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Venture capital

Cloud lovers: Here’s why two Seattle VCs are so bullish on the future of IT

The technology industry is in constant motion occasionally undergoing tectonic shifts, altering the landscape and crowning new winners and losers.… Read More

Seattle VC firm Madrona debuts new incubator to be ‘systematic about building startups’

Coming up with a legitimate startup idea on a cocktail napkin is hard enough. But actually taking that sketch, quitting your day job,… Read More

Ford Davidson’s new startup Coolr scores $1.5 million to take on enterprise chat

Seattle entrepreneur Ford Davidson announced today he has raised $1.5 million for his new startup Coolr, three years after selling… Read More

Anonymous, passive career matchmaker Poachable raises $500K from Vulcan

Perhaps the third time’s a charm for Tom Leung and Ian Shafer. The co-founders of Poachable have raised another $500,000 for their service… Read More

Make money in your free time: Spare5 raises $3.25M from Madrona, Foundry, NEA for on-demand work platform

As a veteran entrepreneur and managing director of Madrona Venture Group, Greg Gottesman has seen his share of successful — and… Read More

That’s a lot of groceries: Instacart reportedly raising more than $100M at $2B valuation

Instacart is in the process of raising more than $100 million in an investment round that will value the grocery… Read More

Uber closes giant $1.2B funding round, CEO vows company will be ‘more humble’

Uber has just raised another blockbuster $1.2 billion round of funding at a mammoth $40 billion valuation to power the… Read More

Stealthy security startup Icebrg.io raises $2.5M from Madrona and other investors

Icebrg.io, a Seattle-based security startup, has raised $2.5 million in a round of seed funding led by Madrona Venture Group,… Read More

Blab raises $8.8M for social intelligence platform that predicts trending online conversations

Predicting the future has worked out well for Blab. The Seattle-based social intelligence startup announced today that it has raised… Read More

How President Obama’s 2008 campaign helped Socrata pivot, find startup success with open data

Socrata is growing like crazy. The Seattle startup, which develops cloud-based offerings for open data governments, has grown from 75 employees… Read More

Socrata scores big venture round to help governments operate more efficiently with data

Seattle startup Socrata is surging ahead after landing $30 million in fresh capital, according to an SEC filing. The filing… Read More

Aortica raises $7M to treat aorta disorders with 3D-printing technology

Aortica Corporation, a Kirkland-based medical device manufacturer, has raised a $7 million funding round that will help complete a FDA study… Read More

Ex-Microsoft GM Rahul Sood’s stealthy gaming startup raises $2.5M in a flash

As a former general manager of Microsoft Ventures, Rahul Sood met a lot of angel investors and venture capitalists. So, it… Read More

DocuSign names Samsung Ventures and other investors in $115M funding round

The DocuSign investment train just keeps on rolling. Today, the digital signature company announced that it received strategic investments from… Read More

WeMail raises $1M to make email happen at the speed of IM

WeMail, a Mercer Island-based startup, has raised $1 million in funding to change the way people use email on their… Read More

Startup vets Dan Shapiro and Tony Wright form Glowforge, raise cash for stealthy hardware project

Seattle startup veteran Dan Shapiro vowed after college that he’d never go into the software business, even though his dad… Read More

News Brief

Energy-saving chip maker Indice Semiconductor raises $6M, moves HQ to Oregon

Indice Semiconductor, a company that builds energy-saving chips, has raised $6 million in a round led by Pixelworks co-founder Allen Alley.… Read More

SheerID raises $2M to help retailers verify veterans, college students for special offers

SheerID, a Eugene, Ore.-based startup that develops verification technology for retailers, has raised $2 million in an over-subscribed round from existing angel… Read More

Seattle startup Rival IQ reels in $1 million to help track competitors on social media

Rival IQ wants to help organizations make better sense of information, while also keeping close tabs on the competition. And… Read More

Ossia raising another $24M for wireless charging technology

Ossia, a Redmond-based startup developing wireless charging technology, is raising $24 million. The six-year-old company confirmed today that it has already… Read More

Know’N’act raises $500K for feedback tool that helps businesses prevent poor Yelp reviews

Poor reviews on a site like Yelp or TripAdvisor can be quite detrimental for a small business owner. But now… Read More

Sales tax automation company Avalara scores $100M from Warburg Pincus, eyes new acquisitions

This isn’t such a bad way to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Avalara, the Bainbridge Island software company that helps organizations… Read More

Microsoft vet raises more cash for startup that makes innovative coffee lids

There’s apparently market demand for a better, more efficient coffee lid. Vaporpath, a Seattle-area company that manufactures the Viora Lid, has… Read More

Sales engagement startup Highspot raises $9.6M in Series A funding

Highspot, the marketing engagement startup founded by former Microsoft execs, has landed a $9.6 million Series A round of funding.… Read More

Shippable raises $8 million to help companies accelerate software development

Shippable founder Avi Cavale wasn’t looking for cash. But investors just kept calling, especially after they learned how quickly the company’s… Read More

Good Done Great raises $500K from Lighter Capital for corporate philanthropy platform

Good Done Great, a company that builds cloud software for maximizing corporate philanthropy and social responsibility programs, today announced a… Read More

Bringing big data to food waste: WISErg raises cash to help grocers, restaurants measure what’s being thrown away

Visit any commercial kitchen, restaurant or grocery store and you’ll be struck by the amount of food scraps headed to… Read More

Dude, where’s my dog? Actor Ashton Kutcher invests in pet boarding marketplace Rover

Rover is getting a little bit of Hollywood sizzle. The Seattle-based online dog-sitting marketplace announced today that actor Ashton Kutcher — yes,… Read More

These charts show exactly what’s wrong with Seattle’s startup scene, and what’s right

OK, folks, let’s just stop with the Silicon Valley comparisons. Seattle is not Silicon Valley, nor do we care to be.… Read More

Venture capital data provider PitchBook says they’re not for sale

PitchBook, the Seattle startup that collects data on venture capital and private equity financings, is denying a report by PeHub… Read More

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