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Silver Lake makes another travel bet, leads $108M investment in vacation rental platform Vacasa

Silver Lake is betting big on the travel industry despite the ongoing global pandemic. The top Silicon Valley tech investment… Read More

Seattle startup Pro.com cuts 52 employees as pandemic impacts home improvement projects

Tech-powered general contracting platform Pro.com laid off 52 employees as the ongoing pandemic impacts home construction. Pro.com CEO Matt Williams… Read More

The Riveter closes all 9 co-working spaces as questions loom about the future of physical offices

Seattle-based startup The Riveter, which set out to build a national network of women-oriented co-working spaces, is shutting down all… Read More

Shut out of bars by the pandemic, Seattle trivia startup Sporcle finds success with games on Zoom

Here’s a trivia question for you: In what year did Seattle startup Sporcle, a trivia games company, figure out that… Read More

Childcare crisis: Tech startups look to help working parents manage the messy new realities of life

Crying in the closet, breaking up sibling fights, Zoom bloopers. Maria Hess is dealing with it all as she cares… Read More

Zillow, Icertis, Axiom CEOs share advice on culture and adapting to remote work in the COVID-19 era

It’s not easy leading a company through the COVID-19 crisis as the global pandemic changes how businesses operate and how… Read More

Why these ex-DeepMind engineers picked Seattle to launch new AI startup Phaidra

Avocado toast meets red meat and potatoes. That’s not the most familiar way to describe Seattle, but it’s why Phaidra… Read More

Telemedicine startup Bright.md raises more cash as interest in virtual healthcare surges

Portland, Ore.-based startup Bright.md officially closed a $16.7 million investment round for its AI-powered virtual healthcare service. GeekWire previously reported… Read More

Seattle smart home startup Wyze raises $10M to launch new product categories and improve AI tech

Wyze Labs just raised $10 million as it expands its smart home product offerings and adapts to the COVID-19 crisis.… Read More

Former Microsoft AI and Bing chief Harry Shum joins fast-growing startup News Break as chairman

Microsoft’s former top artificial intelligence executive, Harry Shum, has signed on as chairman of the board of News Break, the… Read More

Furniture rental startup Fernish raises $15M from Khosla, Jeff Wilke, Spencer Rascoff, others

A group of top Silicon Valley investors and veteran tech executives are putting more cash behind Fernish, a Los Angeles-based… Read More

Annual innovation report details Seattle’s growing tech and science ecosystem

The latest Seattle Tech Ecosystem Report shows that the region’s innovation ecosystem continues to grow, though the short and long-term… Read More

Publicly-traded manufacturer Brady Corporation invests in Seattle startup React Mobile

Seattle startup React Mobile today announced a $6 million investment from Brady Corporation, a Milwaukee, Wisc.-based manufacturer of identification products.… Read More

Seattle startup DefinedCrowd lands $50M to help Mastercard, BMW, others improve their AI services

Artificial intelligence services require mountains of reliable data to reach their full potential. Seattle startup DefinedCrowd is filling that need… Read More

This Seattle startup just raised $1.1M from Vulcan, others to help hospitals care for COVID-19 patients

Vulcan Capital and other Seattle-area firms invested in a $1.1 million round for MDMetrix, a Seattle startup that helps hospitals… Read More

Healthcare giant Roche acquires Seattle DNA sequencing startup Stratos Genomics

Publicly-traded pharmaceutical giant Roche acquired Stratos Genomics, a Seattle DNA sequencing startup. Founded in 2007, Stratos’ technology is called Sequencing… Read More

Extreme social distancing: Why camping is poised for a ‘huge jump in popularity,’ fueled by technology

After months confined in their homes, many people who would normally hop on an airplane or crowd into popular tourist… Read More

Microsoft’s VC arm invests in Seattle program that helps corporate workers launch tech startups

It’s a great time to start a company. That’s the mantra at Venture Out, a Seattle-based 12-week program that aims… Read More

Good Therapeutics raises $11M to develop ‘context dependent’ protein drugs

Seattle biotech startup Good Therapeutics raised another $11 million to create “context dependent” protein drugs that act only when needed.… Read More

Technology from legendary ‘Love Lab’ coming to devices via startup founded by famed psychologists

The Gottman Institute is known for using science and data to assess relationships and customize therapy for couples, most famously… Read More

Insect-growing startup Beta Hatch raises $3M to further innovate and build giant new facility

Beta Hatch, the insect-growing startup looking to revolutionize the animal feed business through its science and technology, has raised $3… Read More

Tech vet ditches Seattle for wine country to create a subscription business with a packaging twist

Chris Dukelow has seen a “unicorn.” As for the former CFO at Auth0, he was there for two years of… Read More

Jeff Bezos joins $76M round for secretive biotech startup led by Isilon co-founder, Stanford scientist

Parag Mallick spent more than 20 years studying the intersection of software engineering and life sciences to better understand predictive… Read More

Cybersecurity compliance startup StrikeGraph is the latest Madrona Venture Labs spinout

Madrona Venture Labs is churning out startups. The Seattle startup studio created by venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group helps… Read More

Sports Illustrated publisher Maven will keep $5.7M PPP loan despite outcry against public companies

Sports Illustrated’s publicly traded publisher, Maven, says it plans to keep and use a $5.7 million forgivable loan from the… Read More

SoftBank and WeWork launch program to foster tech diversity, with 3 Seattle startups in first cohort

SoftBank Investment Advisers and WeWork have partnered to launch EMERGE, a virtual program intended to foster diversity in tech and… Read More

Cannabis hub Leafly raises $3.6M after two rounds of layoffs earlier this year

Investors continue to bet on Leafly. The Seattle-based online cannabis brand has raised $3.6 million, according to a new SEC… Read More

Business booms at online marketplace Crowd Cow as meat industry giants are hit hard by coronavirus

As businesses across the nation have been left reeling from the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, the Seattle-based startup Crowd… Read More

Seattle startup Tagboard sees increased usage as TV production goes remote amid COVID-19 crisis

Shelter-in-place mandates have forced broadcast production companies to go remote, and Seattle-area startup Tagboard is helping with the transition. The… Read More

Seattle marketing startup Tune acquired by Canadian tech company Constellation Software

Publicly-traded Toronto-based company Constellation Software today announced the acquisition of Seattle marketing startup Tune. Founded 11 years ago, Tune builds… Read More

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