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Madrona backs revenue software startup Clari in $60M round, its first Acceleration Fund investment

Madrona Venture Group made the first investment out of its Acceleration Fund, launched earlier this year to both expand the… Read More

How the WeWork saga is forcing startup investors ‘to look around the curtain’

WeWork isn’t quite working out as some expected. The once high-flying startup canceled an IPO; forced its founder to step… Read More

Chatbox raises $4.5M to help businesses communicate with customers through texting, chat

Enterprise messaging startup Chatbox raised $4.5 million to help businesses communicate with customers. Founded by professional poker veteran and long-time entrepreneur… Read More

Shujinko raises $7.5M to help companies comply with regulations as they shift to the cloud

About three years ago, Matt Wells and Scott Schwan had a huge task ahead of them. They were charged with… Read More

Voyager Capital raises $100M for fifth fund as it doubles down on the Pacific Northwest

Voyager Capital is ditching California and doubling down on the Pacific Northwest — with a new interest across the border… Read More

Textile tech startup Evrnu raises $9.1M; early partners include Levi’s, Adidas, Target, others

People are buying more clothes than ever, and wearing them fewer times before discarding. The result is a surge in… Read More

Software for the farm: Barn2Door raises $3.4M to help farmers connect directly with customers

Janelle Maiocco has been around farming, in one way or another, for much of her life. Her grandfather was a… Read More

Washington State Univ. spinout Dewey Scientific raises $1.25M to cultivate better cannabis buds

Dewey Scientific, a new startup that spun out of Washington State University, has taken in $1.25 million in seed funding… Read More

Fred Hutch spinout SEngine raises $5.1M to test cancer treatment drugs against a patient’s tumors

Seattle startup SEngine Precision Medicine has raised $5.1 million in fresh funding as it looks to commercialize a platform that… Read More

Secretive robotic farming startup led by Islion founder raises $8.9M from Ignition and Bolt

More details are emerging about a secretive Seattle startup led by Paul Mikesell, a University of Washington trained computer scientist who… Read More

Inspo raises another $3M from Greycroft, others to grow ‘shoppable’ lifestyle content platform

New and existing investors are putting more cash behind Inspo Network, a Seattle startup aiming to build a lifestyle content… Read More

Bigleaf Networks raises $21M to help small and mid-sized businesses stay connected to the cloud

Bigleaf Networks raised some major cash to help small- and medium-sized business avoid downtime and stay connected to their most… Read More

A-Alpha Bio team

A-Alpha Bio raises $2.8M for genetically engineered drug discovery platform

A Seattle startup that took root at the University of Washington has closed a $2.8 million seed round for a… Read More

Backup camera maker FenSens raising cash, aims to collect data for self-driving car technology

FenSens, a Seattle-area startup that makes smart backup cameras and parking sensors, is raising cash as it positions itself to… Read More

Why this Seattle tech entrepreneur is trying to solve health insurance for freelancers in Texas

After selling a startup and leaving full-time work for the life of an independent consultant, Nick Soman stumbled across the… Read More

Vancouver startup Trulioo raises $52M for identity verification tech

Vancouver, B.C.-based startup Trulioo has raised $52 million to fuel the growth of its identification technology service. The 8-year-old company… Read More

Seattle gaming mainstays raise cash for new mobile studio Starform

The co-founders of the Seattle mobile gaming company Z2, which was acquired by Candy Crush-maker King four years ago, have… Read More

Game streaming startup Rainway raises cash, adds Gaikai founder and Xbox pioneer as advisors

Video game streaming startup Rainway is raising more cash and bolstering its advisory board. The Seattle company just reeled in… Read More

Navigating Cancer raises $26M, aims to change the patient experience for oncology care

Navigating Cancer, a Seattle startup that makes software to help providers and patients manage cancer treatment, landed $26 million in… Read More

‘Our biggest competitor is paper’: Mapping startup Unearth lands $7M from Vulcan and Madrona

Unearth Technologies is front-and-center on the map of the Seattle startup scene. The company, which aims to simplify geographic information… Read More

CryptoKitties maker Dapper Labs raises $11M to build a blockchain for gaming and entertainment

Dapper Labs raised $11 million to continue branching out from the product that made it famous: the popular CryptoKitties digital… Read More

Coinme reels in $1.5M to grow cryptocurrency ATM network

Seattle startup Coinme raised $1.5 million to fund the growth of its cryptocurrency ATM network in the U.S. and internationally.… Read More

Windermere spinout MoxiWorks raises cash from Vector Capital to grow tech platform for brokerages

MoxiWorks, a Seattle startup that operates a platform for real estate brokers, has raised cash from private equity firm Vector… Read More

Nomad Go raises $2.7M to help brick-and-mortar businesses use AI to level field against online retail

Brick-and-mortar businesses are already up against the wall when it comes to competing against the technology that fuels online competitors.… Read More

NBA star Kevin Durant, Snoop Dogg back marijuana startup Dutchie as part of $15M round

Dutchie, a Bend, Ore. startup that makes an online platform for customers to order from cannabis companies, raised $15 million… Read More

Seattle startup Swiftly raises $15.6M, launches supermarket OS to help retailers battle Amazon

Swiftly raised a $15.6 million seed round to help grocery stores and other retailers up their technology offerings to keep… Read More

Techstars Seattle grad Rammer.AI raises $1.8M to democratize ‘conversational intelligence’ tech

Rammer.AI wants to help put “conversational intelligence” capabilities in the hands of more developers. The Seattle startup just reeled in… Read More

Y Combinator grad Brave Care raises another $5.2M for tech-fueled urgent care service for kids

Brave Care is attracting so much investor attention that it didn’t even need to pitch at Y Combinator Demo Day.… Read More

Canadian biotech company Chinook Therapeutics raises $65M for rare kidney disease therapies

Chinook Therapeutics, a Vancouver, B.C.-based biotech company creating targeted therapies for kidney diseases, raised $65 million in a Series A… Read More

How this ex-Microsoft director launched a spa and salon software startup that has raised $91M

Sudheer Koneru thought he was pretty much done working. After stints at Microsoft and SumTotal Systems, Koneru considered himself semi-retired,… Read More

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