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Funding

Funding roundup: Nick Hanauer’s Second Avenue backs gift-box venture; support for Alzheimer’s app

Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — Online gift-giving startup Knack announced a… Read More

Funding news: Angel conference backs brain device startup, weapons detection company lands $10M

The news: Five startups jostled for $200,000 in funding in the final round of the Seattle Angel Conference, with new… Read More

Seattle appraisal startup Aloft lands $20M from real estate heavyweights

The news: Seattle-based real estate startup Aloft raised $20 million to grow its software platform used for home appraisals. The… Read More

Real estate startup Place comes out of nowhere with $100M round, led by Goldman at $1B valuation

Real estate technology and services company Place just raised the first outside capital in its history: a $100 million Series… Read More

Andreessen Horowitz leads $5M round for new blockchain gaming startup led by Microsoft vets

A new Seattle startup led by longtime entrepreneur Rahul Sood is combining a flurry of the latest tech trends — NFTs,… Read More

Shark Tank deal: Founders of prenup company land cash from Mr. Wonderful and Nextdoor founder

Sarabeth Jaffe and Julia Rodgers picked one heck of a way to meet each other for the first time in… Read More

Funding news: New crypto firm; a real estate investing platform; hydrogen fuel; B2B marketing

Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — Seattle-based real estate investment platform Cash Flow Portal… Read More

How this Seattle startup is helping shift HR diversity efforts from ‘touchy-feely’ to data driven

The news: Seattle startup Included raised a $1.9 million pre-seed round from FlyingFish, SignalFire and Ascend. Putting data in DEI: In the… Read More

Rapid COVID-19 test maker Anavasi Diagnostics lands funding from National Institutes of Health

The gist: Woodinville, Wash.-based startup Anavasi Diagnostics will advance the commercialization of its rapid COVID-19 test with $14.9 million in… Read More

Gut health startup Viome raises $54M to develop cancer diagnostics and sell microbiome kits

Viome Life Sciences has raised $54 million. The funding will bolster the company’s efforts to develop cancer diagnostics and support… Read More

Ditch the dealership: Tred raises $25M to drive more car shoppers to its online marketplace

The news: Online peer-to-peer marketplace Tred has raised $25 million in new funding to further expand its platform aimed at… Read More

Who’s raising cash? Helion, OctoML, WhyLabs, Symbl, Doorsey, Owl latest startups to land funding

Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — Seattle-based Symbl landed $17 million for… Read More

As interest in fusion energy ignites, Helion lands $500M from OpenAI CEO, Facebook co-founder

Fusion energy company Helion raised a whopping $500 million, with the possibility of an additional $1.7 billion in funding if… Read More

Pacific Northwest companies merge and raise cash to build energy efficient, modular construction tech

While COVID-19 and vaccinations have pushed many into us-versus-them camps, for Bec Chapin, the pandemic instead inspired an appreciation for… Read More

Univ. of Washington machine learning spinout OctoML raises $85M to expand its partnerships

New funding: Machine learning startup OctoML has raised $85 million in new funding, the Seattle-based company announced Monday. The fresh… Read More

Notable tech leaders back Magnify as software startup emerges with $6M in funding

New funding: Magnify, an enterprise software startup which will have operations in Seattle and Bend, Ore., has come out of… Read More

Funding news: Microsoft vets land cash for new sales data sharing startup, and more PNW deals

Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — Seattle startup Groopit landed $2 million… Read More

Rad Power Bikes lands $154M, its second mega round this year, to boost e-bike business

The gist: Rad Power Bikes just raised $154 million to fuel growth of its e-bike business. The round comes after… Read More

Founded last year, Mozart Therapeutics lands $55M to develop therapies for celiac and other diseases

A year and a few months since its founding, Mozart Therapeutics has secured $55 million to develop therapies for celiac… Read More

Funding news: Aging-wellness startup lands $27M; fintech company Embed raises $60M pre-launch

Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — Can a startup help you combat… Read More

Funding news: Camping app The Dyrt lands $11M; Cascade Seed Fund will back more PNW startups

Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — The Dyrt, the Portland, Ore.-based camping… Read More

Startup fundings: Dance Church lands $4.7M to fuel online fitness platform, and other recent PNW deals

Here’s our latest rundown on recent funding rounds raised by Pacific Northwest companies. — Dance Church, the Seattle-based creators of… Read More

Cell therapy startup Immusoft lands deal with Takeda worth potentially more than $900M

Seattle-based cell therapy startup Immusoft will collaborate with pharma giant Takeda to develop treatments targeted to the central nervous system… Read More

Execs from GitHub and Microsoft Azure invest in new AI startup that helps devs build intelligent apps

The news: Spice AI, a new Seattle startup that aims to help developers quickly build AI-powered software applications, raised a $1… Read More

Cannabis tech startup Dutchie raises $350M to double valuation to $3.75B in less than a year

Dutchie is rolling in the green. The Bend, Ore.-based creators of technology to help facilitate legal cannabis orders has raised… Read More

Technical interviewing startup Karat reaches $1.1B valuation as another unicorn emerges in Seattle

The news: Karat, a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews, raised a $110 million Series C round at a… Read More

Startup funding news: ‘Plaid for e-commerce,’ crop yield optimization, energy marketplace, more

Here’s a rundown on recent rounds raised by Pacific Northwest companies. FruitScout Yakima, Wash.-based FruitScout landed $4 million to develop… Read More

Former Kymeta CEO lands $6M to reimagine AI training with new Seattle-area startup Rendered.AI

There are a lot of potential problems with the way we train AI models. The datasets used to teach machines… Read More

For the love of gaming: Husband and wife co-founders raise $2.6M for social platform Game Jolt

Eight years after they left Zulily to concentrate full time on their social platform for gamers, husband and wife co-founders… Read More

Funding news roundup: Pandion’s parcel network, Copper’s banking app for teens, mentoring app Tribute, life navigator OwnTrail, and more deals

Pacific Northwest companies are raising venture capital dollars at a rapid clip — so much so that it’s hard to… Read More

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