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Funding

Andy Liu’s Unlock Venture Partners becomes latest early-stage firm to invest in Seattle startups

Unlock Venture Partners is the latest early-stage investment firm that sees big opportunity in Seattle. Co-led by longtime Seattle-area entrepreneur… Read More

Univ. of Washington spinout Membrion raises $1.8M for molecule filter technology

From winning the University of Washington Business Plan Competition to raising investment dollars, it’s been a busy past year-and-a-half for… Read More

Enterprise and Hyundai invest in $9M round for ‘Netflix of transportation’ app Migo

Seattle startup Migo is raising more cash to help grow its transportation search engine app across North America. The company… Read More

Real estate investment platform CrowdStreet raises $8M to develop new products and services

Portland, Ore.-based CrowdStreet, the crowdfunding commercial real estate investment platform, has raised $8 million in a Series B funding round… Read More

Optio3 raises $2.5M for enterprise IoT operations management software

Seattle startup Optio3 has raised $2.5 million for its enterprise IoT management software that helps real estate and transportation companies gain… Read More

TerraClear raises $5.5M as Smartsheet co-founder continues work on rock-picking robot for farmers

Brent Frei is learning how to pick rocks with a robot as he continues to work on his new company,… Read More

Female Founders Alliance unveils immersive ‘Ready Set Raise’ program to help women land startup investments

Female Founders Alliance is launching a program to help women entrepreneurs land early-stage startup investments, using input from female founders… Read More

With $57.5B invested so far in 2018, VC funding for U.S. startups reaching ‘unprecedented levels’

The amount of venture capital funding pouring into U.S. startups is on pace to reach levels unseen since the early… Read More

Unify Square raises $10M to help businesses deploy Skype and Microsoft Teams

Unify Square has raised an additional $10 million to help fuel growth of its platform that helps clients manage Microsoft communication products like… Read More

Taunt

Taunt esports startup raises $3M to build new platform for fan interaction

Taunt, a Seattle-based startup that allows esports fans to interact and predict game outcomes, announced Thursday that it has closed a… Read More

Crowd Cow

Crowd Cow raises $8M from Ashton Kutcher, Joe Montana, Madrona and others to grow digital marketplace for craft meats

Three years after getting started with a plan to change how people shop for quality beef products, Seattle-based Crowd Cow… Read More

Stats show drop-off in follow-on funding rounds for women-led startups compared to male peers

It’s a difficult funding environment for female entrepreneurs in today’s technology industry, where less than 3 percent of venture capital dollars went to… Read More

Cartogram raises more cash from Cyanogen founder, Bing Maps vet for mapping tech startup

Cartogram has reeled in more cash to help expand the use of its mapping technology. The Seattle-area startup just raised… Read More

Zembula raises more cash to help marketers capture emails

Zembula has raised another round of investment to help marketers acquire more email addresses. The Portland startup just closed a… Read More

Marketing startup Lytics raises $14M to help brands understand their customers with data

Lytics has raised more funding to fuel growth of its customer data marketing platform. The 6-year-old Portland startup today announced… Read More

Cryptocurrency startup Strix Leviathan raises $1.6M from Joe Montana, Doug Baldwin, VC firms

The world of cryptocurrency looks a lot like the wild west right now. In just the past week, Google announced… Read More

Boeing helps lead new $32M investment in Singularity University, explores deeper partnership

Aerospace giant Boeing is teaming up with Kirkland, Wash.-based WestRiver Group to lead a $32 million Series B investment round… Read More

SEEVA raises $2M and hires former Toyota exec to help self-driving cars navigate tricky weather

Autonomous driving technology is improving rapidly but self-driving cars still struggle in poor weather conditions. SEEVA sees that as a… Read More

Shiftboard raises $11.5M for employee schedule management platform, 17 years after launching

More than 17 years after launching, Shiftboard today announced a $11.5 million Series A investment round. Founded in 2002, Shiftboard… Read More

Streem raises $1.7M, brings augmented reality and streaming tech to home service professionals

A Portland startup wants to help home service professionals speed up their workflow and waste less time by using augmented… Read More

Tempered Networks raises another $7M for ‘identity-defined networking’ cybersecurity software

Tempered Networks has raised another $7 million to help protect companies from cyberattacks with its “identity-defined networking” technology. Jeff Hussey, the company’s… Read More

CityBldr raises cash, prepares to expand to California with software that reveals hidden real estate value

Seattle startup CityBldr is breaking new ground, boosted by fresh funding from undisclosed investors. The startup’s chief executive, Bryan Copley,… Read More

‘Google’ of industrial process data Seeq raising more cash for analytics platform

Seeq, a Seattle-based startup that helps process manufacturing organizations better understand their data, is raising more cash. According to a… Read More

Intel Capital invests in IOTAS, a Portland-based ‘smart apartment’ startup

IOTAS is raising more cash to build out its smart apartment technology platform. Intel Capital is the latest firm to… Read More

NFL star Russell Wilson invests in high-tech helmet maker Vicis as total funding nears $50M

Vicis is adding another big name to its investor list as the startup gears up to make its high-tech football… Read More

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Koru raises $3M for predictive hiring platform that helps companies identify ideal candidates

Koru’s pivot seems to be working well so far. The Seattle startup just reeled in a $3 million round from… Read More

EchoNous announces $35M in new funding for mini, AI-driven ultrasound devices

  EchoNous — a company based in Redmond, Wash., working to develop next-generation ultrasound devices — announced Thursday that it has received… Read More

Ad Lightning raises more cash to fuel growth of digital ad quality monitoring service

Programmatic advertising has helped digital marketers and advertisers with automation and scale. But it can also cause headaches for publishers… Read More

Agriculture startup raises $7M to grow apples, cherries, and nuts in high-tech gel

Phytelligence is raising more cash to further develop its technology that helps grow food crops like apples, cherries, hops, and… Read More

Uber, Instagram, Fitbit investors put $2.4M behind job interview matching platform TalentWorks

It can be difficult to find a job that matches your interests and qualifications, particularly just after graduating from college… Read More

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