New head of Alliance of Angels excited to hit ‘refresh’ on longtime startup investment group Angie Parker is the new executive director of Alliance of Angels, the Seattle-based investment group. A University of Washington Foster… Read More
Alliance of Angels raising new fund to back more startups in Seattle and beyond Seattle-based investment group Alliance of Angels is gearing up to raise a new fund that will help support a new… Read More
Puget Sound Venture Club, Seattle’s oldest angel group, merges with Alliance of Angels Gary Ritner was investing in startups before many of today’s entrepreneurs were even born. Back in 1985, Ritner launched Seattle’s… Read More
Tom Alberg, 1940-2022: Early Amazon investor was a champion of Pacific Northwest tech Tom Alberg, a Seattle business and civic leader who played an instrumental role in the creation of industries ranging from… Read More
Medical device startup Nanodropper raises $1.4M for eye drop bottle adapter Nanodropper, a medical device startup founded by University of Washington and Seattle University grads, announced a $1.4 million seed round… Read More
How Tom Alberg bet on Seattle and Amazon, shaping the region’s tech industry and building a legacy of understated influence It was the mid 1990s, and Tom Alberg had a decision to make. Jeff Bezos had arrived in Seattle and… Read More
Accidental techie turned politician, Laura Ruderman weds both careers as CEO of the Tech Alliance In the 1980s, when Laura Ruderman was a teen in New York City walking to the gym after high school,… Read More
Women’s sexual health startup Joylux raises more cash, lands in Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop store Joylux, a Seattle startup that aims to improve women’s sexual health with a wellness device, has raised an additional $7… Read More
This Univ. of Washington spinout just raised $5.8M to reimagine how doctors work with health records Seattle startup TransformativeMed has a major beef with how health record systems work — or rather, don’t work for doctors.… Read More
Geeks Give Back Award 2018: Vote for the community-powered organization that’s making Seattle a better place Technology promises to do great things for humanity, but many of its benefits are funneled toward a narrow, predominantly white,… Read More
Alliance of Angels still helping entrepreneurs take flight, 20 years after initial spark from Tom Alberg, Bill Gates Sr. and Tom Cable Two decades ago, Bill Gates Sr., Tom Alberg and Tom Cable jointly sent a letter to friends and colleagues with… Read More
Recruiting software startup Crelate raises cash to boost marketing and development Crelate, a startup with offices in Bothell, Wash. and Bethesda, Md., has closed a $1.2 million investment round led by… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: An inside look at Amazon Web Services, advice from Alliance of Angels, and more Cloud computing is one of the fastest growing sectors in tech, and Seattle is an integral part of this revolution… Read More
Seattle startup looks to extinguish cigarette smoking, raises $500,000 for SmartQuit smoking cessation app Helping people to quit smoking can result in a huge benefit for employers. Not only are users healthier and more… Read More
Susannah Malarkey setting sail after 20 years at the helm of the Technology Alliance In 1995, Bill Gates Sr. asked Susannah Malarkey to lead an effort to study the health and vibrancy of the… Read More
Home security startup Korner raises cash to keep intruders at bay After successfully raising $416,994 through an Indiegogo campaign last summer, Seattle home security startup Korner is back in the money.… Read More
Alliance of Angels raises $5.3 million, looks to plug funding gap in Pacific Northwest The Alliance of Angels, one of the longest running angel investment groups in the Pacific Northwest, has raised a new… Read More
Ravenna Solutions scores cash to help schools process admission forms online The Alliance of Angels has led an $850,000 investment in Ravenna Solutions, a Seattle area startup that is developing tools… Read More
Alliance of Angels takes flight, spins off from the Technology Alliance The Alliance of Angels — a 15-year-old Seattle angel investment organization that boasts more than 60 members — is spinning… Read More
Angel groups in Seattle: How they’re doing, what they cost Over the past three days, GeekWire Chief Business Officer Rebecca Lovell and I both have moderated panels about the state… Read More
Angel mind meld: What early-stage investors really want What’s it like inside the mind of an angel? I got to peer into that mysterious — yet all important… Read More
Greg Huey catches ‘startup bug,’ departs Alliance of Angels for Glassybaby Hanging around startups can be a risky proposition. Sooner or later, you catch the fever. Greg Huey, who served as… Read More
Alliance of Angels chooses LiquidPlanner as startup Company of the Year Over the past seven years, The Alliance of Angels has picked one startup company that represents the promise of the… Read More
