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Ex-Nike leaders reimagine funeral experience with new startup that simplifies...
Keith Crawford, left, and David Odusanya, co-founders of Solace, a Portland-based company reimagining traditional funeral experiences. (Solace Photo) Entrepreneurs and innovators set out every day to...
View ArticleFrazier Healthcare Partners raises $617M life sciences fund
Frazier Healthcare Partners today announced the closure of a $617 million fund, also known as Frazier Life Sciences X. The fresh cash will be used to invest in therapeutics-focused companies...
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Seattle security company ExtraHop touts $150M in 2019 bookings ahead of...
(L to R): ExtraHop CTO Jesse Rothstein CTO; CEO Arif Kareem; Raja Mukerji, Chief Customer Officer and co-founder (ExtraHop Photo) Cyber attacks against companies are becoming increasingly common and...
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Seattle AI startup drew interest from Amazon, Microsoft, Intel before selling...
Xnor.ai’s office in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood was mostly dark on Wednesday, with a move clearly in progress. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Apple wasn’t the only tech giant eyeing Xnor.ai....
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Flight Live matches users with trainers for online, on-demand personal workouts
The Flight Live team, from left to right: John Lindala, director of fitness; Nathan Han, Jr. developer; Ron Yang, technical co-founder; and My Le Goel, founder and CEO. Not pictured is Kit Guerra,...
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Y Combinator grad ZeroDown opens Seattle office to tackle pricey housing down...
ZeroDown’s Seattle homepage. (ZeroDown Photo) Another real estate startup is coming to Seattle, aiming to disrupt the expensive and stressful process of buying a home. ZeroDown, a Y Combinator...
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Women-focused co-working startup The Riveter cuts 5 positions as it aims to...
The Riveter CEO Amy Nelson speaks at the GeekWire Awards 2019 after her company won Startup of the Year honors. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The Riveter, a Seattle-based startup building a national...
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GeekWire Calendar Picks: Economic hope in the 21st Century; fossils after...
Get up close to fossils, rocks and minerals at the Burke’s Earth NiteLife event on Friday, Jan. 24. (Photo by Chris Cunningham/Burke Museum) — The newly re-opened Burke Museum is putting together a...
View ArticleGeekWire Podcast: Apple acquires Xnor.ai; Microsoft’s bold climate plan;...
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Apple doubled down on artificial intelligence and boosted its presence in Seattle with the acquisition of Xnor.ai, an Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence...
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Seattle-based early-stage investment firm SeaChange raises $5.8M for its...
Susan Preston. SeaChange just raised $5.8 million for its fifth fund as it looks to put more dollars behind Pacific Northwest startups. It’s the largest fund yet for SeaChange, formerly known as...
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Female Founders Alliance acquires Monarq Incubator to expand national reach
Female Founders Alliance CEO Leslie Feinzaig stands on stage with the program’s accelerator CEOs and mentors at the Ready Set Raise Demo Night in Seattle last year. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper)...
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Tech Moves: Amazon ad exec departs; PwC Labs hires director; AI2 names...
Jill Beck. — PwC Labs, the multinational firm’s technology innovation group, is growing its team in Seattle. Jill Beck, previously a senior technical product manager at Payscale, has joined as...
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Seattle startup Nori raises cash for blockchain marketplace to fight climate...
The Nori team at a Techstars Demo Day. (Nori Photo) Microsoft’s sweeping pledge to remove more planet-warming carbon from the atmosphere than it emits has the tech world buzzing about “carbon...
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Mobile voting will be available to 1.2M Seattle area voters in upcoming King...
Washington was a pioneer of mail-in voting. Now officials in the state are testing mobile voting. (King County Elections Photo) Mobile voting is coming to the Seattle region, thanks in part to two...
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Gov. Inslee helps launch Washington’s first maritime startup accelerator in...
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks at the launch event for Washington’s first maritime startup accelerator. (GeekWire Photos / Taylor Soper) The maritime industry has long been an anchor to...
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Seattle startup connects with famed love institute to rekindle relationships...
Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, founders of the Gottman Institute in Seattle. (Photo courtesy of the Gottman Institute) Mystery, the year-old startup that facilitates surprise dates...
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Real estate startup Curbio expands to Seattle aiming to speed up home...
Curbio’s project dashboard. (Curbio Photo) Another day, another real estate tech startup comes to Seattle. Curbio co-founder Matt Siegal. (Curbio Photo) This time it’s Curbio, which bills itself as...
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‘Alternative VC’ firm Lighter Capital eyes growth with new $100M ‘lending...
Lighter Capital CEO Thor Culverhouse. (Lighter Capital Photo) Lighter Capital is gearing up for more growth thanks to a deal that gives the firm access to an additional $100 million. The Seattle-based...
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Hardware isn’t hard: A startup playbook for succeeding in a sector where many...
Bigstock Photo [Editor’s Note: Anup Chathoth is CEO of Seattle startup Ubi Interactive, maker of virtual interactive whiteboard technology and a graduate of the Kinect Techstars Seattle accelerator....
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Startup founders: Here’s how to convince people to join your company over the...
From left to right: Startup veteran and consultant Sharmilli Ghosh; Madrona Venture Group Partner Sudip Chakrabarti; Pioneer Square Labs Managing Director Julie Sandler; and Huntington Hill Ventures...
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