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Funding

Seattle startup Swiftly lands $100M to help grocers fend off Amazon and other e-commerce players

Swiftly, a Seattle startup that provides software to brick-and-mortar grocery retailers such as Family Dollar and The Save Mart Companies,… Read More

Funding news: Microsoft vets raise $12M for Round; PTO Exchange lands $5M; and more

— Round, a Seattle startup founded by former Microsoft leaders, raised a $12 million seed round. The company aims to help… Read More

Toyota invests in Nori, a carbon removal startup trying to help reverse climate change

Nori, a Seattle startup that sells carbon credits to individuals and businesses to offset carbon emissions, raised $7 million in… Read More

Tagboard, which helps cable giants and sports teams produce live content, lands $8M

Seattle-area startup Tagboard raised $8 million to boost its live production technology used by sports and entertainment companies. Founded in… Read More

Seattle firm Fuse leads $12M round for Vancouver hospitality tech startup Operto

Operto, a Vancouver, B.C. startup that sells software to hotels, resorts, vacation rentals and more, landed a $12 million Series… Read More

Cloud operations startup MontyCloud lands $3M

MontyCloud, a Seattle startup that helps companies manage their cloud operations, raised $3 million. Founded in 2018, the 22-person startup… Read More

Democratized diagnostics: Uh-Oh Labs develops tech for accurate COVID home tests and beyond

Biotech startup Uh-Oh Labs wasn’t so much bootstrapped in its early days as it was deadlifted. Founder and CEO Cameron… Read More

Reducing contamination during blood tests: Magnolia Medical lands $46M to fuel growth

Magnolia Medical Technologies, which markets devices to reduce blood sample contamination while puncturing the skin, has raised $46 million. The… Read More

Temporal is a unicorn: Developer productivity startup lands $103M at $1.5B valuation

The news: Temporal, a Seattle startup that helps companies write and run cloud applications, has reached unicorn status. The 55-person… Read More

Real estate startup Showdigs raises $7.4M as it looks to grow team and expand across U.S.

Showdigs, a Seattle real estate technology startup, has raised $7.4 million in new funding. Founded in 2018, the company makes… Read More

The ‘golden age’ for research tools: Parse Biosciences raises $41.5M for single-cell tech

Alex Rosenberg was a postdoc at the University of Washington when he co-founded a new biotech startup in 2018 and… Read More

Proxi morphs from trick-or-treating tool to an ambitious mapping startup that just raised $1.2M

Melinda Haughey and other parents were desperate for safe trick-or-treating in the midst of the pandemic in 2020. They began… Read More

Kevala lands $12.1M to address worker shortages for healthcare companies

Seattle-based Kevala, which helps healthcare facilities find and manage workers, has raised $12.1 million. The startup supports staffing, compliance and… Read More

Vaccine startup Curevo takes on pharma giant GSK, raises $60M for trial of shingles shot

Curevo has raised $60 million to develop a new vaccine for shingles, an often-painful condition caused by reactivation of the… Read More

Perfect pivot: Mystery hits $100M valuation after shift from date facilitator to employee engagement

Seattle-based Mystery pivoted during the pandemic to a B2B event-facilitation model intended to boost employee engagement and morale at companies.… Read More

Funding news: Materials maker lands $14M, cybersecurity startup raises $4.5M, and more

Here’s a roundup of recent funding news from Pacific Northwest startups: Modumetal, a Seattle-area industrial startup that makes coating technologies,… Read More

This Seattle startup just raised $2.2M for an app that detects ear infections

The news: Wavely Diagnostics, a Seattle-based startup developing a smartphone app to detect ear infections, has raised $2.2 million to… Read More

‘The darkest, most bottomless pit in healthcare’: Goodbill raises $3.4M to tackle medical billing

If you dare, try searching online for “hospital bill nightmares.” The query will yield page after page of terrifying, outrageous… Read More

Flush with cash: Bezos and big-name celebs get behind tree-free toilet paper startup with $5M

The news: Cloud Paper, the Seattle startup that makes toilet paper and paper towels from bamboo in an effort to… Read More

Cybersecurity startup PlexTrac raises $70M

PlexTrac, a Boise, Id.-based cybersecurity software startup, raised a $70 million Series B round led by Insight Partners, with participation… Read More

StarCraft, Rockstar, ArenaNet vets land $5M for stealthy Seattle studio Lost Lake Games

Lost Lake Games, a new Seattle startup led by longtime gaming industry leaders, raised $5 million. Esports and gaming-focused VC… Read More

Unlock Venture Partners raises $60M for second fund, will invest in more Seattle and L.A. startups

The news: Unlock Venture Partners, a seed-stage firm that invests in Seattle and Los Angeles-based startups, raised a $60 million… Read More

Iasis Molecular Sciences founder and CEO David Vachon. (Iasis Photo)

Antimicrobial biotech startup lands $1.25M grant to develop urinary catheter

Spokane, Wash.-based biotech startup Iasis Molecular Sciences received a $1.25 million grant from a U.S. government program that addresses spinal… Read More

Zymeworks aims to raise $100M in public offering amid leadership shakeup

Zymeworks is looking to raise $100 million in a public offering, barely a week since new CEO Kenneth Galbraith took… Read More

Logixboard lands $32M as supply chain chaos drives demand for freight forwarding software

The news: Logixboard, a Seattle startup that sells software to freight forwarding companies, raised $32 million. It follows a $13… Read More

Boeing puts $450M into company building electric, autonomous, passenger-carrying planes

Boeing is investing $450 million in Wisk Aero, a company that’s building all-electric, autonomous, passenger-carrying aircraft. Wisk is developing its… Read More

Seattle startup Atlas Health raises $40M to connect health systems with philanthropic aid for patients

Atlas Health, a Seattle-based startup that helps healthcare providers connect to sources of philanthropic medical aid, has raised $40 million.… Read More

SAP backs contract management software startup Icertis, following recent SoftBank investment

Icertis, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that sells contract management software, landed an undisclosed investment from SAP as part of an… Read More

Seattle VC firm Fuse reveals size of inaugural fund that has backed 17 Pacific Northwest startups

Fuse, a new Seattle-based early-stage venture capital firm, has disclosed the size of its inaugural fund for the first time.… Read More

Bateau lands $4M for software used by senior living companies

Bateau, a Seattle startup that makes business intelligence software for senior living companies, raised a $4 million round led by… Read More

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