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Spam smackdown: Hiya claims ‘massive step forward’ using AI against illegal phone calls

Seattle-based tech company Hiya says it has achieved a new milestone in the battle against spam phone calls, using artificial… Read More

Washington Dept. of Commerce helps launch ‘Equitable Innovations Accelerator’

A new program aims to provide early-stage funding for Washington state tech startups founded by entrepreneurs who are Black, women,… Read More

BitTitan hit with layoffs following Idera acquisition

Idera is laying off BitTitan employees following its acquisition of the Bellevue, Wash.-based cloud service provider. A new WARN filing… Read More

Real estate startup Place comes out of nowhere with $100M round, led by Goldman at $1B valuation

Real estate technology and services company Place just raised the first outside capital in its history: a $100 million Series… Read More

Funding news: AI-fueled drug discovery startup and auto safety company raise cash

The news: Variational AI, a Vancouver, B.C.-based company leveraging artificial intelligence to help develop new small molecule drugs, has raised… Read More

Portland’s peer-to-peer adventure van renter GoCamp acquired by leading vehicle modifier

GoCamp, a Portland-based company whose platform enables camper van owners to rent their vehicles to other adventurous types, has been… Read More

Q&A with James Gwertzman, Seattle gaming vet who just joined Andreessen Horowitz as an investor

Silicon Valley investment firm Andreessen Horowitz is bringing on its first-ever general partner based in the Seattle region. The famed… Read More

Seattle startup calls Meta’s VR glove prototype ‘substantively identical’ to its own patented tech

Meta made a big announcement Tuesday about how it hopes to bring touch to the virtual world through the use… Read More

Tech Moves: Payscale CEO steps down; a16z adds Seattle-based partner; Madrona hires investor

— Scott Torrey stepped down as CEO of compensation data company Payscale. A SAP Concur veteran, Torrey took over as… Read More

Univ. of Washington spinout aims to detect eye and body movement using sensors embedded in paper

A new company out of the University of Washington launched this week with technology to sense human gestures, body functions… Read More

Andreessen Horowitz leads $5M round for new blockchain gaming startup led by Microsoft vets

A new Seattle startup led by longtime entrepreneur Rahul Sood is combining a flurry of the latest tech trends — NFTs,… Read More

Modumetal founder Christina Lomasney takes tech transfer role at Pacific Northwest National Lab

Christina Lomasney, the co-founder and former CEO of high-tech metal startup Modumetal, has joined The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL),… Read More

Funding news: New crypto firm; a real estate investing platform; hydrogen fuel; B2B marketing

Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — Seattle-based real estate investment platform Cash Flow Portal… Read More

How this Seattle startup is helping shift HR diversity efforts from ‘touchy-feely’ to data driven

The news: Seattle startup Included raised a $1.9 million pre-seed round from FlyingFish, SignalFire and Ascend. Putting data in DEI: In the… Read More

New ‘rolling’ investment fund led by Seattle tech vets targets startups capitalizing on 5G

Seattle-area tech veterans Jim Brisimitzis and Kevin Ober are leading a new investment fund targeting startups that go through the 5G Open… Read More

Tech Moves: OfferUp adds diversity chief; Convoy engineering VP departs; ex-Twitter VP joins Kraken

— Mobile marketplace OfferUp announced Melinda Starbird as the company’s first chief people and diversity officer. Starbird previously was VP… Read More

Rapid COVID-19 test maker Anavasi Diagnostics lands funding from National Institutes of Health

The gist: Woodinville, Wash.-based startup Anavasi Diagnostics will advance the commercialization of its rapid COVID-19 test with $14.9 million in… Read More

Gut health startup Viome raises $54M to develop cancer diagnostics and sell microbiome kits

Viome Life Sciences has raised $54 million. The funding will bolster the company’s efforts to develop cancer diagnostics and support… Read More

Seattle-area startup Inventprise gets backing from Gates Foundation for pneumonia shot

Inventprise has been slowly growing in Redmond, Wash., expanding into four research and manufacturing facilities to support early development of… Read More

Ditch the dealership: Tred raises $25M to drive more car shoppers to its online marketplace

The news: Online peer-to-peer marketplace Tred has raised $25 million in new funding to further expand its platform aimed at… Read More

Meet the startups that just joined Techstars Seattle’s 13th cohort

Another batch of startups is ready to experience Techstars Seattle. The accelerator revealed its 13th cohort made up of 12… Read More

DreamBox Learning sells majority stake to private equity firm as annual revenue tops $100M

Seattle-area education technology company DreamBox Learning sold a majority stake to Evergreen Coast Capital Corp., a tech-focused Silicon Valley affiliate… Read More

Who’s raising cash? Helion, OctoML, WhyLabs, Symbl, Doorsey, Owl latest startups to land funding

Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — Seattle-based Symbl landed $17 million for… Read More

As interest in fusion energy ignites, Helion lands $500M from OpenAI CEO, Facebook co-founder

Fusion energy company Helion raised a whopping $500 million, with the possibility of an additional $1.7 billion in funding if… Read More

Amazon vets land $10M for WhyLabs, a Seattle startup that monitors machine learning models

The news: WhyLabs, a spinout from the Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), raised $10 million and released a new… Read More

Pacific Northwest companies merge and raise cash to build energy efficient, modular construction tech

While COVID-19 and vaccinations have pushed many into us-versus-them camps, for Bec Chapin, the pandemic instead inspired an appreciation for… Read More

Tech Moves: Qualtrics hires Microsoft vet; Amazon voice tech leader steps down; Future For Us founders start new roles

— Future For Us co-founder and former CEO Sage Ke’alohilani Quiamno is now a diversity, equity and inclusion business partner… Read More

Allbirds’ secret sauce: Early investor reflects on shoe company’s success as it goes public

Strong brand ethos; future-focused; and obsessed with customer loyalty. These were some of the ingredients that helped turn Allbirds into… Read More

Univ. of Washington machine learning spinout OctoML raises $85M to expand its partnerships

New funding: Machine learning startup OctoML has raised $85 million in new funding, the Seattle-based company announced Monday. The fresh… Read More

Notable tech leaders back Magnify as software startup emerges with $6M in funding

New funding: Magnify, an enterprise software startup which will have operations in Seattle and Bend, Ore., has come out of… Read More