Angel Spotlight: Apple vet Eric Michelman on why he avoids entrepreneurs with ‘blustery confidence’ Editor’s note: Welcome to Angel Spotlight, a new feature on GeekWire that shines a light on the important work of… Read More
BuddyTV founder Andy Liu’s 8 tips on raising cash: ‘Not all money is good money’ Andy Liu is one of Seattle’s most sophisticated angel investors. He’s also one of the region’s most experienced entrepreneurs. That… Read More
Yabbly raises cash to create a Quora for everyday questions Internet searches on Bing or Google don’t always produce the best results. After all, what if you’re looking for… Read More
Ex-Marchex exec lands cash for Lucky Oyster, plans to take on Bing and Google in social search Matthew Berk is just four weeks into his new Seattle startup, Lucky Oyster. But the former executive vice president of product… Read More
After spurning acquisition offer, Seattle’s Freak’n Genius raises $525,000 angel round Kyle Kesterson’s new animation startup, Freak’n Genius, has raised $525,000 in fresh funding from more than a dozen angel investors… Read More
Report: Valuations on the rise in angel deals as cash flows to Internet companies Angel investors are spreading their wings, pumping money into Internet companies at a rapid pace, increasingly at higher valuations than… Read More
Earn a chance to win $1M just for getting in shape: That’s the promise of KardioFit I never thought playing the lottery would help improve one’s physical fitness. But that’s the idea behind KardioFit, a Bellevue… Read More
13 ways to nail your pitch to angel investment groups Below I am going to focus on the stuff that I wish I would have know when I started pitching… Read More
Vizify turns your ‘ugly’ social media pages into a hip presence The way Vizify CEO Todd Silverstein sees it, social media pages are “cluttered, ugly and noisy.” In other words, the… Read More
Super angel Boris Wertz launches $15M VC fund Version One Ventures We’ve heard the complaints loud and clear that the Pacific Northwest simply needs more money flowing into early-stage startups. Well,… Read More
Halo Report: Where angel money is flowing in the U.S. A new report out today from the Angel Resource Institute, CB Insights and Silicon Valley Bank sheds a bit of light on the nebulous… Read More
Seattle Angel Conference kicks things off with $100,000 check Folks in the Seattle tech community have been talking for some time now about ways to get more early-stage capital… Read More
Buddy lands $1M to help developers manage apps across platforms Buddy Platform today is announcing that it has secured $1 million in seed financing, and rolled its service for managing… Read More
A 6-year-old’s pitch; an app to save your marriage; and other comments of the week The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “Feature request: Deduct points … when phone is thrown… Read More
Podcast Preview: The state of the Seattle startup market with Tomo co-founder Tony Wright Seattle entrepreneur Tony Wright’s announcement earlier this week that he plans to relocate to Silicon Valley to build his latest… Read More
EveryMove lands $2.6 million to create a ‘mileage rewards program’ for health Should Americans earn rewards for good health and fitness practices, just as they earn free miles for frequent flying and… Read More
Cadence Biomedical scores $1.1 million to help people with disabilities walk In what the company is describing as an oversubscribed venture round, Seattle medical device maker Cadence Biomedical has raised $1.1… Read More
Chirpify lands $1.3 million to sell music and concert tickets through Twitter Twitter is great for sharing content. But when it comes to actually conducting commerce, the fast-growing social networking service leaves… Read More
Ex-aQuantive, AdECN and AOL execs form stealthy SocialForce A new Seattle area startup company led by several online advertising executives is kicking around a new idea that it… Read More
Venuelabs rings up $1.6M to help retailers track and analyze social media chatter at stores Retailers can’t afford to ignore social media chatter anymore. With Yelp and Urbanspoon reviews and constant discussion on social media… Read More
Tixie raises cash, helps music fans win free concert tickets At the Hacker News Meetup earlier this week, I bumped into Seattle entrepreneur Forest Gibson who is working on a… Read More
Sequoia Capital, angels invest in Seattle financial advice startup FutureAdvisor FutureAdvisor co-founder Bo Lu could have built his startup company in Silicon Valley, and he certainly felt the pressure to… Read More
Angel investor Bill Bryant: Here’s what I look for in startup entrepreneurs Seattle angel investor and venture capitalist Bill Bryant has been around the block a few times in the tech industry,… 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
Crowding out angels from startup financings? As early as next week, we may know whether Congress will change US securities laws to permit startups to sell… 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
Buuteeq checks in with $2 million in funding to expand hotel marketing platform Buuteeq has reeled in an addition $2 million in capital from a long list of angel investors in Seattle and… Read More
Angel group sees record activity in 2011 Venture capital investments in Washington state took a negative turn last year, falling 16 percent to $540 million. But while… Read More
Venuelabs raises cash to help brick-and-mortar retailers track storefront performance In this digital era, there’s certainly no shortage of customer feedback when it comes to the interactions at brick-and-mortar retail… Read More
