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Madrona’s McIlwain: The current tech boom has sizzle, but even more substance

Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain doesn’t think history is repeating itself when it comes to another technology bubble, even though… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Zit-zapping pillowcase eliminates acne while you sleep

There are tons of acne remedies out there, from facial scrubs to lotions to oral pills. But one young Seattle… Read More

Smartphone camera lens maker Moment blows past Kickstarter goal, raises $100,000 in 28 hours

Earlier this week, we told you the story about Moment, the new hardware upstart from Contour founder Marc Barros that’s… Read More

Redfin mirrors tactics of traditional real estate: Opens Ballard office, tests direct mail

Redfin is starting to look more and more like a traditional real estate company — the type of firm that… Read More

What happened to Lockerz? Heavily-funded startup purchased by Chinese e-commerce company

Remember Lockerz? A little over two years ago, Lockerz founder Kathy Savitt declared that the heavily-funded social commerce startup was… Read More

Rich Barton: Uber made me call my mom

A month or so ago, I had dinner with a group of entrepreneurs at the Goldman Internet Conference in Vegas.… Read More

Marc Barros emerges with Moment, mini lenses for your smartphone camera

Tucked on the fifth floor of a brick office building in Pioneer Square, Marc Barros is attempting to create Seattle’s… Read More

Porch lands big Lowe’s partnership, laying foundation for growth

Porch, a Seattle-based startup attempting to upend the home-improvement industry, has entered into a strategic partnership with Lowe’s that will… Read More

SNUPI raises $7.5M for sensor network Wally, looks to detect water leaks in homes

SNUPI Technologies, the University of Washington spin out led by serial entrepreneur Jeremy Jaech, has scored $7.5 million in financing… Read More

Decide.com co-founder leaves eBay to start Weave, a mobile app to connect you with nearby LinkedIn contacts

Brian Ma likes going to networking events. But what he doesn’t particularly care for is stepping into the room and… Read More

From Kickstarter to CES: Poppy 3D device for iPhone bootstraps its way to market

LAS VEGAS — Less than five minutes after sitting down for an interview at a smoothie shop at CES this… Read More

Genomics startup ActX raises $1.9M in seed round

ActX, a Seattle startup that is developing technologies to make patient genomic data more useful in medical practice, has raised… Read More

Pokki app store expands to Android, now adjusts on-the-fly for multi-mode devices

LAS VEGAS — Pokki, an app store pre-installed on Windows 8 machines from major PC makers, will now adjust in… Read More

Chart: Here’s where VCs invested in the Pacific NW

It was a solid year for venture capital investing in Oregon and Washington as investors pumped a total of $1.18… Read More

‘Planting the seed’: Why this startup decided to set up a booth at CES

LAS VEGAS — The Consumer Electronics Show is one of the most prominent technology conferences in the world. Tech giants… Read More

PlaceFull raises $1.1M to help gyms, wineries and other event spaces with booking and scheduling

Ryan Hamlin started PlaceFull two years ago with the goal of helping people find awesome party or meeting spaces in… Read More

Q&A: Glympse CEO Bryan Trussel on the new world of the connected car

LAS VEGAS — Seattle’s startup community was well-represented on stage today at the AT&T Developer Summit by Bryan Trussel, the… Read More

Bezos-backed money transfer startup Remitly lands $5.5M

Seattle money transfer startup Remitly continues to reel in cash, most recently scoring a $5.5 million series A deal led… Read More

Seattle mobile game maker Z2 cuts support staff

Z2, the Seattle mobile game maker behind titles such as Battle Nations; Metalstorm and Nitro, has laid off an undisclosed… Read More

Rival IQ raises $860,000 to help marketers keep tabs on competitors

Want to track every move of your competitors, while gaining insights about your own business? Rival IQ wants to help,… Read More

OnTheGo raises cash to bring gesture recognition to smart glasses

OnTheGo wants to make smart glasses even smarter. And the five-person Portland startup has secured $700,000 in fresh capital to… Read More

Meet Sprio: How these Microsoft vets are creating private social networks for team sports

If you’ve ever played sports with an organized team, a new app that three Microsoft vets are cooking up will… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: The data science behind that amazing U.S. dialect quiz

Have you taken the U.S. dialect quiz, the one published by the New York Times a couple weeks ago? It… Read More

Tech veteran Mike Koss joining Google, winding down StartPad

Mike Koss spent nearly two decades at Microsoft, playing a key role in the early development of products including Excel,… Read More

Communications startup Twisted Pair acquired by Motorola Solutions

Seattle startup Twisted Pair Solutions has been acquired by Motorola Solutions in a deal of undisclosed size. Twisted Pair’s technology… Read More

Matchmaking platform LikeBright acquires Utah-based Matchmate

It was just two weeks ago when we caught up with LikeBright CEO Nick Soman, who spoke with great optimism when… Read More

How this startup founder is dealing with pregnancy

When an athlete goes down with injury, the mental frustration and stress that comes with being off the field can… Read More

Tech Moves: Shauna Causey named VP at UP Global; etc.

—UP Global, the Seattle non-profit that formed earlier this year through the combination of Startup America and Startup Weekend, has… Read More

NWEN putting operations on ‘hiatus’ amid restructuring

The Northwest Entrepreneur Network (NWEN) is planning to put operations on hold, pending what a board member with the non-profit… Read More

Madrona skips participating in Redfin’s $50M round, but remains biggest investor

In doing a review of the top VC deals of the year, I noticed something a little odd. In the… Read More

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