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GeekWire’s startup coverage documents the Pacific Northwest entrepreneurial scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and venture capital directory.

Solavei raises $3.6M, touts $49 per month mobile service that rewards you with cash for signing on others

Multi-level marketing companies have gained popularity (and notoriety) in industries as diverse as cosmetics, vitamins and cleaning products. Now, a… Read More

Introducing Startup Day: Top entrepreneurs provide a roadmap for success

We love telling the stories of startups here at GeekWire, chronicling the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial voyage. Heck,… Read More

Vizify turns your ‘ugly’ social media pages into a hip presence

The way Vizify CEO Todd Silverstein sees it, social media pages are “cluttered, ugly and noisy.” In other words, the… Read More

PopCap’s next wacky creation: A talking, dancing 3D ‘Zombatar’

The first question I ask Van Riker, marketing manager for PopCap’s hit game Plants vs. Zombies, is a simple one: What’s… Read More

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Q&A: This father-and-son duo is building an iPhone case with a built-in keyboard

The iPhone is (arguably) the most beautiful piece of consumer technology introduced in the past few years, but it doesn’t… Read More

Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz on search, startups, sticking it out

Rand Fishkin is changing the way that Internet marketers do their jobs. He and his team at SEOmoz are part of… Read More

Introducing the GeekWire Startup List: 500 Seattle-area startups, and growing

As reporters covering the Seattle-area tech community, we frequently would refer to the Startup List on the  Seattle 2.0 website… Read More

Apps must be cross platform

Maybe there are a few Robert Scobles out there who still believe that a significant number of successful apps in… Read More

Amazon.com backs WhoSay to help celebs manage Twitter and Facebook posts

Amazon.com is among the backers participating in a $12 million financing round for WhoSay, an online service that helps musicians,… Read More

Super angel Boris Wertz launches $15M VC fund Version One Ventures

We’ve heard the complaints loud and clear that the Pacific Northwest simply needs more money flowing into early-stage startups. Well,… Read More

Ignition joins $12M round for mobile app builder Xamarin

There’s no shortage of startups trying to help mobile developers quickly and easily build cross-platform apps for an ever-expanding line-up… Read More

VCs come knocking as Nextdoor lands $18.6 million

Nextdoor, a San Francisco startup that operates social networks for more than 3,500 neighborhoods across the country, has raised $18.6… Read More

Confessions of a founder dad

It was Saturday night at 8:12 p.m. and the screaming had just begun. The source of it?  My two-and-a-half-year old… Read More

SAP arrives in Seattle, looking for hot analytics startups

SAP, the 40-year-old German enterprise software company, is making a big push right now to engage with startup companies with… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Spiral Genetics offers software to help scientists analyze DNA

DNA analysis allows scientists to dig deep into one’s genetic makeup, discovering if an individual is predisposed to a certain… Read More

Jawfish Games snags cash from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, opens new Seattle HQ

Jawfish Games has snapped up $2.6 million, money that the fast-growing 7-month-old company will use to continue developing its online gaming… Read More

Tech Moves: Maveron adds venture partner; Doug Aley joins Zulily; etc.

Maveron, the Seattle venture capital firm led by former investment banker Dan Levitan and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, has named… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Qoiza helps you share your favorite products with friends, and earn rewards along the way

The recent explosion of sites dedicated to sharing products that you love (Pinterest, Fancy, Wanelo) has brought another trend to… Read More

Here’s the startup advice Jeff Bezos gave to Mark Pincus (before the guidance abruptly ended)

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus sat down with PandoDaily’s Sarah Lacy for an entertaining interview last night, covering a range of… Read More

VCs pump $2.1 billion into early-stage startups, biggest haul in more than a decade

Venture capitalists are pumping more money into early-stage companies. And that, say some industry watchers, is very much a good… Read More

New Center for Impact and Innovation inks lease at Pioneer Square’s historic Masins furniture building

For nearly 80 years, the Masin family sold couches, tables and other fine-furniture from its Pioneer Square location. But now… Read More

Q&A: Clean tech startup links business decisions to energy costs

Distributed Energy Management has business intelligence software that analyzes the energy data from smart meters, or any other data source,… Read More

Our startup’s pivot: Three important lessons we learned

More than any other word, pivot has come to define startup life. Without the pivot, YouTube would have been a… Read More

Tech Moves: Andy Sack passes torch at Lighter Capital; OUYA’s new hire

Andy Sack is stepping aside as CEO of Lighter Capital, the Seattle investment firm that provides revenue-based loans to companies… Read More

Social media monitoring firm Visible Technologies gets $5M

Social media monitoring firm Visible Technologies has raised an additional $5.5 million, bringing total funding in the company to $57.5… Read More

Seattle game firm says rival stole its monsters, and more

Runic Games, an independent Seattle game studio that makes the Torchlight action role-playing games, says a company in China has… Read More

Yapta charts new course with former Sabre exec as CEO

Online travel upstart Yapta continues on its new course today with the appointment of James Filsinger as CEO. A former… Read More

New Twist to mobile tracking, stalking your peeps

Yet another technology is about to launch that will make it harder to lie to your boss and significant others… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Gatherball looks to take the stress out of planning events and getaways

We’ve all had to spearhead the planning of an event.  Whether it be your weekly trip to the movies with… Read More

Game company hires 100th employee, plans free ice cream social to celebrate

OK, we know it is tough to find solid, hard-working tech employees around Seattle. But a stunt today by Double… Read More

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