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Polyverse raises $1M in new funding, readies Windows version of its Linux...
Alex Gounares, CEO of Polyverse. (Polyverse Photo) Polyverse has secured an additional $1 million in funding months after its last round, bringing the total amount of money raised by the Bellevue...
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Foursquare — yes, that Foursquare — just raised $150M and bought a Seattle...
Foursquare CEO Jeff Glueck with David Shim, former CEO of Placed, now president of Foursquare, in New York City. (Foursquare Photo) It’s probably been a few years since you’ve “checked in” on...
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Legwork, a maker of marketing automation software for dentists, raises $17M
Legwork, a Wenatchee, Wash. startup that builds marketing automation software specifically for dental practices, has raised $17 million in funding. Legwork’s software platform brings together...
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Two new startups join Seattle fintech incubator run by BECU and University of...
CoMotion Photo Two additional startups are set to join a Seattle financial technology incubator operated by BECU and based at CoMotion, the innovation arm of the University of Washington. The BECU...
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NextStep raising more funds to train and place healthcare workers with...
(Bigstock Photo) NextStep is raising more cash to build out its platform for recruiting and training healthcare workers and funneling them to employers. Chris Hedrick, co-founder NextStep Interactive....
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Startup bets high-tech dog lockers will get shoppers to leave pups outside...
Rescue dog and social media influencer Finn demonstrates proper use of DogSpot’s smart dog house. (GeekWire Photo / James Thorne) Yes, those new lockable kennels outside the grocery store really are...
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Clean energy marketplace LevelTen Energy raises $20.5M to help companies ‘go...
The LevelTen team. (LevelTen Photo) Several years ago, LevelTen CEO Bryce Smith saw that companies such as Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Apple were starting to buy up renewable projects in a major...
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Highspot reels in $60M for AI-powered software used by Fortune 500 sales teams
(Highspot Photo / David Kennedy) Across industries, despite the tide of automation and artificial intelligence, most companies still employ humans to deal with customers for important interactions,...
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Ex-Urbanspoon and Dwellable execs take on Google and Yelp with friend...
Fresh Chalk team, from left to right: David DeCarmine, Liz Pearce, Patrick O’Donnell, Adam Doppelt. (not pictured: Yaprak DeCarmine, Nathan Kriege) When Liz Pearce needed help finding movers, she...
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Lighter Capital expands alternative startup funding service, rolls out new...
(Photo via Bigstock) Seattle’s Lighter Capital is making it easier for startups to raise cash without partnering with venture capital firms or angel investors. Lighter Capital CEO BJ Lackland. The...
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Starbucks taps Seattle startup LevelTen in first-of-its-kind clean energy deal
Starbucks made its first direct investment in a solar farm in 2017. (Starbucks Photo) Starbucks has struck a first-of-its-kind clean energy deal that will generate enough power to run 3,000 of its...
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This app gives customers free stock in companies that they buy products from
Bumped CEO David Nelsen. Bumped is picking up momentum with its unique app that gives users free stocks if they spend money with certain brands. The Portland startup reeled in another $5 million as...
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Early LendingClub investor leads $10.5M round for small-dollar loan provider...
The co-founders of Possible Finance, from left to right: Prasad Mahendra, vice president of engineering; Tyler Conant, chief technology officer; and Tony Huang, CEO. Possible Finance is on a roll. The...
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Peeka hopes to spark kids’ passion for reading by immersing them in...
The Peeka founders, from left to right: Alex Comfortes, chief financial and chief strategic officer; CEO Michael Wong; and Hunter Stutsman, vice president of business development. (Peeka Photo)...
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Techstars grad Adaptilab raises $1.8M to help companies hire machine learning...
Adaptilab co-founders James Wu (left) and Allen Lu. (Adaptilab Photo) Machine learning engineers are in high demand. There was a 344 percent jump in the number of ML-related job postings from 2015 to...
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Why this top Chinese investor just opened a cross-border co-working space in...
Inside the new OnePiece Work co-working space in Seattle. (OnePiece Work Photos) Wei Guo loves WeWork. He just thinks his co-working space offers something a little different. Guo, a high-profile...
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The Playbook: Limited tickets available for GeekWire’s entrepreneurial...
Seattle entrepreneur and investor T.A. McCann will join GeekWire at The Playbook entrepreneurial speaker series on June 26. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Building a startup venture from scratch can...
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All nugget, no chicken: Ex-Boeing engineer targets cafeterias with food tech...
(Rebellyous Photo) Former Boeing engineer Christie Lagally thinks vegan meat has a problem: the cheap options aren’t tasty, and the tasty options aren’t cheap. She’s on a mission to change that...
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Can your podcast make money, after all? Pioneer Square Labs spinout Glow...
Glow CEO and co-founder Amira Valliani, right, with chief product officer Brian Elieson. (Pioneer Square Labs Photo) It’s a common problem for podcasters: you’ve got a passionate, loyal audience, but...
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Portland healthtech startup raises cash from top VCs to rethink the urgent...
Dr. Corey Fish, above, is the chief medical officer of Brave Care. (Brave Care Photo) Darius Monsef first met Dr. Corey Fish after taking his son into an urgent care clinic following a bike accident....
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