Stem cell biology company Fate Therapeutics files for $69 million IPO Could this be another example of a startup that got away? Fate Therapeutics, which started in Seattle six years ago… Read More
Venture capitalist Mark Ashida takes reins at cloud storage startup Symform Well, here’s one job you can score if your venture capital firm starts to wind down: Take over the CEO… Read More
National Association of Realtors invests $3M in cloud storage startup Symform The venture capital arm of the National Association of Realtors today announced that it is investing $3 million in Symform,… Read More
Seattle VCs honor one of the region’s ‘founding fathers’ Chad Waite has been an important fixture in the Seattle venture capital community for 25 years, joining OVP Venture Partners… Read More
NanoString lands $15.3M for genetic analysis system NanoString Technologies continues to rake in new capital, announcing today that it has raised $15.3 million from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital… Read More
OVP Venture Partners to close after nearly 30 years The message on the Web site of OVP Venture Partners kind of says it all: “We are not currently accepting… Read More
Cloud storage startup Symform raises $11 million There’s been a steady stream of venture capital activity in Seattle enterprise software companies in recent weeks, from the $50… Read More
With defense work growing, Adapx scores $3 million Adapx, whose Capturx software for digital pens is used by the military and corporations such as Carnival and Microsoft, has… Read More
MicroRNA startup Groove Biopharma scores $6 million It’s been a bit slow in Seattle venture capital circles in the past few months. But some of the region’s… Read More
Adapx wins $1.65M DARPA contract to bring speech and sketch to battlefield plans Seattle startup Adapx has won a $1.65 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to incorporate speech… Read More
NanoString lands $20 million NanoString Technologies, a maker of genomic analysis tools, has raised $20 million in venture capital financing in a deal led… Read More
Take the Money and Run: An Insider’s Guide to Venture Capital [Editor’s note: Gerry Langeler of OVP Venture Partners shares an excerpt from his new book “Take the Money and Run:… Read More
Cloud storage provider Symform adds $1M, plans HQ move in Seattle Symform, which made some waves earlier this week when it announced a new referral program in which customers can earn… Read More
Lucid Commerce scores $8M to tell TV advertisers if campaigns are working There’s no shortage of companies that help advertisers make better sense of how ad campaigns perform online. But what about… Read More
What a long strange trip it has been: Highway 12 Ventures to wind down new investing Venture capital firms are bit like old soldiers. They never really die, they just sort of fade away. And that… Read More
Roving CEO Matthew Schiltz lands at the helm of Symform Matthew Schiltz sure gets around. The Seattle technology executive just three months ago was named CEO of Powerit Solutions, a… Read More
Digital pen software maker Adapx inks $5 million round Adapx, whose software powers digital pen technologies so workers can easily collect data in the field, has scored a $5… Read More
Growth spurt continues at DataSphere; hyperlocal blog platform to hire 220 in Ariz. DataSphere Technologies may specialize in hyperlocal advertising. But the Bellevue company is undergoing what can only be described as …… Read More
