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Recurrent lands R&D grant to bolster its battery data that helps used...
(Flickr Creative Commons Photo / Ivan Radic) New funding: Recurrent, a platform for helping people make informed choices when buying used electric vehicles, was awarded a $256,000 grant from the...
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Genba, the latest spinout from PSL-Fortive studio, raises cash for industrial...
Genba co-founders Bruce Kaufman and Emory Sullivan. (Genba Photos) New spinout: Genba came out of stealth mode Thursday, revealing its software built for the industrial workforce. The company is the...
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Healionics raises $4.7M to commercialize artificial blood vessel tech
Healionics’ STARgraft vascular graft acts as an artificial blood vessel for dialysis patients. (Healionics Photo) New funding: Seattle-based medical technology company Healionics raised a $4.7 million...
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Absolute Software to buy Seattle-based NetMotion for $340M
The news: Absolute Software, a publicly-traded security software company, agreed to acquire Seattle-based security startup NetMotion for $340 million. Founded in 2001, NetMotion helps employees at more...
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‘Pandemic puppies’ help fuel Rover’s comeback as pet-sitting startup preps to...
Inside Rover’s HQ in Seattle. (Rover Photo) Pet adoption rates have surged amid the pandemic, and pet spending accelerated last year. Those are a few of the tailwinds driving optimism at Rover as the...
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Seattle startup Bean Box raises $2.4M as pandemic fuels demand for specialty...
(Bean Box Photo) New funding: Bean Box, the Seattle startup that delivers premium coffee from independent roasters, has raised $2.4 million in new funding as part of a Series A round. The company:...
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Twilio to acquire Seattle business texting startup Zipwhip for $850M
Zipwhip CEO John Lauer shows off the company’s Texterator, a text-enabled beer bot that made its debut at the 2016 GeekWire Gala. (Zipwhip Photo) Twilio, a communications software company with Seattle...
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Food automation startup Picnic raises more cash as it partners with a top...
The Picnic Pizza System. (Picnic Photo) New funding: Picnic, the Seattle-based food automation startup that’s been perfecting a pizza-making robot, has raised $16.3 million in new financing, the...
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Seattle’s DevHub acquires retail tech startup Brickwork to boost...
DevHub co-founders Mark Michael, left, and Daniel Rust hold the purchase agreement for Brickwork outside DevHub’s offices in Seattle. (DevHub Photo) The news: DevHub, the Seattle software-as-a-service...
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Coding skill development startup Educative raises $12M; CEO says edtech...
Educative co-founders Fahim ul Haq and Naeem ul Haq. (Educative Photo) New funding: Seattle startup Educative landed a $12 million Series A round to grow its platform that helps employees at companies...
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Seattle startup Zap Energy lands $27.5M to build commercial fusion reactor...
(Zap Energy Photo) New funding: Zap Energy raised a $27.5 million Series B round to fuel development of its fusion reactor that “can become one of the key enablers for a sustainable global energy...
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Seattle startup Esper raises $30M to grow DevOps platform for IoT device fleets
Members of the Esper team, including CEO Yadhu Gopalan (center, in vest). (Esper Photo) New funding: Seattle startup Esper landed a $30 million investment to fuel its fast-growing technology that...
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New accelerator in Seattle: Creative Destruction Lab to launch ‘deep tech’...
Emer Dooley (left), a faculty fellow at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, helped establish a Seattle hub for the Creative Destruction Lab. The program will start in November at...
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Rainway’s Andrew Sampson on powering xCloud, challenging Google, and...
Andrew Sampson is the CEO and co-founder of Seattle startup Rainway. Last month, Seattle-based startup Rainway came out with some big news: the tech behind its web-based gaming platform powers the PC...
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2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in...
Some of the winners at the 2021 GeekWire Awards during their virtual acceptance speeches on Thursday. (GeekWire video screen grabs) It’s been a tough year for people everywhere. But Thursday proved to...
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Washington state launches center to cater to — and potentially regulate —...
The Washington State Capitol building in Olympia. (Flickr Photo via Tom Sparks) Facing explosive growth in NFTs and cryptocurrencies coupled with vague regulations for the wave of new financial...
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Phaidra raises more cash from Mark Cuban and others to build the ‘future of...
Phaidra co-founders Katherine Hoffman (left), Jim Gao (top right), and Vedavyas Panneershelvam. (Phaidra Photos) New funding: Phaidra, a startup that launched in 2019 and is building AI tech for...
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Seattle neurology startup Eliem Therapeutics raises $60M, two months after...
Bob Azelby. (Eliem Photo) New funding: Eliem Therapeutics raised $60 million to further development of its therapies for pain and depression. The fresh funding comes just two months after Eliem raised...
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Calendar assistant startup Reclaim.ai raises $4.8M, reports 4K companies...
The original Reclaim.ai team, from left to right: Ian White, principal software engineer, co-founder Henry Shapiro, and co-founder and CEO Patrick Lightbody. (Reclaim.ai Photo) New funding: Portland,...
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TerraClear raises $25M for its rock-picking farm tech as it sees fully...
TerraClear’s Rock Picker mounted on a skid steer, in front of a pile with the fruits of its robotic labor. (TerraClear Photo) New funding: TerraClear, the ag tech startup that’s using artificial...
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