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Brandlive founder launches new startup that embeds video chat into websites...
(Zipcan Image) Video conferencing has exploded amid the pandemic. Companies like Zoom and Microsoft are seeing huge growth with their tools. Fritz Brumder. (Zipcan Photo) Now a Bend, Ore.-based...
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Madrona leads $2.6M round for OthersideAI, a startup using GPT-3 tech to...
The OthersideAI team, left to right: Matt Shumer, Miles Feldstein, Jason Kuperberg. (OthersideAI Photo) The average U.S. worker spends more than five hours per day checking email. A new startup wants...
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Graph analytics startup Trovares, led by ex-Cray CEO, raises $1.35M
Jim Rottsolk, co-founder, CEO, and president, Trovares. (Trovares Photo) Seattle startup Trovares has raised another $1.35 million to help boost its graph analytics business. The 9-person company...
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Led by former DoD digital chief and backed by ex-Google CEO, Rebellion...
Matt Shobe. (Rebellion Defense Photos) Seattle is not exactly known as a hotspot for national security software startups. But Matt Shobe hopes to carry forward the region’s history of defense-related...
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Wyze continues flood of new products, releasing smart sprinkler controller...
The Wyze Sprinkler Controller allows users to program and control a garden watering system. (Wyze Photo) A week after launching a smart vacuum to clean up around the house, Seattle-based Wyze Labs is...
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Seattle data management startup Igneous lays off staff, citing ‘difficult...
Igneous CEO Dean Darwin. (Igneous Photos) Igneous, a Seattle startup that helps companies manage unstructured data across a variety of systems, has laid off staff. A spokesperson declined to provide...
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Techstars grad WattBuy raises $3.25M to help households shop for electricity...
WattBuy founders Naman Trivedi and Ben Hood.(WattBuy Photo) WattBuy raised $3.25 million to expand its database tool that collects and shares energy rates in unregulated states where residents and...
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Vimly Benefit Solutions raises $6.7M to help healthcare companies manage...
Vimly CEO Shannon Jurdana. (Vimly Photo) Vimly Benefit Solutions raised $6.7 million to help scale its benefits administration software platform. The Seattle-area company provides enrollment,...
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Fresh off $50M round, Bay Area drone startup Volansi opens Bend, Ore. office
(Volansi Photo) Long distance drone delivery service startup Volansi is expanding its footprint with a new office in Bend, Ore. The 5-year-old company will move some of its development, production,...
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Tech Moves: Microsoft’s M12 creates advisory board; former Integris CEO joins...
Clockwise from top left: Matthias Troyer, Saurabh Tiwary, Jocelyn Moore, Ann Johnson and Jason Warner. (M12 Photos) — M12, Microsoft’s venture capital arm, announced a formal advisory board drawing...
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With pandemic taking a toll on mental health, Joon Care raises $3.5M to help...
Joon Care co-founders Amy Mezulis and Josh Herst. (Joon Care Photos) The pandemic is taking a toll on everyone, but teens in particular are seeing increased anxiety and depression. Joon Care wants to...
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This smart camera startup helps companies meet COVID-19 cleaning standards by...
Quivr CEO Brian Monnin. (GeekWire File Photo) Cleanliness took on a whole new meaning in 2020. The pandemic is forcing airlines, hotels, universities, and other organizations to adjust standards for...
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‘Software is eating more of the world, faster’: Pandemic spotlights...
Sunset over the Seattle skyline. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Enterprise software companies have long dominated the Seattle and Pacific Northwest tech scene. They range from stalwarts such as...
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Seattle biotech firm Umoja Biopharma raises $53M as it tackles unique...
Umoja Biopharma CEO Andy Scharenberg. (Umoja Photo) Umoja Biopharma raised $53 million to expand development of its CAR T-cell immunotherapy treatments for blood-based and organ-based tumors in adult...
View ArticleRetirement plan compliance startup Advice Analytics wins $235K at Seattle...
San Diego-based startup Advice Analytics won $235,500 at the 18th Seattle Angel Conference event. Founded in 2019, the company aims to help employers and recordkeepers with 401K compliance needs by...
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E-commerce intelligence platform Stackline raises $50M from Goldman Sachs as...
Some of the Stackline team, pre-pandemic. (Stackline Photo) Stackline raised $50 million from Goldman Sachs Growth Equity to fuel its online retail intelligence platform as the e-commerce industry...
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Former Z2 employees raise $3.3M for new Seattle game development studio...
(Lightfox Games Image) A group of gaming industry vets just raised $3.2 million for a new Seattle studio called Lightfox Games. Lightfox CEO Ryan Hanft-Murphy. (Lightfox Photo) Founded last year by...
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Testing PupPod: This $199 app-based training tool aims to increase mental...
Ichi and the PupPod Rocker. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Can tech help make dogs smarter? That’s the question behind PupPod, a Seattle-based startup which just debuted its latest app-based...
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Seattle startup vets launch platform that lets employers provide emergency...
Secure co-founders Devin Miller (left) and Bassam Saliba. (Secure Photos) The pandemic has caused a financial burden for millions of employees across the nation. It also impacts the companies that...
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Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson joins board of Seattle customer intelligence...
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson (left) and Amperity CEO Kabir Shahani at Seahawks game in Seattle. (Photo courtesy of Daniel Mogg) Starbucks President and CEO Kevin Johnson, a longtime tech industry...
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