Articles about Venture capital – Page 2 of 67

Portland startup lands $2.7M for autonomous robots designed to disinfect hotels and hospitals

Haystack Robotics, a Portland, Ore.-based startup developing robotics technology for disinfection use cases, has raised $2.7 million from an investment… Read More

Who’s raising? The top funding deals for Pacific Northwest startups in Q2

Tech startups spanning biotech, agriculture, healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and other industries reeled in the largest funding rounds during the second… Read More

Former OfferUp and Auth0 CEOs lead secretive new EV charging startup with high-powered exec team

A secretive new Seattle-area startup called Juicer Energy is aiming to turn residential properties into public EV charging stations. Juicer’s… Read More

AI expert and film vet lead new Seattle startup aiming to help artists accelerate production

Yinhan Liu, a natural language processing expert who sold a startup earlier this year, is setting off on another entrepreneurial… Read More

Phaidra raises $12M for AI software that helps manage data center energy consumption

Phaidra, a Seattle startup selling a “virtual plant operator” that uses artificial intelligence to manage industrial operations, raised $12 million… Read More

Seattle-based RareCyte raises $20M for cell analysis products

Seattle-based life sciences company RareCyte announced $20 million in new funding to advance its applications for the analysis of cells.

Loti, a Seattle startup that helps public figures spot and squash deepfakes, raises $5.1M

Seattle startup Loti raised $5.1 million to grow its technology platform that helps public figures scour the internet for fake… Read More

Data warehousing startup SDF, led by Microsoft and Meta vets, comes out of stealth mode

SDF Labs, a Seattle startup aiming to help software developers manage their enterprise data warehouse systems, this week announced public… Read More

Clearbrief, which uses AI to help lawyers find and verify facts in legal docs, raises $4M

Seattle legal tech startup Clearbrief is raising more cash to boost its technology aimed at helping lawyers find, summarize, and… Read More

Topicflow raises $1.8M to rethink performance reviews, with help from AI

Vancouver, B.C.-based startup Topicflow raised $1.8 million from Seattle venture capital firms Founders’ Co-op and Ascend to fuel growth of… Read More

Digital youth safety startup k-ID raises $45M to help developers comply with age regulations

k-ID, a startup headquartered in Singapore and Seattle that’s building tools for online youth safety, announced Tuesday that it raised… Read More

What’s missing from Seattle’s startup ecosystem?

More operators. More sizzle. More founders investing in each other. And making the city a better place to live. Those… Read More

YC grad Manifold Freight raises $1.9M for trucking logistics software

Manifold Freight, a new Seattle-based trucking software startup aiming to help aggregate spot freight opportunities for carriers, raised a $1.9… Read More

Following demise of Techstars Seattle, prominent VC launches new twist on accelerator concept

An entrepreneur and investor with roots in the defunct Techstars Seattle program plans to launch a new invite-only organization and… Read More

Baird Capital president offers startups a glimmer of hope: ‘The market’s coming your way’

It has been a rough couple of years for startup founders, emerging from the pandemic only to find themselves in… Read More

Venture Mechanics aims to boost Seattle-area startup ecosystem with incubator and event space

When Techstars suddenly pulled up stakes from Seattle earlier this year, Ron Wiener saw an opportunity to help fill a… Read More

New startup group in Seattle aims to support Black founders and investors

A computer programmer and laboratory scientist are teaming up to help boost the number of Black founders and investors in… Read More

Founders with unique backgrounds unite over climate concerns and launch new venture fund

SNØCAP, a new climate-focused venture capital fund, is launching with $5 million to invest in startups. The team has a… Read More

Intrepid Oregon Fund launches with $4M from the state to invest in climate and tech startups

Portland Seed Fund managers announced the launch of the Intrepid Oregon Fund, which has $4 million to invest in early-stage… Read More

Top 10 funding deals in Q1 for Pacific Northwest startups

Startup fundraising activity didn’t budge much in the first quarter of 2024 across the U.S. as the venture capital slowdown… Read More

Shift AI Podcast: Cultivating the next wave of AI startups, with Yifan Zhang of the AI2 Incubator

As the managing director of the AI2 Incubator, where she plays an active role in investing in the next wave… Read More

Former Techstars Seattle leader Isaac Kato launches fund to back ‘non-obvious’ founders

A new venture firm based in the Seattle region wants to support early stage tech startup founders that may be… Read More

This Seattle investor went from Google to Africa to a big exit — and is back home investing in startups

Andrew Peterson’s interest in technology started in Seattle as a young computer lab associate at his elementary school, just as… Read More

Funding female founders: Former All Raise CEO on what needs to change

The tech giants known as The Magnificent Seven — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla — all share something… Read More

Meet Seattle’s newest seed fund: Breakwater Ventures emerges to back early stage startups

There’s a new Seattle-based investment firm looking to support software startups across the Pacific Northwest that are just getting off… Read More

Screenshot of Quindar spacecraft management sofware platform

Fuse leads $6M round for Quindar, which uses AI for satellite support and is partnering with KSAT

A space-centric startup called Quindar says it has successfully closed an oversubscribed $6 million funding round that will give a… Read More

Here’s what startup investors are thinking about amid AI boom, layoffs, funding slowdown

There’s a lot to consider for tech investors assessing potential startup investments in 2024. Many firms need to deploy capital,… Read More

A new venture fund in Seattle aims to accelerate adoption of climate technologies that slash carbon

The climate clock is ticking for Ben Eidelson. The Seattle tech vet who sold startups to Google and Stripe is… Read More

Curiosity, communication, and capital efficiency: Investors share their tips for startups in 2024

Be curious. Communicate openly and honestly. Maintain capital efficiency with a focus on growth. Those are some of the top… Read More

Tech investors give their top predictions for 2024

The pace of AI-related innovation accelerated, to say the least, in 2023. Expect the same this year — or even… Read More