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Ex-Microsofties land cash for private social network Discuzz

Discuzz, a Bellevue startup that’s developing technologies to help organizations better communicate with partners and customers, has raised $275,000, according… Read More

Tech Moves: HasOffers taps CEO; Tableau bolsters board; EveryMove’s key hires; etc.

HasOffers, the Seattle affiliate marketing company, has promoted Peter Hamilton to the position of CEO. Hamilton, who joined the company… Read More

Lockerz makes another buy, unlocks deal with Wishpot

Sometimes you run into stories in the strangest places. On an elevator ride in Pioneer Square this morning, I bumped… Read More

Startup Day: Get hands-on advice from VCs, designers and lawyers

You may have already seen the great speaker lineup on tap for GeekWire’s Startup Day, including Box co-founder Aaron Levie;… Read More

Korrio scores $4.6M to help coaches, clubs and parents organize youth sports

Korrio has pulled in $4.6 million in new venture funding, money that the Seattle area startup will use to expand… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Nuubuu creates a marketplace for your content creations

Nuubuu founder Ameya Bhatawdekar wants to make it simple for everyone to upload and sell their digital creations, from electronic… Read More

Best of Startup Day: What is convertible debt and how does it work?

Editor’s Note: We’ve got a fantastic lineup of speakers on tap for GeekWire’s Startup Day, taking place Saturday, Sept. 22nd at… Read More

How to keep your big business from acting like a startup

Much has been written — including my last column on GeekWire —about why it’s important for new businesses and startups to keep… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Well Crafted’s platform helps designers display portfolios

The world of design has recently been brought to the forefront of the startup world. With 500 Startups launching their… Read More

Oregon medical-records company Kryptiq sold to Surescripts

Oregon is more than that little bastion of ‘Portlandia’ jokes sandwiched in between Seattle and Silicon Valley — they have… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed Workday files for $400M IPO, facing off against Concur, SAP, Oracle

Workday, a Pleasanton, California-based company that specializes in cloud-based payroll, financial management and employee expense management, has filed to raise… Read More

Ignition reportedly on the prowl to raise $250 million early-stage fund

This must be the year for Seattle area venture capital firms to hit the fundraising trail. Madrona Venture Group has… Read More

Placed expands location analytics, taps Razorfish exec Jeff Lanctot as advisor

Placed, the Seattle startup that tells companies whether their customers are more likely to be engaging with mobile applications near a… Read More

Redfin goes green, inks deal for land sales with Blu Homes

Redfin has struck a new partnership with Blu Homes to help those interested in building high-end pre-fab homes find land… Read More

Renewable fuel startup spins out from Targeted Growth with investment from Avista

Matrix Genetics has received an undisclosed investment from Avista Development, the venture capital arm of Spokane utility Avista Corp. The… Read More

Appature’s Kabir Shahani: ‘We’re very oriented towards obsoleting ourselves’

Kabir Shahani and his team at Appature want to help marketers create intensely personal customer experiences. How are they going… Read More

Microsoft partners with 9Slides for startup presentations

Microsoft BizSpark is partnering with one of the startups in its program, 9Slides, to make its online presentation technology available… Read More

Fledglings take flight: These 7 startups are looking to make the world a better place

Earlier this year we introduced you to Fledge, a start-up incubator founded by Seattle techie Michael “Luni” Libes that’s working… Read More

Context Relevant rebuffs ‘acquihire’ offers, attracts top data scientists

Context Relevant doesn’t want to be the next “acquihire,” selling out to a large technology company before the promise of… Read More

13 ways to nail your pitch to angel investment groups

Below I am going to focus on the stuff that I wish I would have know when I started pitching… Read More

Startup Spotlight: MakeGood looks to help firms make sense of online ad campaigns

The world of online advertising can be convoluted and complex, making it challenging for advertisers, agencies and publishers to track… Read More

Seattle startup BigDoor powering NFL.com rewards

With the NFL regular season fast approaching, the football league this week announced its first-ever NFL Fan Rewards. The program… Read More

LiquidPlanner’s new CEO: How Liz Pearce rose to the top at age 35

LiquidPlanner, the Bellevue-based project management software company, this morning named a new CEO — Liz Pearce, 35, a marketing specialist who… Read More

Questions I’d ask before listing a startup on FundersClub

Every day I engage with at least one person about how startup investing will change because of the JOBS Act.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Duxter is a LinkedIn for your gamer life

Hard-core gamers are a different breed. So, it makes some sense that they need their own social network. Duxter, which… Read More

Meet the 7 startup teams in StudentRND’s summer incubator

We’ve written about StudentRND in the past, and we’re always impressed with the projects that these students are kicking around. Earlier… Read More

Four minutes on the train with … Kyle Kesterson of Freak’n Genius

Editor’s note: Team GeekWire participated in the Geeks on a Train voyage between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. Tuesday night… Read More

Dave McClure is ripping VCs again: They’re f***ing arrogant and stupid a**holes

Dave McClure is not your typical venture capitalist. He wears T-shirts and flip flops, and cusses like a sailor. The term… Read More

Rand Fishkin’s top 11 startup tips to earn free customers

Editor’s note: Team GeekWire is attending the GROW conference in Vancouver, B.C. this week, covering some of the talks.  … Read More

4 minutes on the train with … Ali Daniali of BigShot DJ

Editor’s note: Team GeekWire participated in the Geeks on a Train voyage between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. Tuesday night… Read More

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