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Venture capital

Audio startup that uses ‘bending wave technology’ raises $6M, looks to ride smart speaker wave

Seattle-area startup Tectonic Audio Labs has raised $6 million to further develop its audio technology used in smart speakers, TVs,… Read More

Possible Finance raises another $4.3M to change how people get small dollar loans

When Tony Huang and his co-founders launched Possible Finance last year, the entrepreneurs originally thought they’d be competing with traditional… Read More

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Microsoft joins $250M funding round for ‘boring AI’ company Databricks

A little more than a year ago, Microsoft teamed up with San Francisco-based Databricks to help its cloud customers quickly… Read More

Debt collection tech startup Attunely spins out of Pioneer Square Labs with $3.7M seed investment

Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs has spun out another company — its fourth this year — using the increasingly popular… Read More

Consumer intelligence startup Element Data raises more cash, gets new leadership

Element Data, a Seattle-based startup that makes software to predict customer behavior, has raised about $2.7 million in additional funding and… Read More

Magnolia Medical raises $20M to cut down errors in blood tests

Medical device maker Magnolia Medical raised $20 million to expand its platform for sepsis testing accuracy and to develop new… Read More

‘This is a game changer’: Seattle startup attracts oil and gas giants with special high-performance metal

After more than a decade of testing and development, a Seattle startup is attracting the biggest names in the oil… Read More

Calendar Picks: Seattle Opera and GeekWire present panel on the ‘flawed brilliance’ of Steve Jobs

Did you know Seattle Opera is getting ready to put on a show all about the late Apple co-founder Steve… Read More

Key Amazon exec Jeff Wilke invests in furniture rental startup Fernish as part of $30M round

Fernish, the furniture rental startup from Los Angeles that recently expanded to Seattle, just got a big jolt of fresh… Read More

Vulcan leads $3.5M round in PSL spinout Sigma IQ, which automates manual accounting processes

Finance executives everywhere know all about the pain, expense, and time that can come from the manual accounting process of… Read More

Goldman Sachs leads $51.5M round for business texting software maker Zipwhip

In today’s technology world, there are a bevy of ways for businesses to communicate with customers. They can send emails;… Read More

Pro.com lands Redfin as an investor and potential partner in $33M round as it aims to revolutionize general contracting

Pro.com — the Seattle startup that aims to transform the general contractor industry — had a pretty good 2018, and… Read More

Microsoft venture capital arm M12 expands to India, invests in healthcare data startup

Microsoft’s venture capital arm M12 has made its first ever investment in a startup based in India. M12 made an… Read More

Pokémon Go maker Niantic raises massive $245M funding round, company value approaches $4B

Niantic, the Google spinout that made the smash hit game Pokémon Go, has raised $245 million to continue building out… Read More

Madrona promotes Hope Cochran, who becomes first female managing director at Seattle VC firm

For the first time in its 23-year history, Madrona Venture Group has a female managing director. The Seattle-based venture capital… Read More

Digital health investments hit an all-time high of $8.6B in 2018

Big deals led to a banner year for U.S. digital health investments, which shot up 21 percent to $8.6 billion… Read More

Providence Ventures, led by ex-Amazon exec, raises second $150M fund for early stage investments

Providence Ventures has raised another $150 million fund to invest in early-stage healthcare technology companies, doubling the size of its… Read More

Former Juno execs unveil Sana, a new cell engineering biotech that’s reportedly raising more than $800M

Former Juno Therapeutics executives Hans Bishop and Steve Harr have launched Sana Biotechnology, a startup focused on cell therapy, gene… Read More

One of Seattle’s most successful startup founders leaves Uber to launch secretive robotics startup

Paul Mikesell, a University of Washington trained computer scientist who co-founded storage giant Isilon Systems in 2001, has left Uber… Read More

VC funding in U.S. startups nears $100 billion in 2018, highest since dot-com era

U.S. startups are raising investment dollars at levels unseen since the dot-com era. Venture capital funding in U.S. companies reached… Read More

Seattle biotech startup raises $20M to develop gene therapy technology

Seattle-based biotech startup Immusoft this week closed a $20 million Series B venture capital round that will fuel development of… Read More

Where is tech headed in 2019? Six investors make their predictions for the upcoming year

How many Seattle startups will go public in 2019? What will happen to Amazon’s stock price over the next 12 months?… Read More

Can tech investors forecast the future? How our panel’s 2018 predictions turned out

Venture capitalists are in the business of placing big bets on new technologies. That’s why it’s fun to get their… Read More

Podcast

‘Underestimated’: How venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton is turning inequality into opportunity

SAN FRANCISCO ― Arlan Hamilton looks at the number of startup investments going to companies run by women, people of… Read More

How will venture capital change in 2019? PitchBook makes 6 predictions

With seed deal size rising, more non-traditional investment vehicles, and an increasing amount of companies going public, the venture capital… Read More

Vitamin subscription service Persona secures $4.5M, launches service for doctors

Persona, a startup that creates and delivers customized vitamin regimens, has secured $4.5 million in venture funding and launched a… Read More

Global commodity trade logistics management software startup Intelage raises $2.3M

After running his own commodities trade and marketing firm for 15 years, John Han knew all about the inefficiencies that… Read More

AstrumU raises more cash for platform that matches Fortune 500 companies with college grads

Stealthy Seattle-area startup AstrumU continues to add talent and investment as it builds technology to match employers with job seekers.… Read More

More cash for Seattle startups: Local TiE network partners with Bay Area firm to create new fund

More cash is available for Seattle startups and it’s coming from a familiar place. TiE Seattle, a local non-profit startup… Read More

Top VC firms and Team Liquid owner invest in esports event management startup Matcherino

Investors continue putting more cash behind Matcherino, the Seattle startup that helps organize esports tournaments and manage prize pools. The… Read More

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