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Venture capital

Outdoor sports apparel maker POW lands $2.5M from ComiXology investor Columbia Pacific

POW Inc., a Seattle-based maker of outdoor sports apparel, today announced $2.5 million in fresh funding from Columbia Pacific Advisors.… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed home improvement marketplace Pro.com lands $14 million from Madrona, Maveron

Pro.com, the Seattle startup that’s looking to make it easier to find home improvement specialists, from plumbers and electricians to… Read More

Cancer research startup VentiRx lands $50M

Seattle’s biotech industry has been on an up-and-down roller coaster ride over the past 12 months, with layoffs and R&D… Read More

Sports ticketing app Gametime raises $4M from Accel Partners, hires StubHub founder

Gametime, an app that helps sports fans find last-minute ticket deals, has raised a $4 million round led by Accel… Read More

CrowdStreet raises $800K seed round for crowdfunding real estate marketplace

Portland-based CrowdStreet announced today that it has raised an $800,000 seed round to fuel development of the company’s commercial crowdfunding… Read More

News Brief

DocuSign lands strategic investment from Australian telco giant Telstra

Telstra, the largest telecommunications company in Australia, has made a strategic investment in e-signature company DocuSign, the two companies announced… Read More

Ex-Microsofties raise $33 million for Tola Capital, plan to bankroll ‘next wave’ of enterprise software

Seattle is a good town for enterprise software. And perhaps nothing says that more than news Thursday that SAP is… Read More

Yes, things are hot in startup land, but this ain’t no dot-com bubble

Earlier this week, prominent venture capitalist Bill Gurley sent a warning shot across the startup industry, noting that burn rates… Read More

This Seattle VC just returned from London, and now he’s got $50 million burning a hole in his pocket

Venture capitalist Bill Bryant is back in Seattle, and he’s got some money to toss around to hard-charging entrepreneurs who… Read More

News Brief

Lighter Capital boosts capital base to $17M, plans to help more startups grow without venture capital

Lighter Capital, which specializes in revenue-based loans to small businesses, said that it has increased its capital base to $17… Read More

Venture capitalist Bill Gurley: Tech sector is overheating, and the boom could end

All good things must come to an end. And Benchmark’s Bill Gurley — one of the most successful venture capitalists… Read More

Portland’s Attensa raises cash to help companies use internal information more effectively

Attensa, a Portland-based startup that helps companies consolidate and disperse relevant information to employees in real-time, has raised $6 million according… Read More

Porsche invests $55M in traffic data startup INRIX, valuing Seattle-area company at $550M

INRIX is getting a big financial boost from one of Europe’s leading car manufacturers. The Porsche family, a majority shareholder in… Read More

MobilePaks raises $2M to help sales teams improve real-time productivity

MobilePaks, a Portland based startup that helps marketing and sales teams bolster real-time productivity, has raised $1.7 million of a $2.3 million… Read More

Poachable raises another $500K for anonymous career matchmaking service

The idea of finding the next great career opportunity without having your current employer know about a potential new job seems to be catching… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft exec and Healthcare.gov fixer Kurt DelBene joins Madrona; Cray names a familiar CTO; etc.

Former Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene spent the past several months helping to fix President Obama’s Healthcare.gov Web site, a hot-button issue… Read More

wally hub & sensors

SNUPI raises fresh cash for home sensors that detect water leaks in homes

SNUPI Technologies, the University of Washington spin out led by entrepreneur Jeremy Jaech and computer scientist Shwetak Patel, has scored… Read More

Here’s how to get Mark Cuban to fund your startup

SAN FRANCISCO – When it comes to making startup investments, it seems like Mark Cuban is everywhere. In addition to owning… Read More

Salesforce establishes $100M venture fund, bankrolls scrappy Seattle startup Venuelabs

Salesforce.com is an Internet juggernaut, with a market value of $37 billion and second quarter revenue of $1.32 billion. Now,… Read More

Volt Athletics raises $600K for online platform that creates individual strength training programs

As former collegiate athletes and coaches, Dan Giuliani and Trevor Watkins experienced first-hand how difficult it was for teams to access… Read More

Amazon, Microsoft execs put $7M into Seattle fund that accelerates Indian startups

A group of Amazon and Microsoft executives, along with organizations like the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, have poured in… Read More

Sticking close to innovation roots, Arch Venture Partners raises oversubscribed $400M fund

Arch Venture Partners has operated longer than most venture capital firms by sticking close to its knitting.  And now the… Read More

In effort to bridge divide between sales and marketing departments, Bizible raises $8 million

Seattle marketing analytics startup Bizible — a 2012 TechStars Seattle grad led by former Microsoft program manager Aaron Bird — has reeled… Read More

Sonivate raising $1.6M for ultrasound probe that doctors wear on their finger

Doctors using an ultrasound machine typically have one hand on the probe. Sonivate Medical thinks it’s come up with something much better. The… Read More

Immusoft raises cash from Tim Draper, others to program human cells that fight diseases

Applying computer science principles to human anatomy may end up producing a medical breakthrough if one Seattle startup has its way.… Read More

Xamarin raises $54M in funding to bring Microsoft’s programming language to other platforms

Xamarin, the San Francisco-based company that allows developers to code applications for a variety of different platforms using Microsoft’s C#… Read More

OnBeep raises $6.25 million to create a Star Trek-style communicator device

OnBeep, a San Francisco startup founded by Chef co-founder and former Amazon Availability Program Manager Jesse Robbins, has raised a… Read More

Algorithmia raises $2.4M from Madrona and others to create marketplace for algorithms

Algorithmia, a Seattle-based startup that wants to build a marketplace for algorithms, has raised $2.4 million in a round of… Read More

ClipCard raising $10M for service that helps users access cloud files across different apps

A Seattle-based startup wants to make it easier for you to access your cloud files — no matter which app… Read More

The top 10 biggest financing deals in the Pacific NW

Juno Therapeutics stunned the startup community earlier this week when it announced $134 million in venture funding, bringing total financing… Read More

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