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GeekWork Picks: Nintex seeks test automation engineer for cloud team
Nintex, a workflow automation firm based in Bellevue, Wash., has been consistently hiring over the past few weeks and is looking to add to their team again. They are currently looking for a Senior Test...
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Startup Spotlight: This student team designs apps to help people with...
Maddie Rogers, co-founder of Sharp Synaptics. When Maddie Rogers was in high school, her grandfather suffered a stroke. As with many stroke victims, the ordeal made communicating difficult. Rogers and...
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Content collaboration startup Slope closes $1M round, product now available...
Slope co-founders Brian Bosché and Dan Bloom at GeekWire Startup Day 2016 GeekWire Startup Day champ Slope, a Seattle-based company that makes software to help teams manage and collaborate on...
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Bootstrapped startup MedBridge lines up $3M in debt to boost products
MedBridge CEO Justin Kowalchuk accepting the company’s Bootstrapper of the Year award at the 2016 GeekWire Awards. MedBridge, a video-based medical education platform, has lined up $3 million in debt...
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Why venture capitalist Marc Andreessen is critical of the ‘fail fast’ startup...
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen speaks at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco on Tuesday. (GeekWire photos) SAN FRANCISCO — “Fail fast” is a well-known phrase in the startup world — or “fail...
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These 10 machine learning and data science startups make up the newest...
Representatives of several of the 10 startups selected to take part in Microsoft’s Machine Learning Accelerator in Seattle. Credit: Microsoft. Microsoft has chosen the 10 machine learning and data...
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Pioneer Square Labs spinout LumaTax raises $2M from Madrona, Greycroft
LumaTax, which aims to automate sales tax reporting for small businesses, has raised $2 million from Madrona Venture Group, Greycroft Partners and angel investors. The company will use the money to...
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Appdiff raises $2.5M for AI-powered automated app testing platform
A sample of the Appdiff dashboard, showing test results for various app pages. Photo: Appdiff. Testing apps is an integral part of getting them to market, but many tests are still run manually, costing...
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GeekWire Calendar Picks: Millennials take over Seattle, VR Improv, Mini Maker...
Millennials get a bad rap sometimes, but an increasing number of movers and shakers in tech and other industries are part of this generation. This weekend, Seattle will host a set of events created by...
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Why startups in Seattle are struggling for talent, and how that contrasts...
Seattle startups struggle to compete with tech giants for talent. (Photo via BigStock). Seattle’s tech industry is on fire with Microsoft and Amazon growing like mad, and dozens of Silicon Valley tech...
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Seattle startup Ranku acquired by education publishing giant John Wiley & Sons
Ranku CEO and co-founder Kim Taylor. Ranku, a Seattle-based startup that helps online degree programs reach more students, announced today that it has been acquired for an undisclosed amount by John...
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BrightVolt raises $5M to open new funding round for ultra-thin, flexible...
BrightVolt says its flexible batteries are used in more than 10,000 commercial products. BrightVolt, a Redmond, Wash., based startup developing ultra-thin batteries, announced the beginning of a Series...
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GeekWire Picks: Stealthy enterprise software startup Amperity seeks engineer
Amperity, a marketing enterprise software startup founded by noted entrepreneurs Kabir Shahani and Derek Slager, is still in stealth mode — but even stealthy companies need someone writing the code....
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Young entrepreneurs share advice and success stories at Millennial Weekend...
Guests at Millennial Weekend were asked to write their top financial struggles on post-its. As three Millennial entrepreneurs discussed financial challenges and lessons learned from their own...
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Seattle’s Sound Pharmaceuticals raising $30M to advance trials of...
Sound Pharmaceuticals co-founder and CEO Dr. Jonathan Kil. Photo: Sound Pharmaceuticals Sound Pharmaceuticals, a Seattle startup developing therapies and preventative treatments for hearing loss, is in...
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Startup Spotlight: High school sweethearts behind Cobelay help match small...
Cobelay co-founders Jenny and Steve Feinberg. Jenny and Steve Feinberg met in high school, attended UCLA together, and got married in 2008. Last year, they embarked on an entirely new partnership: A...
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Portland startup Phylos Bioscience raises funds to bring a scientific...
The Phylos Galaxy, an interactive genetic map of cannabis strains, was the result of collaboration between Phylos Bioscience and the American Museum of Natural History. (Click for interactive graphic)...
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Australian communications app builder Whispir lands $9M in funding, unveils...
Whispir in action. Credit: Whispir Australian communications app builder Whispir has made some big moves recently. Late last year, the company expanded to the Americas, choosing Seattle as the location...
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Stealthy startup Human debuts headphones shaped like ears, calls them an...
Human Inc. today opened pre-orders and unveiled more details about its new headphones and accompanying platform that it describes as an “evolution of personal audio.” The stealthy Seattle startup,...
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Guest post: What the proposed ‘startup visa’ means for entrepreneurs and...
(Photo via Shutterstock). Foreign founders of seed-funded U.S. startups may soon have a viable U.S. visa option, filling a gaping hole in immigration policy. The Obama administration is seeking to act...
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