There’s never been a better time to change up your tech career. Seattle is full of innovative companies making the most of our city’s deep talent pool, and they’re throwing some serious perks at anyone who gets an offer letter.
DefinedCrowd has raised $11.8 million for its AI-enabling platform, the company announced today. New York and Zurich-based Evolution Equity Partners lead the round, along with existing contributors Sony, Portugal Ventures, Amazon Alexa Fund and Busy Angels. The round also added Mastercard, Kibo Ventures and Energias de Portugal to the company’s list of investors.
Edtech company DreamBox Learning announced that it had raised $130 million in funding today. The investment came from The Rise Fund, a venture firm managed by TPG Growth and aimed at combining positive social and environmental change with financial profit.
Certain platforms can create thousands or even millions of new types of proteins, which pharmaceutical companies can use to create new drugs. But the process of testing whether those proteins will actually create the desired effects remains a costly, arduous process, creating a bottleneck in the workflow. A-Alpha Bio's new technology aims to streamline that process.
We’ve compiled a list of 50 of the most influential individuals and organizations in the Seattle tech scene, from the big players and up-and-comers to insightful observers. They all tweet regularly, and offer unique vantage points on the industry.
Microsoft’s venture capital fund, M12, announced yesterday that it plans to join forces with SVB Financial Group and EQT Ventures to fund a startup contest for women. $4 million in venture capital funding are up for grabs, to be split between two companies selected from 10 finalists with at least one woman on their founding team.
Seattle tech certainly wasn’t taking any extended summer vacations during this hot, dry July, with a flurry of high-level leadership changeups from up-and-coming startups and established industry figures alike. Here's our selection of July moves you should know about.
We told you to watch them just a couple of weeks ago, and already ICEBRG has some big news: The security firm announced that it is being acquired by Silicon Valley traffic management and monitoring company Gigamon yesterday.
Pixvana builds software tools that enhance virtual reality technology while simplifying the process of creating VR experiences, making innovation easier for the media's creative vanguard.
Out of her own startup's failure, Leslie Feinzaig started the Female Founders Alliance, a space where women in tech could lift one another up. Now, they're looking for up to 12 companies from across North America to take part in a program called Ready Set Raise, aimed at helping startups founded by women to find investors.
