Articles about Venture capital – Page 51 of 67

Ex-Insitu CEO takes flight with stealthy big data startup Seeq

Steve Sliwa, the former CEO of Insitu Group, the maker of unmanned aerial vehicles that was purchased by Boeing for… Read More

VC returns improve for 10-year horizon, but you’d still be better off investing on Wall Street

There’s certainly been some good news in the venture business in recent weeks, with Yahoo announcing its $1.1 billion deal… Read More

Fast-growing Solavei scores fresh cash, aims to top $100M in revenue

Solavei, which rewards customers for signing up friends, family and co-workers for its wireless service, has scored $2 million in fresh… Read More

Dave McClure’s 500 Startups backs online presentation upstart 9Slides

9Slides, the maker of online presentation software that syncs video with slides, has raised capital from Dave McClure’s 500 Startups… Read More

Ride sharing service Lyft zooms forward with $60M from Andreessen Horowitz

Lyft, the ride sharing service known for the distinctive pink mustaches that drivers attach to their vehicles, has raised $60… Read More

Bruce Montgomery biotech startup Cardeas Pharma raises $34 million

It has been a good week for the Seattle life sciences community. On Monday, Seattle genomics tool maker NanoString Technologies… Read More

Fast-growing HasOffers raises $9.4M, promises to keep ‘bootstrapper spirit’ alive

HasOffers built a pretty impressive business over the past four years, using the company’s revenue to fuel expansion as it… Read More

You did what? Why we chose debt over venture capital

If you’re an entrepreneur, there’s a good chance that many of your conversations — and a good chunk of your… Read More

Apptio raises $45 million at a hefty valuation, plans to accelerate ‘on all fronts’

Apptio is not playing small ball. Just 14 months after raising a $50 million venture round, Bellevue-based Apptio is back… Read More

Startup valuations remain strong, but ‘down rounds’ increase to 28% of all VC deals

It was a bit of a mixed message in the latest Entrepreneurs Report from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, as so-called “down… Read More

Heralded UW computer science professor scores $6.75M for GraphLab, looking to make better online recommendations

It was a major coup last summer when The University of Washington hooked computer science professor Carlos Guestrin, a leading data scientist… Read More

Former Microsoft CFO John Connors named to Midas List for top investors

John Connors, a venture capitalist at Bellevue-based Ignition Partners who previously served as CFO of Microsoft, was named to Forbes’ 2013… Read More

Frazier Healthcare raises $281M for latest venture fund

Seattle venture capital firm Frazier Healthcare has raised $281.8 million for its seventh fund, according to a SEC filing today.… Read More

Virtual assistant startup lands $16 million to help sales pros cultivate hot leads

A fast-growing Bellingham startup has landed $16 million in venture capital from Kennet Partners and named former NexTag president Mark Bradley… Read More

Silicon Valley VC Bill Gurley: NYC needs more ‘iconic’ tech companies like Seattle

I’ve been writing a lot in recent months about the technology communities in Seattle and New York City, pinpointing the… Read More

Tango Card raises $4.1M to shake up the gift card market

Tango Card, the Seattle startup that’s looking to upend the gift card industry, has pulled in an additional $4.1 million… Read More

VoloMetrix raises $3.3M to help determine how workers spend their days

VoloMetrix has raised $3.3 million in series A financing, money that the Seattle startup will use to continue developing an… Read More

Tech Moves: Changes at SEOmoz; Polaris picks CEO-in-residence; Microvision names CFO; etc.

Jamie Steven has stepped down as chief marketing officer at SEOmoz, taking on the same role at Speedtest.net operator Ookla. “I’ve… Read More

Washington vs. Oregon: Here are the VC deals from Q1

Last week, we reported on the new CB Insights VC report, noting that Oregon had overtaken Washington in terms of quarterly… Read More

Startup valuations rise even as VCs don’t get as many exits

Valuations at startup companies continue to increase, even though venture capitalists aren’t cashing out on deals as frequently as they’d… Read More

BeatBio gets $2.5M for new ‘super fuel’ that boosts pumping power of heart muscles

BeatBio, a Seattle life sciences startup led by former Vulcan Capital managing director Michael Kranda and former VieVax CTO Gregory… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed Remitly announces free money transfers to the Philippines

Seattle startup Remitly just announced pricing for its new international money-transfer service to the Philippines, and customers are probably going… Read More

Adapx lands $3 million to help remote workers more easily capture data

Adapx has raised an additional $3 million in venture capital, money that the Seattle startup will use to continue to… Read More

VC investing tanks in Washington, overtaken by Oregon for first time since 1993

I’ve been covering the venture capital beat for nearly 15 years in the Pacific Northwest, through good times and bad.… Read More

AudienceScience scores cash, names former PopCap exec as CFO

AudienceScience has raised additional capital and named former PopCap Games executive Bob Chamberlain to the role of chief financial officer.… Read More

Online education startup Treehouse raises $7M to teach geeks new tech skills

Online education startup Treehouse has raised $7 million in fresh funding from Kaplan, Social + Capital Partnership and others. The money… Read More

Donuts raises more cash in quest to control hundreds of domain name extensions

Donuts appears to have a pretty big appetite for fresh cash. The Bellevue startup, which emerged last year with more than $100… Read More

Chart: Venture capital fundraising off to a ‘slow start’

This shouldn’t come as a surprise to those who follow the industry. Venture capital funds are having a harder time… Read More

After series of pivots, Haiku Deck scores $3 million to make presentation tools fun

Haiku Deck has reeled in $3 million in fresh funding, money that the Seattle startup will use to continue to… Read More

Ignition Partners raises $150M fund, opens new Silicon Valley office

It’s a new era for Ignition Partners. The Bellevue venture capital firm has a new fund, new offices and a… Read More