Seattle startup Phase Genomics will develop its platform to detect chromosomal aberrations in cancer with $2.5 million in new funding. The project is fueled with a $2 million small business… Read More
The theme at this week’s GeekWire Awards was Star Wars, but we didn’t need to go to a galaxy far, far away to find the force that promises to reshape… Read More
— Salesforce-backed cybersecurity startup Oleria hired Siva Garudayagari as its chief technology officer. Garudayagari has more than 20 years of enterprise software experience. He worked in various roles at Microsoft,… Read More
Editor’s note: This is one of five profiles of the finalists for Startup CEO of the Year ahead of the 2023 GeekWire Awards. Read the others on Humanly CEO Prem Kumar, Rebellyous Foods CEO… Read More
The finalists in this year’s GeekWire Awards category for Startup CEO of the Year are taking on a range of tech and innovation challenges, in disciplines that include plant-based meat… Read More
Sujal Patel has been here before. He weathered the 2009 recession as CEO of Isilon Systems, coming out the other end to sell his company the next year for $2.25… Read More
A Seattle DNA analysis startup is taking on a project with global ambitions with $5.5 million in new funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. National… Read More
Seattle biotech company Phase Genomics announced Wednesday that it received two National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants totaling $3.9 million. The funding, which runs for three years, will help pay… Read More
— Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group announced that Anu Sharma is joining its investment team as a principal. Sharma was most recently a senior product manager at Amazon Web… Read More
On the day in early March when I interviewed Phase Genomics CEO Ivan Liachko, we knew just enough about the emerging coronavirus not to greet each other with a handshake.… Read More
Today’s featured stories Boeing to open research center in Boston area, focusing on autonomous aircraft Cat celebrity Lil Bub lends poop to Seattle startup, leading to discovery of new kinds… Read More
Grab your litter scoopers, folks — there might just be valuable scientific data in your cat’s poop. That was certainly the case for Lil Bub, one of the original internet cat… Read More
University of Washington spin-out Phase Genomics is searching for the genetic code inside the billions of microorganisms that surround us every day — and the company has received a $1.5… Read More
Despite some knock-out successes and world-class research, Seattle’s biotechnology industry has remained relatively small compared to other hubs around the country. One of the biggest challenges for the region is… Read More
Bacteria lurk pretty much anywhere you look, in numbers and varieties worthy of a horror movie. The challenge for scientists who actually want to pry into these dark corners, packed… Read More
