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‘They proved me wrong.’ Investor who passed on Seattle startup Remitly analyzes its upcoming IPO

Jason Stoffer was still early in his career at venture capital firm Maveron in 2012 when he declined an opportunity… Read More

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Real estate investment app Concreit launches with $6M in new funding

A new online investment platform is on the block, with an app launched this week and $6 million in new… Read More

5G Open Innovation Lab adds new ag tech partner and names 12 startups in fourth cohort

The 5G Open Innovation Lab, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup program, has named the 12 startups selected to participate in its… Read More

Seattle HR startup Humanly lands $4.2M to help companies automate parts of the interview process

Humanly has raised more cash to fuel growth for its HR software that helps companies screen job candidates, schedule interviews,… Read More

Seattle investors back Battlesnake, makers of a growing game that turns coding into competition

Programmers looking to experiment or get better at the tools and technology that they use for their day jobs are… Read More

Auto care giant Bridgestone invests in Seattle mobile car repair startup Wrench

In just four years, mobile car service Wrench has grown from a startup with 30 employees in Seattle to a… Read More

Seattle-area startup Zenoti acquires salon management software maker SuperSalon

Seattle-area startup Zenoti has acquired SuperSalon, another company that builds software for salons and spas. Terms of the deal were… Read More

Remitly aims to raise up to $332M at $6.5B valuation in IPO for Seattle fintech giant

Remitly set terms for its IPO on Tuesday. The fintech company expects to raise $284.6 million, or $332.6 million if… Read More

Cloud automation provider SkyKick lands $130M, riding pandemic tailwinds from digital acceleration

The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation for companies across various industries. That’s good news for SkyKick, a Seattle startup that… Read More

Seattle compliance automation startup Strike Graph raises $8M to fuel growth and expand services

Seattle compliance automation startup Strike Graph has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round, the company announced Tuesday.… Read More

Former Zillow execs raise cash from SoftBank for vacation home startup Pacaso amid controversy in Wine Country

It’s been less than a year since Pacaso officially launched. But the fast-growing real estate startup has already hit a… Read More

Seattle startup Lalo is latest ‘death tech’ innovator, with an app to share and collect stories and more

Juan Medina first considered the idea for his new startup back in 2003, after the death of his father, when… Read More

Seattle-area psychedelics startup CaaMTech raises $22M to advance to human testing

CaaMTech, a Seattle-area startup developing new psychedelic agents, has raised $22 million in funding, the company announced this week. The… Read More

Seattle startup RareCyte raises $24M to advance new high-speed cell imaging platform

Seattle-based startup RareCyte announced $24 million in new funding on Thursday to advance its applications for the analysis of cells.… Read More

Seattle startup City Pods aims to address homelessness with standalone indoor mini homes

When COVID-19 served up a global crisis that threatened to sink his startup, Keenan O’Leary shifted his plans to help… Read More

Tech Moves: Bill-Gates backed Kymeta adds new co-CEOs; ex-Zillow exec joins Roofstock board

— Former Zillow and OfferUp executive Chloe Harford joined the board of directors at Oakland, Calif.-based Roofstock. She also currently… Read More

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Seattle startup Cyrus inks protein-design deal with immune biotech Selecta worth up to $1.5 billion

Seattle-based Cyrus Biotechnology is entering a protein engineering collaboration with Boston-based Selecta Biosciences that could pull in up to $1.5… Read More

Seattle startup AccelByte raises $10M to help developers build multiplayer online games

Seattle-based startup AccelByte has raised $10 million. Founded in 2016, AccelByte is a backend tools provider for “live service” video… Read More

Shutterstock pays $110M to acquire PicMonkey, a photo editing and graphic design software maker

Publicly-traded photography giant Shutterstock has acquired PicMonkey, a Seattle startup founded nine years ago that provides online photo editing and… Read More

Former Microsoft corporate vice president Phil Sorgen joins Tola Capital as venture partner

Phil Sorgen, a former Microsoft corporate vice president who was most recently chief revenue officer at RingCentral, is joining Seattle-area… Read More

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University of Washington spinout A-Alpha Bio snags $20M for protein-discovery platform

A-Alpha Bio will build lab space in downtown Seattle and beef up its machine learning team with $20 million in… Read More

Study: Blood self-collection device from a Seattle startup accurate for COVID-19 antibody samples

A self-administered device to collect blood yields high-quality antibody samples and works successfully in a high proportion of users, according… Read More

Seattle investment bank Cascadia Capital has its eye on Pittsburgh for SPAC acquisition target

Pittsburgh’s tech scene is getting some more love from Seattle. Cascadia Capital, a Seattle-based investment banking firm founded more than… Read More

Opendoor acquires Seattle startup Pro.com and Skylight, will shut both platforms down

Opendoor, the online real estate giant that lets people directly buy and sell homes online, has acquired Seattle-based startup Pro.com… Read More

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Kymeta teams up with OneWeb to test mobile satellite broadband service

Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp., the mobile connectivity company backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has joined forces with OneWeb to… Read More

‘Nick is still with me’: A year after loss of friend and co-founder, Pebblebee CEO pushes ahead at startup

Startup founders face plenty of challenges when it comes to building a company and achieving success. For more than a… Read More

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Finding startup opportunities in the pandemic; Windows 11 launch; Defending the Blue Yeti mic

A global pandemic might seem like the wrong time to pursue a new startup idea, given all the uncertainties, but… Read More

98point6 CEO Robbie Cape is no longer with the company in abrupt shakeup at telemedicine startup

98point6 CEO Robbie Cape is no longer working at the heavily-funded virtual healthcare company he helped start in 2015, GeekWire… Read More

Seattle-area video game company ProbablyMonsters raises $200M to build studios

ProbablyMonsters, a video game company headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., announced on Tuesday that it has raised $200 million in a… Read More

Textio brings inclusive writing guidance to LinkedIn, and Seattle startup bounces back after pandemic

Seattle-based augmented writing startup Textio has always sought to help people better communicate where they do their work, whether it’s… Read More

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