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Startup Weekend comes to City Hall to inspire government apps

More than 100 app developers, designers, entrepreneurs, marketing experts, private citizens and government officials will descend on Seattle City Hall… Read More

PopCap co-founder to share startup secrets at Seattle 2.0 Awards

One of the coolest things about PopCap Games — which sold to Electronic Arts last year in a deal valued… Read More

Startup innovation: A bra for stashing your phone

[Editor’s Note: GeekWire’s Rebecca Lovell was one of more than 200 judges at the UW Business Plan Competition Investment Round yesterday.… Read More

Shadowrun Returns breaks through $1.5M on Kickstarter

Shadowrun Returns, the revival of Seattle-area game designer Jordan Weisman’s classic franchise, broke through the $1.5 million mark overnight in… Read More

Filing: Stealthy startup Top Level Spectrum lands cash

On the GeekWire podcast a few weeks ago, Seattle angel investor and BuddyTV co-founder Andy Liu noted that he’s been… Read More

Cadence Biomedical scores $1.1 million to help people with disabilities walk

In what the company is describing as an oversubscribed venture round, Seattle medical device maker Cadence Biomedical has raised $1.1… Read More

These 16 student-led upstarts are trying to transform mobile payments, farming and more

Entrepreneurial students from colleges and universities throughout the region competed Wednesday in the annual University of Washington Business Plan Competition Investment… Read More

Meet Fledge: The first incubator for ‘conscious’ companies

Michael “Luni” Libes has spent the past 20 years building software companies, creating new upstarts such as Ground Truth, Medio… Read More

Fast-growing Apptio hires former RealNetworks CEO Kimball to lead operations

Apptio, fresh off a $50 million funding round, has hired former Real Networks CEO Bob Kimball as its new executive vice… Read More

Cloud storage startup Symform raises $11 million

There’s been a steady stream of venture capital activity in Seattle enterprise software companies in recent weeks, from the $50… Read More

Top 6 startup ideas from NWEN’s First Look Forum

The Northwest Entrepreneur Network’s First Look Forum, a coaching program for early-stage entrepreneurs, has graduated such varied companies as bootstrapped and Kickstarter-funded… Read More

Keeping your workplace culture on the cutting edge

As a tech community, most of us were impacted by the “Great Recession.” As the business climate improves, it’s also… Read More

Chirpify lands $1.3 million to sell music and concert tickets through Twitter

Twitter is great for sharing content. But when it comes to actually conducting commerce, the fast-growing social networking service leaves… Read More

Bitcoin startup CoinLab lands funding from Tim Draper and others, aims to help monetize games

CoinLab, a Seattle startup working on projects involving the Bitcoin digital currency, has raised $500,000 in seed funding from a… Read More

Seattle design firm kicks off 999Bottles Kickstarter campaign

Consider it a kind of milestone: the iPhone is so ubiquitous, it becomes an accessory for a water bottle. That, in… Read More

Jonathan Sposato leaves Google as Picnik winds down

Google closed the lid on Picnik last Friday, shutting down the popular online photo editing service that it acquired two years… Read More

Seattle 2.0 Awards: Vote for Schmoozer of the Year (and we mean that in a good way)

We had fun choosing the categories for the Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards this year, keeping the most popular of the… Read More

Instagram’s billion dollar idea wasn’t photos after all

I wasn’t alone in almost spilling my coffee mid-drink when I discovered Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 billion. A billion?… Read More

The Startup File: OneOcean, Wonder Forge, Intersect, GoGoDeo, others raising cash

Welcome back to The Startup File. For those who missed the first installment, let me explain the framework of this… Read More

A Glympse of the future in Seattle’s South Lake Union

My first clue that something had changed forever was the police. In bright yellow vests, they descended on the area,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: SkyFu helps restaurants stay on top of online reviews

Restaurant owners live or die these days by the power of the almighty online review, with sites such as Yelp… Read More

Kickstarter still a drop in the bucket when compared to VC

The rise of Kickstarter as a new funding source for entrepreneurial ideas has been one of the most fascinating stories… Read More

Washington state ranks 5th in venture capital investments

Washington state is once again climbing into the top echelon when it comes to venture capital investing, ranking fifth in… Read More

Video: Resigning from Microsoft with a song

Whatever happened to “Take this Job and Shove it?” No, Karen Cheng’s resignation song is much more classy than that,… Read More

Alder BioPharma raises $38M for cancer, migraine research

In one of the largest venture capital rounds in the state so far this year, Bothell’s Alder BioPharmaceuticals has raised $38… Read More

Update: Big Fish pays up to $15M for casino game maker

Seattle casual games powerhouse Big Fish Games is paying up to $15 million to purchase an undisclosed privately-held corporation. An… Read More

Secretive space robot startup Arkyd to unveil ambitious plans, backed by big names

[Follow-Up: Space robot venture includes Google’s Page and Schmidt, aims to expand Earth’s resources] Arkyd Astronautics, a Seattle-area startup led by… Read More

Ex-aQuantive, AdECN and AOL execs form stealthy SocialForce

A new Seattle area startup company led by several online advertising executives is kicking around a new idea that it… Read More

The best and worst tax systems in the U.S. for entrepreneurs

Washington state has one of the best tax systems in the country when it comes to supporting entrepreneurship and small… Read More

VC cash perks up in Seattle, countering national declines

Venture capital investing bounced back in Washington state during the first quarter, reversing a dismal performance in the same period… Read More