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Avalara

Slalom moving its HQ and name to ‘Hawk Tower’ near Seattle sports stadiums

A new company will make its nest in Seattle’s “Hawk Tower” in the new year. Seattle-based business and technology firm Slalom… Read More

Avalara co-founder leads new advisory firm helping companies create digital assets

Rory Rawlings was able to see around a corner when he launched tax compliance software giant Avalara. Now the Seattle-area… Read More

Vista Equity Partners will take Seattle tax giant Avalara private in $8.4B deal

Avalara, a publicly-traded Seattle tax software company founded in 2004, is going private again in a $8.4 billion deal with… Read More

Tech Moves: Remitly CFO will step down; OfferUp hires former Kellogg exec; and more

— Susanna Morgan is stepping down as CFO of Remitly. Morgan joined the Seattle-based digital remittance company in 2018, following finance… Read More

Avalara continues acquisition spree with purchase of property tax compliance company CrowdReason

Tax software giant Avalara made yet another acquisition, announcing Monday that it bought property tax compliance software developer CrowdReason Limited… Read More

Tech Moves: Azure GM joins Madrona; Microsoft promotes chief scientist; Esper adds exec; more

— Microsoft Azure General Manager and COO Aseem Datar is joining Madrona Venture Group as a partner. The Seattle investment… Read More

Avalara nabs nearly $1B in debt securities to fuel growing tax compliance software business

Seattle-based Avalara is getting a large cash infusion as its business continues to benefit from the e-commerce boom and increasing… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft’s general counsel joins Cisco; Outreach adds execs; Avalara expands board

— After 14 years at Microsoft, Dev Stahlkopf is joining Cisco in August as executive vice president and chief legal… Read More

Avalara acquires assets from DAVO, which helps small businesses automate sales tax compliance

Seattle-based tax automation company Avalara announced Tuesday that it has acquired assets from DAVO Technologies, a company that helps small… Read More

Tax automation company Avalara posts $144.8M in Q4 revenue as e-commerce surge spurs growth

Avalara cruised past expectations for its fourth quarter earnings, reporting $144.8 million in revenue, up 35% year-over-year, and non-GAAP earnings… Read More

Avalara’s acquisition spree continues: Seattle tax automation company to buy INPOSIA Solutions

Tax automation software provider Avalara is buying another company. This time it’s INPOSIA Solutions, a Germany-based company that helps more… Read More

Avalara reports $127.9M in Q3 revenue and acquires assets from Business Licenses for $97M

Avalara beat analyst expectations for its third fiscal quarter and said it acquired the assets of Business Licenses. The Seattle… Read More

Avalara pays $377M to acquire ‘tax answer company’ Transaction Tax Resources

Seattle sales tax automation company Avalara paid approximately $377 million in cash to acquire Transaction Tax Resources (TTR), a McMinnville,… Read More

Avalara revenue up 28% to $116M; tax automation company to sell $500M of stock in new offering

Avalara beat analyst expectations for its second quarter earnings report, posting $116.5 million in revenue, up 28% year-over-year, and a… Read More

Spencer Rascoff

Tech Moves: Zillow co-founder joins Palantir board; Hootsuite names new CEO; and more

— Zillow Group co-founder and former CEO Spencer Rascoff joined the board of Palantir Technologies, a big data company backed… Read More

Tax automation company Avalara beats estimates with $111M in Q1 revenue

Shares of Avalara were down nearly 3 percent in after-hours trading following the company’s first quarter earnings report. Avalara grew… Read More

New data reveals how consumer spending habits have changed since the coronavirus crisis began

Companies that offer digital services or sell goods online are seeing a huge surge in demand from customers under widespread… Read More

Tech Moves: David Shim to lead Foursquare-Factual merged company; former Gates Foundation CEO joins Pfizer board; and more

— Location data companies Foursquare and Factual are merging. The combined company will be led by Placed founder David Shim… Read More

Avalara posts $107M in Q4 revenue, up 40%, as new execs help lead tax automation company

Shares of Avalara were down nearly 3 percent in after-hours trading following the company’s fourth quarter earnings report. Avalara grew… Read More

Tech Moves: CFO shuffle at RealNetworks; Avalara, RFPIO, Hiya add execs; and more

— Cary Baker, currently chief financial officer at RealNetworks, will leave the company in February to join Seattle-based RFID maker… Read More

These tech stocks were the biggest winners and losers in the Seattle area for 2019

Microsoft and Amazon are the centerpieces of Seattle’s booming tech scene, and 2019 was a big year for both of… Read More

GeekWire 200 update: Heavily funded startups climb the list of top Pacific NW tech companies

At first glance, the GeekWire 200 might not seem that different today than it did a year ago. But a… Read More

Avalara stock jumps 5% after beating Q3 estimates with $98.5M in revenue, up 41%

Shares of Avalara were up more than 5 percent in after-hours trading after the Seattle-based tax automation company beat estimates… Read More

How life lessons learned from baseball help drive Avalara exec Liz Armbruester

Liz Armbruester clearly remembers her moment of reckoning. She was dropping off the oldest of her two sons for his… Read More

Avalara posts $91M in revenue, up 43%, as sales tax automation company hits 10,000 customers

Shares in Avalara are on the rise as the sales tax automation company posted rapid revenue growth and narrowing losses,… Read More

Avalara looks to raise an additional $222M in new offering, one year after original IPO

Avalara is looking to raise more cash from the public market. The Seattle sales tax automation software company filed paperwork… Read More

Avalara market value climbs past $4B as tax automation company posts $85M in Q1 revenue

Shares of Avalara were up as much as 10 percent in after-hours trading Tuesday after the Seattle-based sales tax automation… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2019: Top acquisitions and IPOs highlight Deal of the Year category

Like a Reese’s Cup, this GeekWire Awards category offers an appetizing combination — not chocolate and peanut butter, but the… Read More

Avalara adds former PayPal, Goldman Sachs and Indix execs to leadership team

Seattle-based tax compliance company Avalara added a trio of new executives to its leadership team, the company announced today. Avalara… Read More

Warburg Pincus sells 4.7M shares of tax automation company Avalara worth around $230M

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus sold 4.7 million shares of Seattle-based sales tax automation company Avalara this week, according to… Read More

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