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Seattle VCs honor one of the region’s ‘founding fathers’

Chad Waite has been an important fixture in the Seattle venture capital community for 25 years, joining OVP Venture Partners… Read More

From college basement to e-commerce apparel: Amazon marketer debuts custom outerwear startup

The lightbulb went off when Nick Marvik was sewing custom ski jackets for friends in the basement of his home… Read More

Seattle online collaboration startup Sandglaz raises cash

There’s no shortage of competition in the online collaboration space, creating tools to make teams work together more efficiently. The… Read More

EnergySavvy hires VP of engineering, inks deal with Tennessee Valley Authority

Seattle startup EnergySavvy has hired Kalpana Narayanaswamy as vice president of engineering, managing software development alongside CTO Leo Shklovskii. Narayanaswamy previously served… Read More

Jeremy Jaech’s new home sensor startup SNUPI lands $1.5M from Madrona, others

It may be several months before we get to see the new home sensor technology that Jeremy Jaech and his… Read More

Find your ‘Golden Tweet’ and everything else of significance you Tweeted this year

It’s that special time of year when people reflect, looking back on the accomplishments of the past. But in an… Read More

T-Mobile tech vet raises cash for new marketing analytics startup IDInteract

  Former T-Mobile USA Chief Information Architect Matthew Standish has raised $700,000 for a new analytics startup by the name of IDInteract. The… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Lacuna alerts IT staff of potential problems before outages hit

Pinpointing technical glitches before they occur is kind of like finding a needle in a haystack. But Kirkland-based Lacuna Systems —… Read More

Familiar keeps growing, tops 47M photos displayed in Nov.

Photo sharing may be one of the most hyped parts of the consumer Internet world, tracing back to Facebook’s big… Read More

Looking to stay in front of the pack, Nike partners with TechStars on new incubator

Maybe this new incubator will help play a part in the tennis shoe of the future. Nike and TechStars today… Read More

It’s official: Casual Connect moves from Seattle to S.F.

The organizers of the big Casual Connect casual games conference, a longtime mainstay of the Seattle tech community, have made… Read More

Google Ventures and others invest in Apptentive, a maker of in-app feedback tools

Google Ventures has joined with a number of angel investors to bankroll Apptentive, a TechStars Seattle grad that’s developing new… Read More

DataCastle charges ahead with $3M, offers data backup when devices go missing

Employees are increasingly bringing their own mobile devices into the workplace, creating headaches for corporate IT managers who have to… Read More

Q&A: Gatherball’s Paul Watts on how his startup survived a big pivot

Gatherball co-founder Paul Watts has hung around startups for a long time, working as a software engineer at companies like WildTangent… Read More

Ignition-backed Cloudera scores whopping $65M round

It’s been a good week for Ignition Partners, the Bellevue venture capital firm. On Wednesday, Citrix Systems announced its intentions… Read More

Vinod Khosla, Rich Barton lead Vittana’s new ‘League of Extraordinary Tech Superheroes’

Venture capital Vinod Khosla and Zillow co-founder Rich Barton have joined forces to bankroll Vittana, the Seattle non-profit that’s attempting… Read More

Former Microsoft manager celebrates legal marijuana, explains his new pot venture

Some would say Jamen Shively has already had a nice career. He spent six years at Microsoft, eventually becoming a… Read More

Naya Ventures raises $50 million fund to bankroll cloud and mobile startups

There’s been a healthy flow of cash into Seattle tech startups this quarter, with more than $200 million already invested… Read More

Inside the IPO pipeline: It’s all B2B, all of the time

It’s shaping up to be an average year for initial public offerings, with about 125 companies listing shares to date.… Read More

Blow into your iPhone to create virtual glasswork: Museum unveils Chihuly app

Now, you too can be a glassblowing artist in the style of Seattle master Dale Chihuly — sans the heat,… Read More

Ruchit Garg’s 9Slides unveils presentation software to easily sync slides with videos

Ruchit Garg sees no reason why slide decks can’t be more interactive, allowing viewers to not only consume the graphical… Read More

Smilebox founder Andrew Wright hangs angel investor shingle, bankrolls consumer Internet startups

Let’s face it: Seattle needs more angels — the folks who can write checks to support the next-generation of entrepreneurial… Read More

SEOmoz buys GetListed for $3 million to help small businesses track directory listings

SEOmoz is gobbling up another Portland startup, this time acquiring GetListed for about $3 million in cash and stock. The… Read More

Powerit fuels up with new cash infusion, looks to cut energy bills for big industrial clients

Powerit Solutions, a 10-year-old Seattle company that helps large industrial customers reduce energy costs, has raised $2.5 million in fresh… Read More

Push messaging developer Urban Airship acquires PassTools creator Tello

Mobile high performance push messaging software developer Urban Airship has acquired Tello, a Palo Alto-based startup that launched PassTools, a… Read More

Kona Medical lands $10M to reduce high blood pressure with ‘Surround Sound’ system

Kona Medical has reeled in another $10 million in equity and debt financing to continue working on a novel method… Read More

Tech Moves: aQuantive co-founder Galgon joins Real’s board; Madrona hires PR vet; Expedia changes; etc.

Rob Glaser continues to overhaul the board of directors at RealNetworks, today announcing that aQuantive co-founder Mike Galgon has joined… Read More

Seattle data center operator AdHost acquired by Cequel

AdHost, one of Seattle’s better known data center operators, has been acquired in a deal of undisclosed size by TierPoint… Read More

The Bill Gates of bud? Former Microsoftie plans high-end marijuana business

This probably wasn’t the post-Microsoft career Jamen Shively envisioned. But now that marijuana will soon become legal in Washington state,… Read More

Ray Ozzie’s stealthy startup Talko raises $4 million

The last time we caught up with software pioneer Ray Ozzie, he was talking about the power of one’s connections… Read More

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