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Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes cuts 20% of staff, citing ‘uncertain economic conditions’

Flyhomes is the latest tech startup to cut jobs. The Seattle real estate company laid off approximately 20% of its… Read More

Seattle startup aims to make it easier to invest in social or environmental impact companies

A former finance executive and a veteran software engineer are teaming up to build a platform that allows users to… Read More

Startup building software that helps airlines upsell customers raises $25M

Gordian Software, which builds tech that helps airlines and travel websites upsell customers with add-on features, raised $25 million. The… Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow’s former longtime economist returns; GoFundMe hires Xbox vet; ex-Nike president joins Funko board

— Dr. Skylar Olsen is back at Zillow Group. Olsen spent eight years at the real estate giant, most recently as… Read More

Phaidra, which sells AI tech to industrial customers, raises $25M from DeepMind co-founder, others

Phaidra, a startup building artificial intelligence tools for industrial customers ranging from vaccine manufacturers to paper mills, raised $25 million.… Read More

BC’s green construction unicorn Nexii raises $35M, opens U.S. manufacturing site

New funding: Nexii — a Vancouver, B.C. startup with the distinction of being Canada’s fastest company to ascend from launch… Read More

GeekWire 200 update: Check out which Pacific Northwest startups are moving up the rankings

The latest update to the GeekWire 200 rankings shows four newcomers to the top 10 and several startups making big… Read More

Buyers wanted: Exit opportunities for venture-backed startups sharply decline amid downturn

It’s getting harder for an early-stage company to find a buyer.  The exit value for U.S. venture capital-backed startups in… Read More

Uplevel, a Seattle startup that measures engineer productivity, raises $20M

The news: Seattle startup Uplevel landed $20 million to fuel growth. The 5-year-old company helps engineering teams analyze the effectiveness… Read More

Spinning out science startups: UW’s Institute for Protein Design brings research beyond ivory tower

The Institute for Protein Design is an innovation factory. Since launching a decade ago, the University of Washington institution has… Read More

How remote work is changing tech pay: Seattle startup comp equals Silicon Valley, study says

Remote work is equalizing tech startup pay across the country, with Silicon Valley and San Francisco as the benchmark, and… Read More

Q&A with former NFL star Doug Baldwin about his new role as CEO of a Seattle healthcare startup

Since retiring from the NFL in 2019, former Seattle Seahawks star Doug Baldwin has dipped his toes in the tech… Read More

Seattle startup raises $14M to fuel ambitious plan for a social network built on the blockchain

Metaverse. Web3. Cryptocurrency. Blockchain. NFTs. Peer’s got it all. The new Seattle-based startup riding all the latest tech trends recently… Read More

National and regional VC numbers show Seattle faring better than the rest of the country … so far

Venture capital investments in the U.S. declined more than 23% to $62 billion in the second quarter, from $82 billion… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft economist joins DOJ antitrust team; AWS director lands at StackOverflow

— Stanford professor Susan Athey, a former consulting chief economist at Microsoft, will join the U.S. Department of Justice as… Read More

Four fintech startups join incubator run by Seattle-area credit union and Univ. of Washington

Four startups outside the Pacific Northwest won the fourth annual BECU Fintech Incubator Competition. The incubator supports fintech startups and… Read More

Flexe is Seattle’s newest unicorn: Warehousing startup lands $119M, reaches $1B valuation

The news: Flexe is the latest to join Seattle’s unicorn club. The 9-year-old company just raised a $119 million Series… Read More

Advantage, bootstrappers: Why avoiding VC funding is helping this Seattle startup amid a downturn

Startups that didn’t raise cash from venture capitalists in recent years might be in a better position to control their… Read More

Supple steaks and tasty veggies: Xerox PARC spinout keeps food fresh at freezing temperatures

A new startup aims to change how food is preserved and stored, using tech that keeps meat, fish and produce… Read More

Startup funding cooldown: Here are the stats for Seattle and the Pacific NW for the first half of 2022

Tech startups in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest raised less than $4 billion in funding in the first half of… Read More

Developer bootcamp Coding Dojo lands $10M to train more software engineers

Coding Dojo secured $10 million to boost its computer programming bootcamp.  The Bellevue, Wash.-based organization trains software engineers both in-person… Read More

‘Parallel Reality’ at the airport: High-tech screen displays personal flight info to multiple travelers

A startup with Microsoft and Redmond, Wash., roots is reaching new heights with technology that could change the way travelers… Read More

Former Convoy director leads new Seattle trucking startup that just raised $8M

Rollzi, a new Seattle startup led by a former Convoy director, raised $8 million to help truckload carriers deliver freight… Read More

Seattle startup Qumulo lays off 80 employees, CEO cites economic conditions and reaching profitability

Seattle-based data storage provider Qumulo laid off about 80 employees Wednesday, or roughly 19% of its staff, in the latest… Read More

Seattle wearable tech startup, backed by NFL star and Heisman Trophy winner, raises $6M

Strive, which makes wearable tech for athletes, raised $6 million as part of a Series A funding round.  The Seattle… Read More

Seattle’s Alliance of Angels aims to get deals done faster with new fund

Alliance of Angels raised $1.3 million for a new “Innovation Fund” that will back 10-to-12 early-stage startups over the next… Read More

Seattle SPAC suffering: Shares of companies that went public via SPAC fall more than 50%

The four Seattle businesses that went public during the SPAC boom have sputtered amid the broader economic downturn.  Porch, Nautilus… Read More

Seattle beanless coffee brewer Atomo raises $40M and begins selling its sustainable brews online

Atomo, the Seattle coffee company making its sustainable brews without beans, has raised $40 million in new funding, the startup… Read More

Why some high-tech lending companies aren’t worried about rising interest rates

Rising interest rates caused by recent inflation may hurt traditional lenders, but some tech-fueled financial companies are seeing tailwinds. Tony… Read More

Univ. of Washington spinout aims to eliminate ‘forever chemicals’ with destruction tech system

Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set new water health advisories for PFAS, or “per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.”… Read More

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