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Shut out of bars by the pandemic, Seattle trivia startup Sporcle finds...
A Zoom screen grab of Sporcle Virtual Trivia participants. (Sporcle Image) Here’s a trivia question for you: In what year did Seattle startup Sporcle, a trivia games company, figure out that it could...
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The Riveter closes all 9 co-working spaces as questions loom about the future...
The Riveter CEO Amy Nelson accepts the 2019 Startup of the Year award at the GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Seattle-based startup The Riveter, which set out to build a national...
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Seattle startup Pro.com cuts 52 employees as pandemic impacts home...
(Pro.com Photo) Tech-powered general contracting platform Pro.com laid off 52 employees as the ongoing pandemic impacts home construction. Pro.com founder and CEO Matt Williams. (Pro.com Photo)...
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Silver Lake makes another travel bet, leads $108M investment in vacation...
(Vacasa Image) Silver Lake is betting big on the travel industry despite the ongoing global pandemic. The top Silicon Valley tech investment firm bought big stakes in Expedia and Airbnb over the past...
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Seattle startup leaders use their platform to speak out on racism and pledge...
Outreach CEO Manny Medina (right) and Convoy CEO Dan Lewis speak at the 2019 GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire Photo) “Undoing years of institutionalized oppression will take years. But it’s work worth...
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Seattle biotech startup Athira raises $85M to develop therapies for...
The Athira team. (Athira Photo) The foundation of Athira Pharma began while Leen Kawas was earning her Ph.D. in molecular pharmacology at Washington State University nearly a decade ago. Fast forward...
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This Seattle startup is helping physical retailers detect face masks and...
(Nomad Go Image) Nomad Go had its Apollo 13 moment. The Seattle startup wanted to help physical retailers in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The company has traditionally sold computer vision...
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Give InKind raises more cash as social giving platform gains popularity amid...
Give InKind CEO Laura Malcolm. (Give InKind Photo) Business is booming for Tacoma, Wash.-based startup Give InKind as more people use its social giving platform during the global pandemic. The company...
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Product placement and sales analytics startup Observa draws big-name...
Observa co-founders CEO Hugh Holman and CTO Erik Chelstad at the Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle in July 2019. (Observa Photo) Observa, a Seattle-based startup that uses AI to provide analytics...
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Seattle startup Cabana pitches vanlife vacations as travel alternative during...
The interior of a Cabana camper van. (Cabana Photo) With summer around the corner, many Americans are considering what vacation will look like in 2020 with the coronavirus threat looming. Communities...
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Amazon-backed Seattle startup Bamboo Learning brings voice education app to...
Bamboo Learning CEO Ian Freed. (Bamboo Learning Photo) Bamboo Learning, a Seattle startup led by Jeff Bezos’ former technology adviser, today launched its voice-based education app Bamboo Luminaries...
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Seattle startup Persona pivots and seizes on video chat popularity by using...
(Persona Images) Persona, the platform initially built as way to make social media a more intimate way to share family memories, has pivoted during the pandemic to focus on video chat and capturing...
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As restaurants reopen, recommendation platform Feastfox launches in Seattle...
(Feastfox Image) Restaurants emerging from lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could find diners lured back out by a new startup in Seattle. Feastfox is a smart restaurant recommendation engine...
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Maveron, Scooter Braun, Alex Rodriguez invest in $30M round for virtual...
(Wave Image) Los Angeles startup Wave announced a $30 million investment round to fuel growth of its live virtual entertainment platform. Seattle VC firm Maveron led the Series B round, with...
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Seattle startup Uplevel adds features to measure engineer productivity in...
A sample chart from UpLevel showing how engineers spend their time. (UpLevel Photo) Like many startups, Uplevel is adapting as the economic crisis changes how its customers work. Uplevel CEO Joe Levy....
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Zillow co-founder, Madrona, others invest in $4.5M round for new Seattle...
Zeitworks CEO Ryan Windham. (Zeitworks Photo) Zeitworks, an under-the-radar early-stage Seattle startup, has raised a $4.5 million seed round. GeekWire uncovered the company last month. Zeitworks CEO...
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Listen, learn and launch: A resource guide to end racism in tech through...
[Editor’s Note: Dave Cotter is chief product officer at cannabis website and marketplace Leafly, a serial entrepreneur, startup CEO and veteran of companies including Zulily, Amazon and Microsoft. He...
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Seattle construction tech startup HeadLight raises $25M to grow photo-based...
Construction technology startup HeadLight announced a $25 million investment round from Viking Global Investors to help scale its photo-based inspection software. The company, previously known as Pavia...
View ArticleVirtual care provider Conversa raises $12M as investors bet big on digital...
The latest digital health company to land funding is Conversa, a Portland, Ore.-based telehealth startup that announced a $12 million Series B round. Founded in 2014, Conversa sells various platforms...
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Tech vets lead Panda AI, a secretive new spinout from the Allen Institute for...
Aaron Goldfeder and Yue Ning, co-founders of Panda AI. (Panda AI Photos) Veteran tech execs are heading up a stealthy new startup formed inside the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) in...
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