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Seattle tech vet Amit Mital takes new cybersecurity job role at the White House

Amit Mital picked a heck of a time to take an appointed cybersecurity job at the White House. The Seattle… Read More

Why NBA superstar Steph Curry just invested in Seattle pay equity startup Syndio

Seattle pay equity startup Syndio has scored more than $30 million in funding in its four years, but a new… Read More

This startup is getting ready to launch running shoes based on how fast you run a mile

Vimazi, a Portland, Ore.-based shoe startup which pairs runners with shoes that match their running pace, has raised $600,000 in… Read More

After years of shifting gears, online car sales platform Tred settles on model and lands $3M

If making customers happy was the only secret to success, Grant Feek would have been an entrepreneurial winner years ago.… Read More

Immunotherapy startup Umoja lands $210M, less than a year after raising $53M

New funding: Just seven months after announcing a $53 million Series A round, Umoja Biopharma has raised an additional $210… Read More

Tech Moves: Adriane Brown joins KKR board; AI2 adds HR exec; Ossia and LevelTen hire CFOs; more

— Adriane Brown, managing partner at Seattle VC firm Flying Fish, joined the board of global investment firm KKR. This… Read More

Q&A: In CEO shuffle at OfferUp, two leaders offer up what’s working, what’s next for mobile marketplace

Todd Dunlap has experience launching new products and scaling businesses. In a long career at Microsoft, Dunlap got the original… Read More

Neiman Marcus will acquire Stylyze, a Seattle startup that helps online home and fashion retailers

Luxury retail giant Neiman Marcus Group this week announced that it will acquire Stylyze, a Seattle startup that sells “merchandising-as-a-service”… Read More

Seattle marijuana startup Leafly raises $23M as recent legalization boosts cannabis market

Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace Leafly has closed $23 million in new funding, GeekWire confirmed with the company. The fresh cash infusion… Read More

Seattle’s Recompose is raising more cash as human composting startup plans locations in other states

Recompose is rebounding after some trying times during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Seattle-based startup which turns human remains into soil… Read More

OfferUp hires former Booking.com managing director Todd Dunlap as new CEO

Seattle-area startup OfferUp has a new CEO. The popular mobile marketplace hired former Booking.com managing director Todd Dunlap to lead… Read More

Silicon Valley firm Khosla Ventures makes a rare Seattle investment, leading $11M round for Lexion

Lexion is on a roll. The Seattle startup that helps legal teams use AI to sift through contracts has quadrupled… Read More

Mouse brains and more in 3D: Seattle microscopy startup lands $4M to visualize medical specimens

New funding: Lightspeed Microscopy, a Seattle startup spun out of the University of Washington, raised $4 million in a Series… Read More

Pioneer Square Labs pairs with Dance Church to build out Seattle company’s on-demand platform

Pioneer Square Labs is trying out some new moves when it comes to spinning a company out of the Seattle… Read More

Coinme, a Seattle startup that is ‘crypto-enabling’ legacy financial services, raises $10M

Seattle-based cryptocurrency startup Coinme raised $10 million in new funding from existing investors, the company confirmed to GeekWire. Coinme allows… Read More

Invest in a rental home for $100/share: VC arms of Bezos, Benioff back Seattle startup Arrived

New funding: Seattle startup Arrived Homes raised $10 million in equity and $27 million in debt financing to help scale its… Read More

‘Data process automation’ startup Super.AI lands $12M to help companies supercharge AI efforts

New funding: Super.AI, a “data process automation” startup led by veterans of MIT, AWS, Google, Microsoft, and SAP, raised $12 million… Read More

Rethinking referrals: Seattle startup Candidate raises more cash to help companies with hiring

New funding: Candidate launched out of beta on Wednesday and closed a $4 million seed funding round. The Seattle startup pays… Read More

Tech Moves: Seattle AI experts join national task force; Boundless co-founder departs; and more

— DefinedCrowd founder and CEO Daniela Braga and Allen Institute for AI CEO Oren Etzioni are part of the newly… Read More

Portland startup Candid lands $2M to help brands and retailers run their wholesale business online

New funding: Portland, Ore.-based startup Candid raised $2 million to help retailers and other businesses run their wholesale efforts online.… Read More

Don’t give up: An entrepreneur’s journey to success in building affordable eco-friendly buildings

Arlan Collins figured that once his company designed and developed a ground-breaking technology for erecting cost-competitive, attractive, super environmentally friendly… Read More

Facebook acquires Seattle virtual reality gaming company BigBox VR, makers of Population: One

Seattle startup BigBox VR, the company behind multiplayer virtual reality game POPULATION: ONE, has been acquired by Facebook. Facebook was… Read More

Remitly files initial IPO paperwork as Seattle fintech company prepares to go public

Remitly is going public. The mobile remittance company said Wednesday it confidentially submitted a draft registration statement with the SEC… Read More

Flyhomes raises $150M as it expands across U.S. and aims to change the way people buy homes

Editor’s note: The introduction to this story has been altered and this story has been updated. It did not meet… Read More

Sujal Patel-led Nautilus Biotechnology goes public as it tackles ambitious plan to analyze proteins

Nautilus Biotechnology is emerging as Seattle’s newest publicly traded company this week, taking advantage of the mania over SPACs to… Read More

E-commerce boom lifts another startup as Shipium lands $8M to help retailers keep up with Amazon

Online shopping has surged amid the pandemic, forcing e-commerce companies to ramp up their fulfillment capacity. That’s good news for… Read More

Ex-Microsoft leaders raise $5.1M from GitHub co-founder, ex-Snowflake CEO for new startup Aserto

Gert Drapers and Omri Gazitt have more than six decades of experience working in engineering and product leadership roles at… Read More

Version One raises $100M for two new funds, will continue focusing on Seattle as key geography

Version One Ventures has raised $100 million across two new funds: $70 million for its core Fund IV dedicated to… Read More

Ex-Google and Amazon engineers raise $5M to help developers test and fix software bugs

New funding: Seattle startup YourBase landed a $5 million seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The 3-year-old company sells software… Read More

E-commerce firm Stackline raises $130M in latest giant funding round for Seattle-area startups

New funding: E-commerce startup Stackline landed $130 million from TA Associates as part of a Series B round. It comes… Read More

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