Articles about Venture capital – Page 6 of 67

Biotech startup AbSci raises $125M for ‘Protein Printing’ tech; total funding up to $230M

New funding: Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company AbSci raised $125 million in a round led by Casdin Capital and Redmile Group. The… Read More

Legal writing startup Clearbrief raises $1.2M from Madrona, Sequoia, Avvo founder, others

New funding: Clearbrief, a new Seattle startup that has developed AI-fueled writing technology for the legal industry, raised $1.2 million. Venture… Read More

‘We make our customers rich’: Shelf Engine raises $41M to help grocery giants manage their orders

New funding: Shelf Engine raised $41 million to support rapid growth of its tech platform used by grocers such as Kroger… Read More

Portland-area marketing automation startup Act-On raises $20M

New funding: Growth marketing automation platform Act-On Software raised $20 million in equity and debt. The company, based in the Portland,… Read More

Seattle startup Heard raises $1.3M to help mental health professionals run their own business

New funding: Heard, a 2-year-old startup aiming to help mental health professionals manage bookkeeping and taxes, raised $1.3 million. The company:… Read More

OctoML raises $28M grow machine learning software used by Qualcomm, Microsoft, AMD

New funding: Seattle-based startup OctoML raised a $28 million Series B round. The University of Washington spinout aims to help… Read More

Cannabis retail tech startup Dutchie valued at $1.7B after raising $200M

Dutchie, the Bend, Ore.-based creators of an e-commerce platform that helps cannabis dispensaries facilitate online orders, has raised $200 million… Read More

Gender diversity at Seattle-area venture capital firms: Women rise, but parity still a long way off

An increasing number of women are rising through the venture capital ranks, achieving partner or managing director status more than… Read More

Smart home startup Deako raises $12.5M, says its light switches are becoming ‘industry standard’

New funding: Seattle startup Deako Lighting raised $12.5 million as part of a Series B round to fuel growth of… Read More

JetClosing closes $11M investment round, names Seattle tech vet Anna Collins as CEO

New funding: Seattle digital home closing service JetClosing closed an $11 million Series B round. Funds and accounts advised by T.… Read More

Seattle-area startup Icertis now valued at $2.8 billion after fresh $80M round

Icertis has raised a new $80 million investment round, pushing its valuation to $2.8 billion, up from $1.1 billion in… Read More

Visus Therapeutics raises $36M from J&J’s VC arm, others to develop eye drop that treats presbyopia

Visus Therapeutics, a Seattle-based startup developing a presbyopia-correcting eye drop, raised $36 million. Johnson & Johnson Innovation, the venture capital… Read More

Recruiting startup SeekOut raises $65M to take on LinkedIn and other talent acquisition companies

New funding: Seattle-area startup SeekOut raised $65 million to fuel growth of its recruiting software. The 4-year-old company is profitable and… Read More

Banzai raises $15M as investors pour cash into virtual event platforms

Banzai, a Seattle startup that sells event marketing software, raised $15 million in venture debt funding. Columbia Pacific Advisors led… Read More

Pioneer Square Labs raises $100M fund for venture arm to back more Pacific Northwest startups

Pioneer Square Labs has raised $100 million for its second venture fund, a key milestone for the 5-year-old Seattle firm… Read More

How SPACs are changing the IPO game: Equity ownership of founders a big consideration

A few weeks ago, a longtime GeekWire reader sent a note expressing shock that Sana Biotechnology co-founder and CEO Steve… Read More

Led by co-creator of Nintendo’s Power Glove, this startup raised $2M for its restaurant tech

New funding: Vancouver, Wash.-based startup Perfect Company just reeled in $2 million of a larger round to help grow its… Read More

More capital for Pacific Northwest startups: Founders’ Co-op raises $50M fund, its largest yet

Seattle venture capital firm Founders’ Co-op, an early backer of billion-dollar companies such as Remitly, Outreach, and Auth0, has raised… Read More

Here’s the first thing President Biden should do to spark entrepreneurship in the U.S.

The most powerful lever President Joe Biden can pull to catalyze entrepreneurship in the U.S. is immigration reform. That’s according… Read More

Seattle investors talk SPACs; pandemic impact on startups; advice for founders; and more

When the pandemic hit last year, tech startups began laying off employees and braced for impact. The outlook was bleak,… Read More

SoundCommerce raises $15M to help online retailers ‘think and act like Amazon’

Another Seattle e-commerce logistics startup is raising more cash. This time it’s SoundCommerce, which just announced a $15 million Series… Read More

Another unicorn in Seattle: Enterprise sales startup Highspot raises $200M round at a $2.3B valuation

Highspot has joined the growing list of billion-dollar startups sprouting up in the Seattle area. Seattle’s newest unicorn just raised… Read More

VC shares 5 tips for startup founders who are ready to raise their Series A round

Your startup just hit $1 million in annual recurring revenue. You’ve got product market fit. Now you’re ready for more… Read More

E-commerce logistics startup Pipe17 raises $8M amid pandemic-driven online shopping surge

New funding: Seattle startup Pipe17 announced an $8 million seed funding round for its platform that helps online retailers tie… Read More

Knock raises $20M as pandemic drives demand for software used by apartment property managers

New funding: Knock announced a $20 million round to fuel growth of its apartment property management software. It follows a $12… Read More

Ally raises $50M as remote work drives demand for goal-setting collaboration software

Investors are going all in on Ally. The Seattle startup just landed a $50 million Series C round led by… Read More

VC family: Madison McIlwain follows her father’s footsteps, and carves out her own tech interests

An elevator pitch, quick coffee, lunch or Zoom chat might be how some investors get a feel for a particular… Read More

With backing from Bill Gates, Pivotal Commware raises $50M for 5G products

Kirkland, Wash.-based Pivotal Commware says it has closed on a $50 million funding round that will help it expand research,… Read More

Techstars Seattle grad Insent raises $2M to take on Drift and Intercom with B2B marketing chatbot

Insent landed $2 million to help mid-market B2B companies improve how they identify and communicate with potential buyers. The Seattle-based… Read More

Google’s AI-focused venture fund leads $5.4M investment for Seattle analytics startup Iteratively

Seattle startup Iteratively raised a $5.4 million round led by Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused venture fund. Founded in 2019 by… Read More