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Why Rand Fishkin avoided VC and made his investment documents public for new...
SparkToro CEO Rand Fishkin and his new book, Lost and Founder. (GeekWire photo / Todd Bishop) Rand Fishkin and Casey Henry have plenty of experience helping build venture-backed companies — and that’s...
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High-tech home closing startup JetClosing raises $20M to capitalize on...
Some of the JetClosing team. (Photo via JetClosing) Daniel Greenshields sees a tipping point in real estate. Homebuyers, particularly digital natives, are demanding transparency more than ever....
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StormSensor raises cash to help cities track stormwater data and prevent...
StormSensor CEO Erin Rothman discusses her business on GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) StormSensor has raised more cash to help expand its high-tech stormwater monitoring...
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Teal Communications raises $1M to provide broadband connectivity for IoT devices
Teal Communications CEO Robby Hamblet. (Photo vai Teal Communications) A Seattle-area startup has raised cash to fuel expansion of its mobile broadband service used by Internet of Things machine...
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Brook.ai raises $4M seed round for diabetes management tech, announces new...
Brook.ai CEO and Co-founder Oren Nissim. (Brook.ai Photo) More than 100 million Americans are now living with type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes and the disease’s health impacts, coupled with high cost of...
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Marchex co-founder raises $5.5M from Rich Barton, Nick Hanauer, others for...
From left to right: Clay Colburn, CTO; Darren Apfel, Chief Product Officer; Dagny Hoag, VP of Marketing; Peter Christothoulou, CEO; Heather Christothoulou, Chief Creator; Thomas Dawson, Head of...
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VRstudios raises more cash to expand location-based virtual reality...
VRStudios installed a Jurassic World VR attraction at Dave & Buster’s locations. (Photo via Universal/The Virtual Reality Company) VRstudios has raised more cash as it continues to install virtual...
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One way to grow Seattle’s biotech economy: Start small
Universal Cells Founder and CEO Claudia Mitchell speaking at Xconomy’s What’s Hot in Seattle Biotech event. (GeekWire Photo / Clare McGrane) Despite some knock-out successes and world-class research,...
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Ex-Microsoft employees reunite, raise $2.75M for Fullcast.io to cover...
Fullcast team photo, from left to right: Bala Balabaskaran, co-founder and chief technology officer; Dharmesh Singh, co-founder and CEO; Christie Diedrick, operations manager; Roger Shanafelt, vice...
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After leading 4,000 job interviews, here’s what Smartsheet’s co-founder loves...
Smartsheet co-founder and TerraClear CEO Brent Frei chats with CoMotion Executive Director Vikram Jandhyala at the UW last week. (GeekWire photo / Taylor Soper) As a veteran tech entrepreneur and...
View ArticleTLDR: Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build Chicago transit system, housing...
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CEOs celebrate moms at the big Entrepreneur of the Year awards ceremony
David Wasielewski of Din Tai Fung Resaurant with his mom. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) It might be Father’s Day this weekend, but moms took center stage at the EY Entrepreneur of the Year event...
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Sensible Object raises $3.2M to develop first Amazon Alexa-powered board game
Sensible Object CEO Alex Fleetwood pitches at the Alexa Accelerator Demo Day. (GeekWire photo / Taylor Soper) A London-based startup that graduated from the inaugural Amazon Alexa accelerator has...
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Seattle Children’s spin-out MDMetrix raises seed funding for A/B testing...
Dr. Dan Low, an anesthesiologist and co-founder of MDMetrix, standing in the operating suite inside Seattle Children’s Hospital. (GeekWire Photo / Clare McGrane) Health technology startup MDMetrix has...
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Data privacy startup Prifender raises $5M to help companies stay compliant
Prifender COO Omer Matityahu. (Photo via Prifender) Data privacy continues to be top of mind for companies all around the world, particularly as laws such as the General Data Protection Regulation go...
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Commercial IoT provider Rigado raises $15M to roll out ‘edge-as-a-service’ tech
Rigado CEO Ben Corrado. (Rigado Photo) Rigado has raised a $15 million investment round to fuel growth of its commercial IoT technology products and services. Founded in 2010, the Portland-based...
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Moving app Dolly sues WA state over shutdown order and $69k fine in pivotal...
(Dolly Photo) Seattle startup Dolly is suing the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission in a case with potentially far-reaching implications for gig economy companies. Dolly operates and...
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Startup Aminex Therapeutics raises $10M, begins clinical trials of...
Aminex Therapeutics CEO and Chairman Jim Skaggs. (Aminex Therapeutics Photo) Seattle startup Aminex Therapeutics announced $10 million in new funding Wednesday, alongside the first clinical trial of...
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Providence St. Joseph Health family health app Circle acquired by Wildflower...
Hannelore Buckenmeyer, the business lead for Circle, will join Wildflower Health as its VP of strategy and market development. (Photo via LinkedIn) Seattle’s Providence St. Joseph Health, the third...
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