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Contract management software company Icertis lands $50M

Bellevue, Wash.-based contract management software company Icertis raised $50 million in a new investment from existing backer B Capital, the company confirmed Wednesday. The fresh cash will be used to pay down… Read More

As Madrona turns 30, longtime Seattle firm keeps investing in its backyard — and beyond

When four friends got together in 1995 to launch Madrona Investment Group, the internet was just getting started. After three decades and hundreds of investments in budding startups — including… Read More

Filing: Seattle VC firm Founders’ Co-op is raising new fund

Seattle venture capital firm Founders’ Co-op is raising another fund, according to new SEC filings.

More moonshots, less humility: How to supercharge Seattle’s startup ecosystem

Seattle’s startup scene needs more swag and more big swings. Better storytelling and highly ambitious entrepreneurs are two ingredients that can help boost the city’s startup ecosystem, according to local venture… Read More

Tech investors on why AI makes this a great moment for startups — with one caveat

There’s no better time to build a startup — but be ready for some fierce competition. That was one takeaway from a panel discussion I moderated this week with four… Read More

Madrona raises $770M for new funds — here’s what the Seattle VC firm is betting on

Madrona, the largest venture firm in the Pacific Northwest, raised $770 million for two new funds as the longtime Seattle-based investor looks to back a new batch of tech startups.… Read More

Seattle’s newest unicorn: Truveta lands $320M to fuel creation of massive new genome project

Seattle-area health data company Truveta announced $320 million in fresh funding and an ambitious new initiative to create a giant genomic dataset. The new investment — which comes from 17 health… Read More

Cash flow: Top 10 tech startup funding rounds in the Pacific Northwest for Q4

Venture capital funding to startups based across the Pacific Northwest rose more than 20% year-over-year during the fourth quarter of 2024. Total funding in Q4 topped $762 million across 48… Read More

Meet Allumia Ventures: Healthcare-focused fund backed by Providence eyes new investments

Providence Ventures announced that it is spinning out of the Providence healthcare system to become an independent venture capital firm with the new name Allumia Ventures. Allumia is also raising… Read More

Seattle startup Moondream, led by AWS vets, raises $4.5M for vision language model software

Moondream, a new Seattle startup building a large language model for visual-related use cases, raised $4.5 million in a pre-seed round. VentureBeat reported on the funding. The company offers a… Read More

Pacific Northwest tech startup deals: The top 15 funding rounds during Q3

Venture capital funding to Pacific Northwest startups saw signs of positive momentum in Q3. Privately held tech companies in the region raised more than $2 billion across 44 deals during… Read More

Wokelo raises $4M for AI-driven due diligence, sees customer traction in M&A, investing and consulting

Seattle-area AI startup Wokelo raised $4 million to fuel the development and growth of its technology that generates detailed due diligence reports to inform high-stakes corporate acquisitions, investments, and strategic… Read More

How venture capital could ‘fundamentally change’ over the next decade

Venture capital as we know it today may look quite different in the near future. “I think venture capital, over the next 5-to-10 years, is going to fundamentally change,” said… Read More

ZipBio, a new Seattle biotech startup aiming to compress proteins, raises $4M

Seattle-based biotech startup ZipBio announced its official launch on Thursday and revealed $4 million in a seed funding round led by NFX. Founded last year, ZipBio is developing a platform… Read More

Most of America’s AI engineers are in Silicon Valley and Seattle

If you’re looking for AI talent, look West. The Bay Area and Seattle are home to a majority of the country’s AI engineers, according to a report from San Francisco… Read More

Data observability startup Revefi raises $20M to fuel new ‘AI data engineer’ product

Seattle startup Revefi raised $20 million in a Series A round to support growth of its software platform that helps companies get a handle on data-related costs, usage and performance. The company… Read More

Does ‘Carbon Sound’ have a ring to it? How Seattle area can become the Silicon Valley of climate tech

Silicon Valley is recognized globally as *the* tech hub and is so iconic that the region itself essentially co-starred in an eponymously named, self-mocking comedy. Now a venture capitalist wants… Read More

ITpipes raises $20M to help municipalities get a better look at sewer and storm systems

ITpipes, a software company that aims to help cities manage maintenance of underground assets such as sewer and storm systems, raised $20 million from Seattle-area firm Trilogy Search Partners and… Read More

HouseAmp, a fintech platform for home improvement, raises $12.4M

Seattle-area startup HouseAmp raised a fresh round of funding to fuel growth of its software platform that helps homeowners get access to funds to get their house ready to sell.… Read More

Samsung, Salesforce invest in $60M round for Seattle cybersecurity startup Protect AI

Seattle cybersecurity startup Protect AI is on a roll. The company on Thursday announced a fresh $60 million round. Evolution Equity Partners led the Series B round; the New York firm also… Read More

Seattle startup Gable raising another round to help developers and data teams work together

Gable, a Seattle startup building software to help developers and data analysts collaborate more effectively, is raising fresh cash to fuel its growth. A new SEC filing revealed the funding.… Read More

Agtech startup Terrantic raises $3.5M to help food growers optimize yield and quality

A group of former colleagues at DataCloud, a startup that helped mining companies extract value out of data collection, are teaming up again to take aim at another industry: food.… Read More

A new unicorn in Seattle: Cybersecurity startup Chainguard raises $140M at $1.1B valuation

Kirkland, Wash.-based cybersecurity startup Chainguard announced a $140 million Series C investment, bumping its valuation to $1.12 billion and minting the Seattle region’s newest unicorn. The funding comes less than… Read More

Archera raises $17M to help companies get cloud discounts without long-term commitments

Archera, a Seattle-based startup that sells tools to help companies reduce cloud computing expenses, raised $17 million in a Series B investment round. Founded in 2019 by brothers Aran Khanna and Nikhil… Read More

Seattle startup Oisín Biotechnologies raises cash to develop therapies for age-related diseases

Oisín Biotechnologies, a Seattle-based startup focused on treating aging-related diseases, raised the first close of a $15 million Series A round. Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect that… Read More

Kestra Medical Technologies lands $196M to boost commercialization of wearable defibrillator

Kestra Medical Technologies, a Kirkland, Wash.-based company that develops cardiac monitoring technology, raised $196 million to fuel commercialization efforts. Founded a decade ago, Kestra’s Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD) has been… Read More

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