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Even with SPACs in sharp decline, this Seattle investment bank remains bullish on finding a robotics target

PITTSBURGH — SPACs are suffering. But Cascadia Capital still feels confident about finding a deal. The Seattle investment bank raised… Read More

Tech Moves: TaxBit adds engineering leaders; Vouched hires three execs

— Cryptocurrency tax and accounting company TaxBit hired a chief technology officer and vice president of engineering. Tramale Turner, CTO,… Read More

Seattle family organization app Cozi acquired by co-parenting app OurFamilyWizard

OurFamilyWizard, a co-parenting app for families living separately, is acquiring Seattle-based Cozi, a family organizing app founded in 2005, the… Read More

Group14’s high performance battery technology gets super charged with $400M investment

Woodinville, Wash.-based Group14 Technologies has raised $400 million in venture capital that will supercharge the commercialization of its battery technology.… Read More

Ag-tech’s heavy lifting: Rock-picking startup among those seeing demand for automation on the farm

PITTSBURGH — The rocks are as dumb as ever, but the people behind TerraClear are getting smarter every day as the… Read More

Edge Delta raises $63M to help companies analyze observability data ‘at its source’

The news: Edge Delta, a Seattle startup that helps companies get a handle on their observability data, landed $63 million… Read More

SoftBank, Sony back $60M round for gaming infrastructure software startup AccelByte

The news: AccelByte, a Seattle startup that provides backend tools for “live service” video games, raised $60 million in a… Read More

Seattle fintech startup Possible Finance lands $20M to launch ‘safest credit card ever’

The news: Possible Finance, a Seattle startup that offers loans, just raised an additional $20 million and plans to launch… Read More

Trilogy, founded in 2006, just raised its second fund to invest in more Pacific Northwest startups

The news: Trilogy Equity Partners, a longtime venture capital firm based in Bellevue, Wash., raised a second fund to back… Read More

Report: Prudential’s $2.35B acquisition of Seattle insurance tech startup Assurance has gone ‘sour’

When Prudential Financial acquired Seattle-area startup Assurance IQ for $2.35 billion in September 2019, the deal was heralded as one of the… Read More

DubHacks Next Demo Day brings student innovators center stage at Univ. of Washington

College is a pivotal time of self-discovery. Many of us discover what we might want to accomplish as we enter… Read More

Seattle startup ModusBox raises $7.5M to meet demand for its financial services integration tech

ModusBox, a Seattle startup whose technology helps integrate financial services, has raised $7.5 million in a Series A funding round,… Read More

Climate tech startup funding: UW-spinoff BattGenie, Microsoft vet, and weeding robot raise fresh cash

Here’s the latest funding news for climate tech startups across the Pacific Northwest. BattGenie New funding: BattGenie landed a $1.5… Read More

Goldman Sachs will invest $325M in iSpot, helping to break Nielsen’s lock on TV ad measurement

Goldman Sachs Asset Management will invest $325 million in iSpot.tv as the Seattle-area company loosens industry stalwart Nielsen’s longtime hold… Read More

A ‘don’t do list’ for founders: VC shares tips for startup leaders

There are a lot of guides and blog posts for founders that provide advice on what to do as a… Read More

Virtual meeting study: 50% of participants arrive late, 22% don’t say anything

The rise of video conferencing has opened up new ways to analyze the effectiveness of meetings. Seattle startup Read just… Read More

Copper, a banking app for teens with nearly 1M users, lands $29M to expand into investing

If Eddie Behringer asked his mother about using a technology app to store cash when he was a teenager, she… Read More

Indicio lands $3.5M to help companies verify digital credentials using blockchain tech

Seattle startup Indicio announced a $3.5 million seed round to support growth of its software used by companies across finance,… Read More

Ex-Amazon engineers put heads together to create ‘Tandem Shower’ and raise $525K on Kickstarter

Brett Skaloud and Jeff Feiereisen both worked on some of the most cutting-edge technology ever created at Amazon, with specific… Read More

Agility Robotics raises $150M from Amazon and others to build human-like robots used in warehouses

Agility Robotics, a Corvallis, Ore.-based company developing robots that work alongside people in warehouses, has raised a $150 million round… Read More

Flexe is raising more cash as investors continue betting big on logistics startups

Seattle startup Flexe is raising more cash to bolster its marketplace used by retailers to purchase on-demand warehousing space. A… Read More

Convoy valued at $3.8B after raising $260M to hit the gas on digital freight marketplace

Trucking marketplace Convoy is pouring a lot more fuel in its tank, raising $260 million as the Seattle company aims… Read More

Statsig raises $43M Series B round for rapid, live testing and analysis of new product features

Seattle-area startup Statsig raised $43 million in new funding to further develop and market technology that helps product teams test… Read More

Insect food for pets: Univ. of Washington students developing sustainable dog treats

You may have heard of insect-based food for humans. Now the sustainable alternative is expanding to pets. Just Right Bite,… Read More

Another real estate tech startup comes calling in Seattle, as Knock offers its financing services

Knock has come knocking in the Seattle-area real estate market. The company, which helps homebuyers compete with cash to sweeten… Read More

Serena Williams investing in Karat to help startup prepare more Black engineers for tech interviews

Tennis star Serena Williams has made an investment in Karat, the Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews. While… Read More

Tech Moves: Esper names CFO; Streem founder steps down; Nanostring adds board member

— David Barclay, former chief financial officer for DigniFi and Xevo, joined Esper as CFO. Esper is a Seattle-based startup… Read More

Commentary: Why this Seattle startup had to mess with Texas over healthcare

Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Glowforge CEO Dan Shapiro. Other companies such as Yelp, Salesforce, and Citigroup… Read More

This women-led VC firm wants to address ‘a huge gap’ in funding for women’s health startups

Startups focusing on women’s health are underfunded. That’s the premise behind SteelSky Ventures, a women-run venture firm that recently announced… Read More

Tech Moves: Convoy adds CFO; Stripe hires a Microsoft president; Providence names chief digital officer; and more

— Sonia Jain, formerly CFO from Cars.com, will join Seattle startup Convoy as its new chief financial officer. Jain served… Read More

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