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Tech Moves: Madrona investor joins Trilogy; Gamesight adds revenue leader: UW names provost

— Elisa La Cava joined Seattle-area venture capital firm Trilogy Equity Partners as principal. La Cava spent the past five… Read More

Former Seattle startup CFO denies fraud charges, pleads not guilty to funneling company funds

Nevin Shetty, the former CFO of Seattle e-commerce startup Fabric charged with funneling company funds to his crypto business, pled… Read More

Michael Smyers, 1983-2023: Gifted engineer and startup founder sparked Coinme and Zipwhip

Michael Smyers, a software engineer and startup entrepreneur who played a formative role in Seattle tech companies Zipwhip and Coinme,… Read More

Seattle firm debuts ETF that uses machine learning for long-term equity investing

Euclidean Technologies is bringing its machine learning-fueled stock strategy to the masses. Founded in 2008, the Seattle firm manages private… Read More

What’s going on with startup funding in Seattle?

It’s getting quiet in Seattle startup land. Venture capital funding to Seattle-based startups hit a 6-year low in the first… Read More

Tech Moves: RealNetworks appoints president; Microsoft Alumni Network leader to step down

— Seattle-based digital media company RealNetworks named Chris Wheaton as president, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer. Wheaton joined RealNetworks… Read More

Compliance automation startup Strike Graph lands $7M to expand certification offerings

The news: Compliance automation company Strike Graph raised $7 million to expand its certification offerings. The Seattle startup, spun out… Read More

Seattle Seahawks legend, NASA astronaut, ‘Love is Blind’ star share wisdom at the GeekWire Awards

Teamwork. Culture. Empowerment. Those were prevailing themes at the 2023 GeekWire Awards Thursday evening in Seattle, where we celebrated the… Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow and Docusign tap new CFOs; Remitly hires design chief; and more

— Zillow Group named Jeremy Hofmann as its new chief financial officer. Hofmann, previously SVP of corporate development and strategy,… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2023 revealed: Community honors top innovation in Pacific Northwest tech

A Star Wars theme complemented the rising stars on hand as light sabers glowed and a galaxy of lights twinkled… Read More

Auction hosting site Auction.io acquires home-bidding platform Doorsey

— Dallas, Texas-based auction software company Auction.io acquired real estate tech platform Doorsey. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Ex-CFO of Seattle startup indicted after allegedly moving $35M in company funds to crypto business

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday indicted the former chief financial officer of a Seattle-based e-commerce startup for wire fraud. Ex-Fabric CFO… Read More

Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs raises $20M for third fund, bets big on generative AI

The news: Pioneer Square Labs raised a $20 million third fund for its startup studio. Founded in 2015, the Seattle-based… Read More

Employee insights startup Groopit raises $3.5M, plans to develop generative AI tools

The news: Employee data crowdsourcing startup Groopit landed $3.5 million to fuel its go-to-market strategy. The product: The Seattle company… Read More

OncoResponse lands $27M to advance development of antibody-based treatments for cancer

— Seattle biotech company OncoResponse landed $27 million to advance the development and testing of its antibody-based immunotherapy treatments that… Read More

Heptio founder leads Stacklok, a new software supply chain startup that just raised $17.5M

Cloud computing vets Craig McLuckie and Luke Hinds are leading a new startup that helps enterprises vet software supply chains… Read More

Workflow orchestration startup Union AI, which created Flyte, lands $19.1M

Bellevue, Wash.-based startup Union.AI raised a $19.1 million Series A round to boost development of Union Cloud, a managed platform… Read More

3D laser printer startup Glowforge lands $20M following release of AI image generator feature

The news: 3D laser printer startup Glowforge raised $20 million as part of an extended Series E round to help… Read More

Likewise launches ChatGPT plugin to use AI to recommend TV shows, movies, books and more

Likewise, the Bellevue, Wash.-based entertainment discovery platform, is tapping into ChatGPT to leverage AI and find more information and recommendations… Read More

Madrona backs new visual dataset startup co-founded by former Turi CEO

Visual Layer on Tuesday announced a $7 million seed round co-led by Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group. The Tel Aviv-based startup… Read More

Robo sommeliers: Seattle startup The Waves enters crowded wine subscription market

Visiting small-batch winemakers on their farms, Andy Comer and Gaurav Tiwari sensed skepticism. “We come from Seattle,” said Tiwari, a… Read More

Seattle startup raises $2M to make healthcare pricing data more transparent

Seattle startup Cascade Health raised a $2 million pre-seed round to boost its AI-powered software that aims to increase healthcare… Read More

Q&A with Minh Le, former SVB leader in Seattle, on navigating a crisis and his new gig

Minh Le bled SVB. The longtime leader at Silicon Valley Bank spent more than half of his professional career with… Read More

Tech leaders discuss generative AI’s impact on enterprise, startups and society

Madrona Venture Group investor Aseem Datar met with about 30 startups in the past week — and all pitched AI… Read More

Clean energy startup Modern Hydrogen, previously known as Modern Electron, raises $32.8M

The news: Clean energy startup Modern Electron is going all in on hydrogen — so much so that it’s changing… Read More

AI2 Incubator raises $30M fund to boost more startups amid AI gold rush

The Seattle-based AI2 Incubator raised a fresh $30 million pre-seed fund to invest in more “AI-first” startups. The incubator’s second… Read More

Seattle VC firm Ascend raises $25M for second fund, plans to double down on AI

Ascend is ready to help more startups fly. The Seattle-based pre-seed venture capital firm led by startup veteran Kirby Winfield… Read More

Avalara co-founder leads new advisory firm helping companies create digital assets

Rory Rawlings was able to see around a corner when he launched tax compliance software giant Avalara. Now the Seattle-area… Read More

Genemod lands $4.5M for life sciences data storage and collaboration platform

Genemod, a Seattle startup developing a cloud-based platform to help life sciences companies and researchers manage their data and workflows,… Read More

Microsoft vet and ex-Beats by Dre CEO lead new hardware-focused Seattle startup studio

A new startup lab founded by a pair of tech veterans aims to help incubate and launch hardware-focused companies. Amish… Read More

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