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GeekWire 200 Update: Bungie, U4iA, other game companies make a move

It was a big month for video games on the GeekWire 200, our monthly startup index tracking the Seattle region’s… Read More

Startup Spotlight: High school whiz kids create Q&A website Junglr

For most teenagers, balancing homework and a social life is plenty of work. But for three Mercer Island High Schoolers,… Read More

Kleiner Perkins says VC fund performance is weak, and they’re going to fix it

Here’s a sign of the changing winds in the venture capital business. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, one of Silicon… Read More

Mobile-ticketing startup GlobeSherpa lands $1.3M to sell transit tickets on the go

GlobeSherpa, a Portland-based provider of secure mobile ticketing software and services, today announced a $1.3 million series B capital funding led by… Read More

Founder dating: Tips on how to pick your partner

Picking a co-founder. It’s as personal as picking a spouse and as financially binding as picking an investor. Co-founders are… Read More

This sonic-powered vibrator is faster and quieter than traditional sex toys

Robin Elenga didn’t think he’d get into the vibrator business. But five years ago, after learning about how the Sonicare… Read More

Microsoft acquires cloud startup MetricsHub, taking hatchling under its wing

Well, that didn’t take long. Less than two months after graduating from the Microsoft Windows Azure accelerator, Bellevue-based MetricsHub has… Read More

Avado lands $1M to transform healthcare in the same way Mint upended personal finance

Avado has reeled in $1 million in seed funding, money that the company will use to continue to eradicate paper-based inefficiencies… Read More

Todd Sawicki’s next gig: Slovenian startup Zemanta

We’ve been wondering where Todd Sawicki would land ever since he stepped down from the chief revenue officer post at… Read More

Startup Spotlight: This upstart wants to bring the 3D viewing experience to 2D TVs

Many of us already watch television in 3D. But for those who are stuck in a 2D world, a new… Read More

Hiring a startup CEO? 11 things you need to look for

Should startup founders ever hire CEOs to lead their companies? And if yes, what should they look for? Opinions differ.… Read More

F5 CEO John McAdam joins the board of Apptio

John McAdam is a man in high demand. The CEO of F5 Networks, the Seattle networking and software powerhouse, joined… Read More

34 Must-Have Tools to Launch your Startup from Idea to Exit

I’ve launched half a dozen or so startup products in my career and in the process I’ve picked up my list of… Read More

Redfin sets up new title and escrow subsidiary, continuing quest to upend real estate

Redfin has certainly made it clear that it wants to transform the real estate business — initially focusing on the… Read More

Bing Fund backs mobile app Sonar to help people discover who is hanging out nearby

Do you want to know who is hanging around you at the coffee shop, airport or bar? A new mobile… Read More

Tech Moves: Drugstore.com vet takes helm at Allrecipes; Cascadia hires investment banking vet; etc.

Former drugstore.com vice president of e-commerce Stan Pavlovsky has been named president of Allrecipes.com, an appointment that comes after longtime… Read More

Andreessen Horowitz, Jay-Z’s VC firm invest $10M in cosmetics startup Julep

Julep founder Jane Park pauses near the end of our interview, and just lays it out straight when it comes… Read More

Seattle super angels sink cash in shopping app Zoomingo

Some of Seattle’s top angel investors are tossing their support behind Zoomingo, the mobile shopping application developed by serial entrepreneur… Read More

Hard knocks: My top 10 tips for surviving at a startup

Recently, a colleague of mine sent me a guest post from GeekWire that talked about ‘full-stack marketers’ and the value of… Read More

New angel group takes flight, looks to hook early-stage entrepreneurs

Local non-profit entrepreneurial network TiE Seattle today launched a new angel investment program to help facilitate entrepreneurs and startups with access to seed capital… Read More

This app studies your text messages to recommend restaurants

Intelligent robot assistants like Siri have changed the way we interact with our mobile devices, and can now make recommendations… Read More

Startup vet, aeronautical expert to lead University of Washington’s college of engineering

The University of Washington continues to undergo a radical transformation under the direction of president Michael Young. And today the… Read More

Lifelong friends, college buds enjoying success with trendy sock startup Strideline

Down in Silicon Valley, the current fashion focus apparently isn’t on suits, ties or pants. As the New York Times puts… Read More

Graphic: The top 10 U.S. cities for private tech M&A

Well, it shouldn’t come as a big surprise that the San Francisco Bay Area ranks on top when it comes… Read More

Does this Tweet-based map of Seattle accurately describe your neighborhood?

This is pretty cool. Microsoft researcher Andrés Monroy-Hernández, an expert in social media analysis, has come up with an interesting way… Read More

Girl power: Seattle ranked 2nd for women entrepreneurs

If you’re a woman and an entrepreneur, there are few better places to be in than Seattle. That’s according to… Read More

When earn-outs go bad: Cequint investors sue acquirer for interfering with deal’s potential

Nearly three years ago, Reston, Virginia-based TNS acquired Cequint in a deal that valued the Seattle caller ID startup for as… Read More

Bigger and better bamboo? Pendrell buys 68% stake in bamboo science firm Provitro

It must be agricultural science day here at GeekWire. I just wrote about Phytelligence, a WSU spinout that’s developing more… Read More

This ag science startup just scored cash to develop the apple tree of the future

We write about a lot of high-tech stuff here at GeekWire. But here’s a new company that’s bringing a high-tech… Read More

BigOven tops 8 million app downloads, makes menu planner, grocery list free

Bootstrapping sensation BigOven today is announcing that it has recorded more than eight million downloads of its recipe finder app… Read More

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