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Startup Awards: Vote for Mobile App of the Year

Everything is going mobile these days, and some of our region’s most promising services now can be operated in the… Read More

Activision vets land $5.6M for new gaming startup U4iA

U4iA, a stealthy gaming company developing what it dubs “hardcore, browser-based games for the connected generation,” has raised $5.6 million in… Read More

TechStars, Microsoft ally on new Windows Azure startup incubator

Microsoft is deepening its relationship with TechStars, announcing today a new startup accelerator program in Seattle designed for those companies… Read More

Limeade lands deal with Swedish hospital for wellness program

Seattle startup Limeade announced today that it will bring its online corporate wellness program to Swedish hospital, continuing a string… Read More

Social media firm ReadyPulse names CEO, scores first financing

ReadyPulse — a social media firm founded by former Microsoft and Amazon employees Srinivas Penumaka, T Vinod Gupta and Mihir Vaidya… Read More

Balance Financial lands cash, names new board members

It’s tax day, and that means millions of Americans are scrambling to get their financial houses in order. If you’re… Read More

Venuelabs rings up $1.6M to help retailers track and analyze social media chatter at stores

Retailers can’t afford to ignore social media chatter anymore. With Yelp and Urbanspoon reviews and constant discussion on social media… Read More

Streamd.in lets you see what’s shaking nearby on Twitter

The mobile app Highlight was one of the big hits of the SXSW conference, allowing conference attendees to use the… Read More

Social media vet Shauna Causey leaves Nordstrom for Decide.com

Decide.com wants to transform the way people shop for consumer electronics, appliances and other products online by telling people the… Read More

Shadowrun blows past $1M: Could this become the biggest Kickstarter campaign ever?

We’ve been closely tracking the amazing response to the Kickstarter campaign for Shadowrun Returns, the revival of Jordan Weisman’s popular role-playing… Read More

Enrique Godreau lands at GSharp: A new VC firm that looks to go ‘retro’ in its approach

At the GeekWire Meetup earlier this week, I bumped into Seattle venture capitalist Enrique Godreau. I didn’t get a chance… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Creator of Magic emerges at location-based gaming upstart BodSix

Location-based mobile gaming could very well be the next frontier of the games business. And BodSix wants to make sure… Read More

Redfin’s Glenn Kelman on why it’s OK for startup CEOs to be a little bit crazy

Are entrepreneurs better off being a little crazy — guided by their emotions? Or should they stick to good-old fashioned… Read More

Kickstarter kids: Watch these Seattle teens pitch their new camera dolly business idea

Kickstarter is radically changing the way entrepreneurs think about raising money for their ideas. And in recent days we’ve seen… Read More

Seattle 2.0 Awards: Vote for the Geekiest Coffee Shop

If caffeine is the fuel of the startup culture, these places are the gas stations. But good coffee shops are… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft tech evangelist named Aditi CTO; Microsoft’s China CEO quits; etc.

Wade Wegner, the former director of technical evangelism at Microsoft, has been named chief technology officer at Bellevue-based Aditi Technologies.… Read More

Frustrated researchers unveil Microryza, a crowdfunding site for geeky science projects

Want to help scientists figure out why chili peppers are spicy? How about the origins of a mysterious clay jug?… Read More

Daily deal site Tippr offers a full refund after duped by fake Bose headsets

In what CEO Martin Tobias described as the company’s first mass refund, Seattle daily deal site Tippr has apologized to… Read More

Introducing The Elevator Pitch: Where entrepreneurs get 43 seconds to reach the top

In the fast-moving world of startups, entrepreneurs need to be able to sell themselves in seconds. A good elevator pitch… Read More

Nordstrom bets on Bonobos, leads $16.4M investment in online fashion retailer

Earlier this year, Nordstrom announced that it planned to spend $150 million on boosting its e-commerce infrastructure, part of a… Read More

The top 25 startup hubs in the world: Seattle ranks 13th

I have mixed reactions to the Startup Genome Project’s new report analyzing the top 25 startup ecosystems in the world.… Read More

Halo 4 game designer turns to Kickstarter to bankroll dystopian game Republique

Ryan Payton, a former video game designer at Microsoft who worked as a narrative designer on Halo 4, is the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Opstera looks to help clients find answers in the cloud

Opstera is just four months old. But the Bellevue upstart is already reeling in customers who are turning to the… Read More

This mobile app wants to help you make love connections from chance encounters

A firestorm erupted last week when a mobile app by the name of “Girls Around Me” started to make the… Read More

Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt bankroll money transfer startup Beamit Mobile

Seattle startup Beamit Mobile has raised $2.4 million in fresh financing from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s TomorrowVentures, Founder’s Co-op and Bezos… Read More

Wavii exits stealth mode, touts a better way to consume news

It’s been nearly two years since we first encountered Wavii. Operating in the equivalent of a bunker, the Seattle startup… Read More

Powerit Solutions heats up with new cash, helps factories reduce energy costs

Powerit Solutions, a 10-year-old Seattle company that helps large industrial customers reduce energy savings by as much as 33 percent,… Read More

Startup Awards: Vote for Seattle’s ‘Geek of the Year’

Since kicking off the official voting yesterday, we’ve already collected hundreds of votes for the upcoming Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards.… Read More

Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh on why we need to invest in education right now

Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh may be in the business of cracking people up. But the Seattle Internet entrepreneur also has some… Read More

Cast your ballot: Finalists announced, voting open for Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards

In case you didn’t notice, it’s a big election year. But before we get to the presidential contest this November,… Read More

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