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Funding

Seattle-area cybersecurity startup Polyverse raises $16M

Bellevue, Wash.-based cybersecurity startup Polyverse raised another $16 million to help sell its software used by government organizations, defense companies,… Read More

Cisco’s VC arm invests in Seattle-based manufacturing analytics software startup Seeq

Seeq raised another $28 million for its analytics software used by industrial manufacturers to collect and analyze data. Founded in… Read More

Seattle health tech startup Optimize.health raises $15.6M for remote patient monitoring service

Seattle startup Optimize.health raised $15.6 million to help meet demand for its remote patient monitoring technology as investor interest in… Read More

Madrona leads $9M investment in coffee startup Trade, which connects home brewers to roasters

If you’re home-brewed coffee is one of the less appealing aspects of working from home, perhaps you need a fresh… Read More

Seattle startup Boundless raises $7.5M to acquire rival RapidVisa and grow online immigration tools

Earlier this year, Xiao Wang was playing defense. His Seattle startup, online immigration service Boundless, went line-by-line through its expenses,… Read More

Seattle biotech startup led by Fred Hutch, Adaptive vets raises $16M for rapid drug development tech

Lumen Bioscience today announced a $16 million Series B round to help support its novel approach to rapid and low-cost… Read More

Former Amazon, Microsoft engineers raise $120K for Seattle cloud startup Cloudshim

A new startup out of Seattle called Cloudshim just raised $120,000 to help grow the company’s self-serve cloud management platform.… Read More

KitoTech raises $3M as demand soars for its at-home no-stitch wound closure kit

Seattle healthcare startup KitoTech Medical faced a challenge at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was difficult to pitch… Read More

Battery startup Joule Case lands $500K after making key pivot due to the pandemic

Joule Case, an Idaho-based battery tech startup producing stackable energy storage units, landed more than $500,000 in funding. The infusion… Read More

Part apartment, part hotel, Sonder moves into Seattle with its tech-enabled hospitality option

Sonder, a tech-enabled hospitality company, is moving into Seattle. The San Francisco-based startup, which is part hotel and part apartment-style… Read More

Headset raises $3.2M to grow marijuana data platform as cannabis sales surge amid pandemic

Seattle startup Headset just raised an additional $3.2 million as the 5-year-old company expands its business intelligence platform used by… Read More

Barn2Door raises $6M as demand rises for its software used by farmers to sell food online

The pandemic is increasing demand for grocery and food delivery. Seattle startup Barn2Door is riding this trend and just raised… Read More

Madrona leads $4.9M round for Stratify, a new fintech startup that aims to automate budgeting

Stratify came out of stealth mode and announced a $4.9 million seed investment round led by Madrona Venture Group. The… Read More

Seattle startup founder on the discrimination-busting advantages of VC fundraising during COVID

Sarah Haggard just raised an investment round remotely due to COVID-19 and found advantages compared to doing it in person… Read More

Led by former Convoy exec, new Seattle recruiting startup Candidate lands $1M to rethink referrals

A new Seattle startup is gaining traction and investor attention for its business idea that rethinks the job candidate referral… Read More

Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence’s new fund makes first investment, backing Panda AI

Panda AI announced an investment from the new fund out of Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2). GeekWire first reported… Read More

Cannabis e-commerce startup Dutchie raises $35M from Howard Schultz, Snoop Dogg, Kevin Durant

Dutchie, the Bend, Ore.-based creators of an e-commerce platform that helps cannabis dispensaries facilitate online orders, has raised $35 million… Read More

How a call to Seattle startup Nexme’s toll-free number led to a seed round worth $500k

Angel investments don’t often begin with an unexpected call to your startup’s toll-free number. Seattle-based Nexme had launched its minimally… Read More

No company, no product, no problem: Video platform raises $2.3M by leveraging earlier success

It’s not easy to raise more than $2 million in a pre-seed round without a minimally viable product, let alone… Read More

Seattle startup led by former K2 exec raises $950K to help you sleep better while camping

Aaron Ambuske was tired of getting poor sleep while camping. As a longtime outdoor industry product developer, he began tinkering… Read More

Atomo Coffee raises $9M and will build a Seattle roastery for its molecular brew near Starbucks HQ

That’s a lot of beans. Or, lack of beans. Seattle-based Atomo Coffee has raised $9 million in new funding to… Read More

Hospitality startup Loge raises $15M to weather ‘uncertain times’ and expand to more locations

Hospitality startup Loge, which promotes a love of the outdoors and adventure sports through its hip, motel-style locations, has raised… Read More

New biotech startup GentiBio lands $20M, inks licensing deals with Seattle Children’s and BRI

Boston-based biotech startup GentiBio this week announced a $20 million funding round and licensing deals with two Seattle research institutions.… Read More

Seattle startup Xealth lands investment from Cerner as COVID-19 accelerates digital health adoption

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing hospital systems to adopt digital tools at record pace. They are getting help from startups… Read More

Life-and-career path platform OwnTrail raises $250K, builds ‘work from garage’ office space

Seattle-based OwnTrail launched in February, just before COVID-19 turned the world upside down — but the startup is weathering the… Read More

Seattle startup Minnow raises $2.2M to roll out contactless food delivery pickup stations

Seattle startup Minnow is hoping to capture some of the increased demand for contactless technologies as a result of the… Read More

Jay-Z’s VC firm invests in Seattle startup Wyze, which plans smart thermostat and video doorbell

Wyze Labs has added an additional $5 million to a Series A-1 financing round, closing out $15 million in new… Read More

JetClosing raises $8.5M as pandemic highlights demand for digital title and escrow service

Social distancing rules due to the COVID-19 pandemic are driving up demand for JetClosing‘s digital home closing service. The startup just… Read More

Another unicorn in Seattle: Digital remittance startup Remitly raises $85M at $1.5B valuation

The unicorns are sprouting up in Seattle. The latest newly-minted billion-dollar startup in the Emerald City is digital remittance platform… Read More

Bungie vets raise $9M for VR game studio Polyarc to pursue augmented reality development

Virtual and augmented reality have yet to catch on with mainstream consumers, but investors are still betting on the immersive… Read More

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