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Sales software startup Outreach cuts about 5% of staff, says it is still hiring

Seattle-based Outreach is laying off about 5% of its workforce, a move that comes at a time when many startups are… Read More

Seattle startup HDT Bio lands $1.8M U.S. Army grant to develop nasal spray against viruses

Seattle startup HDT Bio will develop a nasal spray designed to counteract a wide range of respiratory viruses with a… Read More

The women writing checks: A list of female venture capitalists in the Pacific Northwest

Back in 2018, GeekWire published a list of women investors based in the Pacific Northwest who were writing checks to… Read More

Fred Hutch spinout lands $10M for precision test to guide cancer treatment, develop drugs

Seattle startup SEngine Precision Medicine has raised $10 million to propel drug discovery and development and advance its test that… Read More

Ex-Adobe and Facebook engineers raise $2M for Seattle software startup that helps small landlords

Marble, a Seattle startup building software-enabled rental management systems for smaller landlords, raised $2 million. The company was co-founded in… Read More

‘Radical experiment’: HBO spinout led by industry veteran uses blockchain for new combat game

Imagine you’re playing Shrapnel, a first-person shooter due in late 2024 from Seattle game studio Neon. You’ve carefully plucked from… Read More

Sella, which uses gig workers to promote and resell unwanted items, raises $3M

Sella, a startup using gig workers to market, list and sell items from users on its platform, raised $3 million.… Read More

Remembering Tom Alberg: How an understated investor had an outsized impact on Seattle tech

Tom Alberg will be remembered publicly for everything he did to help create and shape the Seattle region’s tech industry,… Read More

Seattle AI startup that helps professionals improve public speaking by analyzing speech raises $6M

The news: Yoodli, a Seattle startup with an AI-enabled software platform that analyzes speech to offer tips for improving communication… Read More

Tom Alberg, 1940-2022: Early Amazon investor was a champion of Pacific Northwest tech

Tom Alberg, a Seattle business and civic leader who played an instrumental role in the creation of industries ranging from… Read More

Seattle startup Legalpad acquired by payroll and compliance giant Deel

Legalpad, a Seattle startup that helps companies apply for visas on behalf of international talent, has been acquired by Deel,… Read More

The rise of high-tech real estate investing platforms and their effect on housing affordability

Real estate tech startups are making it easier for people to invest and manage property. But critics argue that these… Read More

Commsor acquires Caravel, a Techstars Seattle grad that analyzes customer feedback

Caravel, a conversational intelligence platform, has been acquired by Commsor, a New York-based company founded in 2019 that helps companies… Read More

Seattle startup that sells air purification tech powered by ultraviolet light raises $2.3M

The news: Violett, a Seattle-based startup that sells ultraviolet light air purification technology, raised $2.3 million. The tech: Founded in… Read More

Seattle startup Shelf Engine lays off 43 employees due to ‘challenging economic conditions’

Shelf Engine is the latest Seattle startup to cut its workforce. The company, which helps grocers manage food orders, confirmed… Read More

Panopto aims to acquire enterprise video competitor Kaltura in proposed $383M deal

Seattle-based enterprise video provider Panopto offered to acquire New York-based competitor Kaltura at $3 per share, valuing Kaltura at $383… Read More

Seattle startup reveals predictive home maintenance service with once-a-week deals

A new Seattle startup wants you to put down the hammer, rake or whatever other tool you might use to… Read More

Richard Tait, 1964-2022: ‘Cranium’ inventor and serial entrepreneur was ‘the ultimate dreamer’

Richard Tait, the longtime Seattle entrepreneur who co-founded the wildly popular board game “Cranium” after spending 10 years at Microsoft,… Read More

Tech Moves: Icertis hires CFO; Samsung exec joins CommerceIQ; and more

— Rajat Bahri, former CFO at identity management provider ID.me, joined Bellevue, Wash-based contract management software company Icertis as CFO. Bahri… Read More

Seattle biotech startup Ozette lands $26M from Microsoft, Madrona, others to analyze immune cells

The news: Single cell analysis startup Ozette Technologies, with deep roots in the Seattle academic and startup community, has raised… Read More

Startup’s ‘Likewise Arcade’ taps into ‘Wordle’-style popularity to gamify streaming TV and movies

The guessing game is coming to Likewise, the Seattle-area startup that offers personalized picks for movies, TV series and other… Read More

We asked Seattle startups about the economy and its impact on their business

Tech startups are impacted by the shaky economy. But some are feeling it more than others. That was the takeaway… Read More

Seattle startup making it easier to manage single-family rental properties raises $16.7M

The news: Latchel, a platform that facilitates maintenance requests from rental property tenants, raised $16.7 million.  The product: Founded in… Read More

Amazon vets launch Unwrap, a new AI2 spinout that aggregates and analyzes customer feedback

The news: Unwrap, an AI-powered natural language processor that aggregates and analyzes user feedback, raised $3 million after going through… Read More

‘AWS for the travel industry’: Spotnana, backed by Madrona, lands $75M

New York City startup Spotnana announced a $75 million Series B round led by Durable Capital Partners LP. Founded by Sarosh… Read More

Health care startup 98point6 lays off 10% of workforce, but says it’s still in ‘growth mode’

Seattle-based 98point6 recently laid off 10% of its workforce, but the telemedicine startup remains in “growth mode,” according to a… Read More

Rad Power Bikes cuts about 10% of staff, citing economic uncertainty and rising operating costs

Rad Power Bikes is laying off 63 employees, citing an effort to be a more “self-sustaining business” amid the broader… Read More

Cosmetic treatment review platform RealSelf lays off 11 employees

RealSelf, the Seattle-based cosmetic treatment review platform, laid off 11 employees, or about 4.7% of its workforce this week. Chief… Read More

Seattle-area cybersecurity startup led by former Amazon principal engineer lands $3.5M

The news: Strac, a software startup building tech that plugs into a company’s website or mobile app to secure sensitive… Read More

Online media vets launch The Cool Down, a platform aspiring to be America’s go-to climate site

Dave Finocchio, co-founder and CEO of the popular sports media outlet Bleacher Report, and Anna Robertson, an ABC and Yahoo… Read More

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