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Okta to pay $6.5B to acquire Seattle’s Auth0; identity tech startup was...
Auth0 CEO Eugenio Pace. (GeekWire File Photo) Auth0, the billion-dollar Seattle-area startup that is a leader in identity authentication software, is being acquired by Okta, another leader in the...
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Seattle startup Downstream, which helps brands with their Amazon ads,...
Downstream co-founders Salim Hamed (left, CTO) and Connor Folley (CEO). (Downstream Photo) Jungle Scout raised $110 million and today announced the acquisition of Downstream, a Seattle startup that...
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Pioneer Square Labs raises $100M fund for venture arm to back more Pacific...
The Pioneer Square Labs leadership team, from left to right: Palvi Mehta, Mike Galgon, Greg Gottesman, T.A. McCann, Julie Sandler, Ben Gilbert, David Zager, and Geoff Entress. (PSL Photo)...
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Father-daughters team launches Chances to attract Gen Z to new type of...
Rob Lipschutz and his co-founder daughters at The Chances App, Vanessa and Noelle Lipschutz. (Chances Image) At times, while working on his new startup with his two daughters, Rob Lipschutz is either...
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Finding my way to tech entrepreneurship: An immigrant’s perspective
Chuks Onwuneme. Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by Seattle entrepreneur Chuks Onwuneme, which first appeared on LinkedIn. The version below includes additional material. I co-founded...
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Tech Moves: WTIA elects new board leadership; Adriane Brown joins American...
From left to right: Dave Cotter and Kristen Forecki (Dave Cotter and Convoy Photos) — The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) elected Dave Cotter as the new chair of its board of...
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Presage Biosciences raises $13M and inks new deal with Merck for cancer drug...
Presage CEO Richard Klinghoffer. (Presage Photo) New funds, new partners: Seattle’s Presage Biosciences announced $13 million in funding as well new collaborations with biotech giant Merck and...
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Health data startup Truveta hires Seattle Foundation CEO Tony Mestres as...
Tony Mestres will leave the Seattle Foundation in May to join Truveta. Tony Mestres, a former Microsoft vice president who has been president and CEO of the Seattle Foundation for seven years, will...
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Bill Gates and Amazon join $80M funding round for Turntide electric motor...
Turntide’s Smart Motor System relies on switched reluctance motor technology. (Turntide Photo) Turntide Technologies, a Silicon Valley venture that’s retooling electric motors for the 21st century,...
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Tech Moves: Former AT&T Vice Chairman Ralph de la Vega joins Outreach board;...
Ralph de la Vega. (Photo courtesy of Michael B. Lloyd) — Seattle startup Outreach has a new board member: Ralph de la Vega, the former vice chairman at AT&T and longtime wireless industry...
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How this Seattle VC missed out on Auth0’s seed round, but persisted and...
Founders’ Co-op Managing Partner Chris DeVore. (Founders’ Co-op Photo) Seattle venture capitalist Chris DeVore felt something special when he first connected with Auth0 co-founder Eugenio Pace....
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Banzai raises $15M as investors pour cash into virtual event platforms
Banzai, a Seattle startup that sells event marketing software, raised $15 million in venture debt funding. Columbia Pacific Advisors led the round, which included participation from Gaingels. Founded...
View ArticleBiotech startup AbSci lands investment from Merck’s VC arm to fuel ‘Protein...
Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company AbSci raised an undisclosed amount of funding from pharmaceutical giant Merck. Founded in 2011, AbSci’s “Protein Printing” technology is used to discover and...
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Hello, Texas: Seattle venture capital firm Madrona hires first partner...
John Torrey. (Madrona Photo) Madrona Venture Group has hired its first investment partner based outside of the Pacific Northwest as the firm broadens its geographical reach. Former Qualtrics executive...
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GeekWire Awards: Community nominations now open, new categories added
We’re gearing up to celebrate the very best of the Pacific Northwest innovation community with the return of the GeekWire Awards, presented by Wave Business. And while we unfortunately can’t meet in...
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Health savings account custodian HealthEquity acquires Seattle transportation...
Luum CEO Sohier Hall. (Luum Photo) HealthEquity, a publicly-traded administrator of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), has acquired Luum, a Seattle startup that helps employers manage commute benefits...
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Recruiting startup SeekOut raises $65M to take on LinkedIn and other talent...
From left to right: SeekOut CEO Anoop Gupta; SeekOut CTO Aravind Bala; Madrona Venture Group Managing Director and SeekOut board member S. “Soma” Somasegar; SeekOut head of engineering Vikas Manocha;...
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Seattle-area game publisher tinyBuild valued at $474M after IPO on London...
Alex Nichiporchik, tinyBuild co-founder and CEO. (tinyBuild Photo) Bellevue, Wash.-based indie video game publisher tinyBuild today completed an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange’s...
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Visus Therapeutics raises $36M from J&J’s VC arm, others to develop eye drop...
Visus Therapeutics, a Seattle-based startup developing a presbyopia-correcting eye drop, raised $36 million. Johnson & Johnson Innovation, the venture capital arm of J&J, invested in the Series...
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Tech Moves: Microsoft distinguished engineer joins Eclipse Ventures; Outreach...
Kushagra Vaid. (Kushagra Vaid Photo) — Former Microsoft VP and Azure Distinguished Engineer Kushagra Vaid is now a partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Eclipse Ventures. He is also currently...
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