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Published on March 04, 2025

Built In Seattle’s March Companies of the Month

Check out the four local companies that Built In Seattle is featuring this month who each have something interesting going on.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

Shelf Engine Plans to Expand, Make 200+ Hires After $41M Raise

Currently in 2,000 stores, Shelf Engine hopes to expand its grocery demand planning software to thousands of new stores over the next 18 months.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

OctoML Aims to Double Team After $28M Funding Raise

The machine learning company has raised $47 million since it was founded in 2019.

Updated on March 04, 2025

One of Food Network Kitchen’s iOS Managers Shares the Biggest Technical Challenge Her Team Faces

For Lauren Jarrard, a software development manager of iOS at Discovery, the technical challenge of working on the back end of Food Network Kitchen’s app is twofold: constantly maintaining a high standard of code quality while ensuring a crash-free experience for their users. So, in other words, maintaining near-perfection on an app that’s a top 100 food and drink app on the App Store. Sounds easy enough, right?

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Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

Property Closing Platform JetClosing Raises $11M, Appoints New CEO

The company’s platform has helped close $5.5 billion worth of real estate.

Ashley Bowden Ashley Bowden
Updated on March 04, 2025

Icertis Raised $80M, Innovega Secured $15M, and More Seattle Tech News

Advancements of all kinds are making their way onto the Seattle tech scene. With contact lenses from a sci-fi novel and software that can help companies find the perfect employee, read more about what’s underway. This is the Built In Seattle weekly refresh.

Jeremy Porr Jeremy Porr
Updated on March 04, 2025

Icertis Raises $80M at $2.8B Valuation to Digitize the Contracting Process

Icertis helps clients manage their contracts throughout the entire lifecycle from RFPs and creating a centralized repository, to management and storage.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

Seattle Company Takes Top Spot Among Forbes’ Top Startup Employers

Fifteen Seattle-area companies made it onto the Forbes ranking, with Hiya taking the number-one spot.

Updated on March 04, 2025

How Milestones Help Product Teams Build Trust With Stakeholders

The best way for product teams to build trust and get buy-in from stakeholders is to deliver their work on time, according to Mike Sobaski, director of product development at IoT hardware company Wyze.  However, sometimes, that’s easier said than done. So what’s the solution? 

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Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

Smart Contact Lens Company Innovega Is Raising $15M in a Public Series A

The company has already been awarded 14 patents for its technology, and has gained the support from several government agencies.

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