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This startup wants to help change the way knowledge is captured and accessed...
PairUp CEO Emily Harburg. (LinkedIn Photo) A mountain of knowledge and information resides inside each company, both in documentation and with every employee. But accessing that expertise at the right...
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AI expert and film vet lead new Seattle startup aiming to help artists...
LeyLine CEO and co-founder Yinhan Liu. (Madrona Photo) Yinhan Liu, a natural language processing expert who sold a startup earlier this year, is setting off on another entrepreneurial journey with...
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Coming soon to Seattle: a co-working space for tackling climate change
9Zero Seattle lead Lowell Bander has organized ‘work on climate meetups’ at bars and cafes to gauge community interest in climate coworking. (9Zero Photo / Lowell Bander) The climate tech sector is...
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Founder of bible software company leads new contract drafting startup AllDrafts
Bob Pritchett. (AllDrafts Photo) Bob Pritchett spent three decades running Faithlife, the Bellingham, Wash.-based church technology company behind the popular Logos Bible study software. Now he’s...
View ArticleGroup14 lands $300M deal to produce materials for German battery maker
Next gen battery materials manufacturer Group14 announced a deal Monday with German battery cell company CustomCells, which will purchase $300 million worth of Group14’s silicon anode product....
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Former Arista and Cisco exec Douglas Gourlay named CEO of data storage...
Douglas Gourlay. (Qumulo Photo) To help settle into Seattle, Douglas Gourlay spent this past weekend watching Boys in the Boat, the movie depicting the University of Washington rowing team that won...
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Tech Moves: TiE Seattle names leader; ex-Flexport president joins General...
Prashant Mishra. (LinkedIn Photo) — Prashant Mishra, a longtime Seattle-area tech leader and founder of Click2Cloud, was named president of TiE Seattle. Mishra founded Click2Cloud in 2014. The...
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Former OfferUp and Auth0 CEOs lead secretive new EV charging startup with...
(Image via Juicer Energy’s website) A secretive new Seattle-area startup called Juicer Energy is aiming to turn residential properties into public EV charging stations. Juicer’s leaders have decades...
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Eric Elfman, new CEO at Moxiworks, brings entrepreneurial mindset to real...
Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Real Estate News. As the industry continues to deal with the disruption of commissions lawsuits and settlements, the new CEO at a key real estate tech company is making...
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Who’s raising? The top funding deals for Pacific Northwest startups in Q2
Data from GeekWire’s fundings list. Tech startups spanning biotech, agriculture, healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and other industries reeled in the largest funding rounds during the second quarter...
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Portland startup lands $2.7M for autonomous robots designed to disinfect...
Haystack Robotics’ first commercial robot uses UV-C technology to disinfect indoor spaces. (Haystack Image) Haystack Robotics, a Portland, Ore.-based startup developing robotics technology for...
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How clean tech companies can take advantage of AI — without draining energy...
Glacier’s AI-powered recycling robots in action. (Glacier Photo) Artificial intelligence has tremendous potential to improve efficiency and help decarbonize the planet — but it also requires huge...
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LevelTen lands $65M from Microsoft, Google to expand clean energy marketplace...
Wind turbines in the Pacific Northwest. (GeekWire / Kurt Schlosser) Seattle-based LevelTen Energy, a startup facilitating the deployment of clean energy projects, raised a $65 million Series D round...
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Markable.AI launches $100M ad fund for creators on Instagram, TikTok and...
Markable.AI offers a workflow automation and advertising platform for social creators. (Markable.AI Images) Getting dropped by Weibo couldn’t have worked out better for Markable.AI. The social media...
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New virtual reality gaming and entertainment venue Mirra opening in Bellevue
(Mirra Image) Virtual reality entertainment startup Mirra plans to open its first location in Bellevue, Wash. in August. Mirra is a “social entertainment venue” that offers an assortment of unique VR...
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NASA awards $348,000 to Interlune to test technology for processing moon soil
Former Interlune intern Maia Willebrand helps test an early prototype of Interlune’s soil-processing hardware on a parabolic flight in February. Interlune funded the February flight, but a NASA grant...
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Wellness startup Viome targets oral health with toothpaste and gel formulated...
A toothbrush with Viome’s MyBiotics Gel. (Viome Photo) Viome, the Bellevue, Wash.-based wellness and diagnostics company, is putting its efforts around preventive healthcare and longevity where its...
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Longtime Silicon Valley investor on the biggest challenge for Seattle’s...
Bling Capital’s Kyle Lui. (Bling Capital Photo) Seattle needs more founders trying to hit home runs. That’s the word from Kyle Lui, a longtime Silicon Valley venture capitalist who recently moved to...
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Gov. Inslee, Sen. Murray visit Washington fusion startups as funding heats up...
Ben Levitt, vice president of research and development at Zap Energy, left, explaining the company’s fusion technology to Gov. Jay Inslee. To the right are Rep. Mary Fosse and Rep. Julio Cortes, both...
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Tech Moves: Syndio hires LinkedIn product vet; Microsoft chief scientist...
Mitali Pattnaik. (Syndio Photo) — Mitali Pattnaik, a former head of product management and senior director at LinkedIn, joined Seattle startup Syndio as its new chief product officer. Pattnaik spent...
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