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Seattle entrepreneur acquires Sook, a tool to take on Amazon and boost small business discovery

To satisfy his desire to help shoppers better discover products from small businesses and to help those businesses compete against… Read More

Seattle startup developing therapies based on human milk to go public via SPAC merger

Seattle startup Intrinsic Medicine plans to go public through a merger with a shell company, Phoenix Biotech Acquisition Corp. The… Read More

Univ. of Washington is 24th in ranking of top 100 colleges based on startup founders

The University of Washington is ranked No. 24 in a new list of the top 100 universities in the world… Read More

Meet the 12 startups in the newest Techstars Seattle class

Techstars Seattle on Monday unveiled the startups participating in its latest cohort, as another round of companies gets ready to… Read More

Another logistics startup emerges in Seattle: Convoy vets land $2.4M to tackle trucking analytics

New funding: Seattle-area trucking analytics startup GoodShip raised $2.4 million in a round led by Fuse, with participation from Cercano… Read More

Virtual care startup aiming to improve rural health via headsets raises cash

Hippo Technologies, a Vancouver, Wash.-area startup developing tech to connect patients in rural areas with specialists, raised seed funding from… Read More

Healthcare startup Gabbi lands $4.4M to help women assess breast cancer risk and take action

Gabbi, a Portland, Ore.-based startup building a tool to help women assess their risk for breast cancer, raised $4.4 million.… Read More

Seattle-area health data analytics company Advata lays off employees

Seattle-area health data analytics provider Advata, recently formed from the merger of six companies, is the latest tech company in… Read More

Reclaim, a calendar software startup that creates schedules for teams, raises more cash

New funding: Portland, Ore.-based Reclaim.ai raised an additional $3.2 million. The 16-person company launched in 2019 and has raised $9.5… Read More

Needl, a YC startup based in Seattle, raises $2.5M to build ‘a search bar for your entire life’

Needl, a Seattle startup building a personal search product that pulls information from across different web apps, raised $2.5 million.… Read More

Expense management startup Center lands $15M, adds Clear co-founder to board

Bellevue, Wash.-based expense management software startup Center raised an additional $15 million to help fuel growth. Center targets mid-market companies… Read More

Contract lifecycle management company Icertis is raising more cash

Update, Oct. 31: Icertis issued a press release noting $150 million in new capital, including a revolving credit facility and… Read More

Portland fintech startup that targets wedding industry lands $2.3M

Rock Paper Coin, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that aims to streamline payments for wedding vendors, raised $2.3 million. The company… Read More

Seattle startup and U.S. universities land $3.77M USDA grant to develop AI tech for indoor farming

The news: Seattle-based indoor agriculture startup Koidra will share a $3.77 million research grant with Ohio State University, Rutgers University,… Read More

Convoy lays off more employees as part of reorganization at Seattle trucking startup

Seattle-based trucking marketplace startup Convoy is doing another round of layoffs. It’s the latest tech company to trim headcount amid… Read More

Tech Moves: Madrona hires former Bezos technical advisor; Seattle Children’s names COO

— Seattle-based firm Madrona Venture Group appointed Wei Gao as venture partner and Anna Baird as operating partner. Gao was… Read More

Ex-Nike COO invests in Seattle-area startup led by K2 vets that helps companies build mobile apps

Jigx, a Seattle-area mobile software development company founded in 2020, just landed new funding from former Nike COO Erik Sprunk,… Read More

Why this Seattle venture capitalist moved to a farm — and the startup lessons learned along the way

Aviel Ginzburg has been splitting time between taking calls from startup founders and tending to his farm. The software engineer,… Read More

Lithos, a Seattle agtech startup that uses basalt rocks to help farmers remove carbon, lands $6.3M

Lithos, a Seattle startup applying carbon capture technology in an agricultural setting, announced Thursday that it raised a $6.29 million… Read More

Life sciences entrepreneurs offer advice on launching and building startups

The University of Washington recently hosted a panel of five entrepreneurs to discuss what it takes to launch a life… Read More

Seattle tech vet Linden Rhoads appointed to Univ. of Washington Board of Regents

Linden Rhoads, a longtime Seattle tech leader and former vice provost of commercialization at the University of Washington, will join… Read More

Group14 awarded $100M by Dept. of Energy as part of effort to expand U.S. battery manufacturing

Group14 Technologies, the Woodinville, Wash.-based maker of advanced silicon battery technology, has been awarded $100 million as part of President… Read More

Unified Women’s Healthcare acquires Seattle menopause health startup Gennev

Florida-based women’s health company Unified Women’s Healthcare announced Wednesday that it acquired Seattle startup Gennev for an undisclosed sum. Gennev,… Read More

Meet the new managing director of Techstars Seattle

Techstars Seattle has a new leader: Marius Ciocirlan. The serial entrepreneur and advisor will head up the longstanding Seattle-based accelerator,… Read More

Naveen Jain and Viome test

Naveen Jain’s microbiome and diagnostics startup Viome is raising more cash

Seattle-area microbiome and diagnostics startup Viome Life Sciences is raising more cash, according to a new regulatory filing. The filing… Read More

Smart shopping cart maker Veeve adds $6.7M to its basket to reach more grocery stores

Smart shopping cart maker Veeve has added more cash to its basket. The Seattle-based startup raised $6.7 million in new… Read More

Seattle startup launches Bumble-like app for expectant moms and families looking to adopt

Seattle startup PairTree on Thursday announced the launch of an app to more easily connect expectant mothers with families from… Read More

Seattle entrepreneur turns investor rejection letters into NFTs

Ever wonder how investors craft their “rejection letters” to startup founders? You can now find out — via a non-fungible token.… Read More

Kubernetes co-founder, Microsoft Azure CTO invest in new Seattle startup Diagrid

Diagrid, a Seattle startup that offers a fully managed Dapr on Kubernetes service, announced a $20 million Series A round… Read More

deako

Seattle startup Deako lands $13.4M to sell more smart light switch tech

Deako Lighting, a Seattle-based maker of smart light switch technology, raised $13.4 million, according to a new regulatory filing. Deako… Read More

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