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Puppet founder Luke Kanies wants to help leaders remember conversations with new startup Clickety

Luke Kanies loves tools. As a youngster, he learned why they matter while building homes with his father. He later… Read More

Seattle studio Polyarc reveals ‘Moss: Book II,’ a sequel to its award-winning 2018 VR adventure

Polyarc, the Seattle-based team behind the award-winning 2018 VR adventure game Moss, is producing a sequel. The news came Thursday… Read More

Relish launches subscriber plan Relish+ with access to more online recipes and meal-planning help

Seattle-based recipe and meal-planning service Relish is boosting its food-preparation help with the launch of Relish+, a membership plan designed… Read More

Utah-based crypto tax software startup TaxBit opening second HQ in Seattle

TaxBit, a Utah-based cryptocurrency tax and accounting firm, is opening a second headquarters in Seattle. The company was founded in… Read More

Tech Moves: Edifecs names new CEO; Absci adds execs ahead of IPO; and more

— Biotech company Absci, which filed to go public last week, added Nikhil Goel as chief business officer and Sarah… Read More

Seattle-based Icosavax, which is developing COVID-19 vaccines, files for IPO 4 years after launch

Seattle-based Icosavax has filed to go public via an IPO, just four years after it launched out of the University… Read More

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WellSaid Labs raises $10M to boost its synthetic voice business, fueled by AI

WellSaid Labs will have a lot more to say in the years ahead, thanks to $10 million in new investment… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs spinout Zeitworks raises $2M, taps Seattle tech vet Jay Bartot as new CEO

New funding: Zeitworks, a Seattle startup that helps companies improve business operations, has raised an additional $2 million and added… Read More

Seattle startup Intentionalist partners with Apple to point customers to LGBTQ businesses on Maps app

Intentionalist, a Seattle-based startup that promotes small companies, has partnered with Apple to connect users with LGBTQ-owned businesses via its… Read More

Close connections and remote work: Investor in Seattle helped Ohio dad land at portfolio company

As a co-founder and managing director at Seattle venture capital firm Pioneer Square Labs, Ben Gilbert spends a lot of… Read More

GeekWire 200 rankings update: E-commerce, virtual event, fintech startups heat up

The beginning of summer this year feels unlike any other. After more than a year of lockdowns, states are reopening,… Read More

Seattle-based Vera Whole Health sells majority stake to private equity firm

Private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice has acquired a majority stake in Seattle-based startup Vera Whole Health, the companies… Read More

Portland Trail Blazers ink NBA jersey sponsorship deal with Seattle crypto startup StormX

Seattle cryptocurrency startup StormX is making a big marketing splash in the corner of an NBA jersey. StormX just inked… Read More

Marchex co-founder’s latest startup uses artificial intelligence to rethink and improve meetings

Nobody really likes work meetings. Pete Christothoulou thinks they’re such a problem that he’s launching a new startup to rethink… Read More

Vancouver, Wash. biotech company Absci files to go public

Absci, a Vancouver, Wash.-based company developing technologies to accelerate the process of drug discovery, announced today that it plans to… Read More

ProbablyMonsters, led by ex-Bungie CEO, raising more cash for ‘family of sustainable game studios’

Bellevue, Wash.-based video game company ProbablyMonsters is raising more cash. A new SEC filing indicates that the company has raised… Read More

WXR Fund lands $5M to invest in women-led AR, VR, and AI startups

The WXR Fund, an investment firm with Seattle roots, landed $5 million for its first fund that will back seed-stage… Read More

Tomo’s seed round hits $70M as ex-Zillow leaders aim to digitize mortgage process for homebuyers

Tomo launches: A new real estate startup led by former Zillow executives Greg Schwartz and Carey Armstrong officially launched Wednesday… Read More

First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

As summer approaches, many high schoolers and college students are off to their first jobs and professional internships across the… Read More

Ex-Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff and teen daughter cook up a new food-focused social media startup

Sophia Rascoff and her dad, Zillow co-founder and former CEO Spencer Rascoff, like to take on new dishes in the… Read More

How a Seattle fintech entrepreneur built a network of support through multiple organizations

Seattle is home to a handful of fintech companies, notably money transfer startup Remitly, but it isn’t known as a… Read More

Book excerpt: What makes a great startup idea? Lessons from a veteran entrepreneur

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from a new book written by Shirish Nadkarni, a Seattle tech veteran who… Read More

Podcast

What’s the deal with all the deals? Why the market for IPOs, venture capital and acquisitions is red hot

Another day, another deal. Keeping up with the flurry of acquisitions, IPOs, SPACs and venture capital these days is no… Read More

E-commerce startup Sendle raises $35M to connect small biz with unused space in delivery trucks

  Sendle, an Australian e-commerce shipping company which opened a Seattle headquarters in 2019, raised $35 million in a Series… Read More

Providence spinout Tegria acquires Seattle healthcare AI startup KenSci

Tegria, a health services company spun out of healthcare giant Providence, has acquired Seattle-based KenSci, which uses machine learning and… Read More

Amazon vet Dorothy Li joins trucking startup Convoy as CTO, says company is at ‘inflection point’

Dorothy Li, a 23-year Amazon vet who helped launch game-changing innovations such as Prime to Kindle, is the latest experienced… Read More

Former Pivotal Software colleagues raise $4.7M for Seattle code remediation startup Moderne

New funding: Moderne landed $4.7 million for its software that helps developers save time by automating code migration and fixes. The… Read More

PairTree, a platform facilitating adoptions, raises $2.25M to help launch a matching app

New funding: PairTree, a platform facilitating adoptions, has raised a $2.25 million seed round. The site went live in July… Read More

VCs back ‘vanlife’ as Seattle travel startup Cabana raises $10M for its camper rental service

Seattle-based startup Cabana is riding interest in “vanlife” travel and just landed $10 million to fuel growth of its service… Read More

Live video platform Videon lands $7.3M, hires new CEO and plans to open co-HQ in Seattle

Videon, a live streaming video infrastructure company, has raised $7.3 million in funding and hired a new Seattle-based CEO as… Read More

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