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BELLEVUE, Wash. — Quantum physics and outer space may seem as different as two tech frontiers can be, but the challenges facing Pacific Northwest ventures aiming to make their fortune on those frontiers are surprisingly similar. Read More

Automating ‘science of war’: Exia Labs raises $2.5M to build AI for military operations

Jonathan Pan spent five years in the U.S. Army and then ventured into the video game industry. Now he’s combining… Read More

These colorful AI aliens could be your new virtual best friend as startup lands $10M to launch Tolan

The promise and potential of artificial intelligence to be more than just a disembodied voice or text bubble took another… Read More

CarbonQuest, which captures carbon emitted from industrial sites, closes $20M round

CarbonQuest has closed a $20 million investment round led by Riverbend Energy Group. GeekWire previously reported on the funding in… Read More

Bridgetown, a Seattle startup that uses AI agents to automate research tasks, raises $19M

Bridgetown Research, a Seattle-based startup that uses AI to help investment firms and corporate teams supercharge their research efforts, raised… Read More

Spokane startup that gives labs a green seal of approval raises $5M

Impact Laboratories, a startup verifying the environmental bona fides of some 3,800 labs worldwide, announced nearly $5 million in funding… Read More

Opal, a Vancouver startup that automates back-office tasks for ad agencies, raises $1.5M

Vancouver, B.C.-based startup Opal raised a $1.5 million pre-seed round led by Seattle venture firm Founders’ Co-op and Exit North… Read More

Microsoft’s venture fund M12 leads $15M round for Seattle cloud infrastructure startup Edera

Edera, a Seattle-based startup that helps companies secure their Kubernetes and AI workloads, raised a $15 million Series A round… Read More

Zillow vets launch HouseWhisper, giving real estate agents an AI assistant to help with workload

Three veterans of Zillow Group who helped turn the Seattle real estate company into a tech powerhouse have joined forces… Read More

Qualterra raises $4.5M to turn organic waste into carbon-trapping, crop-boosting biochar

There’s a pleasing circularity to Qualterra’s ag-tech operations. The Eastern Washington company takes crop and forestry wastes, applies a patented… Read More

Kapta Space, a Seattle startup working with the Department of Defense, raises $5M

Kapta Space, a radar technology startup based in Seattle, raised $5 million in a seed round led by MetaVC Partners.… Read More

Former Intel leaders raise $21.5M for Portland startup AheadComputing

AheadComputing, a Portland, Ore.-based startup led by former Intel execs, raised $21.5 million in a seed round led by Eclipse.

Compliance software startup SingleFile raises $9M

SingleFile Technologies, a legal tech startup based in Seattle that helps companies file compliance reports with government agencies, raised $9… Read More

Bill Gates-backed semiconductor startup Lumotive raises $45M

Lumotive, a Redmond, Wash.-based startup that manufactures semiconductor chips tailored for 3D sensors, raised $45 million in a Series B… Read More

AI recruiting startup led by former Microsoft manager raises $16M

ConverzAI, a Seattle startup founded in 2019 that aims to automate recruiting processes, raised $16 million in a Series A… Read More

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

Official AI raises $2M for platform that enables authentic AI content creation for brands and talent

Official AI, a Seattle startup whose platform helps brands and talent create and collaborate on AI-generated image and audio content,… Read More

Seattle’s DeltaGen raises $1.2M to market its generative AI tech for streamlining M&A deals

DeltaGen, a Seattle startup offering software that helps companies apply generative AI tools to their processes, has raised $1.2 million.… Read More

Dopl Technologies raises $1.5M to fuel mission of delivering telerobotic care to underserved areas

Dopl Technologies, a Seattle startup working to bring diagnostic exams and interventional procedures to underserved communities via telerobotics, raised $1.5… Read More

Tidal Vision, a company turning tossed crab shells into a green chemical, nets $140M in funding

Tidal Vision, a green chemistry company founded by a former Alaska fishing boat captain, has raised $140 million to fund… Read More

Tire recycling tech startup with link to Costco lands $40M from former CEO Jim Sinegal and others

Prism Worldwide is likely the swan song for Bob Abramowitz, its CEO and 66-year-old co-founder. The tire recycling company is also… Read More

Flexport, Amazon vets raise $5M to automate data and document processing for freight forwarders

Freightmate, a Seattle-area startup that aims to streamline how freight forwarders process documents and data, raised $5 million in a… Read More

Oregon legal tech startup raises $22M to fuel AI platform that speeds research, drafting and more

Paxton, a Bend, Ore.-based legal tech startup, raised $22 million to fuel growth of its AI-powered platform, the company announced… Read More

3D-modeling startup Canvas, led by former Moz CEO Sarah Bird, lands $10M

Canvas, a startup providing technology for 3D measurements and modeling used in architecture, interior design and construction, today announced $10… Read More

Cybersecurity startup Eclypsium raises $45M to help companies secure their infrastructure

Eclypsium, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that helps Fortune 500 companies and government agencies strengthen the cybersecurity of their technical infrastructure,… Read More

Sam Altman, SoftBank invest in $425M round for Helion, a Seattle-area startup chasing fusion power

Helion Energy announced a $425 million funding round that will help the Seattle-area fusion company chase the “Holy Grail” of… Read More

Seattle software startup led by cybersecurity vet lands $5.7M to create virtual security engineers

Staris, a new Seattle-based application security startup founded by technology industry veterans, raised $5.7 million in a seed round led… Read More

Former Google VP raises $10M for new startup building AI agents for retail businesses

A onetime Seattle startup founder who went on to lead engineering teams at Google, Meta, Yahoo, Tinder and LinkedIn, is… Read More

Fortive invests in Glue, a startup led by former Tektronix exec that automates hardware testing

Glue announced a $2 million pre-seed round led by industrial giant Fortive that will help the new Seattle startup bolster… Read More

Canadian startup giving EV batteries a second life lands $15M from Amazon and others

Moment Energy, a startup turning used batteries from electric vehicles into energy storage systems, announced a $15 million round co-led… Read More