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Startup that helps law firms and VCs review deals wins new First Row Partners competition

Standd, a Washington D.C. startup that builds software to help lawyers and investors review deals, won the top investment prize… Read More

Sam Altman’s venture fund invests $3M in startup using humans and AI to keep people on task

Shelpful, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that combines artificial intelligence and human empathy to help people stay on task and get… Read More

High-tech pat-downs: Startup lands $6M to develop handheld device for detecting concealed weapons

Lassen Peak, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup developing a handheld concealed weapon detection system, has raised $6 million from Seattle-based Madrona… Read More

Parse Biosciences raises $50M for single cell sequencing tech

Parse Biosciences. a Seattle biotech startup developing single cell sequencing products used by more than 1,000 labs worldwide, raised $50… Read More

How Pfizer’s $43B acquisition of Seagen may impact Seattle and broader biotech market

Editor’s note: William Canestaro is managing director at Seattle venture capital firm WRF Capital and leads the biotechnology investment team. … Read More

Field operations software startup Zuper raises $32M

Zuper, a Seattle startup that sells software to help companies with field workers, raised a $32 million Series B round… Read More

Zulily has seen better days: Co-founder Mark Vadon shares startup lessons from the online retailer

It’s been a wild past several days for Zulily. As we’ve reported, the online retailer is shutting down three offices,… Read More

Seattle startup Carbon raises $1.3M to help developers manage external data for LLMs

Carbon, a Seattle startup that helps companies connect external data sources to their large language models, raised a $1.3 million… Read More

LevelTen, which helps facilitate clean energy deals, adds $10M to Series C round

Seattle’s LevelTen Energy has raised $10 million to support its platform that facilitates the development of new clean energy projects.… Read More

Seattle founder Vetri Vellore, who sold last startup to Microsoft, raises $26M for new AI company

Seattle tech veteran Vetri Vellore is launching a new startup with a big vision to help companies improve their productivity… Read More

Music-licensing startup Audiosocket hits play on effort to get more digital creators using its products

TikTok videos posted by Charli D’Amelio, Miss Universe, and the Philadelphia Eagles are quite different from one another, but they share something in common… Read More

Carbon Robotics raises additional $8M as maker of AI-powered weed zapper eyes new ag-tech product

Carbon Robotics, makers of a weed-zapping machine powered by artificial intelligence and computer vision technology, has raised an additional $8… Read More

Airship AI, a Seattle-area edge computing company that never raised investment, set to go public

No VC, no problem. Airship AI, an under-the-radar tech startup that didn’t raise a single dime of investment, will soon… Read More

Read AI expands beyond single meeting analysis with scheduling, project management, audio recap

Read AI, a Seattle startup that applies artificial intelligence to online meetings, is expanding beyond its automated recaps of single… Read More

Center lands $30M to bolster corporate expense software, explore potential bank partnerships

Center has found a formula for its expense software business, offering a corporate credit card with a real-time analytics platform… Read More

Seattle Children’s spins out BrainChild Bio, a startup developing therapies for incurable brain cancers

Seattle Children’s is spinning out BrainChild Bio, a biotech startup tackling cancer in the central nervous system with an initial… Read More

Walmart tech vet, AI2 research scientists are behind new Seattle startup Spiffy

A group of “LLM hipsters” are behind a new AI startup in Seattle emerging from stealth mode and aiming to… Read More

Seattle startup Joon raises $6M to expand online mental health therapy for youth

Teletherapy startup Joon Care raised $6 million from investors to extend the company’s runway as it grows its mental health… Read More

Levanta, which connects influencers and Amazon sellers for affiliate partnerships, raises $1M

Seattle-based startup Levanta announced a $1 million funding round to help Amazon sellers ink affiliate partnerships with creators and influencers.

Why this enterprise software investor is bullish on AI — and how she’s assessing new startups

Sheila Gulati spent the past decade as managing director of Tola Capital immersed in cloud transformation, investing in cutting-edge enterprise… Read More

Manufacturing software startup Retrocausal raises $5.3M to help workers assemble products

Retrocausal, a Seattle-area software startup using AI technology to help manufacturers and their employees, announced a $5.3 million investment round.… Read More

Uncommon Thinkers: Blake Resnick finds a larger purpose in tech, making drones for public safety

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series profiling “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive… Read More

Tola Capital raises $230M for third fund to help Seattle firm back enterprise software startups

Seattle-based investment firm Tola Capital raised $230 million for its third fund that will provide capital for 25-to-30 early stage… Read More

Expense management software company Center is raising more cash

Bellevue, Wash.-based startup Center is reeling in additional cash, according to a new SEC filing.

Download for the holidays: New app aims to help gift givers and receivers make a better connection

If you’re headed out to start your holiday gift shopping on Black Friday, or you’re excited about what gifts might… Read More

Expanso, a distributed data processing startup led by Google and Microsoft vets, raises $7.5M

Seattle startup Expanso raised a $7.5 million seed round co-led by General Catalyst and Hetz Ventures to fuel growth of… Read More

Startup tips from Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel on product-market fit, recruiting, hiring, scrappiness

Sujal Patel knows a thing or two about tech startups. The veteran Seattle entrepreneur co-founded Isilon Systems in 2001, helped… Read More

No new unicorns in Seattle: The billion-dollar startup milestone is harder to reach these days

The unicorn stampede in Seattle has screeched to a halt. During venture capital boom times in the midst of the… Read More

Seattle data infrastructure startup led by Fabric co-founder emerges from stealth with $4M

Former executives at Seattle e-commerce software startup Fabric, including co-founder Ryan Bartley, are leading a new company coming out of… Read More

Rad Power Bikes closing retail store in New York in latest cutback for Seattle e-bike maker

Rad Power Bikes is closing its retail store location in Brooklyn, N.Y., the Seattle-based e-bike maker confirmed Thursday, citing the… Read More

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