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Led by e-commerce vets, stealthy startup Fabric raises $9.5M to help brands...
Faisal Masud. (Fabric Photo) Faisal Masud knows e-commerce. The tech vet spent more than six years at Amazon in the 2000s, helping build inventory tools and launching the AmazonBasics product line. He...
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This Seattle fintech startup just raised $11M on Zoom and shifted to a fully...
The Possible Finance team, before social distancing. (Possible Finance Photo) Possible Finance was growing fast and ready to raise more venture capital. Then COVID-19 hit. “It immediately made...
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Synthetic biology startup AbSci raises $65M to expand ‘Protein Printing’ tech
AbSci CEO and Founder Sean McClain. (AbSci Photo) Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company AbSci raised an additional $65 million to help grow its synthetic biology platform. The company’s “Protein...
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Look who’s Arrived: Tech vets launch Seattle real estate startup to crowdfund...
The Arrived team, from left, CEO and co-founder Ryan Frazier, CTO and co-founder Kenny Cason, CFO Joel Mezistrano, and COO and co-founder Alejandro Chouza. (Arrived Photo) Another tech-fueled real...
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Former Windows chief Terry Myerson is building a health care data startup...
Terry Myerson A Seattle-area startup called Truveta made its existence known for the first time on Thursday, describing an ambitious vision to use data to save lives through new innovations in patient...
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Sana CEO reveals details about stealthy gene therapy startup that has raised...
Luke Timmerman interviews Sana Biotechnology CEO Steve Harr at the GeekWire Summit this week. Sana Biotechnology CEO Steve Harr shed more light on one of most secretive, heavily funded startups in...
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Silicon Valley mainstay NEA leads $37.5M investment in Seattle cloud startup...
Eric Rudder, Pulumi president, COO and cxecutive chairman, left, and Joe Duffy, Pulumi CEO, in the company’s downtown Seattle offices last year. (GeekWire File Photo) Pulumi has raised a new $37.5...
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Used car marketplace Shift expands into Seattle region with end-to-end...
(Shift Image) The online used car marketplace Shift is moving into the Seattle region, expanding the 6-year-old company’s coverage area the length of the West Coast. Shoppers within a 60-mile radius...
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After pandemic speed bump, Airbnb cleaning startup Neu bounces back and...
Kwame Boler, left, and Claudius Mbemba, co-founders of Neu. (Neu Photos) Neu was in trouble when the COVID-19 pandemic hit earlier this year. The company’s business, which provides cleaning services...
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Textio’s newest augmented writing tool helps guide brands to use inclusive...
Language in a mock company profile is run through Textio for Employer Brand, a new product from the Seattle augmented writing startup. (Textio Image) Textio, the Seattle-based augmented writing...
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Techstars Seattle grad Shotcall raises $2.2M for esports fan engagement platform
From left to right: Shotcall co-founders Gordon Li (CTO), Thomas Gentle (CEO), Riley Auten (CAO). (Shotcall Photo) Shotcall announced a $2.2 million seed round to help grow its platform and...
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How this virtual event startup rebounded from a near-shutdown to an...
Pathable co-founder and CEO Jordan Schwartz. (Pathable Photo) It’s been one heck of a startup roller coaster ride for the team at Pathable this year. Founded in 2008, the Seattle-based company...
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Seattle startup vets raise $1M and reveal more details about home valuation...
Brian Lent (left) and David Bluhm, co-founders of Plunk. (Lamda Photos) Will that bathroom remodel increase your home’s value by more than $20,000? What about replacing the floors or adding a garage?...
View ArticleNavigating Cancer’s founder and former CEO sues its investor Merck, alleging...
The founder and former CEO of Seattle health tech startup Navigating Cancer, Gena Cook, is suing one of its investors, pharmaceutical giant Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund, on claims including...
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Built to scale: Seattle startup weighs its own success as Amazon releases...
Seattle-based Bottomless has been selling a smart scale intended to automatically order fresh coffee as bags of beans get depleted. (Bottomless Photo) A small Seattle startup that created a product to...
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Seattle cybersecurity startup Rubica shuts down after running out of cash
Frances Dewing. (Rubica Photo) Cybersecurity threats are on the rise amid the pandemic. But that wasn’t enough to convince investors to put more cash behind Rubica, a 4-year-old Seattle startup that...
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Poppy founder creates ‘Milo,’ a new software tool to help manage ‘the most...
(Milo Image) Two years after shutting down her technology-powered child care startup Poppy, Avni Patel Thompson is still on a mission to develop the tools and software to help families. Patel Thompson...
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NYC-based 2048 Ventures taps Seattle investor Minda Brusse to target Pacific...
Minda Brusse. Another out-of-town firm has its eyes on the Seattle startup scene. New York City-based 2048 Ventures has hired Minda Brusse as a venture partner. Brusse will help the firm find pre-seed...
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Wyze releasing a $199 ‘Robot Vacuum’ to clean up on competitors in the...
The Wyze Robot Vacuum. (Wyze Photo) Wyze Labs’ vision of a smarter home, full of its cameras and other products, is also going to be a cleaner place. The Seattle-based company announced a new Wyze...
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After $30M round, Bumped launches app that gives people free stock after...
Buy from a brand, get some of their stock. That’s the pitch from Bumped, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that launched its app today after a year of beta testing. Bumped users create a brokerage...
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