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Top Pacific Northwest startup funding rounds of 2017: Remitly, Rover, Vacasa lead the way

Plenty of Pacific Northwest startups raised big funding rounds this year to fuel their growth in 2017 and beyond. The… Read More

GeekWire 200 Year in Review: A high-profile IPO, plenty of acquisitions and startups on the rise

Toward the end of last year, a report named seven Pacific Northwest startups — all of them near the top of… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Rover seeks engineers to help grow dog-sitting platform

Rover has come a long way since it was founded in Seattle in 2011. The dog-sitting tech company has acquired one… Read More

Pet owners and sitters who use Rover in New York City are barking mad over legality of the service

Pet sitters in New York City who use the popular app from Seattle-based Rover.com are apparently breaking the law and… Read More

Rover raises $65M round led by Spark Capital as pet-sitting startup aims for international expansion

Typically in today’s technology world, startup founders sit on one side of the room, pitch ideas to investors, and hope… Read More

Fast-moving Rover launches national ad campaign starring man’s best friend

Rover is growing up fast and learning some new tricks along the way. The Seattle startup is rolling out its… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Cast your ballot in a competitive field for Deal of the Year

Dealmakers were busy over the past 12 months in the Seattle area, with money flowing into IPOs, venture capital rounds… Read More

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The Week in Geek: Rover’s big acquisition, Bezos family’s record-breaking gift, and Pokemon Go’s surprising benefits

It was a busy week in Seattle — from startups to major research institutions to dogs. Rover.com, one of Seattle’s most… Read More

Rover acquires DogVacay, its biggest competitor in the online dog-sitting marketplace

Rover.com, the Seattle-based leader in the online pet sitting and dog walking marketplace, is taking a big bite out of the… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Whitepages seeks backend engineers as Seattle workforce expands

Whitepages, a leading contact information resource for North America, is adding several members to its Seattle team. One of the open positions… Read More

GeekWork Picks: M87 seeks engineers as wireless networking startup grows new Seattle HQ

M87, a mobile technology startup helmed by former T-Mobile exec Cole Brodman, made headlines last fall when it announced that it… Read More

Online pet sitting service Rover sniffing around IPO, CEO says they’re targeting 2018

Is Rover barking up the IPO tree? The fast-growing Seattle based online pet sitting and dog walking marketplace is targeting… Read More

NASA shows off robots, a VR trip to Mars, and more at CES

LAS VEGAS — NASA doesn’t make consumer electronics per say, but it does enough geeky stuff that it was right… Read More

GeekWire 200 December Update: Will more IPOs in 2017 make room at the top?

It wasn’t a banner year for IPOs in 2016 — the number of companies that went public nationally this year… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Rover seeks engineers as its dog care platform continues to expand

Rover — one of this year’s Seattle 10, an award recognizing the most promising startups in the city — is hiring new… Read More

Looking for a job in Seattle tech? Check out these picks from our GeekWork job board

MedBridge, a video-based education platform for medical professionals, is currently hiring several engineers to join its 50-person team based in… Read More

Rover raises $40M as dog-sitting platform eyes IPO and aims for profitability

What started as a fun project born at a Startup Weekend event has turned into a potential billion-dollar company that is… Read More

Tech Moves: Rover’s Matt Gamboa leaving for Austin and HomeAway; Jobaline names Douglas Johnson CEO; and more

— Matt Gamboa, a 10-year veteran of the Seattle tech scene, is leaving Rover, the network for pet sitters and dog walkers, after… Read More

Working Geek: Rover CTO Scott Porad gets his best ideas when walking his dog, naturally

Scott Porad leads the technology team at Rover, a Seattle startup that connects dog owners with boarders and walkers. So… Read More

Rover hits $100M run rate, releases new features to track Fido’s walk route and bathroom breaks

Seattle-based online pet-sitting marketplace Rover has introduced new features for its app that allow puppy parents to see exactly what their… Read More

Tech Moves: Rover.com names Steve Heaps new CFO; Tom Hale joins SurveyMonkey as president

Rover.com, the Seattle-based online pet-sitting service, has appointed Steve Heaps as CFO. In a news release Friday, the company said… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Zillow seeks development manager for popular mobile infrastructure

The Zillow Group is growing again with the addition of New York City-based Naked Apartments. In Seattle, the company is… Read More

Rover’s top dog names and other fun data from 2015 in one handy infographic

While people take inspiration from Instagram to name their kids, Seattle-based Rover released its own round-up of what’s going on… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Mars Rover’s Rob Manning, Virtual Reality Hackathon, and more

The Mars rover Curiosity celebrated its thousandth Martian day Friday, nearly three years since its historic landing on the Red Planet.… Read More

Rover raises $25M for dog sitting marketplace, will expand to more cities

Rover.com, the Seattle-based startup that connects dog owners with people to care for their pooches, today announced a $25 million… Read More

Rover.com rival DogVacay raises $25M for dog-boarding service

The dog fight between Seattle-based Rover.com and DogVacay continued today, with the latter raising a $25 million round this morning that… Read More

Dude, where’s my dog? Actor Ashton Kutcher invests in pet boarding marketplace Rover

Rover is getting a little bit of Hollywood sizzle. The Seattle-based online dog-sitting marketplace announced today that actor Ashton Kutcher — yes,… Read More

News Brief

Rover expands ‘premier’ dog-sitting service to Portland

Rover, the Seattle-based startup that connects dog owners with people to care for their pooches, announced today that users in… Read More

CEOs of Postmates, Sidecar and more to highlight ‘sharing economy’ panel at the GeekWire Summit

Perhaps no story on GeekWire has generated as much interest (or discussion) over the past year as the “sharing economy”… Read More

Barking up the right tree: Rover’s dog-sitting marketplace sees massive growth

Two weeks ago, DogVacay CEO Aaron Hirschhorn said that he thought his dog-sitting startup was an order of magnitude larger than its… Read More