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Visus Therapeutics lands $20M to develop eye drop that corrects vision loss
Visus Therapeutics, a Seattle-based startup developing a presbyopia-correcting eye drop, raised $20 million. The fresh cash comes just six months after the company raised $36 million. Backers in this...
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Online gambling giant Entain to acquire Seattle esports betting startup Unikrn
Unikrn co-founders Karl Flores (left), and Rahul Sood. (Unikrn Photo) Entain, one of the world’s largest sports betting and gaming companies, announced Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Unikrn, a...
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Intrado acquires Hubb, which builds software for in-person and virtual events
Hubb CEO and founder Allie Magyar. (Hubb Photo) Tech services giant Intrado has acquired Hubb, a Vancouver, Wash.-based startup that makes technology for virtual and in-person events. Terms of the...
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Wall Street goes to pot, and to the dogs — and that’s a good thing for...
Images via Canva Pro An online marketplace that helps to facilitate trade between marijuana sellers and buyers will soon see its own stock traded on the Nasdaq. Another that connects pet owners with...
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Seattle fintech startup Allio raises $5M for robo-advisor investment tool
Allio, a new Seattle startup building a robo-advisor investment tool for consumers, has raised $5 million. “We’re the first micro-savings tool that allows users to customize their investment portfolio...
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How this travel startup raised $5M from ex-CEOs of Orbitz and Vacasa in the...
TrovaTrip co-founders Nick Poggi (left) and Lauren Schneider. (TrovaTrip Photos) The travel industry took a major blow when the pandemic hit last year, slashing revenue for airlines, hotels, and tech...
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Ready to deliver on robotic pizza: Picnic sets price and starts taking orders...
The Picnic Pizza System. (Picnic Photo) Order up! Picnic, the Seattle food automation startup, announced Tuesday that it is accepting pre-orders from U.S. customers for its Picnic Pizza System,...
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Insects-as-feed startup Beta Hatch raises another $10M as it builds out the...
Beta Hatch founder and CEO Virginia Emery poses in front of a mural at an old Beta Hatch facility near Seattle showing the mealworm life cycle as well as the bucolic farm setting she dreams of...
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Is this the next big social media app? LitPic lands $1.5M to let fans pay...
Veteran entrepreneurs and longtime investors are backing a Seattle startup behind a new social network that helps creators and influencers earn revenue from their fans. LitPic announced a $1.5 million...
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Busy pandemic season helps medical supply e-commerce platform Bttn raise $5M
Bttn. CEO JT Garwood. (Bttn. Photo) A Seattle-based e-commerce platform that aims to reduce costs and eliminate the middleman in the procurement of medical supplies has raised $5 million. Since its...
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Facebook’s new virtual meeting app is ‘great news’ and ‘validating’ for these...
(Facebook Photo) Facebook today unveiled its vision for the future of work: a virtual reality experience called Horizon Workrooms that uses avatars and VR headsets to replicate in-person...
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How this husband-wife duo launched a startup while battling cancer and...
Amy Lahkani (left) and Samir Lahkani with their children. The husband-wife duo helped launch Magicall during the pandemic, while facing other challenges at home. (Magicall Photo) Samir and Amy Lakhani...
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This Portland startup wants to build the ‘most inclusive and the most...
Jelani Memory, founder and CEO of A Kids Company About, with the book that launched it all. (A Kids Company About Photo) There are the conventional ways to start, fund and run a business, and then...
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Seattle compliance filing startup SingleFile raises additional $2.1M and adds...
SingleFile’s platform helps companies and law firms manage filings, submit reports and more. (SingleFile screen grab) SingleFile, the Seattle startup that simplifies filing and compliance workflow,...
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Booster Fuels tests consumer offering with mobile gas service at Safeway...
Booster Fuels is now offering gas to anyone at a Safeway parking lot in Seattle’s Roosevelt neighborhood. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Gas and groceries: Booster Fuels is expanding with a new...
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On The Dyrt road: Co-founders of camping app gain valuable startup insight...
The Dyrt co-founders Sarah Smith and Kevin Long work from the back of their van during a months-long road trip that has them working remotely on their Portland-based startup. (The Dyrt Photo) Caught...
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Zulily co-founders Darrell Cavens and Mark Vadon invest in ID verification...
Vouched investor Darrell Cavens (left) and Vouched CEO John Baird. (Vouched Photo) Vouched, a Seattle startup that helps companies verify identity, has landed $4.5 million from investors including...
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Seattle-area expense management software startup Center raises $50M
Center CEO Naveen Singh. (Center Photo) Center, the Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that makes expense management software, has raised $50 million in new funding, the company confirmed Tuesday. The...
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Google-backed startup LevelTen Energy lands $35M as clean power sector booms
LevelTen Energy CEO Bryce Smith. (LevelTen Photo) Seattle startup LevelTen Energy has raised $35 million in a Series C round led by NGP Energy Capital, with participation from Google and others. The...
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Tech Moves: Siblings at Seattle startup swap roles; Microsoft CVP departs to...
Jim Xiao (left) and Nancy Xiao. (Mason Photos) — IoT startup Mason announced that founder and current CEO Jim Xiao will be swapping roles with his sister and current Mason President Nancy Xiao. “I’m...
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