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Funding

Seattle startup Heard raises $1.3M to help mental health professionals run their own business

New funding: Heard, a 2-year-old startup aiming to help mental health professionals manage bookkeeping and taxes, raised $1.3 million. The company:… Read More

OctoML raises $28M grow machine learning software used by Qualcomm, Microsoft, AMD

New funding: Seattle-based startup OctoML raised a $28 million Series B round. The University of Washington spinout aims to help… Read More

Cannabis retail tech startup Dutchie valued at $1.7B after raising $200M

Dutchie, the Bend, Ore.-based creators of an e-commerce platform that helps cannabis dispensaries facilitate online orders, has raised $200 million… Read More

Smart home startup Deako raises $12.5M, says its light switches are becoming ‘industry standard’

New funding: Seattle startup Deako Lighting raised $12.5 million as part of a Series B round to fuel growth of… Read More

JetClosing closes $11M investment round, names Seattle tech vet Anna Collins as CEO

New funding: Seattle digital home closing service JetClosing closed an $11 million Series B round. Funds and accounts advised by T.… Read More

Seattle-area startup Icertis now valued at $2.8 billion after fresh $80M round

Icertis has raised a new $80 million investment round, pushing its valuation to $2.8 billion, up from $1.1 billion in… Read More

Sister-in-law founding team raises $1.6M to digitize transactions for weddings and events

New funding: Rock Paper Coin, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that sells software to help put on weddings and other events, raised… Read More

TheWMarketplace raises $500K to grow platform supporting women entrepreneurs

New funding: Seattle-based TheWMarketplace recently closed a $500,000 pre-seed round that will help fund the expansion of its online sales… Read More

Visus Therapeutics raises $36M from J&J’s VC arm, others to develop eye drop that treats presbyopia

Visus Therapeutics, a Seattle-based startup developing a presbyopia-correcting eye drop, raised $36 million. Johnson & Johnson Innovation, the venture capital… Read More

Recruiting startup SeekOut raises $65M to take on LinkedIn and other talent acquisition companies

New funding: Seattle-area startup SeekOut raised $65 million to fuel growth of its recruiting software. The 4-year-old company is profitable and… Read More

Banzai raises $15M as investors pour cash into virtual event platforms

Banzai, a Seattle startup that sells event marketing software, raised $15 million in venture debt funding. Columbia Pacific Advisors led… Read More

Pioneer Square Labs raises $100M fund for venture arm to back more Pacific Northwest startups

Pioneer Square Labs has raised $100 million for its second venture fund, a key milestone for the 5-year-old Seattle firm… Read More

Presage Biosciences raises $13M and inks new deal with Merck for cancer drug tests

New funds, new partners: Seattle’s Presage Biosciences announced $13 million in funding as well new collaborations with biotech giant Merck… Read More

Led by co-creator of Nintendo’s Power Glove, this startup raised $2M for its restaurant tech

New funding: Vancouver, Wash.-based startup Perfect Company just reeled in $2 million of a larger round to help grow its… Read More

Reperio Health raises $6M for at-home medical test subscription service aimed at employers

New funding: Reperio Health, a Portland-based health tech company, has raised more than $6 million as part of its seed… Read More

SoundCommerce raises $15M to help online retailers ‘think and act like Amazon’

Another Seattle e-commerce logistics startup is raising more cash. This time it’s SoundCommerce, which just announced a $15 million Series… Read More

Another unicorn in Seattle: Enterprise sales startup Highspot raises $200M round at a $2.3B valuation

Highspot has joined the growing list of billion-dollar startups sprouting up in the Seattle area. Seattle’s newest unicorn just raised… Read More

E-commerce logistics startup Pipe17 raises $8M amid pandemic-driven online shopping surge

New funding: Seattle startup Pipe17 announced an $8 million seed funding round for its platform that helps online retailers tie… Read More

Knock raises $20M as pandemic drives demand for software used by apartment property managers

New funding: Knock announced a $20 million round to fuel growth of its apartment property management software. It follows a $12… Read More

Notch Therapeutics raises $85M for cancer treatments and plans to open Seattle location

New funding: Notch Therapeutics has raised a $85 million Series A round, bringing its total funding to $91 million. The… Read More

Ally raises $50M as remote work drives demand for goal-setting collaboration software

Investors are going all in on Ally. The Seattle startup just landed a $50 million Series C round led by… Read More

Fred Hutch biotech spinout Ozette raises $6M from Madrona, AI2, Vulcan

New funding: Ozette, a biotech company that last year spun out of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and was… Read More

With backing from Bill Gates, Pivotal Commware raises $50M for 5G products

Kirkland, Wash.-based Pivotal Commware says it has closed on a $50 million funding round that will help it expand research,… Read More

Fred Hutch, Univ. of Washington biotech spinout Ensoma launches with $70M in funding

New spinout: Boston-based biotech startup Ensoma launched Thursday and announced a $70 million Series A funding round. The company is… Read More

Seattle-area startup Fabric raises $43M to help retailers keep up with online shopping boom

New funding: E-commerce startup Fabric has raised $43 million to help mid-market brands that are trying to keep up with… Read More

Carbon-capture company Svante raises $75M to trap emissions at their source

Vancouver, B.C.-based Svante has closed a $75 million funding round. The company calls it “the largest private investment into point… Read More

Techstars Seattle grad Insent raises $2M to take on Drift and Intercom with B2B marketing chatbot

Insent landed $2 million to help mid-market B2B companies improve how they identify and communicate with potential buyers. The Seattle-based… Read More

Google’s AI-focused venture fund leads $5.4M investment for Seattle analytics startup Iteratively

Seattle startup Iteratively raised a $5.4 million round led by Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused venture fund. Founded in 2019 by… Read More

Rad Power Bikes raises massive $150M round to scale e-bike business across globe

After a pandemic year that spurred huge demand for its e-bikes, Rad Power Bikes is raising $150 million to fuel… Read More

Seattle startup Pandion, led by Amazon Air founder, raises $4.9M to take on modern delivery challenges

An Amazon veteran who helped the tech giant take on the explosion in e-commerce retail deliveries is striking out on… Read More

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