Articles about Venture capital

Tech investors on why AI makes this a great moment for startups — with one caveat

There’s no better time to build a startup — but be ready for some fierce competition. That was one takeaway… Read More

Madrona raises $770M for new funds — here’s what the Seattle VC firm is betting on

Madrona, the largest venture firm in the Pacific Northwest, raised $770 million for two new funds as the longtime Seattle-based… Read More

Seattle’s newest unicorn: Truveta lands $320M to fuel creation of massive new genome project

Seattle-area health data company Truveta announced $320 million in fresh funding and an ambitious new initiative to create a giant genomic… Read More

Cash flow: Top 10 tech startup funding rounds in the Pacific Northwest for Q4

Venture capital funding to startups based across the Pacific Northwest rose more than 20% year-over-year during the fourth quarter of… Read More

Meet Allumia Ventures: Healthcare-focused fund backed by Providence eyes new investments

Providence Ventures announced that it is spinning out of the Providence healthcare system to become an independent venture capital firm… Read More

Seattle startup Moondream, led by AWS vets, raises $4.5M for vision language model software

Moondream, a new Seattle startup building a large language model for visual-related use cases, raised $4.5 million in a pre-seed… Read More

Pacific Northwest tech startup deals: The top 15 funding rounds during Q3

Venture capital funding to Pacific Northwest startups saw signs of positive momentum in Q3. Privately held tech companies in the… Read More

Wokelo raises $4M for AI-driven due diligence, sees customer traction in M&A, investing and consulting

Seattle-area AI startup Wokelo raised $4 million to fuel the development and growth of its technology that generates detailed due… Read More

How venture capital could ‘fundamentally change’ over the next decade

Venture capital as we know it today may look quite different in the near future. “I think venture capital, over… Read More

ZipBio, a new Seattle biotech startup aiming to compress proteins, raises $4M

Seattle-based biotech startup ZipBio announced its official launch on Thursday and revealed $4 million in a seed funding round led… Read More

Most of America’s AI engineers are in Silicon Valley and Seattle

If you’re looking for AI talent, look West. The Bay Area and Seattle are home to a majority of the… Read More

Data observability startup Revefi raises $20M to fuel new ‘AI data engineer’ product

Seattle startup Revefi raised $20 million in a Series A round to support growth of its software platform that helps companies get… Read More

Does ‘Carbon Sound’ have a ring to it? How Seattle area can become the Silicon Valley of climate tech

Silicon Valley is recognized globally as *the* tech hub and is so iconic that the region itself essentially co-starred in… Read More

ITpipes raises $20M to help municipalities get a better look at sewer and storm systems

ITpipes, a software company that aims to help cities manage maintenance of underground assets such as sewer and storm systems,… Read More

HouseAmp, a fintech platform for home improvement, raises $12.4M

Seattle-area startup HouseAmp raised a fresh round of funding to fuel growth of its software platform that helps homeowners get… Read More

Samsung, Salesforce invest in $60M round for Seattle cybersecurity startup Protect AI

Seattle cybersecurity startup Protect AI is on a roll. The company on Thursday announced a fresh $60 million round. Evolution Equity Partners… Read More

Seattle startup Gable raising another round to help developers and data teams work together

Gable, a Seattle startup building software to help developers and data analysts collaborate more effectively, is raising fresh cash to… Read More

Agtech startup Terrantic raises $3.5M to help food growers optimize yield and quality

A group of former colleagues at DataCloud, a startup that helped mining companies extract value out of data collection, are… Read More

A new unicorn in Seattle: Cybersecurity startup Chainguard raises $140M at $1.1B valuation

Kirkland, Wash.-based cybersecurity startup Chainguard announced a $140 million Series C investment, bumping its valuation to $1.12 billion and minting… Read More

Archera raises $17M to help companies get cloud discounts without long-term commitments

Archera, a Seattle-based startup that sells tools to help companies reduce cloud computing expenses, raised $17 million in a Series… Read More

Seattle startup Oisín Biotechnologies raises cash to develop therapies for age-related diseases

Oisín Biotechnologies, a Seattle-based startup focused on treating aging-related diseases, raised the first close of a $15 million Series A… Read More

Kestra Medical Technologies lands $196M to boost commercialization of wearable defibrillator

Kestra Medical Technologies, a Kirkland, Wash.-based company that develops cardiac monitoring technology, raised $196 million to fuel commercialization efforts. Founded… Read More

Seattle startup QA Wolf raises $36M to help companies spot bugs in software code

QA Wolf, a Seattle startup that sells software to help companies scan their code for bugs or glitches, raised $36… Read More

Vancouver legal tech company Clio lands $900M at $3B valuation

Clio raised $900 million, boosting its valuation to $3 billion in what the company describes as the largest capital raise for… Read More

Seattle startup RevealDx lands $4.2M to help clinicians diagnose lung cancer

RevealDx, a Seattle-based startup that develops software aimed at improving the way healthcare professionals diagnose lung cancer, raised $4.25 million… Read More

Filing indicates new fund for Seattle venture capital firm Flying Fish

Flying Fish, the Seattle-based venture capital firm founded in 2016, is raising a new fund. GeekWire spotted a new SEC… Read More

Seattle VCs invest in new startup using AI to help manufacturers with regulatory requirements

Signify, a new Seattle startup that recently spun out of the AI2 Incubator, has raised $2.1 million to build out… Read More

Tom Huseby, 1947-2024: Longtime startup investor and advisor remembered for his wisdom and wit

[Editor’s Note: This obituary of Tom Huseby, founder of SeaPoint Ventures and a longtime member of the Seattle tech community,… Read More

Seattle startup Momento, led by ex-AWS engineers, lands $15M to help companies ship faster

Seattle startup Momento, which offers infrastructure tools to help companies speed up software development processes, raised a $15 million Series A… Read More

Longtime Silicon Valley investor on the biggest challenge for Seattle’s startup ecosystem

Seattle needs more founders trying to hit home runs. That’s the word from Kyle Lui, a longtime Silicon Valley venture… Read More