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Scoop: Flyhomes acquires Loftium, combining two Seattle real estate tech companies

Flyhomes is broadening its suite of home-buying tools by acquiring the host-to-own platform Loftium in a Seattle startup real estate… Read More

Amperity lays off workers for second time in a year as part of restructuring

Seattle-based customer intelligence startup Amperity conducted another round of layoffs, its second time trimming headcount in the past six months.… Read More

Former senator Reuven Carlyle launches climate consulting and finance venture backed by $14M

Reuven Carlyle, who last month retired from the Washington State Senate, is launching a startup that will provide a suite… Read More

Our favorite startup pitches from Techstars Seattle Demo Day

It’s a unique time to graduate from a startup accelerator. The 12 teams that just completed a three-month stint with… Read More

Washington state lawmakers seek to ban at-home rape test kits after AG takes aim at startup

Washington state lawmakers are considering a bill to ban over-the-counter sexual assault test kits that critics say give false hope… Read More

GeekWire Awards nominations are now open and table sponsorships are available for the big event

Here come the robot trophies! The much-anticipated 2023 GeekWire Awards — presented by Astound Business Solutions for the 10th year — are… Read More

3D printer maker Glowforge debuts AI image generator to help users create artwork

Glowforge released a new tool that lets users create artwork based on a written prompt that is optimized for 3D… Read More

Seagen vets land $4.4M for Univ. of Washington spinout using fresh approach for cancer vaccines

A biotech startup spun out of the University of Washington and led by veterans of Seattle-area biotech giant Seagen has… Read More

Industrial headset maker RealWear to go public via SPAC with Seattle investment bank

RealWear, a Vancouver, Wash.-based company that sells industrial hands-free wearable “assisted reality” headsets, is going public via a SPAC deal… Read More

Personal story leads entrepreneur to launch a startup to improve cancer care in Africa and beyond

Seattle entrepreneur Kingsley Ndoh is driven by the memory of his aunt, who died too young of colon cancer. A… Read More

This supply chain startup is using AI and IoT to predict food spoilage

Transparent Path is on a mission to help reduce food waste and fuel hunger relief efforts with supply chain technology… Read More

Plant-based chicken startup Rebellyous Foods raises $9.5M to launch latest production tech

Seattle-based food technology company Rebellyous Foods has raised $9.5 million in new cash, which the startup plans to use to… Read More

Here’s how VCs are advising founders and assessing startups amid the tech downturn

Whether or not the economy is in recession is still up for debate. But the startup world is definitely in… Read More

Tech Moves: Flying Fish adds principal; Tanium names new CEO; and more

— Seattle venture capital firm Flying Fish Partners hired Heather Gorham as principal. Gorham previously spent four years at JP… Read More

Sales software company Highspot cuts 10% of its workforce

Highspot is laying off about 100 employees, or 10% of its workforce, becoming the latest well-funded Seattle company to cut… Read More

Picnic, a food automation startup that sells a pizza-making robot, lays off employees

Food automation startup Picnic is laying off employees, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff amid the tech downturn.… Read More

Real estate startup vets land $7M for new construction project management startup

A pair of real estate startup vets are revealing a new company that aims to limit the amount of back-and-forth… Read More

Forbes ’30 under 30′ entrepreneurs raise $3M for remote work productivity startup backed by Meta

After more than a year of remote work, Devin Ajimine and his friends could not find a productivity tool that… Read More

Exit comeback: After big slowdown in IPO and M&A activity, analysts optimistic for a rebound

After startup exit activity took a nose dive in 2022 amid inflation, rising interest rates, and other macroeconomic forces, some… Read More

Startup survival: How a pandemic pivot helped this photo booth company see a bigger picture

Nearly three years after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down live events and put Sam Eitzen’s physical photo booth business in… Read More

Tech layoffs at big companies could be a boon for startups and entrepreneurship

A wave of layoffs at tech companies is flooding the job market with fresh talent. The trend is sparking questions… Read More

Publicly traded cannabis fintech POSaBIT acquires three compliance software firms

POSaBIT has reached a deal with Akerna to acquire three cannabis compliance companies in an all-cash deal, broadening the suite… Read More

Whalesync, a Seattle startup syncing data between software apps, raises $1.8M

Whalesync, a Seattle startup offering no-code support to companies to sync their data between software applications, raised $1.8 million. The… Read More

Seattle-area longevity company emerges from three startups, plans to go public via SPAC

Bradford Zakes recently helped combine the Seattle-area biotech company he led, Cerevast Medical, with two startups to create a new… Read More

Seattle startup aims to change surgery using AI, computer vision and augmented reality

In a former Boeing manufacturing facility near Seattle’s waterfront, a six-year old startup is readying a system it says will… Read More

Former Uber engineers raise $26M for DevOps startup DevZero

DevZero, a year-old Seattle software development startup led by former Uber engineers, announced $26 million in funding and general availability… Read More

This forensic accounting startup in Seattle is helping lawyers solve fraud investigations

A small Seattle startup is helping solve some of the most high-profile white-collar crimes. Valid8 Financial sells a forensic accounting platform… Read More

Moonstone Bank, the Washington state bank with ties to FTX, will wind down crypto operations

Moonstone Bank, the digital lender with ties to FTX, announced this week it will wind down plans to offer banking… Read More

Seattle technical interviewing startup Karat cuts 47 employees, citing need to invest in growth

Karat, the Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews, has laid off 47 employees, citing the need to sharpen… Read More

Exterro acquires Zapproved, combining two Oregon-based legal tech companies

Beaverton, Ore.-based legal tech company Exterro said it has acquired Zapproved, a Portland, Ore.-based software platform that helps corporate lawyers… Read More

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