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OneEnergy Renewables scores cash for carbon offset program

OneEnergy Renewables, a Seattle startup that utilizes funds from its carbon offset and Renewable Energy Certificates program to bankroll new… Read More

Founder’s Co-op raises $8M angel fund, looks to become a ‘catalyst’ for the NW startup community

Founder’s Co-op, the angel investment fund led by Andy Sack and Chris DeVore, has raised a new $8 million fund… Read More

RescueTime raises cash to help disorganized geeks track how they spend time online

RescueTime has pulled in an additional $250,000 in financing from existing investor True Ventures, money that the profitable Seattle startup… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Valant Medical scores cash to help psychiatrists manage practices

Valant Medical Solutions, which has developed software to help psychiatrists manage billing and electronic medical records at their practices, has… Read More

EquaShip raises $600,000, looks to accelerate shipping business

Just two months after its launch, Seattle startup EquaShip has raised an additional $600,000 in cash. Led by entrepreneur Ron… Read More

Founder’s Co-op heads north of the border, backs B.C. startup Unbounce

Founder’s Co-op is among the new backers of Unbounce, a Vancouver, B.C.-based company that today announced an $850,000 investment from… Read More

iLike vets launch Familiar, turning your computer screen into a digital picture frame

Marcus Womack, Josh Hepfer, Mike Bohlander and Ray Fortna were core members of the team at iLike, the Seattle online… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins EnergySavvy; InfoSpace names CFO; and more

Charlie Ellis, an 11-year veteran of Microsoft who worked on the Excel and SharePoint teams, has joined three-year-old Seattle startup… Read More

NW angel groups bankroll Portland mobile location startup

The Oregon Angel Fund and Bellingham Angels Group are pumping $1 million into Meridian, a Portland startup that’s developing new… Read More

Where are they now? Update on the TechStars Class of 2010

Some have gone out of business. Several have changed course. And most are still hanging their shingle in Seattle’s South… Read More

Seattle startup Beamit beams up $750,000, recruits Amazon employee Josh Hug

As a mentor at TechStars, Josh Hug got an inside peek at some of the cool technologies emerging inside the… Read More

VisibleBrands lands $2 million for digital coupon service in supermarkets

VisibleBrands has been operating in stealth mode for the past few years, mysteriously building a new digital coupon service from the… Read More

The inside story of how a Seattle angel investor discovered Swype

Guest commentary from Bill Bryant: I have been in the software business for more than 20 years now, spanning some… Read More

Exponential scores cash for Hollywood trivia games, names DeGiulio as marketing chief

Exponential Entertainment, which makes the HollywoodPlayer online trivia and puzzle game, has raised a new round of cash and tapped… Read More

A look at the six finalists from the Zino Zillionaire forum

Entrepreneurs from a variety of fields competed Wednesday in the 6th annual Zino Zillionaire Investment Forum, with six finalists chosen… Read More

Hadi Partovi to Michael Arrington: Valuations are ‘out of control’ and Seattle is a ‘viable’ startup hub

We’ve been talking a lot about the startup ecosystem in Seattle and what needs to happen to make the region… Read More

Seattle angel to rich Microsoft and Amazon alumni: Get off your duffs and start investing in startups

It is one of the ongoing mysteries of the Seattle startup community. With all of the wealth created over the… Read More

InternMatch scores cash for national internship directory, launches ‘community pages’

InternMatch, which helps students find high-quality internships at companies such as Walt Disney, Amazon and Blue Nile, has raised $500,000… Read More

Tech vets look to transform how you pay restaurant bills, raise cash for Viableware

Dishonest waiters have been ripping off restaurant goers for years using a technique known as credit card “skimming.” Now, a… Read More

This 19-year-old just dropped out of Wharton to sleep on an air mattress and build a new startup

When we introduced you to Wesley Zhao back in April, he was just a fresh-faced 18-year-old kid kicking around a new… Read More

Y Combinator-backed Contagion merges with Health Month to form Habit Labs, moves from SF to Seattle

Jen McCabe, who founded the Y Combinator-backed startup Contagion, thought about keeping her company in the San Francisco Bay Area… Read More

Looking to remove the pain of venture investing, Microsoft BizSpark allies with CapLinked

Raising venture capital has pretty much worked the same way for years. Entrepreneurs hop on a plane or in a… Read More

Simply Measured rings up $750,000 to help brands monitor social media chatter

When Damon Cortesi and Aviel Ginzburg started their company in early 2010, they weren’t sure what direction it would take.… Read More

Manufacturing startup FluxDrive raises $1.5M in region known for IT investors

The Pacific Northwest may be best known for its software and Internet industry. But Philip “Chip” Corbin, the founder and… Read More

A challenge to Seattle entrepreneurs: Generate 100 investment-worthy startups in 24 months

Guest commentary: Yesterday, Marcelo Calbucci published a challenge to Seattle VCs here on GeekWire. Marcelo argues that seed-stage funding in… Read More

MOD Systems founder Mark Phillips sentenced to four years in prison

Seattle entrepreneur Mark Phillips was sentenced Friday morning to four years in prison for defrauding MOD Systems and lying to… Read More

Founder’s Co-op backs GlobalMojo, a browser app that pushes cash back to charities

Affiliate commissions are a big (and frequently misunderstood) business on the Web. GlobalMojo, which has scored $550,000 from Founder’s Co-op… Read More

Ex-Microsofties score cash for mobile collaboration startup

With the rise of smartphones, tablets and laptops, the workplace is becoming increasingly mobile. And while that’s creating new efficiencies,… Read More

Former AT&T Wireless, McCaw Cellular veteran lands cash for group messaging startup Ivy

Mary Jesse has been at the forefront of wireless communications since its early days, serving as vice president of technology… Read More

Bob Crimmins starts MoonTango, looks to revolutionize online shopping for women

A few months ago, Bob Crimmins launched a daily deal site called Dealometry targeted just at dudes. Now, the Seattle… Read More