This list showcases 50 Seattle-area startups that have burst onto the scene within the last three years, ushering in a new decade that promises advances in tech. There are companies combating fake news, creating machine learning algorithms that can decorate a home, formulating new haircare products and even building the next moon rover. 

We checked in with six newly minted Seattle startups — working on everything from VR entertainment to cybersecurity — to take a look at how they’ll be using that first chunk of outside change.