Articles about Venture capital – Page 66 of 67

Stratos Genomics raises $2.2 million for DNA sequencer

Stratos Genomics said today that it has raised an additional $2.1 million from existing shareholders. The money, which follows a… Read More

In wake of Airbnb financing frenzy, Seattle super angels pump $3.5M into Buuteeq

San Francisco’s Airbnb reportedly just raised $100 million at a whopping $1 billion valuation, with high-profile backers like Ashton Kutcher… Read More

A Hubble Telescope for the immune system: Seattle’s Adaptive TCR raises $5.8M

Adaptive TCR, a Seattle company that’s attempting to profile and measure the body’s immune system, has raised $5.8 million in… Read More

IPO filing reveals Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s stake in Groupon

Groupon’s growth rate over the past two years has been absolutely insane. Consider this: The daily deal site had just… Read More

Act-On Software scores $10M from Trinity, Voyager and others

With revenue expected to grow by 300 percent this year, Act-On Software has raised $10 million in financing from Trinity… Read More

ValueAppeal raises cash to help homeowners cut property tax bills

It took just three weeks for ValueAppeal founder Charlie Walsh to attract financing for his startup company. I guess that’s… Read More

Polaris Venture Partners closes Seattle office, says market ‘never developed’

When Polaris Venture Partners arrived in Seattle 15 years ago, the Boston-based firm thought the market had plenty of promise.… Read More

Trilogy, Madrona back stealthy mobile security startup Mobilisafe

Two of Seattle’s top venture capital firms are tossing their support behind Mobilisafe, a stealthy Bellevue startup led by former… Read More

Team of nerds brings 100 Mbps ‘super broadband’ to Seattle

Spectrum Networks co-founder John van Oppen likes to describe his team as a group of nerds who thrive on speed.… Read More

Accelerator Corp. hatches Oncofactor, a new Seattle cancer research startup

Accelerator Corp. has backed its 12th startup, a cancer research company that’s attempting to disrupt signaling pathways between tumors and the… Read More

Startup iTegris, hatched by two Microsoft vets, raises $4.6M

Stealth software startup iTegris, founded by former Microsoft VP Kurt Kolb and former Microsoft GM Tom Phillips, has raised more… Read More

Digital pen software maker Adapx inks $5 million round

Adapx, whose software powers digital pen technologies so workers can easily collect data in the field, has scored a $5… Read More

Benaroya backs smart grid software startup Calico Energy

Calico Energy has developed technologies to help residential and business customers reduce energy costs, a proposition that’s winning the Bellevue company… Read More

Venture capital returns rebound as IPOs come back

Returns at venture capital firms improved across most time horizons during the fourth quarter of last year, driven by a… Read More

Old relationships pay off: Divergent sees big return on $327M Pliant buy

Divergent Ventures, a small Seattle venture capital firm, saw a big payoff today when Milipitas, California data storage drive company… Read More

Billing Revolution rings up $6.6 million, powers mobile payments for Zynga and others

The mobile phone is turning into a mobile purchasing device. And Billing Revolution wants to help lead that charge. The… Read More

Marketfish nabs $4.5 million, names chief privacy officer

Marketfish, a Seattle startup which operates an online marketplace for email marketing lists, has reeled in $4.5 million in new… Read More

Venture capitalists upbeat about Microsoft’s massive $8.5 billion buyout of Skype

Microsoft has been fairly quiet on the M&A front over the past 18 months, a fact that has not been… Read More

Meet Rob Ward: A Silicon Valley venture capitalist who loves what’s going on in Seattle

At the Seattle 2.0 Awards last night, venture capitalist Mark Suster said that Seattle needs to encourage “foreign direct investment”… Read More

Discovery Bay Games scores $12M to create a new class of iPad accessories

Discovery Bay Games CEO Craig Olson didn’t expect to raise $12 million when he set out on the fundraising trail… Read More

Q&A: Straight-talking VC Mark Suster challenges entrepreneurs to think big

Mark Suster is a bit of an oddity in the venture capital business — a straight-talking, no-nonsense former entrepreneur who… Read More

Jeff Bezos goes nuclear, backs B.C. startup’s plan to create safe nuclear power

What is it with Seattle area billionaires and their love of nuclear power? Earlier this week, Microsoft co-founder touted the… Read More

Millionaires to double in Washington, but will that spark angel investment?

Seattle’s high-tech industry has minted thousands of millionaires over the years as companies such as Microsoft, Amazon.com, Isilon Systems and… Read More

Avalara scores $14 million to automate sales tax collection, sets goal for $100 million in revenue

Collecting sales tax can be a real pain for merchants. But Avalara wants to make that process, well, a little… Read More

Maveron, Ram Shriram, Hugh Crean and others invest $6 million in Decide.com

Some of the top venture capital firms and angel investors in Seattle and Silicon Valley are tossing their financial muscle… Read More

Seattle venture capitalists remain optimistic even as dollar volumes slump

I was chatting with a Seattle venture capitalist this week about the state of early-stage investing in the region. His… Read More

California dreaming: Ignition backs another startup with ties outside the region

One of the interesting trends in the venture capital business around these parts over the past few months has been… Read More

Seattle social commerce startup Lockerz scores massive $30 million round

Last week, Lockerz CEO Kathy Savitt told GeekWire that we’d have to “stay tuned” for news about the company’s future… Read More

Chart: Money flows to the top of the class in venture capital

Some may say that the venture capital model is broken. But that’s not stopping money from flowing into the coffers… Read More

Two Days in Silicon Valley: An inside look at 23 startups from Dave McClure’s Demo Days

I’ve been thinking a lot about passion lately — passion for ideas, teams, the shared pursuit of common goals. More… Read More