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Startup Spotlight: Joule wants to disrupt car ownership with ‘vehicles as a service’ model

In a city like Seattle, with its high density and geographically limited infrastructure, owning a car comes with a unique… Read More

Startup Spotlight: LeaveLogic wants to fix ‘broken’ parental leave system in the U.S.

Parental leave has become a hot issue as tech companies try to leverage their benefits to lure top talent. Just this… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Flowroute aims to disrupt telecom with voice-over-Internet enterprise service

Flowroute wants to shake up the telecommunications industry with its voice-over-Internet service. The Seattle-based startup launched in 2007 and CEO Bayan Towfiq… Read More

Startup Spotlight: AtCipher helps businesses protect, encrypt their data in the cloud

AtCipher wants to bring more security to the cloud. The young startup, which originally launched in Hong Kong before relocating to Seattle,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: UW grads create DataBlade to help companies draw insights from disparate data

Data can come in all shapes and sizes, from various sources and software. Taking all that information and gleaning actionable… Read More

Startup Spotlight: ZIIBRA is a one-stop e-commerce shop for small businesses

Competing in e-commerce can be a challenge for small businesses. Many turn to third parties like Shopify or BigCartel, but those… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Sibling co-founders help developers collaborate with Brand.ai

Two brothers want to help web development teams communicate more effectively and establish a common design language. Ehud and Amit… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Giftbit helps businesses track gift card usage, save money on unused offers

The holidays are coming up, which means you’ll likely receive a gift card from a business you never patronize. And while some… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Mentio uses data to help small businesses manage cash flow

When it comes to accounting, many entrepreneurs try to manage cash flow themselves or turn to traditional bookkeepers. This is a… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Fish Bowl VR helps developers test virtual reality games

Virtual reality is an exciting but largely undiscovered new frontier for digital content. While that opens up a huge world… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Candy Jar satisfies your sweet cravings with its online candy shop

If you love candy, a new startup working out of the Techstars Seattle incubator might be of interest. Candy Jar… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Innervate helps game developers monetize their most ‘obsessed’ players

Adam Lieb knows games. The 28-year-old Seattle native built his first online gaming community at age 11 and later sold it to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Matcherino lets eSports fans crowdfund matches between professionals

Over the past three years, video game streaming has exploded into a young but powerful industry. Tech giants competed over Twitch… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Code Fellows co-founder heads up on-demand graphic design shop Lightboard

Brad Bouse already helped fix an inefficiency in the developer market when he co-founded the software development bootcamp Code Fellows. Now… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Antsquare adds human element to online shopping with community marketplace

Antsquare wants to bring back the human element that it says is lost with online shopping. Founded in August 2014, the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Yoga Panda helps you find, book, and pay for yoga classes with a smartphone

After launching a local digital magazine focused on yoga last year, Othmane Rahmouni soon learned of a problem that existed… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Simply recommends events, curates content based on your interests

The tech world has no shortage of recommendation apps and websites like Yelp or TripAdvisor, but Simply hopes its personalized, curated platform can set it… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Provata Health helps employees get healthy with results-based wellness program

Dozens of employee wellness startups have emerged in the past decade as companies become more enlightened about the value of… Read More

Startup Spotlight: PupPod helps dogs ‘reach their intellectual potential’ with Internet-connected toy

The Internet of Things is transforming analog to digital all around us. There’s the connected car, the connected house … could… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Sayist focuses on safety and design with new video classifieds site

Update, Thursday Aug. 6: Sayist has taken down its website after GeekWire readers pointed out the large volume of content… Read More

Startup Spotlight: ActionSprout helps non-profits boost Facebook engagement

Non-profit organizations have a tall order. Getting people to engage, donate, and volunteer their time without concrete compensation is no easy… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Outleads helps advertisers incorporate offline behavior for targeted online ads

Ever seen an advertisement, supposedly targeted for you, that clearly missed the mark? Maybe flower shopping led to a barrage of wedding dresses… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Leasify simplifies the leasing process for new car-buyers

Editor’s note: Leasify ceased operations in 2016.  If you’ve ever shopped for a car, you know dealers will do just about… Read More

Startup Spotlight: 6crickets helps parents find summer camps for their kids

Last spring, Helen Wang and Adam Costello — like most parents — began to search for summer activities for their kids.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: OkCopay aims to be the ‘Zillow for healthcare’

Consider the last big-ticket purchase you made. Maybe you compared prices, read reviews, and utilized online tools designed to help consumers.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Coding Dojo bootcamp hopes to ‘transform lives’ with programming classes

This month, the University of Washington graduated a record number of computer science students. But despite growing computer literacy, the demand… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Horizon uses existing communities to create local hospitality networks

In the age of the billion-person social network, it can be challenging to use digital tools to find authentic, trustworthy… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft vet launches Kodu Care, an online marketplace for healthcare home visits

Mauricio Gonzalez de la Fuente had been working for Microsoft for over two decades when he finally decided to strike… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Unoceros turns smartphones into a massive computing network

Smartphones are everywhere. The number of worldwide smartphone users is expected to surpass 2 billion in 2016. Even now it’s… Read More

Startup Spotlight: SalesPrepper helps sellers target buyers with crowdsourced organizational charts

Michael Chu and Niraj Zaveri were working for SAP when they started to notice a dramatic shift in the world… Read More

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