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Can cell phone games discover your best-fit job? Startup Posed2 wants to...
University of Washington campus with cherry blossoms in bloom. (Creative Commons / Joe Wolf) For Allison Rosenberg, the problem was clear. “Young people have absolutely no idea what they want to do for...
View ArticleTLDR: LA Clippers & Steve Ballmer unveil augmented reality NBA experience
Thanks to ReachNow, this show was shot on location at the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. Today’s featured stories Future of sports viewing? Steve...
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Here’s the one key advantage Seattle’s tech ecosystem has over Silicon Valley
Flying Fish Managing Partner Heather Redman (left); Madrona Venture Group Venture Partner Hope Cochran; and Madrona Venture Labs Partner Shauna Causey speak at the Seattle Interactive Conference on...
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Interview: ‘Bad Blood’ author John Carreyrou on Elizabeth Holmes and the...
Elizabeth Holmes, CEO and founder of Theranos, in 2013. (DoD Photo / Glenn Fawcett) It’s probably one of the most salacious stories to ever emerge from Silicon Valley. Unicorn startup Theranos, once...
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Entrepreneurs from around the world pitch their startups in Seattle for the...
An international group of entrepreneurs gathered at Seattle City Hall Friday afternoon to pitch companies they’re building around the world from Cyprus to Slovakia. The 10 startup founders who...
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Billion-dollar trucking startup Convoy to open first office outside of Seattle
Atlanta is on the short list for Amazon HQ2. But the Georgia capital has already landed the east coast hub of another fast-growing Seattle tech company. Trucking startup Convoy reaches $1B valuation...
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Led by ex-Amazon advertising leader, Gradient raises $3.5M to help brands...
The Gradient team (left to right): Vikram Oberoi; Benjamin Freeman; Bobby Figueroa; Sergey Dmitriev; and Clara Assin Sunyé. (Gradient Photo) Bobby Figueroa knows what brands should do to optimize their...
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What’s next for Terry Myerson: Former Microsoft exec takes on dual roles with...
Terry Myerson previously led the Windows and Devices team at Microsoft. (GeekWire File Photo) Terry Myerson, the longtime Microsoft executive who most recently led the Windows and Devices Group, is...
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Real estate tech startups surge on the GeekWire 200 as investors bet on...
(Bigstock Photo) Investment dollars are flowing into real estate technology startups at record pace and a good chunk of them happen to be based in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle and Portland are home...
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This Seattle startup is giving Election Day off to its 300 employees to vote...
Employees gather at Outreach’s Seattle HQ. (Outreach Photo) Every election year, there’s some debate over whether Election Day should be a national holiday to encourage voter turnout. But for most...
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Fashion rental startup Armoire — the ‘closet of the future’— raises $3M to...
(Armoire Photo) Armoire, the Seattle-based clothing rental service for women, is looking to add more clothes to what it calls “the closet of the future.” To do that, and much more, the 2-year-old...
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Genneve to launch unique telehealth service for women experiencing menopause
Genneve CEO and founder Jill Angelo, left, and Shannon Perry, director of Media and Marketing, on the street interviewing women for a video for their website. (Genneve Photo) A startup that launched...
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Virtual interior designer Stylyze raises cash to transform how shoppers find...
Stylyze founders Lisa Perrone, left, andKristen Miller, right. (Photo via Stylyze / Dan Poss) Do you ever get that feeling when you walk into a beautiful home, and wish you had the magic touch that...
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The Riveter goes east: Inside the female-focused co-working company’s newest...
The Riveter has opened its largest Seattle-area location, in Bellevue, Wash. The company, which operates a network of female-focused co-working spaces, had its sights set on the Eastside long before...
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SEngine Precision Medicine raises $3M, adds former Fred Hutch president to board
A SEngine Precision Medicine employee in the company’s lab. (SEngine Precision Medicine Photo) SEngine Precision Medicine, a startup working to personalize cancer treatment, has raised $3 million in...
View ArticleTwitter teams up with Tagboard to help newscasters surface political tweets
Twitter is partnering with Seattle-area startup Tagboard to help video news producers highlight tweets tied to political issues and races in live broadcasts. Today the two tech companies launched...
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Healthcare tech startup 98point6 raises $50M, led by Goldman Sachs, to expand...
98point6’s mobile app lets users have text-based doctors visits from anywhere in the company’s ‘virtual clinic.’ (98point6 Photo) 98point6, a Seattle-based startup developing an entirely virtual...
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Loge Camps taking hospitality for outdoors enthusiasts beyond Northwest as it...
The Loge in Leavenworth, Wash. (Loge Photo) Loge Camps, the hospitality startup that caters to outdoors lovers and adventure sports enthusiasts, is expanding beyond the Pacific Northwest with four new...
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Vancouver-based CryptoKitties maker Dapper Labs raises $15M from Google and...
(CryptoKitties Photo) Tech giants are betting on CryptoKitties. Dapper Labs, a year-old Vancouver, B.C.-based startup behind the popular digital collectibles, today announced a $15 million round led by...
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Seattle startup mainstay Rebecca Lovell leaves city economic development role...
Rebecca Lovell. (Michael Maine Photo) After nearly five years helping drive economic development initiatives at the City of Seattle, Rebecca Lovell is jumping back into the startup world as a director...
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