Articles about Angels – Page 2 of 5

SquareHub emerges with high-profile backers and a goal to connect families

Dave Cotter is a divorced father of three girls — a busy guy who struggles to keep up with his… Read More

Proof of concept: Majority of angel investments made in revenue producing startups

Angel investors historically have placed bets at the earliest stages of a company’s formation, oftentimes when the business is nothing… Read More

After bootstrapping to $10M in sales, BizX scores real cash for virtual currency

Why pay cash, when you can just trade for services? That’s the question driving BizX, which is not your traditional startup.… Read More

Relaborate scores cash to help big brands figure out what to write about

Relaborate has raised more than $500,000 in a first round of funding, money that the Seattle startup will use to… Read More

Welcome to the Northwest (where startups are cheaper than the Valley)

I got a call last week from a Bay Area venture capitalist who was gathering intel on the Pacific Northwest,… Read More

Yes, it really is harder to land that series A round from VCs

A lot has been made about the so-called “series A crunch” — the idea that it is increasingly challenging for… Read More

Obituary: Angel investor Bob Arnold helped dozens of entrepreneurs take flight

Seattle lost one of its most prolific angel investors last month when former banking executive Robert Arnold died at the… Read More

Find the perfect birthday spot: PlaceFull lands $1M to connect busy parents with hot venues

Seattle startup PlaceFull has reeled in $1 million in cash to continue building out a service for helping folks find… Read More

PetHub scores cash to make sure Fido, Rover and Spot never go missing again

Dogs and cats go missing every day, but Seattle startup PetHub wants to help discover those wayward canines and felines… Read More

Seattle super angels sink cash in shopping app Zoomingo

Some of Seattle’s top angel investors are tossing their support behind Zoomingo, the mobile shopping application developed by serial entrepreneur… Read More

Blaze Bioscience raises $8.5M to help surgeons pinpoint cancer cells with ‘tumor paint’

Seattle biotechnology startup Blaze Bioscience has raised $8.5 million to continue developing technologies that are designed to help surgeons more… Read More

B.C. super angel Boris Wertz keeps on trucking, raises another $4M for Version One

It’s a tough time for many in the venture business, with many firms struggling to raise new funds. But don’t… Read More

Seattle cloud startup Scope 5 raises $500,000 to track sustainability data

Seattle startup Scope 5 has scooped up $500,000 in angel financing, money that it will use to build out its… Read More

Seattle angel group Keiretsu Forum invests $20M in 34 startups in 2012

The Keiretsu Forum Northwest today announced that it invested $20.1 million in 34 companies last year, backing startups such as… Read More

This startup just raised $1M for an algorithm to help employers fill engineering jobs

Everywhere you go in the tech industry these days companies are struggling to find smart engineers, designers and developers. Enter… Read More

Startup tries new approach to dating: Let your avatars get to know each other first

Anomo is a new Seattle mobile startup that’s looking to solve an age-old dilemma: How do you find that special… Read More

CloudSway raises $1.4M to boost collaboration around financial information

As we’ve noted in the past, there’s no shortage of companies trying to make it easier for teams of employees… Read More

Startup Jedi: 3 phrases every VC or angel wants to hear during a pitch

[Editor’s note: Startup Jedi is a new column by GeekWire chairman, investor and serial entrepreneur Jonathan Sposato. Future columns will… Read More

Seattle angels on what they look for in entrepreneurs, and why startups fail

You’ve got to be able to run through walls, leverage connections and focus on revenue — all while raising money.… Read More

TechStars grad FlexMinder raises $1.4 million to better manage healthcare accounts

The health care system in the U.S. remains a confusing landscape, which is creating all sorts of new business opportunities.… Read More

Why this entrepreneur is moving to Vegas, and what it means for the Seattle scene

Order Mapper founder Jim Bricker tried to raise seed capital in Seattle. But the former Microsoft and Avanade developer didn’t… Read More

Chart: The ‘Series A Crunch’ is alive and well

A lot has been written in recent weeks about the so-called “Series A Crunch” — the idea that many of… Read More

TechStars grad MobileDevHQ raises cash to help app developers get more downloads

Mobile app developers need all of the help they can get when trying to build momentum. After all, hundreds of… Read More

Startup orphans: More than 1,000 seed-stage companies to be abandoned

It is typical for seed-stage startups to fizzle out before they really get going, oftentimes unable to raise the next… Read More

Meet Rudy Gadre: This former Facebook and Amazon exec is lighting up Seattle’s angel scene

Rudy Gadre admits it. He’s a Seattle “homer.” And that deep hometown pride might be a very good thing for… Read More

Q&A: Former Microsoft exec Brian Arbogast on why he’s betting big on clean tech

Brian Arbogast cut his teeth in the software business, spending more than two decades at Microsoft. But now the former… Read More

Seattle online collaboration startup Sandglaz raises cash

There’s no shortage of competition in the online collaboration space, creating tools to make teams work together more efficiently. The… Read More

Smilebox founder Andrew Wright hangs angel investor shingle, bankrolls consumer Internet startups

Let’s face it: Seattle needs more angels — the folks who can write checks to support the next-generation of entrepreneurial… Read More

Artifact scores cash to create mobile apps with ‘place identity’

Artifact Technologies has raised an additional $500,000 in angel financing, money that the Seattle area startup will use to create mobile… Read More

Keiretsu Forum invests $15.8 million

Keiretsu Forum today announced that its Northwest chapter has invested $15.8 million in 27 companies during the first 10 months of the… Read More