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Tech companies get creative with pandemic and protest-related perks for...
Accolade CEO Rajeev Singh and his daughter Sarina Singh, a high school senior attending Northeastern this fall, during the company’s special virtual commencement event for employees’ children...
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Medical device repair startup Summit Imaging fires back at Philips over...
The dispute focuses on alleged modifications to Philips ultrasound systems. (Philips Photo) Seattle-area medical device repair company Summit Imaging is denying accusations of hacking and stolen trade...
View ArticleZillow and Trulia founders invest in Latin American real estate startup La Haus
Zillow Group co-founder Spencer Rascoff and Trulia co-founder Pete Flint are among the investors in La Haus, a startup aiming to digitize the real estate experience for consumers in Latin America. The...
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This VC firm just led a startup investment without meeting the founders in...
Boris Wertz and Angela Tran, partners at Version One Ventures. (Version One Ventures Photo) Investing in a startup without meeting the founders in person — it’s the new normal amid a global pandemic....
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Outreach raises $50M as billion-dollar Seattle startup aims to capitalize on...
(Outreach Photo) Outreach is putting more fuel in the tank. The Seattle startup, one of a handful of “unicorn” companies in the region, just raised a $50 million Series F investment round, increasing...
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The next X-ray? Seattle startup Proprio raises $23M to build high-tech...
Screenshot of a 3D interactive scene generated by the Proprio system, including live capture of the surgical field fused with preoperative imaging and planning data. (Proprio Image) Seattle startup...
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Two Outreach founders depart, team up on secretive remote work venture
From left to right: Outreach co-founders Manny Medina, Gordon Hempton, Wes Hather, and Andrew Kinzer. (Outreach Photo) Outreach co-founders Wes Hather and Gordon Hempton are working on a stealthy new...
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Amazon and Techstars revamp Alexa Accelerator to help later-stage companies,...
Team members from the third Alexa Accelerator cohort gather on stage last year at Amazon HQ in Seattle. (GeekWire Photos / Taylor Soper) Amazon and Techstars on Wednesday unveiled the seven companies...
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This startup is taking on Instacart by helping gig workers launch grocery...
Elite Groceries is one of 2,000 grocery delivery businesses established using Dumpling’s technology. (Dumpling Photo) The coronavirus pandemic has made grocery and food delivery workers essential...
View ArticleAI2 spinout Lexion unveils Slack chatbot that automatically finds legal...
Lexion, a Seattle startup that spun out of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), this week rolled out a new Slack chatbot that can instantly find legal contracts. The chatbot analyzes...
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Energy-saving, waste-reducing, planet-helping startups join 2020 Cascadia...
Participants from the 10 startups selected for the 2020 cohort of the Cascadia CleanTech Accelerator. (Cascadia CleanTech Accelerator Photo) Seattle’s CleanTech Alliance and Portland-based VertueLab...
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This startup could be a dog owner’s best friend as it uses machine learning...
Patrick Opie, founder of Scout9, and his dog, Orin. (Photo courtesy of Patrick Opie) After adopting his first dog last year, Patrick Opie was struggling with figuring out what Orin, his mini...
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Revolution Agriculture reimagines the food supply chain with urban ‘farmlets’...
A Revolution Agriculture ‘farmlet.’ (Revolution Agriculture Photo) The vulnerabilities of a long food supply chain have been laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic as people across the world go hungry...
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UW spinout AnswerDash, a contextual Q&A service for customer support,...
Left to right: AnswerDash CEO Don Davidge, and co-founders Amy Ko and Jake Wobbrock. (AnswerDash Photos) Nearly eight years after launching out of the University of Washington, AnswerDash has been...
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Wyze launches $49.99 outdoor smart home camera, undercutting competitors on...
(Wyze Photos) Wyze Labs will launch its first outdoor camera, meeting demand for its most-requested product since the Seattle company launched three years ago. The Wyze Cam Outdoor is the company’s...
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Humanly raises $800K to help companies automate recruiting process amid...
Humanly CEO Prem Kumar. (Humanly Photo) The COVID-19 crisis is changing the way companies recruit new employees — and Seattle startup Humanly is hoping to ride the trend with its HR technology....
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Accolade sets terms for IPO, aims to raise up to $211M in Seattle’s first...
Accolade CEO Raj Singh speaking at the 2018 GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) Accolade set the terms for its IPO on Wednesday as the health benefits platform aims to become the first...
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Capital Markets Gateway raises $25M from Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, other...
New York City fintech startup Capital Markets Gateway (CMG) raised a $25 million round to fuel growth of its tech platform that helps streamline the equity capital markets deal flow process. Barclays,...
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Seattle rises three spots, cracks the top 10 in annual global startup...
The Seattle skyline. (GeekWire Photos / Kevin Lisota) Seattle jumped three spots and moved into the top 10 of Startup Genome’s annual global startup ecosystem rankings. The list ranks cities based on...
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TikTok for the workplace? VR startup Pixvana pivots to Voodle, a short video...
(Voodle Images) What if you communicated with colleagues at work in the same way we send emojis, GIFs, videos, photos, and other image-based files to our friends and family throughout the day? Voodle...
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