is back home investing in startups

Andrew Peterson’s interest in technology started in Seattle as a young computer lab associate at his elementary school, just as… Read More

Tech Moves: Optimize Health names new CEO; Seattle-area marketing firm makes acquisition

Optimize Health, a Seattle-based startup that sells remote patient monitoring software, announced Ryan Clark as its new CEO. Clark, based… Read More

Entrepreneurs who used TikTok to help build their businesses blast potential ban in U.S.

Seattle-based money expert and self-described financial feminist Tori Dunlap credits TikTok with transforming her business, HerFirst100k, an education platform that… Read More

Augmented writing startup Textio lays off 14 employees, or 16% of staff

Textio laid off 14 employees this week, or 16% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring. The company confirmed… Read More

Former Amazon and Microsoft exec Joseph Sirosh launches stealthy new generative AI startup

Joseph Sirosh, a former corporate vice president at Microsoft who was most recently at Amazon leading search and Alexa efforts,… Read More

Illustration: Interlune harvester on the moon

Interlune comes out of stealth with its plan to harvest helium-3 and more on the moon

Seattle-based Interlune officially lifted the curtain today on its plans to build a robotic harvester that could extract helium-3 from… Read More

Funding female founders: Former All Raise CEO on what needs to change

The tech giants known as The Magnificent Seven — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla — all share something… Read More

Looking for non-dilutive funding? 5 tips for startups seeking small business grants

A good idea, preliminary data, and credentials in the field are all key components of landing a small business grant… Read More

Illustration: Lumen Orbit satellite in space

Lumen Orbit emerges from stealth and raises $2.4M to put data centers in space

Bellevue, Wash.-based Lumen Orbit, a startup that’s only about three months old, says that it’s closed a $2.4 million pre-seed… Read More

Seattle-area startup offering electronic medical records for long-term care raises $2.5M

DocNow, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup, raised a $2.5 million seed round to expand its platform that provides electronic medical records,… Read More

Tech Moves: Former AMD named Kymeta CEO; GitHub exec joins Twilio; DocuSign security vet joins Proof; Fred Hutch adds VP

Rick Bergman, former executive vice president at semiconductor giant AMD, joined Seattle-area mobile connectivity company Kymeta as its new CEO,… Read More

Irrigation tech startup led by farming experts blossoms with revenue growth and new cash

New name, new funding: CODA Farm Technologies, an agtech company founded by two brothers with farming roots, has changed its… Read More

Cap Hill Brands, which buys e-commerce companies, merges with product developer Juvo+

Seattle-based Cap Hill Brands, which raised more than $250 million to acquire and grow e-commerce shops, has merged with Juvo+,… Read More

AI2 Incubator secures $200M in AI compute resources for portfolio companies

Companies building artificial intelligence models into their software products need a lot of computation power, also known as “compute.” But… Read More

Amazon-backed AI startup Anthropic is growing its Seattle workforce

Anthropic, one of the most valuable privately held AI companies going head-to-head in the generative AI race with OpenAI, is… Read More

Seattle startup lands $6.4M to build AI medical model using smartphone and wearable data

PreemptiveAI came out of stealth mode this week, announcing $6.4 million in seed funding that will help the Seattle startup… Read More

Alliance of Angels raising new fund to back more startups in Seattle and beyond

Seattle-based investment group Alliance of Angels is gearing up to raise a new fund that will help support a new… Read More

Phase Genomics gets $1.5M grant from Gates Foundation to fight cow burp methane

Seattle biotech startup Phase Genomics is receiving $1.5 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund research into… Read More

Glowforge releases Spark, another low-priced 3D laser engraver to attract more home crafters

Seattle-based 3D laser engraver maker Glowforge is making another pitch to home crafters with another lower-priced machine, the company announced… Read More

Enzzo, a PSL spinout led by Seattle startup vet, raises $3M to use AI for hardware development

Building hardware is hard. It can be especially challenging in the early part of product creation, when designers need to… Read More

Peer-to-peer laundry startup Loopie acquires Bidbud, a gig economy job-bidding platform

Loopie, the Seattle peer-to-peer laundry service, announced the acquisition Monday of Bidbud, a gig economy platform that allows clients to… Read More

Why India’s thriving software talent base is important for the Seattle innovation ecosystem

Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Kellan Carter, founding partner at Bellevue, Wash.-based venture capital firm FUSE. On… Read More

Protein design pioneer David Baker on why sharing code is key to building biotech startups

The Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington is a startup factory, spinning out companies developing new protein-based… Read More

Seattle vanlife gurus see tech and AI’s potential as a copilot, to boost human connections on road trips

With all the makings of a buddy road trip adventure, two longtime Seattle friends and tech veterans have teamed up… Read More