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JetClosing raises more cash to expand mobile-first real estate closing platform
The JetClosing team. Photo via JetClosing. JetClosing is finding traction with its mobile-first real estate closing platform. The Seattle startup just raised another $800,000 via a convertible note...
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Startup Spotlight: Lubn offers an easily installed, smart key alternative to...
Lubn co-founders Autumn Li and YC Chung at their booth at 2018 CES Eureka Park showcase. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) We’ve come a long way from faux rocks with a hidden compartment for house keys,...
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Pioneer Square Labs raises another $15M to fuel operations; studio has spun...
Pioneer Square Labs Managing Directors: Greg Gottesman; Julie Sander; Geoff Entress; Mike Galgon. Pioneer Square Labs has raised an additional $15 million to support the growth of its startup studio...
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NurseGrid raises $5.7M for scheduling and staffing tech platform for nurses
NurseGrid’s platform helps hospitals and other care providers with scheduling and staffing their nurse employees. (NurseGrid Photo) Operating a hospital is no easy task, and at the moment, finding...
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Integris raises another $1.5M for data privacy intelligence platform as GDPR...
Kristina Bergman. With the General Data Protection Regulation law set to go into effect later this year, companies are scrambling to make sure they stay compliant with new data privacy rules — that...
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Startup Spotlight: Spry offers PR services via the gig economy, ordered...
Angie Schneider, founder and CEO of Spry. (Spry Photo) The gig economy already lets you order a taxi ride, dog sitting or rented baby gear. Now you can add press releases and company blog posts to the...
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Seattle startup vet Jesse Proudman, who sold last venture to IBM, unveils new...
Blue Box founder Jesse Proudman accepts the Deal of the Year award at the 2016 GeekWire Awards Seattle entrepreneur Jesse Proudman — who recently quit his job at IBM to launch a new cryptocurrency...
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Avaya will acquire Spoken Communications to migrate call center technology to...
(Photo via Blog.Spoken.com) Avaya Holdings, a business communications company based in Santa Clara, Calif. has agreed to acquire Seattle’s Spoken Communications using cash on-hand. Terms of the deal...
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As health tech booms, new census counts more than 460 health startups in...
(Shutterstock Photo) The health industry is changing in a massive way. Technology is having a huge impact on medicine, biotechnology and hospitals and it is also encouraging a new generation of health...
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Aisle Ahead buys Seattle recipe planning app BigOven after a ‘wake-up call...
BigOven sells to Aisle Ahead. (BigOven Photo) The grocery industry is feeling the heat from Amazon, but Aisle Ahead has no plans to get out of the kitchen. Instead, the company is facing competition...
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How VCs think: Lessons for startup founders after our behind-the-scenes pitch...
Partners from Seven Peaks Ventures huddle after hearing pitches from startup founders in Seattle. (GeekWire photo/Taylor Soper) Learn to tell your story; be confident but comfortable; and focus on a...
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Pulse Labs raises $2.5M from Madrona, Jeff Bezos, Techstars for voice app...
Pulse Labs’ team, from left to right: Abhishek Suthan, Akansha Mehta, Dylan Zwick. (Photo via Pulse Labs) As voice-enabled applications continue to proliferate everyday life, developers need a robust...
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Techstars Seattle unveils 2018 cohort of 10 startups, calls it ‘our most...
Techstars Seattle 2017 Demo Night. (Techstars Photo / Tim Mezen). Techstars Seattle has unveiled the ninth class of startups to go through its three-month accelerator program, a group the organization...
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From Steel City to Seattle: Founded in Pittsburgh, this video company moved...
Panopto CEO Eric Burns. Photo via Panopto. PITTSBURGH — The team at Panopto might be more excited than anyone else about the upcoming aerial connection from Seattle to Pittsburgh. The enterprise video...
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Startup Spotlight: An AI-enabled, treat-tossing doggie camera launches...
Tomofun co-founders Victor Chang and Maggie Cheung with their dog, Gobi, and the Furbo dog camera and treat dispenser. (Tomofun Photo) Entrepreneur Victor Chang is going to let you in on the secret of...
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Loftium expands to broader Seattle metro, offering homebuyers down payment...
Loftium co-founders Yifan Zhang and Adam Stelle take a novel approach to down payment assistance. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Loftium made a splash last year when it launched a novel...
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Startup Spotlight: With a boost from Super Bowl ads, online auto seller...
Out of beta mode, Joydrive is trying to spread the word about its online auto sales. (Joydrive Photo) The auto-sales startup Joydrive kicked into high gear this weekend with two ads running during...
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Seattle startup vet raises cash for stealthy AstrumU, looks to bring...
Adam Wray Adam Wray sees plenty of inefficiency in the $600 billion higher education arena. And the Seattle entrepreneur — who previously served as CEO of Tier 3, a Bellevue cloud computing company...
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Niche raises $6.6M, aims to be one of Pittsburgh’s ‘game-changing’ startups...
PITTSBURGH — To get Pittsburgh’s tech ecosystem on another level, the city’s startup scene could use more homegrown companies that scale to big growth and employ hundreds of people. Niche hopes to be...
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Automated power-tool maker victorious at AlphaLab ‘Hardware Cup’ in display...
Velocity Robotics CEO Brad Kriel won first place at AlphaLab’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Hardware Cup competition at Google’s office in Pittsburgh Tuesday evening. (GeekWire photo / Taylor Soper)...
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