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Public safety drone maker Brinc raises $75M, forms strategic alliance with Motorola

Seattle-based Brinc announced $75 million in new funding and a strategic alliance with Motorola Solutions, aiming to expand production and accelerate deployment of its emergency response drones for police and… Read More

Hydrolix lands $80M to help companies manage massive volumes of log data

Hydrolix, a Portland, Ore.-based “streaming data lake” startup that helps companies store and analyze huge volumes of log data, raised $80 million in a Series C round led by QED.… Read More

Video messaging startup Emovid raises nearly $7M to upend workplace communication

Emovid, the startup aiming to upend business communication with a focus on video messaging, raised nearly $7 million in seed funding, the company announced Wednesday. Emovid emerged from stealth last… Read More

Real estate development software startup Prophetic raises seed round

Prophetic, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that builds software tools for real estate developers, homebuilders, and brokerages, raised an undisclosed seed round.

AI assistant startup heyLibby finds traction with gyms and tanning salons, raises $4.5M

heyLibby, a Seattle startup that helps small businesses in the health and wellness sector use AI to answer customer inquiries, raised $4.5 million in a seed round led by French… Read More

Madrona backs new startup tackling corporate guest travel

Juno, a platform designed to help manage corporate guest travel, raised $2 million in seed funding, the company announced Tuesday. The round was led by Seattle-based Madrona and Bungalow Ventures.… Read More

Mark Cuban backs Seattle startup developing TikTok competitor

With the future of TikTok up in the air, two engineers from Seattle just landed funding from Mark Cuban for their short-form video app that differentiates itself with unique back-end… Read More

Agility Robotics reportedly raising $400M for humanoid warehouse robots

Agility Robotics, the Salem, Ore.-based company known for its Digit bipedal humanoid warehouse robot, is reportedly raising $400 million in new funding according to a report Tuesday by The Information.… Read More

Maritime logistics startup OpenTug raises $2.2M

OpenTug, a Seattle-based startup that develops marine transportation logistics software, raised $2.2 million in a new round led by New York-based firm TMV.

Idaho startup Gierd lands $8M to help brands bolster e-commerce business on marketplaces

Gierd, an Idaho-based startup that helps brands grow their e-commerce business on marketplaces such as Amazon and Walmart, raised $8 million in a Series A round led by New York… Read More

Portland startup Sturdy raises $6M for platform that uses AI to analyze customer interactions

Portland-based Sturdy.ai, a startup whose platform uses AI to analyze customer communications across multiple channels to help minimize churn, raised $6 million in a seed funding round led by Seattle-based… Read More

Tiger Global leads $146M round for Seattle-based developer tools startup Temporal

Temporal, a Seattle startup that helps companies write and run cloud applications, raised $146 million. The company is now valued at $1.72 billion — up slightly from 2022, when it… Read More

Seattle startup Gable lands $20M to coordinate data changes between teams

Gable, a Seattle startup that bridges gaps between software developers and data teams, raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Crane Venture Partners. What Gable does: Gable… Read More

Mobile network optimization startup Opanga Networks raises $15.9M

Opanga Networks, a Seattle-based startup that helps telecom companies optimize their mobile networks, raised $15.9 million in a new funding round.

Seattle startup Xealth lands investment to grow its digital healthcare delivery platform

Seattle health tech startup Xealth today announced new funding from Morningside Ventures. The investment will help the company’s development of its digital healthcare delivery platform. Xealth did not disclose the… Read More

Sironix, which turns soybeans into cleaning ingredients, raises $3.5M to fund manufacturing

Sironix Renewables, a startup turning coconuts and soybeans into high-performing cleaning ingredients, has raised $3.5 million from investors and $400,000 in new grants. The Seattle company will use the funding… Read More

Cardiac Dimensions lands $53M to fund research and expansion of heart valve technology

Cardiac Dimensions, a Kirkland, Wash., company with a technology to treat heart valve malfunction, has raised $53 million from investors. Its total funding is more than $200 million. Cardiac Dimensions… Read More

Seattle startup Workflow Labs raises $1M to help automate tasks for Amazon sellers

Seattle startup Workflow Labs raised $1 million in new investment to grow its platform that helps Amazon sellers reach customers and manage operations. Founded in 2022, the company has raised… Read More

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

Madrona backs Spangle, a new e-commerce company led by former Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla

Spangle wants to shake up digital shopping. The new startup, founded by former Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla, came out of stealth mode Tuesday and announced a seed investment from Seattle… Read More

Shingles vaccine maker Curevo lands $110M, adds biotech vets to board

Curevo, a Seattle-based biotech startup developing a vaccine against shingles, raised $110 million in a Series B round. The fresh cash will help Curevo advance Phase 2 trials of amezosvatein,… Read More

This Seattle-area startup just raised $600K to capture carbon and turn it into graphite

Sustainable tech startup Homeostasis is capturing carbon in a form that the world has too much of — atmospheric CO₂ gas — and transforming it into a highly desired crystalline… Read More

Seattle startup Gradial raises $13M for AI marketing tech that automates content operations

Gradial, a Seattle startup that uses AI agents to help marketing operations teams increase productivity, raised $13 million in new funding, the company announced Monday. The Series A round was led… Read More

Seattle startup vets launch new company to rethink marketing for spas and beauty brands

Former Petabyte executives are bringing their data expertise and tech chops to Rhodium, a new Seattle-area startup focused on helping medical spas and beauty brands interact with customers. The company,… Read More

Ravel’s technology teases the spandex out of tossed apparel to enable enviro friendly recycling

As the sayings go, you can’t unscramble an egg or un-ring a bell. But Seattle startup Ravel has accomplished a similar feat in pursuit of clothes recycling. The company on… Read More

Digital mortgage startup Tomo lands $20M, adds Progressive as new investor

Tomo, a startup launched by former Zillow execs that aims to speed up the mortgage approval process, announced $20 million in new funding on Tuesday. The company has raised a… Read More

This Seattle AI startup watches you work — then automates the tedious back-office tasks

A Seattle startup hatched out of AI2 Incubator is emerging from stealth today, announcing a $5 million seed round to fuel its goal of automating basic business operations with generative… Read More

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

Newly launched Seattle cancer therapy startup Callio Therapeutics raises $187M

Biotech-focused investment firm Frazier Life Sciences has launched Callio Therapeutics, a cancer treatment startup with headquarters in Seattle and Singapore. Frazier led a $187 million Series A round, announced Monday,… Read More

Automating ‘science of war’: Exia Labs raises $2.5M to build AI for military operations

Jonathan Pan spent five years in the U.S. Army and then ventured into the video game industry. Now he’s combining both experiences into a new Seattle-area startup aiming to build… Read More

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