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Venture capital

Here are the top 10 universities graduating the most VC-backed entrepreneurs

Students across the country are headed back to school and many high school seniors are deciding which college or university… Read More

After helping build Destiny, ex-Bungie developers raise $3.5M for new VR startup Polyarc

There’s another startup in Seattle developing virtual reality technology. The latest is Polyarc, a new company that today announced a… Read More

New Portland VC firm Elevate Capital invests in 6 women and minority-led startups

Elevate Capital, a new venture capital firm based in Portland, today unveiled its first funds. The firm announced that it… Read More

Cozy raises $8.4M to fuel growth of property rental management platform

Portland-based Cozy today announced an $8.45 million funding round that will help the startup grow its property rental management platform. American Family… Read More

Ex-Microsoft execs and engineers raise $1.5M for Komiko, a CRM enrichment platform

Hal Howard, Ami Heitner, and Srikanth Avadhanam spent years and years at companies like Microsoft and SAP, learning how and why… Read More

Unilever Ventures pours more cash into Discuss.io, a consumer market research platform

Discuss.io is on a roll. The Seattle startup has reeled in another $880,000 for its consumer market research platform. Unilever… Read More

Seattle startup raises $2M to expand technologies for immunotherapy

Take a quick browse through Seattle’s biotech scene, and you’ll notice a pattern. Immunotherapy — using the body’s immune system to fight… Read More

After 9 years, Panopto raises $42.8M to take on Microsoft and IBM in enterprise video

For nine years, Panopto quietly built a successful video platform for hundreds of big-name enterprise and academic customers. Working with… Read More

Cybersecurity response company RADAR spins out of ID Experts, raises $6.2M

RADAR today announced that it has spun out of Portland-area cybersecurity incident response company ID Experts. The new company, also based in Portland, on Tuesday also… Read More

Retired NBA star Kobe Bryant reinvents himself as venture capital investor with new $100M fund

On the court, Kobe Bryant was relentless in his preparation and laser-focused on the smallest details that would give him… Read More

Tempered Networks raises $10M for networking and security tech that helps companies prevent cyberattacks

Tempered Networks has raised another $10 million to help protect companies from cyberattacks while also providing networking infrastructure. Rally Capital, based… Read More

Upside Commerce raises cash to help marketers use data for personalized real-time promotions

Upside Commerce is raising more cash for its platform that helps brands utilize data to create real-time personalized promotions and… Read More

Seattle biotech entrepreneur Ron Berenson raising cash for new startup

Ron Berenson has another biotechnology startup in the works, a new company by the name of DMD Therapeutics. The Seattle-based company recently… Read More

Seattle startup Zenoti raises $15M, looks to crack fitness and yoga arena with spa-management software

Zenoti, which helps spa and salon chains manage their businesses, has raised $15 million in a round led by Norwest Venture Partners,… Read More

Rajeev Singh

Healthcare company Accolade, helmed by Concur co-founders, lands $70M in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Madrona

Accolade, a healthcare company led by Concur co-founders Raj Singh and Mike Hilton that helps people and companies navigate the… Read More

Top Asian firms lead $80M investment in virtual reality live streaming platform NextVR

NextVR today announced an $80 million funding round to help the Laguna Beach, Calif.-based company expand its virtual reality platform internationally.… Read More

Juno Therapeutics lab

Why biotech investments in Washington state have dropped to the lowest levels since 2011

Seattle’s biotechnology industry has never really taken root — undergoing a series of ups and downs as companies such as… Read More

Seattle skyline

East Coast vs. West Coast: New report explains where you’re better off raising cash for startups

The East Coast-West Coast rivalry goes beyond sports teams, and hip hop. It now extends to the venture capital community.… Read More

Alcohol delivery service Drizly raises $15M as it tries to outpace Amazon

Drizly, the Boston-based startup that helps people get booze delivered, today announced a $15 million investment round led by Polaris… Read More

The rise of the dreaded down round: Venture capitalists reset expectations as signs point to ‘day of reckoning’

Startups and venture capitalists are feeling a bit “down.” The number of so-called “down rounds” — where a venture capital… Read More

Glowforge raises $22M in new funding from Foundry Group and True Ventures to scale up production of 3D laser printers

Glowforge, the Seattle-based startup which makes 3D laser printers, today announced a $22 million investment round. Previous investors Foundry Group and True… Read More

Paul Allen jumps into healthy meal delivery, backs organic meal kit startup Sun Basket

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital is taking a step outside the box, investing for a second time in the San Francisco-based organic… Read More

Techstars grad Reflect raises $2.5M to help developers create data visualizations

Reflect is raising cash to help developers make data visualizations. The Portland startup today announced a $2.5 million seed funding… Read More

Former Nuance machine learning vet raises $2.5M for AI healthcare startup Saykara

Meet your latest stealthy Seattle startup. The name of the company is Saykara, and it appears to be tackling a very… Read More

Flexe raises $14.5M for on-demand warehousing marketplace

Building a marketplace for warehouse space isn’t the most sexy job in today’s tech industry, but for one Seattle startup,… Read More

Dave McClure: ‘Seattle could have been NYC or LA, but investors didn’t write enough checks’

Investors are keeping Seattle from reaching the highest echelon of world-class technology hubs. That’s at least according to Dave McClure, the… Read More

Relativity Space

Blue Origin and SpaceX vets raise cash for Relativity Space, a stealthy startup aiming to build rockets ‘with zero human labor’

Two engineers with experience at Blue Origin and SpaceX have raised almost $10 million for their own rocket startup, Relativity Space,… Read More

Machine learning startup Amplero lands $8M from Salesforce Ventures and others to help boost customer interactions

Seattle startup Amplero has picked up $8 million in fresh capital, money that the spin out from Globys will use… Read More

Cash shortage: Venture capital investing plummets 61 percent in Washington state

Venture capital investing tumbled dramatically in Washington state during the second quarter as $175.8 million was invested across 24 deals,… Read More

Naveen Jain

Naveen Jain’s BlueDot innovation factory fills out $10.1 million funding round

BELLEVUE, Wash. – BlueDot, the “innovation factory” founded by serial tech entrepreneur Naveen Jain, says it has completed a $10.1… Read More

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