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Real estate startup Faira raises another $1.2M and expands to San Francisco...
The Faira team. Photo via Faira. Faira is raising more cash to help build out its real estate platform and expand to the San Francisco market. The Seattle-area startup today announced a $1.2 million...
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Washington state’s life science industry sheds 3% of jobs, as new study calls...
After a decade of strong growth, employment in Washington state’s life science industry is decreasing. (Washington Life Science & Global Health Advisory Council Image) Washington state is a leader...
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‘Spotify for business’ startup Soundtrack Your Brand raises $22M, plans to...
Soundtrack co-founders Andreas Liffgarden and Ola Sars. Photo via Soundtrack Your Brand. A Spotify-backed company that gives businesses legal and data-driven background music is raising more cash to...
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As Trump stokes fears, startup backed by tech heavyweights aims to help...
(BigStock Photo) Xiao Wang is an immigrant success story. He came to the U.S. from Nanjing at three and went on to earn advanced degrees from Stanford and Harvard Business School before jumping into...
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Q&A: Former EagleView CEO Chris Barrow on launching a $150M venture fund in...
Chris Barrow speaks at the 2015 EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards (GeekWire) When Bothell, Wash.-based EagleView Technology Corp. was acquired in 2015, EagleView CEO Chris Barrow wasn’t sure what he...
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Utrip raises $4M to build out artificial intelligence-based travel planning...
Utrip CEO Gilad Berenstein. (Utrip Photo) Utrip, a Seattle startup that uses machine learning to help travelers plan their trips , just closed a $4 million funding round. Investors in the Series A...
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WeChat parent Tencent leads $3M investment in augmented reality contact-lens...
Innovega’s eMaccula system uses contact lenses to help wearers’ eyes focus on small screens mounted on the glasses lens. (Innovega Photo) The startup journey is often a sprint, a mad dash to raise...
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Outdoor Project raises $2M to help people find and plan adventures outside
A Portland startup that wants to help plan your next outdoor adventure just raised some fresh cash to build out its platform and expand across the country. Outdoor Project today announced a $2 million...
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GeekWire 200 February update: Funding rounds spur hiring pushes for Pacific...
Seattle has become known as one of the nation’s hubs for technology, but the Emerald City isn’t the only region with growing tech companies in the Pacific Northwest. Powered by new money, startups in...
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Seattle entrepreneur who starred on Trump’s reality show raises cash for...
AppZocial co-founders James Sun and Ben Liu. (AppZocial Photos) AppZocial, a Seattle startup that builds native apps for “trusted communities,” like alumni groups, churches, and non-profits, just...
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Seattle entrepreneur Martin Tobias ditches startups and cannabis in favor of...
Martin Tobias Seattle entrepreneur Martin Tobias’s latest venture was inspired by his six-year-old. He and his daughter were visiting his brother, David Tobias, and his six-year-old in Los Angeles when...
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Initialized Capital leads $4M round for Privacy Labs startup that helps users...
Giri Sreenivas and Dirk Sigurdson. Photos via Privacy Labs. Giri Sreenivas and Dirk Sigurdson already launched and sold one security company. Now they’ve raised a sizable seed investment round from top...
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Remitly launches social media campaign highlighting immigrant stories in the...
Remitly has something to say about the current immigration climate in the United States. The Seattle startup, which makes it easy for immigrants to send money to their families back home via a mobile...
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UW entrepreneurship program pushes for ‘visceral’ learning experiences
A team of students pitching for funds in the Creating a Company class. The purpose of this class is to help students start their own companies. (Photo by Anran Lin) The Buerk Center for...
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Startup Spotlight: LevelTen Energy makes it easier for corporations to buy...
LevelTen Energy CEO Bryce Smith. (LevelTen Photo) Big companies are increasingly seeking out renewable energy to cope with carbon emissions caps and keep their budgets more stable, but those big...
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Telerobotics startup BluHaptics raises $1.3M to bring its underwater software...
BluHaptics demonstrates how to use its software to control a robotic arm underwater. (BluHaptics Image) Telerobotics startup BluHaptics has raised $1.36 million to launch its first commercial product...
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Amazon Web Services cloud migration service 2nd Watch raises $19M
Doug Schneider of 2nd Watch 2nd Watch, which helps large organizations such as Crate & Barrel, Condé Nast, Coca-Cola North America and Lenovo build and deploy applications on top of Amazon Web...
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Startup Spotlight: VendorHawk makes software for the new world of SaaS
The VendorHawk team: Brian Geihsler, Patrick Lowndes, and Ben Stephens. (VendorHawk Photo) Mid-sized to enterprise-level companies rely on an increasingly wide array of software products to keep their...
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uZoom raises more cash to grow 1-to-1 live streaming platform with new...
John Kueber. (uZoom Photo) uZoom is raising more cash as it builds out its 1-to-1 live video streaming platform and expands into e-commerce. The Seattle startup has reeled in an additional $1.5 million...
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Search fund founders discover ‘best kept secret’ for women who want to become...
After nearly a decade of friendship, Martinique Grigg, left and Clara Veniard launched search fund Grant Peak Capital. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) The visibility of International Women’s Day...
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