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Samsung’s VC arm backs startup selling chips for 3D sensors in self-driving...
Lumotive’s Light Control Metasurface (LCM™) beam steering chips. (Lumotive Photo) Seattle-area startup Lumotive landed $13 million to boost production of its semiconductor chips tailored for 3D...
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PreAct, which sells near-field sensors for automakers, reels in $14M
(PreAct Photo) PreAct, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that uses near-field sensors to help sense a vehicle’s surroundings and respond, raised $14 million to drive research and development. The...
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Point72’s venture capital arm sees big opportunities in the Pacific Northwest
Point72 partner Sri Chandrasekar. (Point72 Photo) There’s a new player in town. Point72 Private Investments, the institutional private investments business of the global hedge fund led by billionaire...
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Startup making sensors out of paper unveils eye-tracking sleep mask
Somalytics is introducing SomaSleep, a mask that uses eye tracking to monitor sleep. (Somalytics Photo) Seattle-area sensor company Somalytics is showcasing a wearable mask that detects eye movement...
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Ex-Apple engineers raise $7.5M for new Seattle data storage startup
From left: XetHub co-founders Yucheng Low, Ajit Banerjee and Rajat Arya. (XetHub Photos) A trio of former Apple engineers is leading a new data storage platform for developers building machine...
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Seattle beanless coffee startup Atomo initiates ‘strategic realignment’ 6...
Cans of Atomo’s cold brew coffee products. (Atomo Photo) Seattle-based sustainable coffee maker Atomo says it is restructuring, just six months after raising $40 million in fresh funding. In a...
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Esper lays off 21% of workforce due to ‘unpredictable business environment in...
Esper co-founders Yadhu Gopalan (left) and Shiv Sundar. (Esper Photo) Seattle startup Esper laid off employees for the second time in seven months, cutting 21% of its workforce in the latest round of...
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Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams CVP joins UiPath; Sage Bionetworks names...
Graham Sheldon. (LinkedIn Photo) — Graham Sheldon, former corporate vice president of product for Microsoft Teams, is now chief product officer of UiPath, an artificial intelligence and automation...
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Nest co-founder launches service to turn household food scraps into chicken...
Mill’s food waste bin. (Mill Photo) Matt Rogers, a former Apple engineer and co-founder of Nest, is using his passion for climate challenges to fuel a new company that aims to turn food waste into...
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Tech Moves: Ex-Lululemon chief joins Seattle startup; Microsoft AI ethics...
Kristie D’Ambrosio-Correll. (Littlebird Photo) — Kristie D’Ambrosio-Correll, the former chief technology officer at Lululemon Studio, joined Seattle startup Littlebird as CTO. D’Ambrosio-Correll...
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Membrion, a startup building ceramic membranes for wastewater treatment,...
Membrion founder and CEO Greg Newbloom at GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch competition. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) Seattle startup Membrion raised $7 million to boost manufacturing of its ceramic...
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Market insights platform Klue acquires DoubleCheck Research
Klue, the Vancouver, B.C.-based startup that uses AI to aggregate and analyze company data, acquired DoubleCheck Research, a Massachusetts-based company that helps B2B tech companies source deals...
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Tech Moves: VMware exec joins Darktrace; Zillow hires Twitter marketing...
Denise Walter. (Darktrace Photo) — Seattle-area tech executive Denise Walter was appointed chief revenue officer at cybersecurity firm Darktrace. Walter will join the company from cloud services giant...
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As venture capital markets cool, startups consider debt and loans as...
(PitchBook chart) Minh Le has been busy. As a market manager for Silicon Valley Bank’s Washington and Western Canada region, he helps entrepreneurs access various lines of credit. And last year, as...
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Exterro acquires Zapproved, combining two Oregon-based legal tech companies
Zapproved founder Monica Enand. Beaverton, Ore.-based legal tech company Exterro said it has acquired Zapproved, a Portland, Ore.-based software platform that helps corporate lawyers sort through and...
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Seattle technical interviewing startup Karat cuts 47 employees, citing need...
Karat co-founders Mo Bhende, left, and Jeff Spector. (Karat Photo) Karat, the Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews, has laid off 47 employees, citing the need to...
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Moonstone Bank, the Washington state bank with ties to FTX, will wind down...
(Bigstock Image) Moonstone Bank, the digital lender with ties to FTX, announced this week it will wind down plans to offer banking services for industries such as crypto and cannabis. The move is a...
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This forensic accounting startup in Seattle is helping lawyers solve fraud...
Valid8’s user interface lets users watch the flow of money through different accounts. (Valid8 Photo) A small Seattle startup is helping solve some of the most high-profile white-collar crimes. Valid8...
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Former Uber engineers raise $26M for DevOps startup DevZero
DevZero founders Debo Ray (left) and Rob Fletcher. (DevZero Photo) DevZero, a year-old Seattle software development startup led by former Uber engineers, announced $26 million in funding and general...
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Seattle startup aims to change surgery using AI, computer vision and...
Proprio chief medical officer and and co-founder surgeon Sam Browd using the Paradigm system. Screen shows an image of a vertebra. (Proprio Image) In a former Boeing manufacturing facility near...
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