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Stoke Space hotfires rocket engine on new vertical test stand — a ‘very big deal’ for Washington startup

Stoke Space successfully hotfired its first-stage rocket engine on a new vertical test stand at the company’s Moses Lake, Wash., facility… Read More

Seattle-area startup Modern Hydrogen raises $25M to fuel clean energy efforts

Woodinville, Wash.-based clean tech startup Modern Hydrogen raised $25 million in new funding. The company confirmed the new investment after… Read More

OfferUp cuts 22% of headcount as it aims to expand beyond used goods — read CEO’s memo to staff

OfferUp, the Seattle-area company behind a popular used goods marketplace, is cutting 22% of its headcount in a bid to… Read More

Lumen Orbit, a Seattle-area startup that wants to put data centers in space, raises $11M

Bellevue, Wash.-based Lumen Orbit, a startup founded earlier this year, raised $11 million to fuel plans to put data centers in… Read More

Marketing tech company Banzai to acquire video creation platform OpenReel in $19.6M deal

Seattle-based marketing technology company Banzai International, which went public last year on the Nasdaq, announced an agreement this week to… Read More

Cloudflare VP joins Statsig as chief revenue officer at fast-growing Seattle startup

William da Cunha, a longtime tech exec who was most recently a vice president at Cloudflare, joined Seattle startup Statsig… Read More

Interview with new Outreach CEO Abhijit Mitra on how AI will impact salespeople

Sales automation software company Outreach launched more than a decade ago, has raised nearly $500 million, sells to more than… Read More

CarbonQuest partners with Icelandic venture to boost deployment of carbon capture and storage

Spokane, Wash.-based startup CarbonQuest announced a partnership with Iceland-based Carbfix, a global leader in carbon storage, to team up in… Read More

Former Amazon leader’s supply chain tech startup Auger names 11 execs after $100M Series A round

Dave Clark isn’t fooling around. Auger, the supply chain technology startup founded by the former Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO, named… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins Expedia as new product chief; Avanade names president

Shilpa Ranganathan is back at Expedia Group as its new chief product officer. Ranganathan spent the past 16 years at… Read More

Protect produce: New startup in Seattle aims to make food last longer with high-tech fridge

Buying fresh produce and cooking at home can be a healthy proposition, but storing food in the fridge can lead… Read More

Vacasa founder raises $10.1M for new startup that targets vacation rental property owners

The founder and former CEO of Vacasa is leading a new, Portland, Ore.-based vacation rental platform called Fairly, which emerged… Read More

For Nobel Prize winner David Baker, it’s back to the lab as protein pioneer helps launch more startups

Life is a little different for these days for David Baker, given that he won a share of this year’s… Read More

Seattle-area fintech startup Finagraph merges with LeaseCrunch

Finagraph, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that develops financial data analysis software, merged with LeaseCrunch, a Milwaukee, Wi.-based company that sells… Read More

Ask the Expert: What are my career options at a slow-growing software-as-a-service company?

Hello, GeekWire readers. I’m excited to announce that we’re launching a new business advice column, featuring different experts from the… Read More

Tech Moves: F5 and Esper hire marketing leaders; Amperity adds chief revenue officer

— Seattle-based networking and security giant F5 hired John Maddison as chief product marketing and technology alliances officer. Maddison was… Read More

Inflection, a Seattle startup that automates marketing for B2B companies, raises $7.6M

Seattle-based startup Inflection confirmed that it raised $7.6 million in new funding from existing investors to supercharge its software that… Read More

Orbite's Brienna Rommes in classroom

A taste of space on Earth: Astronaut training startup raises $4M to market way-out experiences

Seattle-based Orbite says that it’s completed a $4 million funding round and sealed a strategic deal with Accor, one of… Read More

A list of logistics startups in Seattle, a ‘world-class’ hub for supply chain software talent

Buoyed by longtime logistics giants such as Amazon and the rapid rise of trucking startup Convoy, the Seattle region has… Read More

A mom and son with tech roots at the University of Washington launch trip-mapping startup

When I was searching for a hotel earlier this year for a volleyball tournament, I could easily find information on… Read More

Philanthropy vet launches startup to help people ‘get smart’ about climate investing and giving

President-elect Donald Trump is proposing fossil fuel champions for U.S. leadership roles. New research shows the world is off the… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Google director unveils investment management firm; Treasury4 names new CFO

— Manish “Manny” Sainani, a former Google product management director, recently launched Hushh Technologies, a startup that uses artificial intelligence,… Read More

Burned out on screens and social media, Seattle startup founder pictures a more tangible experience

Austin Hirsh is going through a bit of a nostalgia period. Like many people, the young tech entrepreneur is feeling… Read More

Tech vets launch their own game company and create ‘Wordle’-style puzzle with a Seattle focus

Quick, think of every five-letter word you can that has anything to do with Seattle. If several popped into your… Read More

Long-duration battery startup lands $5M on journey to one day power data centers and metro areas

Skip Technology raised $5 million to help the grid-scale battery startup begin deploying prototypes for field testing. The Portland, Ore.,… Read More

How this startup used AI to keep raccoons from invading my house

If you’ve never woken up to find a raccoon hanging out on your living room carpet, let me tell you… Read More

Flyhomes co-founder gets ‘second chance at life’ as CEO of new startup supporting caregivers

Stephen Lane‘s last startup was growing like gangbusters when his life changed in an instant. The co-founder of Seattle real… Read More

Seattle tech leader Jennifer Wong launches networking app to connect parents of young kids

Jennifer Wong, founder of the Seattle NFT Museum and a former leader at Convoy and Tune, has launched an app… Read More

Entrepreneur Rand Fishkin’s latest venture: A new Seattle video game studio

SparkToro co-founder Rand Fishkin announced Monday that he raised $2.15 million for a new independent video game studio in Seattle.… Read More

Julie Sandler, managing director at Pioneer Square Labs, will shift to venture partner role

Longtime tech startup investor Julie Sandler plans to transition away from her role as managing director at Pioneer Square Labs,… Read More

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