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These 11 startups will be part of the WeWork-Washington state maritime accelerator program

A healthcare provider for mariners, a maker of electric outboard motors and a shipping logistics startup. These are just a… Read More

Checking in with new Foursquare CEO David Shim, Seattle startup vet with big plans in location tech

David Shim’s entrepreneurial journey took a wild turn in 2019. The longtime Seattle techie sold his location analytics startup Placed… Read More

Healthcare startup GrowthPlug raises $1M, becomes latest company to relocate from Bay Area

New funding: Healthcare software startup GrowthPlug raised a $1 million round led by Elevate Capital. It also announced today that… Read More

Petabyte Technology raises $8M to build Rhapsody enterprise software for veterinarians

Petabyte Technology, a Seattle-area startup building a cloud-based platform to modernize how veterinary clinics manage their practices, has raised $8… Read More

Augmented reality startup Taqtile raises $3M, announces Magic Leap partnership

New funding: Seattle augmented reality startup Taqtile raised $3 million in a round led by Broadmark Capital and its affiliated entities,… Read More

Seattle startup Flyhomes is expanding to Boston, Portland and L.A. to help home-buyers compete with cash offers

Flyhomes, the Seattle real estate startup that helps people buy houses in expensive cities, is expanding to a trio of… Read More

New program in Seattle aims to help tech workers leave big companies and launch their own startups

A new startup program, born in Seattle, aims to help tech workers leave big companies and launch their own ventures,… Read More

Tech Moves: Placed founder named Foursquare CEO; Pro.com hires CFO; and more

— David Shim, founder and former CEO of Seattle startup Placed, was appointed CEO and a member of the board… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Artificial intelligence in public policy; podcasting tips; and more

— Government, higher education, and workforce management are just a few places where artificial intelligence is popping up. In hopes… Read More

Volt raising more cash to expand workout app to office and law enforcement customers

Volt is raising more funds to bring its fitness training app to different types of groups, including offices and “tactical readiness”… Read More

Rock Paper Coin vows to make wedding planning easier with its payment and contract platform

Elizabeth Sheils has a confession to make. If she had known before launching Rock Paper Coin what she knows now,… Read More

Home services giant Frontdoor acquires Portland augmented reality startup Streem

Publicly-traded home services giant Frontdoor has acquired Streem, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that develops augmented reality technology for home improvement… Read More

Ex-Amazon and Zulily supply chain vets raise $2M for Seattle e-commerce logistics startup Shipium

New funding: Shipium landed a $2 million seed round led by PSL Ventures, the venture arm of Seattle startup studio Pioneer… Read More

Voyager invests in $20M round for ‘crowdsourcing intelligence platform’ Thoughtexchange

New funding: Thoughtexchange announced a $20 million (CAD) Series B investment round led by Information Venture Partners with participation from… Read More

Early stage investing 101: How to break into the club, and why you should give it a shot

Early stage investing can be tremendously beneficial for early stage technology companies, the broader startup ecosystem, and of course, investors.… Read More

What Chris Petersen’s departure at the Univ. of Washington can teach us about work and life

Sports can offer so many life and work lessons beyond the X’s and O’s and wins and losses on the… Read More

Highspot raises $75M to support rapid growth of ‘sales enablement’ software in $50B category

New funding: Seattle startup Highspot today announced a $75 million “Series D-1” investment round, bringing total funding for the 7-year-old company… Read More

IntraWorlds merges with Conenza, a Seattle startup led by Microsoft Alumni Network founder

IntraWorlds, a Munich-based talent relationship management software provider, is merging with Conenza, a Seattle startup launched in 2006 by Tony… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: How to live without a smartphone; new technologies in art; and more

— Do you ever get so frustrated with your smartphone that you want to chuck it out the window, but… Read More

Limeade set for $100M IPO, becoming latest Seattle startup to debut on Australian exchange

Limeade, the Bellevue, Wash.-based human resources technology company, is set to raise $100 million in an initial public offering on… Read More

Seattle startup gives employees an anonymous space for voicing workplace concerns

Seattle-based Inyore, a startup that lets employees anonymously share their concerns with employers, grew out of a disagreement between two… Read More

Naveen Jain’s microbiome startup Viome is raising more cash

New funding: Seattle-area wellness startup Viome is raising more cash. A new SEC filing indicates that the company raised $36.4… Read More

Portland medtech company Sonivate raises cash for ‘ultrasound by touch’ devices

New funding: Medical device startup Sonivate is raising cash to fund its efforts to make ultrasound devices that fit on… Read More

Fresh Chalk lands $2M to help people find local professionals through friend recommendations

New funding: Fresh Chalk just landed a $2 million seed round. The Seattle startup debuted earlier this year with its service… Read More

Concure Oncology raises cash for breast cancer treatment that uses radioactive seeds

New funding: Concure Oncology is raising investment for its Breast Microseed treatment, which helps to prevent breast cancer from recurring.… Read More

Testing Sanctuary, ‘the most personal, immersive wellness studio experience in the universe’

For 80 minutes on Thursday, in the midst of another busy day at work, I was transported to a different… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: GeekCraft Expo; Saga of Skywalker; a startup pitch clinic; and more

— If you get bored shopping in the stores with everyone else on Thanksgiving weekend or have trouble finding a… Read More

The new barcode? Alitheon lands $11.6M for tech that assigns digital fingerprints to objects

Update, Jan. 9: Alitheon raised an additional $3.3 million as part of a $14.9 million round. Investors include BMW i Ventures,… Read More

KitoTech lands $1.5M for skin-healing ‘microstaple’ bandage

New funding: Seattle startup KitoTech Medical raised $1.5 million as part of a convertible note round to fund the development… Read More

‘Amazon Go for the factory’: Xemelgo ramps up after winning top prize at Seattle Angel Conference

Xemelgo, a Seattle-based startup that brings IoT and cloud technology to manufacturing, is cranking up. Last week, the business won… Read More

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