Articles about unicorn

No new unicorns in Seattle: The billion-dollar startup milestone is harder to reach these days

The unicorn stampede in Seattle has screeched to a halt. During venture capital boom times in the midst of the… Read More

Why avatar-based social gaming app Rec Room doesn’t consider itself a ‘metaverse’ company

Almost two years after officially attaining “unicorn” status, Seattle startup Rec Room continues to expand the audience for its eponymous… Read More

Seattle VR startup Rec Room raises $145M, reaches $3.5B valuation

Rec Room, the Seattle-based development studio behind the fast-growing VR application Rec Room, has raised $145 million in new funding,… Read More

Technical interviewing startup Karat reaches $1.1B valuation as another unicorn emerges in Seattle

The news: Karat, a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews, raised a $110 million Series C round at a… Read More

Amperity is Seattle’s latest unicorn with $100M round to supercharge its customer data platform

Amperity is the latest company to join the Seattle region’s elusive club of unicorns, or privately held tech startups valued… Read More

Zenoti hits $1B valuation, raises $160M to build enterprise software for salons, spas, yoga studios

The Seattle startup ecosystem has a new unicorn. Zenoti just reeled in a $160 million Series D round to help… Read More

Part apartment, part hotel, Sonder moves into Seattle with its tech-enabled hospitality option

Sonder, a tech-enabled hospitality company, is moving into Seattle. The San Francisco-based startup, which is part hotel and part apartment-style… Read More

Outreach raises $50M as billion-dollar Seattle startup aims to capitalize on remote sales trend

Outreach is putting more fuel in the tank. The Seattle startup, one of a handful of “unicorn” companies in the… Read More

Leaders from Seattle’s ‘boring’ unicorns on staying private and their most important lessons learned

Seattle’s unicorns are boring. That was one funny takeaway from a panel last week hosted by TiE Seattle featuring executives… Read More

What makes a unicorn? Hear from 3 CEOs of $1B startups at the GeekWire Summit

Launching a startup is no easy feat. Growing a small team of early employees and increasing revenue is even harder.… Read More

Q&A with Auth0’s CEO after identity tech startup raises $103M and reaches elite unicorn status

Eugenio Pace knows the stats. The rate of survival for most startups is not pretty. In fact, his first attempt… Read More

After raising big round, Outreach CEO talks post-unicorn life, IPO plans, creating culture, and more

The pressure is on at Outreach. The Seattle startup took a break on Wednesday, hosting an open house party to… Read More

New unicorn in Seattle: Outreach raises massive $114M round, pushing valuation above $1 billion

Seattle has a new unicorn. Sales automation startup Outreach has reeled in a huge $114 million investment round that pushes… Read More

Future unicorns: Algorithm predicts the next $1B companies, including one Seattle startup

Can algorithms predict the next billion-dollar companies better than human venture capitalists? It seems possible, at least based on a formula… Read More

Unicorn report: Fewer companies reaching a $1B valuation than in years past

There are more unicorns in the startup world than ever before, but fewer are being birthed compared to years past.… Read More

Craigslist rival OfferUp raises $119M, confirms $1B valuation and cites ‘global ambitions’

Bellevue, Wash.-based OfferUp says it has closed a $119 million funding round, led by private equity firm Warburg Pincus. The round has… Read More

Slack leads list of top 100 private cloud companies in new Forbes ranking

Team messaging and collaboration company Slack topped the first-ever “Cloud 100” listing published by Forbes today. The listing ranks private companies… Read More

Craigslist challenger OfferUp set to raise another $120M at $1.2B valuation, new report says

Craigslist competitor OfferUp is set to raise $120 million in a round that would give the Bellevue, Wash.-based company a valuation… Read More

Electronic signature company DocuSign raises $233M in monster funding round

DocuSign, the company known for enabling electronic signatures online, has raised an impressive $233 million to continue fueling its plans for rapid… Read More