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Published on March 04, 2025

Pay it forward: 5 Seattle tech companies with 401(k) matching

Next time a HR rep starts talking about 401(k) matching, resist the urge to yawn and listen up — because they're basically talking about a pay raise. Here are five Seattle-based tech companies who match some portion of their employees’ 401(k) contributions.

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Updated on March 04, 2025

3 Seattle energy tech companies on how they're greening the grid

The power grid is around a century old, and a combination of huge inertia-bound energy companies, complex regulation and margin-raising middlemen have created an industry that is cumbersome and ill-equipped to cut emissions. In other words: it’s well overdue for disruption by these Seattle energy tech companies.

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Updated on March 04, 2025

30 Seattle female tech founders you should know

The founders assembled here walk a trail blazed by the likes of Moz co-founder Gillian Muessig, Smartsheet co-founder Maria Colacurcio and PicMonkey co-founder Lisa Conquergood. In doing so, they widen the path for those who will come after them.

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Updated on March 04, 2025

One size does not fit all: TomboyX raises $4.3M for size- and gender-diverse underwear

In 2013, Seattleites Fran Dunaway and Naomi Gonzalez co-founded TomboyX, an underwear e-commerce company catering to consumers who don’t fit those traditional definitions of gender, as well as a broad spectrum of body shapes and sizes. Today the company announced it had raised a $4.3 million Series A. 

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Updated on March 04, 2025

25 Seattle tech companies you should follow on Instagram

We’ve arranged 25 Seattle tech companies to fill your Instagram feed with a mix of stunning visuals, quirky products and the working lives of Puget Sound techies.

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Clobotics raises $11M for autonomous drone technology

Seattle-based computer vision company Clobotics has announced an $11 million Series A, bringing its funding total to $21 million across three rounds.

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Flying high: These Seattle tech companies topped the Inc. 5000

The annual Inc. 5,000 list was released today, and Seattle area companies featured heavily. A total of 14 Puget Sound tech companies made the top 1000 this year — all of which saw triple or even quadruple-figure growth between 2014 and 2017.

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These 5 Seattle tech companies made big leadership hires this month

August has been big so far at the upper echelons of these Seattle tech companies. Here are our picks for the biggest move of the month so far — including an exclusive interview with Nintex's new CMO.

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Women at 5 Seattle companies share advice for navigating the tech scene

We asked Seattle techies from a range of positions in the industry — from founders to product managers — to share the lessons they’ve learned in their own career journeys, and to fill us in on what their companies are doing to eliminate the gender gap.

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Not that kind of fetch request: Meet the pups at these Seattle dog-friendly offices

We caught up with a handful of Seattle companies about the dogs who frequent their offices, and asked them to elaborate on what dog-friendly policies mean for their workplace. While their answers were certainly insightful, we must confess that Built In Seattle was mostly interested in meeting the pups themselves.

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