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Meet the 10 startups from the Windows Azure accelerator

It’s not easy to stand in front of a packed room of angel investors and venture capitalists and ask for… Read More

VC investments near $1B: Here’s the list of Washington startups that scored cash in 2012

Venture capitalists pumped $931 million into 117 startup companies in Washington state during 2012 — the biggest haul since 2008… Read More

Chart: The ‘Series A Crunch’ is alive and well

A lot has been written in recent weeks about the so-called “Series A Crunch” — the idea that many of… Read More

Father, 12-year-old daughter team up to make best-selling calculator app

One day after school, Isabel Hughes was looking over math homework with her dad. The 12-year-old wanted to use a… Read More

Dirty house? Pathjoy maid service aims to clean up in Seattle

Hate cleaning your grimy kitchen and bathroom every week? Well, a new online service just expanded to Seattle called Pathjoy… Read More

Look out, Google: Startup making high-tech glasses an (augmented) reality

Google has been getting lots of attention over the past year for its Project Glass initiative, starting with a widely… Read More

Sex talk, Chewbacca and penguins: Welcome to the Tech Show (PHOTOS)

Ramez Naam reading a steamy sex scene from his new sci-fi novel. Glenn Walcott groaning and moaning while doing his… Read More

Tracking traffic made easy: INRIX launches digital reporting suite for media

As the Kirkland-based company inches closer to an IPO, INRIX just released a turn-key set of applications that can help… Read More

InternMatch raises $1.2M, wants to expand beyond internships

More money and changes are coming for the successful team at InternMatch. Founded in Seattle back in 2009 and now stationed… Read More

Tred speeds ahead with $1.7M, plans to change car shopping with driveway test drives

One of my favorite pitches at the TechStars Demo Day last November was a tiny company called Tred that had… Read More

Bing Fund gives a big, fat kiss to online dating site LikeBright

LikeBright, the online dating site that taps into the power of social networks to find one’s perfect match, has found… Read More

National Association of Realtors invests $3M in cloud storage startup Symform

The venture capital arm of the National Association of Realtors today announced that it is investing $3 million in Symform,… Read More

Seeking a new combination, social commerce startup Lockerz confirms cutbacks

Lockerz, the heavily-funded social commerce startup, has reportedly laid off a chunk of its staff and closed down an office… Read More

VC investments double in Washington state on strength of big deals for Zulily, Meteor

We had a feeling that the fourth quarter was going to be a big one for venture capital investing in… Read More

Startup Central: University of Washington pumps out 8 new startups in 6 months

Almost one year ago, University of Washington President Michael Young made a pledge to double the number of startup companies… Read More

Former msnbc.com boss joins board of Mixpo to bring video ads to all screens

Former MSNBC Interactive News president Charlie Tillinghast has joined the board of Mixpo, a Seattle startup that’s developed technology to deliver online… Read More

Janrain lands $33 million for social sign-in technology

In what’s being described as one of the largest venture capital rounds in a Portland startup, Janrain has reeled in… Read More

Tech Moves: Blake Cahill departs Banyan Branch; Red Russak joins Apptentive; and more

Blake Cahill has stepped down as president of Seattle social media agency Banyan Branch to take a new job at Royal… Read More

Q&A: Clipboard CEO Gary Flake on breaking down data silos

Clipboard founder Gary Flake and his team are developing a new way for consumers to save information that they discover… Read More

Fishing with a smartphone: ReelSonar helps you catch fish

Say goodbye to going home after a long day of fishing with nothing to show for it. A sweet new… Read More

Indian tribe backs Microgreen Polymers, will use environmentally-friendly cups and trays at casino

MicroGreen Polymers, a spin out from the University of Washington that’s developing technologies to convert water bottles into durable and… Read More

PCs are not dead and six other tech predictions for 2013

“Boy, this technology is just really so dull and boring.” Enrique Godreau was joking. As the managing director at GSharp… Read More

The inside scoop on how one of Seattle’s hottest startups picked its cool new logo

What does a logo really say about a company? Oftentimes, startups don’t have the brainpower or time to mess around… Read More

Fast-growing Apptio opens new HQ, plans hiring surge of more than 100 in 2013

Bellevue-based Apptio has a new logo, a new headquarters and a growing slate of new customers. But one thing remains… Read More

Children’s books on steroids: Nation9 brings stories to life on your tablet

Sometimes, we all wish we could go back to being a lovely little toddler again. That’s even more true with… Read More

GeekWire 200 January Update: Our (better!) ranking of Seattle startups

Last month GeekWire brought back a Seattle tech tradition, using publicly available data to generate a monthly ranking of 200… Read More

Commentary: Don’t treat your employees how the Redskins treated RGIII

I recently had a conversation with a fellow CEO dealing with a personnel issue on his team. The issue at hand… Read More

An ‘unrecognizable’ Seattle: One MIT geek’s take on the ‘rainy’ city

Having grown up in Portland, I didn’t really think anything would come as much of a surprise during my career… Read More

Clearwire’s stock surges on Dish Network offer: CEO Prusch tells staffers ‘it is business as usual’

It is turbulent times at Clearwire, the Bellevue wireless broadband company that’s now become a critical pawn (largely due to… Read More

10 key startup tips from entrepreneur and Babson professor Michael Cummings

Years ago, Michael Cummings wanted to start his own company. But he was not confident and unsure about the future… Read More

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