Weekly Refresh: FAA OKs Amazon Drone Delivery, E8’s New Fund, and More

Read our weekly refresh for trending Seattle tech news.

Written by Anna Holmquist
Published on Sep. 08, 2020
Weekly Refresh: FAA OKs Amazon Drone Delivery, E8’s New Fund, and More
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Boundless Immigration raised $7.5M. The company also announced the acquisition of RapidVisa. Foundry Group led the Series A round. [Built In Seattle]

Amazon got FAA approval for drone deliveries. This allows the tech giant to start testing. Drones may allow it to reduce shipping times to minutes or hours instead of days. [KYR News]

Cloudentity raised $13M. The startup offers API-based cybersecurity for the cloud. ForgePoint Capital led the Series A, which brought its total capital raised so far to $15 million. [Built In Seattle]

E8 announced equity investments in three startups. Its Decarbon8-US philanthropic fund will support companies dealing in electric vehicle adoption, carbon capture and hydrogen fuel infrastructure. Xeal, Earthly Labs and Steelhead Composites were all chosen from 38 applicants. [PRNewswire]

Microsoft and Seahawks to lead remote learning initiative. Called Digital Equity Initiative, it will provide computers, tablets and online access for students who lack those essentials. Puget Sound Energy has also donated to the program. [GeekWire]

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