Wildfire recovery and carbon capture company Mast Reforestation lands $25M Seattle’s Mast Reforestation announced today $25 million in new funding and an expansion of its operations into “wood vaulting” in… Read More
Wildfire restoration startup DroneSeed creates parent brand, acquires California’s largest tree seed supplier DroneSeed, a Seattle startup using technology to help restore forests scorched by wildfire, announced Tuesday that it is now operating… Read More
A modern Johnny Appleseed: Meet the Seattle drone startup replanting forests after wildfires A swarm of giant drones navigates a scorched moonscape, tracing the rugged topography. The scene has a desolate, sci-fi vibe… Read More
Tech Moves: Lighthouse names CEO; Mariners hire Accolade director; and more — Ron Markezich will succeed Brian McManus as CEO of Seattle-based Lighthouse, which provides electronic discovery products and other services… Read More
Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft manager joins DroneSeed; former WSJ columnist lands at Amazon — Matt Shaw, former chief people officer at Climate, joined DroneSeed as the startup’s first chief people officer. Founded in… Read More
Salesforce chief Marc Benioff and Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke invest in reforestation startup DroneSeed New funding: As wildfires continue to burn in the Western U.S., reforestation startup DroneSeed on Wednesday announced a $36 million… Read More
Tech Moves: Leafly names CEO; early Amazon exec departs; Microsoft vet named DocuSign CTO; ex-Vicis CEO lands new gig; more — Leafly General Counsel Yoko Miyashita will take over as chief executive officer from outgoing CEO Tim Leslie. Miyashita joined… Read More
Axon hires Amazon exec; PayScale loses another chief; Ookla, DroneSeed, Armoire add leaders; and more Tech Moves — Axon landed former Amazon executive Jeff Kunins as chief product officer and executive vice president of software. Kunins was… Read More
Why Walmart wants to patent robot bees Robot bees have hit the big time. In the 10 days since Walmart’s patent application for “systems and methods for… Read More
DroneSeed raises cash to replant trees using drones Seattle-based DroneSeed has raised more than $5 million in funding for a venture that uses drones to plant trees and… Read More
Startup Spotlight: DroneSeed use drone and mapping technology to help replant forests Forests provide essential resources, vast ecosystems, and remove carbon from the environment — they are essential for all life. But… Read More
