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Ashley Bowden Ashley Bowden
Published on March 04, 2025

Plunk Secured $6.5M, Amazon Is Hiring 75,000, and More Seattle Tech News

With a few companies landing fresh funding last week, big tech innovations are underway on the Puget Sound. Find out what these startups are up to. This is the Built In Seattle weekly refresh.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

Our Mayberry Raises $1.2M to Connect Businesses With Charitable Causes

The company currently operates in six states, but it hopes to use the funding to expand into new markets.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

Madrona Venture Labs Raises $8M to Build the Next Generation of Startups

Former Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff, former Tinder CEO Elie Seidman and DocuSign co-founder Court Lorenzini are some of the many tech entrepreneurs onboard with the MVL program.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

Remitly Extends Its Partnership With Visa and Lands ‘Sizable’ New Investment

Remitly now lets its users send payments to people in over 100 countries — up from 49 at the start of 2020.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

Property Tech Startup Plunk Announces Its $6.5M Seed Round

Plunk recently announced that it would partake in Second Century Ventures’ REACH accelerator program.

Ashley Bowden Ashley Bowden
Updated on March 04, 2025

Auth0 Acquired, TwinStrand Raised $50M, and More Seattle Tech News

A busy week on the Puget Sound led to a host of new tech sector moves. From cybersecurity to space travel, find out what innovations are underway for these companies. This is the Built In Seattle weekly refresh.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

Seattle Surges Past LA and Austin in New Tech Job Ranking

A new report from tech career hub Dice ranked Seattle the sixth best city for open tech jobs, which was seven positions higher than its ranking in Q1 2020. This represented the largest upswing of any large U.S. tech hub included in the report.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

You Can Now Bid on a Seat on Blue Origin’s Next Space Flight

Bidding for a seat on the New Shepard’s next launch, set for July 20, opened up on Wednesday. It is to be the company’s first launch of its New Shepard spacecraft with a crew onboard.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

RealSelf Acquires YNS Group to Expand Its Global Reach

The company acquired Tajmeeli.com in January to cater to Arabic-speaking consumers.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

The Future 5 of Seattle Tech

Here are five up-and-coming local startups to watch as we head into the second half of 2021.

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