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Koverse co-founders tap NSA expertise to build a platform to solve...
Part of the Koverse team. (Koverse Photo) Koverse CEO Jon Matsuo would love to tell you all about the cool ways that his startup is helping the U.S. government, global bio-pharmaceutical companies,...
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Startup MindAntix empowers kids with creative thinking to keep job-stealing...
The MindAntix team, with founder and CEO Pronita Mehrotra in the center and product developer Shanthi Sravanakumar on the left. (MindAntix Photo) Pronita Mehrotra has a plan for helping kids stay a...
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2019 could be a blockbuster year for tech IPOs as Uber, Lyft, Slack, Airbnb,...
Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader on the NYSE floor after the Seattle-area company went public earlier this year. (Smartsheet Photo) Several high-profile U.S. tech companies completed initial public offerings...
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As Wall Street preps for huge IPO year, will any Seattle companies go public...
Will Rover IPO in 2019? (Rover Photo) Well-funded tech giants could produce an epic 2019 for tech IPOs. But will any Washington-based companies make the leap? Possibly not, as higher-profile brand...
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GeekWire Calendar Picks: CES set to exhibit the latest on 5G, AI and more
Don’t look now, but 2019 is almost here. Hope you had a refreshing break, because the new year, as it always does, kicks things off with a technological bang. CES, the biggest consumer tech trade...
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Want to launch a startup in 2019? Founders should examine this checklist...
(BigStock Photo) Dave Parker. Startups are a long slog and can be incredibly difficult. Like any marathon, you need to know what you’re in for and be prepared. Last summer I had a similar adventure: a...
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Where is tech headed in 2019? Six investors make their predictions for the...
From top left, clockwise: Geoff Entress, Gillian Muessig, Erik Benson, Matt McIlwain, Andy Liu, Corey Schmid. How many Seattle startups will go public in 2019? What will happen to Amazon’s stock price...
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With $500K in funding, Retarget Links aims to help even the smallest...
Retarget Links CEO and founder Serge Salager and marketing manager Supriya Gupta in Singapore for a Techstars accelerator. (Retarget Links Photo) If Serge Salager realizes his dream for the...
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Despite more attention on female founders, funding to women-led startups...
Aileen Lee (left), co-founder of Cowboy Ventures and All Raise, speaks at the GeekWire Summit in October with Joanne Chen of Foundation Capital. (Photo by Dan DeLong for GeekWire) In response to...
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GeekWire Calendar Picks: Explore the future of art and learn the ins and outs...
DNA Study 1 Sculpture (Michael Tika) Art in the 21st Century: When we think about art, most people think of static paintings hanging on a wall in a museum or a sculpture that stands outside of a civic...
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Seattle biotech startup raises $20M to develop gene therapy technology
Immusoft CEO Sean Ainsworth. (Immusoft Photo) Seattle-based biotech startup Immusoft this week closed a $20 million Series B venture capital round that will fuel development of its gene therapy...
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Smart home camera maker Wyze Labs raises $20M after startup finds success...
The WyzeCam smart home security camera from Wyze Labs. (Wyze Labs Photo) Wyze Labs, the Kirkland, Wash.-based makers of a low-cost, smart home security camera, has raised $20 million in new funding...
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Inside New Engen’s new digs: Seattle marketing startup doubles office space...
New Engen CEO Dave Atchison. (GeekWire Photo / Nat Levy) New Engen spent more than two years in the shadows honing its digital marketing platforms, before pulling back the curtain on its plans earlier...
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High time for a better marijuana resource online? Startup finds a niche with...
Jane Technologies CEO and co-founder Socrates Rosenfeld with fellow Jane executives Howard Hong and Ben Green. (Jane Technologies image) You knew this was coming. After Washington voters legalized pot...
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VC funding in U.S. startups nears $100 billion in 2018, highest since dot-com...
Funding in U.S. startups reached $99.5 billion in 2018. (CB Insights/PwC Chart) U.S. startups are raising investment dollars at levels unseen since the dot-com era. Venture capital funding in U.S....
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One of Seattle’s most successful startup founders leaves Uber to launch...
Paul Mikesell (LinkedIn Photo) Paul Mikesell, a University of Washington trained computer scientist who co-founded storage giant Isilon Systems in 2001, has left Uber and raised cash for a secretive...
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This bread-baking robot can make 10 fresh loaves an hour from scratch — no...
The BreadBot can form dough, proof it, bake bread and cool loaves — all without a human. (Wilkinson Baking Company Photo) LAS VEGAS — As the big Consumer Electronics Show kicked off on Sunday, it was...
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Former Juno execs unveil Sana, a new cell engineering biotech that’s...
Hans Bishop at the 2016 GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) Former Juno Therapeutics executives Hans Bishop and Steve Harr have launched Sana Biotechnology, a startup focused on cell...
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Seattle startup Lubn wins CES Innovation Award for smart key box
The LTE smart key box by Seattle startup Lubn won a 2019 CES Innovation Award in the smart home category. (Photo: Lubn) LAS VEGAS — From a laundry-folding robot to Alexa-enabled mirrors, smart home...
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Seattle-area startup FenSens wants to put a smart wireless backup camera on...
FenSens’ device lineup: The license plate frame parking sensor, a wireless backup camera and a GPS tracker. (GeekWire Photo / Nat Levy) LAS VEGAS — Backup cameras have become standard in newer cars,...
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