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A dozen things I’ve learned about venture capital (in 999 words)

Editor’s note: This post is part of a series by Tren Griffin, a senior director at Microsoft who previously worked… Read More

Former Vulcan partner Dino Vendetti raising cash for new Oregon venture fund

Dino Vendetti, a former partner at Vulcan and exec at Metawave, has raised $3 million of a $15 million fund for a… Read More

Mobile analytics startup Zettics raises cash

Zettics, the mobile analytics startup led by former Qpass exec Sterling Wilson, has raised an additional $6.7 million, according to… Read More

Top 5 reasons why startups are wasted on the young

Okay, I admit it. In my entire life, nothing has made me feel older than pitching to VCs on Sand… Read More

This dude just raised $800,000 in 4 hours for a sonic vibrator designed to stimulate the sex toy industry

There was certainly a lot of buzz around Robin Elenga’s latest angel financing round, literally and figuratively. Elenga is the… Read More

Microsoft vets land $3M for Discuzz to help salespeople better communicate with prospects and customers

Discuzz, a Bellevue startup that helps sales professionals communicate more effectively with partners and customers, has raised a $3 million… Read More

Junk mail eliminator PaperKarma acquired by Reputation.com

It only seemed like a matter of time before someone big swooped up PaperKarma, the popular junk mail eliminator app.… Read More

Seattle angels invest in mobile marketing startup Sparq

A group of prominent Seattle angel investors are putting some of their cash behind Sparq, the mobile marketing upstart which… Read More

Socrata lands $18 million, continuing mission to unlock troves of government data

Seattle entrepreneur Kevin Merritt wants to help lead a transformation in government. Not by running for office, but through unleashing… Read More

Cosmetics upstart Julep reels in another $5M from Maveron, Andreessen Horowitz

It usually doesn’t happen this way. But Julep, the fast-growing Seattle cosmetics upstart, has gotten bigger as its metrics have improved.… Read More

Anomo helps you find love with anonymous self-created avatars, raises cash

Things are moving quickly for Anomo, the Seattle mobile startup that helps you land a date, meet your next business partner or… Read More

Ex-Amazon engineers form Wire Labs, raise $150,000 for mobile startup

We’ve seen countless Microsoft veterans leave Redmond to create their own startups, but that hasn’t happened as much with Amazon… Read More

Corporate wellness company Keas snags $8M from Ignition and Atlas Venture

Keas, a corporate wellness program based out of San Francisco, has just received $8 million in funding from Ignition Partners… Read More

HomeGrocer founder Terry Drayton is back: Storrage wants to deliver the stuff you own to your doorstep

Terry Drayton, the co-founder and former CEO of HomeGrocer.com, the heavily-funded online grocery delivery service whose iconic peach rotted during… Read More

Study: Immigrant entrepreneurs at VC-backed companies are responsible for 600,000 jobs

Immigrants have long played a critical role in the succes of the U.S. — leaving behind their homelands for what… Read More

This map shows where venture capital dollars are flowing in the U.S.

Check out this cool map, produced by The Atlantic in partnership with the Martin Prosperity Institute, which shows where venture capital dollars… Read More

Microsoft Courier vets score $15M from Andreessen Horowitz to expand beyond blockbuster iPad app Paper

FiftyThree, maker of the sketching and illustration app Paper, the Apple 2012 iPad App of the Year, has scored $15 million… Read More

Big data startup SpaceCurve lands $10 million

SpaceCurve, which is developing a big data platform that it says provides “instantaneous intelligence” for location-based services, commodities and other… Read More

Yabbly raises cash to help consumers get product advice, names Ben Huh and Andy Liu to advisory board

Yabbly, the Seattle startup that’s looking to help consumers get solid advice on consumer products, everything from smartphones to baby… Read More

A new marketplace: Nimia offers one-stop shop for managing and licensing professional video

Zach McIntosh was busy wrapping up another video production project for National Geographic when he first realized a big problem:… Read More

Report: Portland’s AppFog to be acquired by Savvis

Portland platform-as-a-service startup AppFog is set to be acquired by Savvis, the big co-location and data center operator that’s owned… Read More

Q&A: Madrona’s Julie Sandler on startups, women in tech and getting promoted at Seattle’s top VC firm

Venture capitalists tend to have sharp elbows and prickly demeanors. But Julie Sandler, who joined Madrona Venture Group two years… Read More

TalentWise spins off from Naveen Jain’s Inome with $25M from mysterious backer

TalentWise has spun off from Naveen Jain’s Inome in a $25 million financing round led by an undisclosed Seattle area… Read More

InternMatch raises $4M to connect college kids with hot employers

The market for talent continues to heat up, which means it is more important than ever for big and small… Read More

Optimum Energy heats up with $12.2M to intelligently adjust temperature settings in buildings

Optimum Energy, a Seattle startup whose software intelligently adjusts a building’s temperature in order to reduce energy consumption, has scored… Read More

Mobisante raises $4.2M for smartphone-based ultrasound imaging system

Mobisante, the Redmond-based company that makes ultrasound technology viewable on a smartphone or tablet, just pulled in $4.2 million in fresh… Read More

New startup Porch raises $6.25M, aiming to fix home-improvement market with ‘massive amount of data’

After operating under wraps for the past year, a new Seattle-based startup called Porch is making its presence known for… Read More

Q&A: Photo sharing upstart Linea raises $4 million to fix ‘broken photo libraries’

It’s 2013 — nearly 10 years after the founding of Flickr and more than a year after Facebook bought Instagram… Read More

Automating the acquihire: ExitRound plays matchmaker for startups with nowhere else to turn

It’s the hard truth of startups. Most new companies never make it. Jacob Mullins has seen this reality play out… Read More

The VC drain: Yes, we’re a big importer of capital too

At the Technology Alliance annual luncheon this week in downtown Seattle, industry leaders lamented the sad state of the educational… Read More