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Venture capital

A new type of house call: Bright.md dials up $1M to reduce primary care wait times

The common flu strikes down the best of us around this time of year. But imagine if you didn’t have… Read More

Meet Dolly: A new way to move bulky items (without bugging friends for pickup trucks)

You’ve been there before. An unwieldy mattress or dresser needs moved out of the house, but you don’t own a… Read More

Vadio raises $2M, partners with Vevo for platform that matches music videos with streaming audio

Back in 2012, four entrepreneurs from Portland knew that both digital audio and video consumption was on the rise in… Read More

Online wellness startup Limeade raises $25M, plans to double staff in 2015

Limeade has raised $25 million from a New York venture capital firm that will help the Bellevue startup fuel its platform that… Read More

Boris Wertz raises $35 million for Version One Ventures

Boris Wertz may not be the best known venture capitalist in the world. That’s in part because the e-commerce veteran… Read More

Urban Airship raises $12.1M, looks to help more developers market mobile apps

Portland-based mobile marketing startup Urban Airship has raised another $12.1 million from existing investors in a Series D follow-up round.… Read More

TableSafe raises $2M to help restaurant patrons pay bills quickly and securely

TableSafe is looking to transform how you pay restaurant bills. The Seattle company — maker of the RAIL bill paying… Read More

Cloud accounting startup Acumatica raises $13 million, looks to battle NetSuite

San Mateo, Calif.-based NetSuite is a powerhouse in the business software arena, a 16-year-old company with more than 2,500 employees and… Read More

Former Microsoft exec Bob Muglia raises $26M for Snowflake, a data warehousing startup

Bob Muglia is floating in the clouds, or should we say on some snowflakes. The longtime Microsoft veteran — who… Read More

Amplion wins big at the Bend Venture Conference with promise to become the Kayak of biomarkers

Amplion Research wants to make finding biological information as easy as searching for a flight on Kayak. And the 20-month-old… Read More

Venture capitalist Nick Hanauer on redefining capitalism and why entrepreneurs who don’t get his money ‘suck’

Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer says an economic revolution is coming, and you better get ready for it. Even as… Read More

Hey, entrepreneurs, valuations are cooling and VC deals are dropping

Well, maybe folks in the venture business are listening to Bill Gurley. The Silicon Valley venture capitalist sounded an alarm… Read More

News Brief

Solar photovoltaic startup OneEnergy Renewables raises $5 million

OneEnergy Renewables, a Seattle startup that describes itself as a developer of distributed, utility-scale solar photovoltaic projects, has raised $5 million… Read More

Gratafy raises $2.5M to fuel gift-giving platform that sends food, drinks to friends

The idea of using a mobile device to send your friends food and drinks seems to be proving popular. Seattle-based Gratafy has… Read More

Private cloud service Blue Box secures $10M, taking on Rackspace

Blue Box, the 11-year-old Seattle startup that specializes in private cloud offerings, has raised $10 million in fresh funding. Blue… Read More

Sworl raises more cash from Hanauer brothers and others for mobile photo framing service

It’s only been five months since Sworl launched, but so far, so good for the Seattle startup. Sworl, a free app that… Read More

Fanzo raises $550K to help sports fans find the best news, social media content

Fanzo, the Kirkland-based startup that helps sports fans keep up with the latest news, has raised another $550,000 to help fuel… Read More

AWS migration service 2nd Watch lands $10 million, names new CEO

2nd Watch, which helps companies move applications onto Amazon Web Services, has raised $10 million in fresh funding from Top… Read More

A chill in Q3: Venture capital funding drops 29%, IPO market cools

That cool fall breeze you’re feeling may not just be the autumn wind. It may be the cooling of the… Read More

Analytics startup VoloMetrix scores $12M to measure productivity of employees

Seattle startup VoloMetrix has raised $12 million in series B funding, money that the company will use to continue to… Read More

Azuqua raises $5M from Ignition for cloud connectivity platform

Azuqua, a Seattle-based startup that helps businesses connect external cloud services with each other, today announced a $5 million Series… Read More

Cardiac Dimensions lands $8.5M for heart-valve repair device

Cardiac Dimensions has scored $8.5 million in equity financing, with the cash infusion coming from Arboretum Ventures of Michigan. The funding… Read More

Opal raises $8M to help big brands manage social media campaign production

Opal Labs, a Portland-based startup that helps businesses streamline the production of social media campaigns, today announced a $8 million… Read More

The periodic table of tech investing

Just like oxygen or nitrogen, capital is an essential element of any startup. Now, thanks to the folks over at… Read More

Amid talk of bubble, 23 venture-backed companies complete IPOs in Q3

Prominent venture capitalists Bill Gurley, Marc Andreessen and Fred Wilson have sounded the alarm bell in recent weeks about the… Read More

Ghostruck raises $1.2M to be the Uber for large deliveries

Whether it’s a massive dresser, a giant piano, or your 5-piece leather couch, moving large stuff just isn’t fun. Ghostruck knows… Read More

Data science startup Context Relevant scores $13.5M, names former anti-terrorism chief Richard Clarke to new post

Context Relevant CEO Stephen Purpura has a simple message as a screen saver on his computer: “Don’t mess it up.”… Read More

Social media manager Hootsuite raises $60 million at valuation near $1 billion

Hootsuite, the Vancouver, B.C.-based startup that helps organizations better manage social media efforts, has pulled in another $60 million in… Read More

After 8 years, Array Health raises $13M for private health insurance exchange platform

The American healthcare system is undergoing massive changes, with new state and federal health insurance marketplaces now offering up more affordable ways for… Read More

SurveyMonkey leads $5.3 million round in Seattle’s Apptentive

Seattle startup Apptentive has raised $5.3 million in funding, bringing in the capital from lead investor SurveyMonkey as well as… Read More

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