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Book excerpt: What makes a great startup idea? Lessons from a veteran...
Shirish Nadkarni. Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from a new book written by Shirish Nadkarni, a Seattle tech veteran who co-founded Livemocha (acquired by RosettaStone) and TeamOn...
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How a Seattle fintech entrepreneur built a network of support through...
Nate Derby, CEO and chief data scientist for Stakana Analytics. (Stakana Photo) Seattle is home to a handful of fintech companies, notably money transfer startup Remitly, but it isn’t known as a...
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Ex-Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff and teen daughter cook up a new food-focused...
Recon Food co-founders Spencer Rascoff and his daughter, Sophia, in their kitchen with a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies. (Cory Sherwood Photography) Sophia Rascoff and her dad, Zillow...
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First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car...
Seattle-area tech CEOs, from top left: Icertis CEO Samir Bodas; Syndio CEO Maria Colacurcio; Qumulo CEO Bill Richter; Remitly CEO Matt Oppenheimer; Outreach CEO Manny Medina; Convoy CEO Dan Lewis;...
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Tomo’s seed round hits $70M as ex-Zillow leaders aim to digitize mortgage...
Former Zillow executives Greg Schwartz (left) and Carey Armstrong are co-founders of Tomo, a new fintech startup in the real estate industry. (Tomo Photos) Tomo launches: A new real estate startup led...
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WXR Fund lands $5M to invest in women-led AR, VR, and AI startups
WXR Fund Managing Partners Martina Welkhoff (left) and Amy LaMeyer. (WXR Photo) The WXR Fund, an investment firm with Seattle roots, landed $5 million for its first fund that will back seed-stage...
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ProbablyMonsters, led by ex-Bungie CEO, raising more cash for ‘family of...
ProbablyMonsters’ three current studios are focused on multiplayer, storytelling, and a new cooperative role-playing game. (ProbablyMonsters screenshot) Bellevue, Wash.-based video game company...
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Vancouver, Wash. biotech company Absci files to go public
Absci CEO and founder Sean McClain. (Absci Photo) Absci, a Vancouver, Wash.-based company developing technologies to accelerate the process of drug discovery, announced today that it plans to go...
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Marchex co-founder’s latest startup uses artificial intelligence to rethink...
Xembly founder and CEO Pete Christothoulou. (LinkedIn Photo) Nobody really likes work meetings. Pete Christothoulou thinks they’re such a problem that he’s launching a new startup to rethink the whole...
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Portland Trail Blazers ink NBA jersey sponsorship deal with Seattle crypto...
The StormX jersey patch. (Photo courtesy of Bruce Ely / Trail Blazers) Seattle cryptocurrency startup StormX is making a big marketing splash in the corner of an NBA jersey. StormX just inked a deal...
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Seattle-based Vera Whole Health sells majority stake to private equity firm
Vera Whole Health CEO Ryan Schmid. (Vera Whole Health Photo) Private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice has acquired a majority stake in Seattle-based startup Vera Whole Health, the companies...
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GeekWire 200 rankings update: E-commerce, virtual event, fintech startups...
The beginning of summer this year feels unlike any other. After more than a year of lockdowns, states are reopening, travel is picking up, and employees are returning to the office. Also unique:...
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Close connections and remote work: Investor in Seattle helped Ohio dad land...
Ben Gilbert, left, and his dad Alan Gilbert during a backpacking trip on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. (Photo courtesy of Ben Gilbert) As a co-founder and managing director at Seattle...
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Seattle startup Intentionalist partners with Apple to point customers to...
At the Intentionalist Spend With Pride event. (Intentionalist Photo) Intentionalist, a Seattle-based startup that promotes small companies, has partnered with Apple to connect users with LGBTQ-owned...
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Madrona Venture Labs spinout Zeitworks raises $2M, taps Seattle tech vet Jay...
Zeitworks CEO Jay Bartot. (Zeitworks Photo) New funding: Zeitworks, a Seattle startup that helps companies improve business operations, has raised an additional $2 million and added a new CEO. New...
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WellSaid Labs raises $10M to boost its synthetic voice business, fueled by AI
WellSaid Labs creates natural-sounding voice avatars for text-to-speech applications. (WellSaid Labs Graphic) WellSaid Labs will have a lot more to say in the years ahead, thanks to $10 million in new...
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Seattle-based Icosavax, which is developing COVID-19 vaccines, files for IPO...
Icosavax creates virus-like particles with technology licensed from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design. (Icosavax Photo) Seattle-based Icosavax has filed to go public via an...
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Tech Moves: Edifecs names new CEO; Absci adds execs ahead of IPO; and more
Nikhil Goel (left) and Sarah Korman. (Absci Photos) — Biotech company Absci, which filed to go public last week, added Nikhil Goel as chief business officer and Sarah Korman as general counsel. Goel...
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Utah-based crypto tax software startup TaxBit opening second HQ in Seattle
TaxBit co-founders Justin (left) and Austin Woodward (right). (TaxBit Photo) TaxBit, a Utah-based cryptocurrency tax and accounting firm, is opening a second headquarters in Seattle. The company was...
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Relish launches subscriber plan Relish+ with access to more online recipes...
(Relish Image) Seattle-based recipe and meal-planning service Relish is boosting its food-preparation help with the launch of Relish+, a membership plan designed to make it easier to figure out what’s...
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