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Smartsheet

Look who’s atop the GeekWire 200 now, as DocuSign and Smartsheet graduate via IPOs

DocuSign’s long reign atop the GeekWire 200 ranking of the top Pacific Northwest startups is over. The digital signature giant… Read More

TLDR: A big day for Seattle tech companies on Wall Street, universal flu vaccine, the intersection of tech and fashion

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader just completed a $150M IPO: Here are the things he won’t be doing

Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader stood on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday morning and before ringing the… Read More

DocuSign and Smartsheet ring opening bells on Wall Street, launching new era as public companies

DocuSign and Smartsheet rang the opening bells for the Nasdaq Stock Market and New York Stock Exchange, respectively, Friday morning,… Read More

Smartsheet raises $150M in IPO, setting stock price at $15/share, above expected range

UPDATE: Smartsheet stock popped on its public debut, opening at $18.40, a 22 percent rise over its offering price of $15.… Read More

Smartsheet boosts stock price range to $12 to $14 per share as IPO nears

Smartsheet is gearing up to go public this week, and Wall Street appears to like what it sees. The Bellevue,… Read More

It’s one of the biggest weeks in Seattle tech history: Here’s what you need to know

This week’s going to be a doozy in the Seattle tech scene. On tap are a trio of IPOs from… Read More

Smartsheet looks to raise up to $120M through its upcoming IPO, new filing shows

Smartsheet plans to raise as much as $120 million through its upcoming initial public offering, new documents filed with the… Read More

TerraClear

A robot for rock-picking: Smartsheet founder’s ‘next big thing’ aims to solve a weighty issue in farming

Smartsheet founder Brent Frei is looking to seed and nurture another tech company, with the hope of someday seeing it… Read More

Wall Street warms to enterprise software: Could this bode well for Smartsheet, DocuSign and others?

The way Steve Singh sees it, big changes are coming to the enterprise software world. “There will be a next… Read More

GeekWire 200 March update: Top-ranked Smartsheet and DocuSign file for IPOs

Two of the top five companies GeekWire 200, our ranking of the Pacific Northwest’s top startups, are going public, leaving… Read More

Digital signature giant DocuSign files for IPO, seeks $100M in tech industry’s latest public offering

Fifteen years after it was founded in Seattle, digital signature pioneer DocuSign on Wednesday registered to become a publicly traded… Read More

Smartsheet files for IPO, aims to become Seattle region’s next public company

Smartsheet is getting ready to go public. The Seattle-area company that helps Fortune 500 customers manage and automate key work… Read More

Casting call: GeekWire is looking for top entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas on the ride up Seattle’s Space Needle

Got a great entrepreneurial idea? Want to tell the world about it? GeekWire is excited to bring back The Elevator… Read More

Tech Moves: RealNetworks exec named CEO of Napster parent; Tableau adds Starbucks CTO to board; and more

Bill Patrizio, formerly the president of consumer media for RealNetworks, was appointed CEO of Rhapsody International, the parent company of… Read More

Smartsheet makes first acquisition, buys Converse.AI to integrate voice assistants and AI into workflow automation

Smartsheet is making its first acquisition ever as the Bellevue, Wash.-based company aims to integrate artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology… Read More

GeekWire 200 in 2018: Our bold predictions for the Pacific NW’s top private tech companies

Last week we wrapped up a wild year for the Pacific Northwest’s top startups. Now it’s time to look ahead and… Read More

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

Seattle

Where to find the 10 most valuable SaaS startups based in the Seattle area

It’s now well established: Seattle is cloud city. But in the shadow of major platform players Amazon and Microsoft, a… Read More

Startup leadership tips from Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader on bouncing back, raising capital, demonstrating values

If you’re looking for leadership advice for your startup, whether you just launched a product or are now scaling for… Read More

Smartsheet conference a ‘jumping off point’ for work management company as it wades deeper into automation

Smartsheet has come a long way since it started out of a small yellow house in Kirkland, Wash. 11 years… Read More

Smartsheet’s new tools automate mundane tasks, as survey shows benefits and threats of automation

Project and work management company Smartsheet is holding a big customer event this week, and using the occasion to announce… Read More

Tech Moves: Boeing makes leadership changes to focus on quality; Smartsheet adds founding Salesforce investor to board; and more

Boeing announced a structural reorganization this week to combine its safety, quality and manufacturing processes into one division, bringing several leadership… Read More

Todd Fasullo

Geek of the Week: Smartsheet’s Todd Fasullo scales his company’s application — and nearby mountains

Todd Fasullo has seen it all at Smartsheet. He joined the engineering team at the project and work management technology… Read More

Amazon drops contentious non-compete lawsuit against former AWS exec who left for new job at Smartsheet

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a statement from Amazon. The former executive at Amazon Web Services who… Read More

Adam Bosworth, VP, Amazon Web Services (Linkedin photo)

Tech vet Adam Bosworth directing mysterious Amazon Web Services project at crux of non-compete dispute

There’s a lot we still don’t know about the mysterious Amazon Web Services project that prompted the company to sue… Read More

Former AWS executive temporarily barred from working at Smartsheet as non-compete lawsuit moves forward

A King County Superior Court Commissioner sided with Amazon in the opening salvo of a court battle over Smartsheet’s hiring… Read More

Amazon’s suit against former AWS VP hints at bigger move into workplace collaboration

Amazon is one of the most notoriously tight-lipped companies in the tech industry when it comes to discussing its future… Read More

Amazon sues former AWS VP over non-compete deal; Smartsheet calls claim against its new product chief an ‘enormous overreach’

Amazon.com is alleging that one of its former high-ranking executives violated a non-compete agreement when he accepted a job at… Read More

Tech Moves: Smartsheet scoops up AWS VP; theMaven adds new co-chairman; and more

Smartsheet has some serious momentum. Fresh off a $52 million funding round, the Bellevue-based collaborative work management technology company brought… Read More

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