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Fred Hutch spinout SEngine raises $5.1M to test cancer treatment drugs...
SEngine tests how safe and effective various cancer drugs are against a patient’s tumor. Each well in the tray pictured above could hold a tiny version of a tumor and a unique drug or combination of...
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Washington State Univ. spinout Dewey Scientific raises $1.25M to cultivate...
(Robert Baker / Unsplash Photo) Dewey Scientific, a new startup that spun out of Washington State University, has taken in $1.25 million in seed funding from unnamed private investors to create...
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Univ. of Washington spinout Icosavax raises $51M to fight viruses with...
Icosavax creates virus-like particles with technology licensed from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design. (Icosavax Photo) Seattle-based biotech startup Icosavax today scored...
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Intentionalist helps consumers ‘spend like it matters’ to support community...
Laura Clise, in the center of the photo, and some (mostly) Northwest coffee shop owners featured on Intentionalist. From left to right: Sarina Prabasi of Buuni Coffee in New York, Luis and Leona...
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Software for the farm: Barn2Door raises $3.4M to help farmers connect...
The Barn2Door team. (Barn2Door Photo) Janelle Maiocco has been around farming, in one way or another, for much of her life. Her grandfather was a dairy farmer in Lynden, Wash., just a few miles south...
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Who is Maven? Seattle-based media company under microscope after Sports...
Maven CEO James Heckman. Facing protests against its plans to cut staff at Sports Illustrated, Seattle-based media startup Maven defended what it called efforts at “revitalizing and strengthening” the...
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GeekWire Calendar Picks: The science of fear; trends in AI; ‘Embrace Your...
(Pacific Science Center Image) — For most people, clowns represent fond childhood memories. But a surprising number of people are scared of clowns — 7.8 percent of Americans, according to a Chapman...
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Textile tech startup Evrnu raises $9.1M; early partners include Levi’s,...
Stacy Flynn of Evrnu touts her textiles as an answer to environmental waste in the garment industry at the GeekWire Summit 2018. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) People are buying more clothes than ever,...
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Voyager Capital raises $100M for fifth fund as it doubles down on the Pacific...
The Voyager team. (Voyager Photo) Voyager Capital is ditching California and doubling down on the Pacific Northwest — with a new interest across the border up north. The Seattle-based venture capital...
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Led by Blue Origin and Intellectual Ventures alum, on-demand clothing startup...
Bombsheller, a startup that made graphic leggings for women, was a “proof of concept” for Komposite. (Bombsheller Photo) Seattle startup Komposite is setting out to change the way we make clothes and...
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Shujinko raises $7.5M to help companies comply with regulations as they shift...
Shujinko co-founders Scott Schwan and Matt Wells. (Shujinko Photo) About three years ago, Matt Wells and Scott Schwan had a huge task ahead of them. They were charged with bringing coffee giant...
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Chatbox raises $4.5M to help businesses communicate with customers through...
Chatbox integrates app information directly into chat. (Chatbox Photo) Enterprise messaging startup Chatbox raised $4.5 million to help businesses communicate with customers. Founded by professional...
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Billion-dollar startup founders share advice on how to build teams, establish...
From left: GeekWire co-founder John Cook, Auth0 CEO Eugenio Pace, Convoy CEO Dan Lewis, and Outreach CEO Manny Medina. (GeekWire Photos / Dan DeLong) Manny Medina may be the head of a billion-dollar...
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How the WeWork saga is forcing startup investors ‘to look around the curtain’
From left to right: Amy Bohutinsky of TCV; Hope Cochran of Madrona; Dana Settle of Greycroft; and Megan Quinn of Spark Capital. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) WeWork isn’t quite working out as some...
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Blue Canoe raises $2.5M to help people learn spoken English with the...
The Blue Canoe team. (Blue Canoe Photo Blue Canoe, a Bellevue, Wash. startup that makes an app for learning English, just raised $2.5 million in seed funding. Lots of tools help people learn English,...
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No soliciting for your inbox: Groota helps keep the promotional emails you...
Groota co-founders Rushin Liu, left, and Cho-Min Chou. (Groota Photo) Rushin Liu likes panning for digital gold, sifting through and reading promotional emails and newsletters for nuggets of useful...
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Cadence Neuroscience raises $15M for epilepsy treatment created at Mayo Clinic
Cadence chief scientific officer Doug Sheffield (left) and CEO Kent Leyde. (Cadence Photo) Medical device startup Cadence Neuroscience raised $15 million to develop a therapy for the treatment of...
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Singapore investor ST Telemedia will buy majority stake in Seattle-based...
2nd Watch CEO Doug Schneider. (2nd Watch Photo) Singapore-based investor ST Telemedia has agreed to take a majority stake in 2nd Watch, a 9-year-old Seattle cloud services startup. Founded in 2010,...
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Women’s clothing rental service Armoire continues expansion with new popup...
(Armoire Photo) Armoire is expanding its physical footprint with a new popup location east of Seattle in Kirkland, Wash. The Seattle-based women’s clothing rental service this week opened a 1,000...
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Startup returns analysis shows Seattle as the ‘most overlooked innovation...
Traffic snakes past downtown Seattle on Interstate 5. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Early stage startup investors looking for strategic advantages should pay attention to Seattle. Founders’ Co-op...
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