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Seattle startup Swiftly lands $100M to help grocers fend off Amazon and other e-commerce players

Swiftly, a Seattle startup that provides software to brick-and-mortar grocery retailers such as Family Dollar and The Save Mart Companies,… Read More

Safer urinary catheter, pulse oximeter for all skin colors and a GI stent win prizes at UW competition

Students from Pacific Northwest colleges and universities jostled for a slate of awards Thursday at the annual University of Washington… Read More

Here are top mistakes startups make when hiring salespeople — and tips on best practices

As a former founder, sales executive and current B2B consultant to several startups, I’ve discovered that founders make the same… Read More

Meet the 5 startups that just pitched at Founders Live in Seattle

Founders Live hosted its first in-person gathering of 2022 on Feb. 24 in Seattle. For many who hadn’t attended a… Read More

Funding news: Microsoft vets raise $12M for Round; PTO Exchange lands $5M; and more

— Round, a Seattle startup founded by former Microsoft leaders, raised a $12 million seed round. The company aims to help… Read More

TV ad measurement startup iSpot grabs Tunity, its third acquisition in 14 months

iSpot, the Seattle-area startup that measures the reach and impact of television advertising, has made its third acquisition in the… Read More

Meet Seattle’s newest VC: This former car saleswoman and immigrant entrepreneur is on a mission to shake up the industry

Tina Hoang-To put herself through college selling cars at Capitol Honda in San Jose, Calif. “I was very good at… Read More

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DoD gives $1.1M to Seattle startup that will help find new antibodies against COVID-19 variants

Seattle-based A-Alpha Bio will support research into new therapies for COVID-19 variants in a collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.… Read More

Former DoD nuclear engineer leads new Seattle startup developing air purification technology

The arrival of the pandemic forced the world to go remote, but what about essential workers in tight, poorly ventilated… Read More

Seattle real estate startup MoxiWorks acquires Australia-based ActivePipe

MoxiWorks, a Seattle-based startup that operates a platform for real estate brokers, acquired ActivePipe, a 8-year-old company based in Australia… Read More

A list of startups in Seattle building crypto, blockchain, and Web3 technologies

Crypto. Blockchain. Web3. These are some of the hottest trends in tech. Many longtime techies and entrepreneurs are jumping in,… Read More

Toyota invests in Nori, a carbon removal startup trying to help reverse climate change

Nori, a Seattle startup that sells carbon credits to individuals and businesses to offset carbon emissions, raised $7 million in… Read More

E-commerce startup Fabric, led by Amazon vets, raises $140M at $1.5B valuation to pursue ‘absurd’ market opportunity

Fabric, a Seattle-based e-commerce technology startup whose leadership team includes several former Amazon executives, announced a $140 million Series C… Read More

Tagboard, which helps cable giants and sports teams produce live content, lands $8M

Seattle-area startup Tagboard raised $8 million to boost its live production technology used by sports and entertainment companies. Founded in… Read More

WTIA picks 30 of Washington state’s ‘best and brightest’ tech startups for Founder Cohort

The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) has selected 30 Washington state tech startups for its seventh Founder Cohort Program. The virtual program… Read More

Seattle firm Fuse leads $12M round for Vancouver hospitality tech startup Operto

Operto, a Vancouver, B.C. startup that sells software to hotels, resorts, vacation rentals and more, landed a $12 million Series… Read More

Cloud operations startup MontyCloud lands $3M

MontyCloud, a Seattle startup that helps companies manage their cloud operations, raised $3 million. Founded in 2018, the 22-person startup… Read More

Seattle Angel Conference launches new health startup competition to help educate angel investors

Apis Health Angel Conference recently launched as new forum to connect investors and health-related startups. The program is modeled after… Read More

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Startup survival story: Armoire’s remarkable journey from sequins to sweatpants and back again

Armoire CEO and founder Ambika Singh and her team built a women’s clothing subscription service with their “bosslady” members in… Read More

Cosmetic review platform RealSelf cuts 13% of workforce, names permanent CEO

Cosmetic treatment review platform RealSelf last month slashed 13% of its workforce, or about 40 employees, the company confirmed. It… Read More

Democratized diagnostics: Uh-Oh Labs develops tech for accurate COVID home tests and beyond

Biotech startup Uh-Oh Labs wasn’t so much bootstrapped in its early days as it was deadlifted. Founder and CEO Cameron… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon product vet joins IoT startup; Amazon comms leader moves to Lyft; Doxo adds execs; and more

— San Diego, Calif.-based company Wiliot named Manish Bansal as chief product officer. He joins the IoT startup from Amazon,… Read More

Acumatica names former Unify Square leader John Case as new CEO; Jon Roskill shifts to EQT role

Business technology company Acumatica, maker of cloud-based enterprise resource planning software, named John Case as its new CEO effective March… Read More

Temporal is a unicorn: Developer productivity startup lands $103M at $1.5B valuation

The news: Temporal, a Seattle startup that helps companies write and run cloud applications, has reached unicorn status. The 55-person… Read More

Veteran video game developers, visual effects experts launch new Vancouver B.C. studio Blinkmoon

An Emmy-winning visual effects artist has joined an industry colleague and a veteran video game producer to found a new… Read More

Tech Moves: Accolade HR chief departs; Seattle startup Membrion adds advisor; and more

— Seattle HR executive Britt Provost departed health benefits platform Accolade and joined marketing software company Siteimprove as its first… Read More

Real estate startup Showdigs raises $7.4M as it looks to grow team and expand across U.S.

Showdigs, a Seattle real estate technology startup, has raised $7.4 million in new funding. Founded in 2018, the company makes… Read More

Video chat startup Zipcan acquired by Teamwork Commerce spinout Hi Touch

Zipcan, a Bend, Ore.-based startup that helps companies embed video chat directly within their existing website or app, has been… Read More

Proxi morphs from trick-or-treating tool to an ambitious mapping startup that just raised $1.2M

Melinda Haughey and other parents were desperate for safe trick-or-treating in the midst of the pandemic in 2020. They began… Read More

Kevala lands $12.1M to address worker shortages for healthcare companies

Seattle-based Kevala, which helps healthcare facilities find and manage workers, has raised $12.1 million. The startup supports staffing, compliance and… Read More

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