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Bulletproof raises $13M to fuel growth of ‘high performance’ food and beverage products

Bulletproof 360, makers of food and beverage items designed to fuel a healthier lifestyle, has raised $13 million in a… Read More

Seattle-area cybersecurity startup Polyverse raises $16M

Bellevue, Wash.-based cybersecurity startup Polyverse raised another $16 million to help sell its software used by government organizations, defense companies,… Read More

5G Open Innovation Lab, backed by corporate giants, reveals 16 startups in second cohort

The 5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab), a startup program funded by T-Mobile, Intel, and NASA, today revealed its… Read More

Rahul Sood at Startupday 2015

eSports betting startup Unikrn to pay $6.1M in SEC settlement over unregistered initial coin offering

Seattle startup Unikrn will pay a $6.1 million fine and disable its UnikoinGold (UKG) cryptocurrency to settle Securities and Exchange… Read More

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Mobile car repair startup Wrench acquires Lemon Squad to boost its vehicle-inspection services

Mobile car repair startup Wrench is diving deeper into services that go beyond vehicle maintenance. The Seattle-based company has acquired… Read More

Cisco’s VC arm invests in Seattle-based manufacturing analytics software startup Seeq

Seeq raised another $28 million for its analytics software used by industrial manufacturers to collect and analyze data. Founded in… Read More

Seattle biotech Athira Pharma sets terms for IPO, aims to raise up to $170M

Athira Pharma plans to price its stock at $15 to $17 per share and raise up to $170 million in… Read More

Seattle entrepreneurs lead new digital health platform DexCare, incubated at Providence

Providence’s Digital Innovation Group is adding two Seattle entrepreneurs and former colleagues to lead its newest incubated health tech startup,… Read More

New startup Recurrent brings transparency to EV batteries, reducing risk in used car shopping

Used electric vehicle buyers can kick the tires and look under the hood of potential purchase, but what they really… Read More

Seattle health tech startup Optimize.health raises $15.6M for remote patient monitoring service

Seattle startup Optimize.health raised $15.6 million to help meet demand for its remote patient monitoring technology as investor interest in… Read More

Seattle startup’s ‘TalkSocket’ combines Alexa and PopSockets, launches on Kickstarter for $49

A Seattle startup is partnering with PopSockets to turn the popular smartphone grip into a miniature Amazon Alexa device. Known… Read More

Dating app Charmr invites users to ‘push the paw’ to find pet-loving potential partners

Instead of swiping right, a new dating app asks lonely hearts to “push the paw” to find a potential match.… Read More

E-commerce surge and economic uncertainty is a boon for on-demand warehousing startup Flexe

Online sales are skyrocketing as people stay home amid the pandemic. E-commerce as a share of total U.S. retail sales… Read More

Seattle startup Cloudentity raises $13M to expand identity and authorization tech

Seattle startup Cloudentity announced a $13 million Series A investment round to grow its security software. The startup helps Fortune… Read More

X-ray vision in the warehouse: ThruWave raises $6.4M to help online retailers see through packages

Seattle startup ThruWave just raised a $6.4 million round for its futuristic technology that uses millimeter waves to see through… Read More

Kristen Hamilton at Startupday 2015

Commentary: Why are there so few women-led IPOs? The numbers are stacked against us

Editor’s note: Kristen Hamilton is a Seattle entrepreneur and investor who co-founded Koru and Onvia, helping to lead the latter… Read More

This 35-year-old female CEO is about to crack the glass ceiling, shattering a dismal IPO track record

Leen Kawas is truly a unicorn. The 35-year-old co-founder and CEO of Seattle biotechnology company Athira Pharma would be the… Read More

Madrona leads $9M investment in coffee startup Trade, which connects home brewers to roasters

If you’re home-brewed coffee is one of the less appealing aspects of working from home, perhaps you need a fresh… Read More

Laird Hamilton’s ‘superfood’ company based in Oregon files for IPO, looks to raise up to $40M

Laird Hamilton is getting in on the IPO frenzy. The legendary surfer is the co-founder of Laird Superfood, a Sisters,… Read More

Seattle startup Boundless raises $7.5M to acquire rival RapidVisa and grow online immigration tools

Earlier this year, Xiao Wang was playing defense. His Seattle startup, online immigration service Boundless, went line-by-line through its expenses,… Read More

Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures and Techstars unveil cohort for ‘Future of Longevity’ Accelerator

A group of ten startups will spend the next 13 weeks coming up with innovative caregiving solutions for aging adults.… Read More

Former Facebook, Dropbox, Amazon, Convoy leaders are building a secretive new Seattle startup

Four leaders from top Seattle tech companies are working together on a stealthy new startup. Linda Lian, a former associate… Read More

Seattle biotech startup led by Fred Hutch, Adaptive vets raises $16M for rapid drug development tech

Lumen Bioscience today announced a $16 million Series B round to help support its novel approach to rapid and low-cost… Read More

Former Amazon, Microsoft engineers raise $120K for Seattle cloud startup Cloudshim

A new startup out of Seattle called Cloudshim just raised $120,000 to help grow the company’s self-serve cloud management platform.… Read More

OfferUp and Letgo combine used goods marketplaces into one app following acquisition

OfferUp on Monday merged the Letgo marketplace onto its app following the company’s acquisition earlier this year. With the addition… Read More

Pickin’ Nuggets: We tested a Seattle startup’s plant-based meat vs. the McDonald’s chicken classic

Earlier this summer I came away impressed with Starbucks’ Impossible Breakfast Sandwich, a new menu item with plant-based sausage that’s… Read More

The Right to Be Banked: How fintech entrepreneurs can benefit from a financial inclusion law

Guest Commentary: Fintech entrepreneurs in the US face many challenges when taking their products to market. They have to contend… Read More

Battery startup Joule Case lands $500K after making key pivot due to the pandemic

Joule Case, an Idaho-based battery tech startup producing stackable energy storage units, landed more than $500,000 in funding. The infusion… Read More

James Heckman resigns as Maven CEO after tumultuous run leading Sports Illustrated publisher

Maven has a new leader. James Heckman, CEO and founder of the Seattle-based media company that publishes Sports Illustrated, announced… Read More

Convoy hires former Expedia CEO as president and COO as digital freight startup tops 1k employees

Mark Okerstrom is shifting from travel and tourism to trucking, looking to apply his digital commerce expertise to a new… Read More

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