Fremont, the Seattle neighborhood nestled southwest of Wallingford and just north of Queen Anne, across the Fremont Cut, is the home to a bustling tech scene. Once an epicenter of the counterculture, the neighborhood still retains holds onto its bohemian quirks while attracting professionals and innovators within the tech space. Numerous tech companies and startups are sprinkled among the street art and indie shops, and we’ve rounded up a few that call Fremont home.
Industry: Gaming
What they do: Geocaching is a treasure hunt executed through a mobile device. The application takes a users location and displays hidden “treasures” in their area. Users can then navigate to a geocache location, discover what has been left there, sign the guide book, trade out their own treasures, and start on the next hunt.
Industry: Software
What they do: Formidable is a consultancy helping startups to Fortune 100s build and enhance their JavaScript products. Formidable works with companies on products for mobile, web or cloud and have helped such giants as Starbucks, Walmart and Microsoft enhance user-facing mobile apps.
Industry: Marketing Tech
What they do: Discuss.io's video conversation platform helps companies glean insights straight from consumers. The platform lets organizations recruit participants, conduct conversations and share findings with the entire team. Discuss.io works to make consumer communication easier through more impactful conversations that participants can have right from their home or office.
Industry: Biotech/Life Sciences
What they do: Lumen Bioscience uses photosynthesis and Spirulina biology to produce biomolecules for use in healthcare, food and cosmetics. The Lumen team is made up of scientists and engineers with expertise in a variety of technical areas like synthetic biology, bioreactor engineering and protein design.
Industry: Software/Big Data
What they do: Tableau provides business intelligence analytics software for individuals and organizations. The platform helps users optimize analysis from multiple sources with its visualization and data processing tools (no coding skills required).
Industry: Sports
What they do: Volt Athletics is a strength and conditioning platform for coaches and athletes. Volt uses artificial intelligence to build, track and adapt athlete training that creates safe, personalized workouts.
