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Founder’s Co-op

Video: Andy Sack of Founder’s Co-op accepts a WTIA award

The Washington Technology Industry Association’s Industry Achievement Awards were held this week in Seattle. The annual awards are a fun… 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

Urban Airship lands former Skype executive as chief revenue officer

Urban Airship, a Portland upstart that provides behind-the-scenes services like push notifications and in-app purchasing for mobile apps, has named former… 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

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

Gary Flake names all-star cast of investors in Clipboard’s $1.4M round

Back in April, we discovered Gary Flake’s stealthy Internet startup Clipboard, reporting on the company’s $1.38 million venture round. At… 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

Urban Airship takes flight with purchase of SimpleGeo

Urban Airship, a Portland startup that specializes in push notifications and in-app transactions, has acquired San Francisco’s SimpleGeo in an… Read More

Ignition, Founder’s Co-op and Madrona join forces to back AppFog

Three Seattle area venture capital firms are allying to back Portland’s AppFog, which has created new technologies that allow developers… Read More

Zipline names ex-Microsoft gaming vet Shane Kim to board, raises $400,000

Shane Kim has helped put some of the most recognizable gaming titles on the map, including Halo and Gears of… 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

A night at the Seattle 2.0 Awards: Watch the speeches of the 10 winners

Seattle’s startup community partied Thursday night at the annual Seattle 2.0 Awards, a celebration of the region’s top tinkerers, geeks,… Read More

Podcast

Rewind: Andy Sack on startups, TechStars and the promise of Seattle’s tech scene

Joining us for our latest GeekWire Podcast was Andy Sack of TechStars Seattle, Founders Co-op and Revenue Loan — the… Read More

CPMs or CPCs? Nope, BigDoor has its eye on the CPQ: Cost Per Quest

You may have heard of CPMs or CPCs. But Seattle startup BigDoor wants to start a movement around another online… Read More

Thinkfuse raises cash to revolutionize status reports

Thinkfuse, a Seattle startup led by former Market Leader and iLike product manager Aydin Ghajar and former Microsoft software engineers… Read More

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