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Bezos-backed Doxo raises $3.5M to help you pay bills online

Seattle startup Doxo has raised $3.5 million in fresh funding, money that it will use to enhance its online bill paying… Read More

Deals of the Year: The top 28 venture capital investments we tracked in 2013

Venture capital investing in Washington state started out with a whimper in 2013, but it is ending with a bang.… Read More

Maveron joins the billion-dollar club, one of 10 VC firms to generate big returns in 2013

Venture capital is a high-risk, high-reward game where the funds at the top tend to grab the lion’s share of… Read More

Anatomy of a $631,230 Kickstarter campaign video

In early September, I launched a Kickstarter campaign for Robot Turtles – a board game that teaches programming to kids… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Attendible’s event calendar helps people find things to do

From festivals to concerts to performances, there is always a bevy of local events going on at any given time… Read More

A cloudy 2014 for enterprises? Three trends to watch

We are in Seattle and thus deep in the world of clouds: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, CenturyLink Savvis, and… Read More

Matchmaking platform LikeBright raising $1M to help singles land a 2nd date

Online dating site LikeBright has been around for a few years now, first participating in the Techstars Seattle program in… Read More

Lessons from Highway1: Brady Forrest’s tips for fledgling hardware startups

Brady Forrest has a unique perspective on the world of hardware these days as the leader of Highway1, a hardware startup… Read More

Optimistic VCs and startup CEOs expect even better things ahead in 2014

It’s been a pretty good year in the startup community, with the IPO market heating up and plenty of dollars… Read More

Commercial real estate upstart Hightower lands $2.12M, moves to NYC

Hightower, a startup that is looking to modernize the commercial real estate industry, has landed $2.12 million in seed funding.… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Real VP named GM of Urbanspoon: T-Mobile taps CIO; etc.

—Keela Robinson, a mobile industry veteran who previously worked at Amazon, WhitePages, RealNetworks and T-Mobile, has been named senior vice… Read More

Dinosaurs online: Developer turns his love of fossils into a growing e-commerce business

Inside the small, carpeted basement of Matt Heaton’s house, the scene is reminiscent of Jeff Bezos and the origins of… Read More

Andreessen Horowitz leads $22M series B round for mobile OS-maker Cyanogen

Cyanogen’s plans to disrupt the mobile operating system market just became a little more legitimate. The Seattle-based company today announced… Read More

CRM ‘side project’ Stride acquired by KISSMetrics founders

Stride, an easy-to-use customer relationship management tool, has been acquired by KISSMetrics founders Neil Patel and Hiten Shah. Terms of… Read More

TechStars grad ResolutionTube raises $1.5M to change how technicians fix machines

In what’s becoming a common occurrence, another TechStars Seattle 2013 team is raising a seed round. The latest is ResolutionTube,… Read More

Wind energy forecasting company 3TIER acquired by Vaisala in $14.7 million deal

3TIER, a Seattle company that develops technologies to better understand where to locate wind, solar and hydro projects, has been sold… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Backed by Paul Allen, life-logging startup Saga writes your digital autobiography

If you like being tracked — voluntarily, that is  — then a Seattle startup backed by Paul Allen might be… Read More

Nick Licata vs. Chris DeVore: A debate over government support of startups in Seattle

Well, it’s not quite the “Rumble in the Jungle.” But Founder’s Co-op general partner Chris DeVore and Seattle City Councilmember… Read More

Former Jott founders, Microsoft vets raise $1M for stealth startup

John Pollard and Shree Madhavapeddi, former Microsoft managers who founded a voice-to-text service called Jott seven years ago, have raised… Read More

Startup Hall: University of Washington looks to transform old law school into magnet for startups

Welcome to the new tech hub of Seattle: North Lake Union? Startup companies in the city have historically set up… Read More

Internet everywhere: Kymeta marks successful demo of cutting-edge satellite antenna

Kymeta, the wireless technology company spun out of Intellectual Ventures and backed by investors including Bill Gates, says it has… Read More

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, VC John Doerr invest $14.5M in DreamBox Learning

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, venture capitalist John Doerr and two undisclosed Seattle education philanthropists are investing $14.5 million in DreamBox… Read More

Commentary: Global innovation + ‘big tent’ capitalism in Seattle

I’ve been reflecting lately on the cultural differences between the Pacific Northwest and Silicon Valley. I grew up in Seattle… Read More

Social TV startup Wetpaint acquired by Viggle for $30M

Wetpaint, an 8-year-old Seattle startup led by entrepreneur Ben Elowitz, has been sold to New York-based Viggle for a purchase… Read More

Tech Moves: WhitePages hires former Optify CEO; Lively names six execs; etc.

—WhitePages has hired Rob Eleveld as vice president of sales for the company’s PRO division. Eleveld is the former CEO… Read More

UW spin-out Qazzow scores $2.4M to bolster customer service on e-commerce sites

Qazzow, a spin-out from the University of Washington’s Information School, has landed $2.4 million in series A financing in a… Read More

Commentary: Here are the problems with Seattle’s Startup Initiative

Editor’s Note: Nick Licata is a Seattle City Councilmember. Recently, a Seattle Times editorial lauded the Seattle City Council for requiring… Read More

MyWorksheets wins Startup Weekend All-Star competition, helping teachers digitize curriculum

It’s not easy to bring the latest technologies into the classroom. But one group of entrepreneurs in Seattle has created… Read More

Maveron-backed Lemon Wallet sells to LifeLock for $50 million

Identity theft monitoring company LifeLock has purchased mobile wallet company Lemon Wallet — backed by Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron… Read More

Here’s how city government can help startups, according to outgoing Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn

From the time outgoing Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn took office in 2010 until today, Seattle’s startup scene has continued to… Read More

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