In an era of hybrid work, co-working spaces that survived the pandemic are booming
“The pandemic could have easily crushed Thinkspace,” co-founder and CEO Peter Chee said. (Thinkspace Photo) At the height of the pandemic, as his competitors disappeared around him,…
Boom times are over: Venture capital firms advise portfolio companies on navigating the downturn
(BigStock Photo) Extend your cash runway. Do more with less. And get ready for the boom times to be over. Those are common threads embedded inside warning…
Tech Moves: Elizabeth Scallon departs Amazon for HP; Fauna hires marketing exec; and more
Elizabeth Scallon. (LinkedIn Photo) Elizabeth Scallon, a Seattle tech veteran who was most recently at Amazon, is now at HP as director of Incubation enablement. Scallon joined…
Robotic exoskeleton startup wins Oregon life and biosciences angel competition
Biomotum’s SPARK device for rehabilitation of individuals with cerebral palsy, stroke, and other neurological conditions. (Biomotum Photo) Wearable robotics startup Biomotum took home $300,000 at the Angel…
Fishery monitoring software wins $25K at Univ. of Washington student startup competition
OnDeck Fisheries AI with the grand prize. (University of Washington Photo) A student team from Simon Fraser University developing a way to use artificial intelligence to monitor…
‘We’re going to produce a lot more startups’: Seattle University aims to boost entrepreneurship
Peter Rowan. (Photo courtesy of Rowan) Peter Rowan wants Seattle University to be more plugged into the local startup ecosystem. He became the executive director of Albers…
Seattle startup JetClosing, which launched in 2016 to digitize home closing process, is shutting down
(JetClosing Photo) JetClosing, a 6-year-old Seattle startup that digitizes the home closing process for buyers, sellers, and realtors, is shutting down, GeekWire has learned. The company is…
Ex-golf pro links with Seattle-area AI experts on app that uses 3D motion analysis to improve game
3D analysis, right, of a 2D video image, left, in the Sportsbox AI app. (Sportsbox AI Image) Before you take yet another mulligan, consider that the tool…
Tech Moves: Meta engineering director lands at Seattle startup Mason
Brian Hook. (LinkedIn Photo) Brian Hook joined Seattle startup Mason as chief technology officer after nearly eight years at Meta. Hook was most recently a senior director…
Seattle biotech startup backed by Gates Foundation launches trial for snail fever vaccine
The first patient is dosed in a phase 1 trial for the SchistoShield vaccine against schistosomiasis. ( Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute Photo) The first patient has…