Articles about Venture capital – Page 44 of 67

Seattle blood test startup Indi raises $47.25 million

Seattle’s life sciences industry is getting another boost. Integrated Diagnostics, a Seattle company developing blood-based proteomic tests, has raised $30.25… Read More

Salary report generator PayScale getting up to $100M in deal led by Warburg Pincus

PayScale, a 14-year-old Seattle Internet company that specializes in compiling compensation data, is receiving an investment of as much as… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed Juno Therapeutics closes series A at $176M, appoints new execs

Seattle biotechnology startup Juno Therapeutics, which is developing immunotherapies for cancer, said it has closed its series A financing round… Read More

Utrip raises $750K to help plan your next vacation itinerary

Planning a trip can be a stressful task, and one Seattle startup wants to use artificial intelligence and local expertise… Read More

Back to the dot-com boom days? VC investments soar to 2001 levels

Facebook gobbles up WhatsApp and Oculus in multi-billion dollars deals. Tech IPOs take Wall Street by storm. And more than… Read More

ReadyPulse raises $2M to help brands find compelling marketing images

ReadyPulse has raised $2 million in fresh funding, money that it will use to continue developing a service that helps… Read More

Cardiac Dimensions raises $20M to sell heart-valve repair technology

AlCardiac Dimensions, a Kirkland-based company building heart-valve repair technology, today announced a $20 million round of financing led by M. H.… Read More

Legal marketplace Avvo accelerates with $37.5M, eyes international expansion and new products

Avvo has attracted $37.5 million in fresh capital, a huge capital infusion that the Seattle company will use to grow… Read More

Marketing automation startup Act-On raises $42M, sets sights on IPO

In one of the bigger tech-related fundraising rounds that the Portland area has seen over the past year, Beaverton, Ore.-based… Read More

Julep raises $30M in oversubscribed round, looks to build big beauty brand

With revenues more than tripling last year and new beauty products in the works, Seattle cosmetics and e-commerce powerhouse Julep… Read More

Founder’s Co-op raises $10M, looks to bankroll ‘hungry and foolish’ NW entrepreneurs

Founder’s Co-op, the 6-year-old Seattle angel investment firm led by Andy Sack, Chris DeVore and Rudy Gadre, has raised $10… Read More

Mega-financing rounds push VC totals higher: $10 billion invested in 880 deals in Q1

A series of very large financing deals — including Cloudera ($900 million); TangoMe ($280 million); and Domo Technologies ($125 million)… Read More

UW spin-out Oricula Therapeutics raises cash to sell medicine that prevents hearing loss

Oricula Therapeutics, a startup spun out of the University of Washington, has raised $122,000 to commercialize medicine that can help… Read More

Meet Muut: A Portland startup rethinking the way we leave online comments

Muut, a one-year-old Portland-based startup, isn’t happy with the way people have meaningful discussions online. Now, the nine-person team has… Read More

More funding for cancer research in Seattle: Adaptive Biotechnologies raises $105M

Researchers from Seattle who are finding ways to eliminate cancer are bringing in some serious funding today. On the same… Read More

Boom times: Venture capitalists pour $15 billion into startups in Q1

We’ve officially hit the end of the first quarter, and with that comes data about venture capital investments. The first… Read More

Study: Venture capital flows in dense urban communities that are liberal, gay and educated

What’s makes for an innovative startup hub? Researchers have been diving into that topic for years, analyzing everything from the… Read More

Flowboard raises $750K for iPad presentation app, names ex-PowerPoint GM as advisor

Seattle-based iPad storytelling app Flowboard today announced a new $750,000 round and an updated iPad app. Flowboard, which lets anyone create touch-enabled stories on… Read More

Redfin co-founder and ex-CTO sue company, allege scheme to cancel shares as IPO nears

Redfin is facing a lawsuit in King County Superior Court from two of its earliest employees who allege that the… Read More

Maveron’s Dan Levitan has the Midas touch: Seattle VC named to list of top 100 investors

It’s been quite the year for Maveron’s Dan Levitan — despite the fact that his beloved Duke Blue Devils got… Read More

Indix raises $8.5M to build a massive database for product managers

It’s been less than six months since Indix launched, but the Seattle startup is already making moves and raising more… Read More

FlexMinder raises $1.2M to manage refund processes for healthcare administrators

FlexMinder, a Seattle startup that helps healthcare administrators automate the insurance claims submission process, announced a $1.2 million Series A… Read More

Social media analytics startup Simply Measured raises $20M, wants to be Seattle’s next tech titan

Simply Measured is simply on fire. Less than a year after the company took home GeekWire’s 2013 Startup of the Year… Read More

Study: Ugly men have a tougher time raising venture capital

When it comes to raising cash, you’re better off looking a bit like Brad Pitt or David Beckham. A new… Read More

This Microsoft vet just scored $4 million to radically change the way you use email on mobile devices

Let’s face it. Managing email on a mobile device kind of sucks. It’s nearly impossible to find archived messages, let… Read More

Rover.com fetches $12M, plans to expand dog sitting marketplace

Online dog sitting marketplace Rover.com has a new best friend: Menlo Ventures. The Silicon Valley venture capital firm, an early… Read More

Strong IPO market boosts venture capital returns, but Nasdaq still outperforms

Venture capitalists are starting to make a little more money with their bets on early-stage companies. But investors still would… Read More

Education startup General Assembly lands $35M, tops 100,000 students

General Assembly has reeled in $35 million in fresh funding, money that the New York-based company will use to continue… Read More

Ravenna Solutions scores cash to help schools process admission forms online

The Alliance of Angels has led an $850,000 investment in Ravenna Solutions, a Seattle area startup that is developing tools… Read More

DocuSign inks $85 million venture deal, plans to top 1,000 employees in 2014

Let’s hope they used DocuSign to seal this deal. The electronic signature powerhouse just scored $85 million in fresh funding,… Read More