Washington Maritime Blue thrilled to host our first showcase for the Tacoma Maritime Innovation Incubator. These four companies have spent the last year in Tacoma, obtaining mentorship from our steering… Read More
The Technology Alliance hosts our next virtual Corporate Venture Connections Series (CVCS) event on the topic of FinTech, on September 26, 2023 from 1:30pm-3pm PDT, via Zoom. This panel discussion… Read More
The news: Seattle-based clean-tech startup Sironix Renewables raised $1.47 million in new funding. The tech: Sironix has developed a suite of surfactants, which are the chemicals that make shampoo foamy… Read More
Seattle-based electric vehicle charging startup Electric Era today announced $11.5 million in new funding, bringing its total investments to date to $19 million. The investment comes during a surge of… Read More
Seattle-based Integrate says it has raised $3.4 million in funding and secured a $1.25 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to boost its program management software platform into a… Read More
Seattle startup Membrion raised an additional $5.5 million from investors. The company, which spun out of the University of Washington, has created ceramic membranes for onsite wastewater treatment. The funding… Read More
The news: Climate Vault Solutions on Tuesday announced its launch and a $9.4 million seed round. The Seattle-based company is the sales and marketing arm of Climate Vault platform, which… Read More
The news: Portland, Ore., startup Ren Energy has raised $2.3 million, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company declined to comment on the filing… Read More
If you’re someone who recycles, you’ve experienced that paralyzed moment in front of a row of waste bins not knowing where your plastic fork and cup are meant to go.… Read More
The 14 startups selected for Amazon Web Services’ third annual AWS Space Accelerator program include a company that’s building 3D-printed space capsules, a company that’s developing a fleet of space… Read More
Matt Rogers, a former Apple engineer and co-founder of Nest, is using his passion for climate challenges to fuel a new company that aims to turn food waste into chicken… Read More
Almost two years after officially attaining “unicorn” status, Seattle startup Rec Room continues to expand the audience for its eponymous flagship app Rec Room, with new physical gift cards, a… Read More
The Tacoma Maritime Innovation Incubator, an initiative of Washington state’s Maritime Blue economic program, has announced its second cohort. The incubator selects companies that can provide innovation and jobs for… Read More
New funding: Portland, Ore.-based Reclaim.ai raised an additional $3.2 million. The 16-person company launched in 2019 and has raised $9.5 million to date. The business: Reclaim helps teams identify and… Read More
The season three finale of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch featured four CEOs who rose to the top of our startup competition and landed on the GeekWire Summit stage last week. Now… Read More
Sarah Haggard thought she had done everything right to tee up Tribute, her early-stage company, for venture capital success. She built relationships with other founders who provided her personal introductions… Read More
Abodu, a Redwood City, Calif.-based startup that manufactures and delivers prefabricated backyard homes, is launching in the Seattle area. The startup opened an office in downtown Seattle and is growing… Read More
Tom Alberg will be remembered publicly for everything he did to help create and shape the Seattle region’s tech industry, and for his early investment in Amazon, seeing the potential… Read More
The latest update to the GeekWire 200 rankings shows four newcomers to the top 10 and several startups making big moves up the list. Our index ranks the Pacific Northwest’s… Read More
For the 10 startups participating this year in Amazon Web Services’ Space Accelerator program, the sky is not the limit. One company is building the next generation of ultra-high-resolution satellites… Read More
Melinda Haughey and other parents were desperate for safe trick-or-treating in the midst of the pandemic in 2020. They began individually posting long lists on Facebook of Seattle addresses where… Read More
Atlas Health, a Seattle-based startup that helps healthcare providers connect to sources of philanthropic medical aid, has raised $40 million. Atlas Health’s software is built on a proprietary database of… Read More
Eye-popping. Bonkers. Staggering. Those are just some of the words industry watchers are using to describe venture capital investment levels in 2021, a year which saw a record $330 billion… Read More
New funding: CODA Farm Technologies, an internet of things (IoT) agriculture startup with literal roots in Western Washington’s Skagit Valley, has raised $2.2 million in venture capital. The seed round… Read More
Nearly all of us have lingering items we don’t want or need, and the recent holidays might have added a few goods to the pile. Clothes you can’t stand. The… Read More
Record-setting rains this fall have created disasters around the globe. It drowned thousands of cows and livestock and cut off a major city in the Pacific Northwest, while half-a-world away,… Read More
Here’s the latest funding news for climate tech startups across the Pacific Northwest. BattGenie The news: BattGenie — a startup on the short list for best names because, let’s face… Read More
The news: Cannabis analytics company Headset on Tuesday announced that it raised $8.6 million in funding. That includes $3 million of venture capital from a round led by Althea, as… Read More
What is the metaverse? How far off is it? And will this represent a tectonic technological platform shift — along the lines of the internet and mobile revolutions — or… Read More
Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — Online gift-giving startup Knack announced a $3.5 million Series A investment round led by Second Avenue… Read More
