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GeekWire’s startup coverage documents the Pacific Northwest entrepreneurial scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and venture capital directory.

Community safety app Citizen launching in Seattle after attracting 10M users across U.S.

Citizen, the app that allows people to monitor and participate in public safety watching and reporting, is officially expanding to… Read More

Climate funding: Amazon makes more investments; Alaska Airlines and Bill Gates-led effort back aviation startup

The investments keep rolling in for climate tech companies, and Pacific Northwest tech companies are writing many of the checks.… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Outreach CMO joins Fastly; SmartRecruiters adds ex-Tableau SVP; and more

— Fastly named Margaret Arakawa as chief marketing officer of the publicly traded San Francisco-based cloud network provider. Arakawa spent nearly 20… Read More

Level rides ‘Great Resignation’ wave and lands $7M for credit service used by independent contractors

The news: Seattle startup Level raised $7 million to fuel growth of its flexible credit service used by independent contractors… Read More

Digital identity startup Evernym sells to Avast, looks to bring trust to a decentralized internet

There’s a lot of chatter these days about Web3 — a decentralized version of the internet that operates outside the… Read More

No-code AI: Former Microsoft and Salesforce execs reveal new ‘machine teaching’ startup Intelus

Machine learning is the common basis for modern artificial intelligence, using large amounts of data to build AI models that… Read More

University of Washington’s CoMotion incubator partners with T-Mobile to provide startups with 5G

T-Mobile is equipping the University of Washington’s CoMotion Labs with a new 5G network to help entrepreneurs build products and… Read More

Edtech startup Bamboo Learning raises cash from ex-Amazon VPs and new ‘Day One Syndicate’

The news: Bamboo Learning, which makes apps to help kids learn math and reading, launched its first iOS app and… Read More

Hospitality vet launches Route Line in drive to provide better access to adventure travel vehicles

Seated in a customized Mercedes Sprinter van at a Seattle park on a recent sunny day, Johannes Ariens and his… Read More

Outreach opens office in New York City as startup continues to grow presence outside Seattle

Seattle sales automation company Outreach announced the opening of an office in New York City on Monday. Located in the… Read More

FDA gives clearance to sonar-based app that monitors breathing

Sound Life Sciences has clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its app that monitors breathing, the… Read More

Seattle startup 98point6 appoints Jeff Greenstein as permanent CEO following leadership shuffle

98point6 chairman Jeff Greenstein is now the company’s permanent CEO after taking over interim leadership duties following the departure of… Read More

Tech Moves: Lyft hires CFO from Amazon; Tomo adds CMO; Gopuff taps more Seattle talent

— Tomo, a new real estate startup led by ex-Zillow leaders, announced Sarah Makar as CMO. She is also a… Read More

Tune Therapeutics launches with $40M in funding, aims to fine-tune activity of genes in cells

A new biotech startup with operations in Seattle and Durham, N.C., has launched with $40 million in new funding and… Read More

NetBase Quid acquires social media analytics startup Rival IQ

Rival IQ, a Seattle-based startup that helps clients analyze social media data, has been acquired by Santa Clara, Calif.-based consumer… Read More

Funding news: Upbound raises $60M for cloud infrastructure, competitive intelligence startup Klue lands $62M

The news: Seattle-based cloud management platform startup Upbound has raised $60 million in new funding. Upbound helps enterprise customers consolidate… Read More

StormSensor raises $10M for rain management tech amid severe flooding across the world

Record-setting rains this fall have created disasters around the globe. It drowned thousands of cows and livestock and cut off… Read More

Climate tech funding news: BattGenie works its magic; lithium refining startup gets Gates’ support

Here’s the latest funding news for climate tech startups across the Pacific Northwest. BattGenie The news: BattGenie — a startup… Read More

General Fusion lands $130M from Bezos and others as fusion energy sector keeps heating up

The news: The fusion energy field just keeps getting hotter. British Columbia’s General Fusion on Tuesday said that it has… Read More

Cannabis analytics startup Headset, led by Leafly founders, raises more cash

The news: Cannabis analytics company Headset on Tuesday announced that it raised $8.6 million in funding. That includes $3 million… Read More

GeekWire 200 update: Deal mania shakes up rankings of top PNW startups

This year’s “deal mania” shook up the ranks of companies on the GeekWire 200, our index of the Pacific Northwest’s… Read More

This startup is helping Microsoft and others figure out how to cut their carbon footprint

People can’t see or smell carbon dioxide or methane gas. But saving the Earth from the worst effects of a… Read More

Tech Moves: Accolade appoints execs; Vacasa adds board member ahead of SPAC deal; and more

— Health benefits platform Accolade hired Carolina Lobo as chief marketing officer and Eve Stacey as chief customer officer. Lobo… Read More

Cloud governance software startup Corestack lands $30M

The news: Seattle-area startup CoreStack raised a $30 million Series B round led by Avatar Growth Capital. The gist: CoreStack sells “cloud… Read More

We asked seven venture capitalists if the metaverse is the next big thing or just a lot of hype

What is the metaverse? How far off is it? And will this represent a tectonic technological platform shift — along… Read More

Funding roundup: Nick Hanauer’s Second Avenue backs gift-box venture; support for Alzheimer’s app

Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — Online gift-giving startup Knack announced a… Read More

GM acquires 25% stake in Seattle’s Pure Watercraft to accelerate future of electric powerboating

A Seattle startup with a vision for electric powerboating is joining forces with a legacy automaker that is shifting its… Read More

Funding news: Angel conference backs brain device startup, weapons detection company lands $10M

The news: Five startups jostled for $200,000 in funding in the final round of the Seattle Angel Conference, with new… Read More

Seattle appraisal startup Aloft lands $20M from real estate heavyweights

The news: Seattle-based real estate startup Aloft raised $20 million to grow its software platform used for home appraisals. The… Read More

Here are the Washington state companies that made Deloitte’s annual list of fastest-growing firms

Seattle’s reputation as a technology and innovation hub was further cemented by the release of Deloitte’s 2021 “North American Technology… Read More

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