Fintech startup SecureSave, co-led by Suze Orman, raises $11M
(SecureSave Image) SecureSave, the Seattle-area financial technology startup co-led by TV personality and best-selling author Suze Orman, has raised $11 million in new funding. A spinout of Pioneer Square Labs, SecureSave…
New venture fund aims to provide capital for entrepreneurs south of Seattle in Tacoma area
Tacoma, Wash. (Bigstock Photo) The news: Founded two years ago, Tacoma Venture Fund has made several investments in early-stage startups across the Pacific Northwest, with a particular…
Direct-to-consumer casket startup raises $3.5M to boost product line and shipping speeds
Caskets are shown in a Titan Casket warehouse. (Titan Casket Photo) Titan Casket, a startup that is disrupting the funeral industry with a direct-to-consumer model for casket…
Industrial wearables maker RealWear acquires Genba and Seattle startup’s voice tech
(Logos via RealWear) RealWear, the Vancouver, Wash.-based maker of wearable assisted reality tech for industrial workers, has acquired Seattle-based Genba, whose software serves the same workforce. Genba…
David Baker, head of Seattle’s Institute for Protein Design, launches London biotech startup
IPD director David Baker. (IPD Photograph) Prolific biotech co-founder and College of Washington scientist David Baker, head of the UW Institute for Protein Design, has launched a…
Convoy, which just raised $260M, lays off 7% of workforce in latest tech startup cuts
(GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) Convoy laid off 7% of its staff Thursday, becoming the latest tech company to slash headcount amid an uncertain economic environment….
Boulder Care raises $36M to grow telehealth platform to treat opioid addiction
Boulder Care CEO Stephanie Strong outside the telehealth addiction treatment startup’s offices in downtown Portland. (Boulder Care Photo) Boulder Care, the Portland startup using telehealth to treat…
Home repair service Keepe lays off staff as economic uncertainty spooks startups
Keepe CEO Rishi Mathew. (GeekWire File Photo) Over the past year, home repair marketplace startup Keepe tripled its enterprise customer base and grew work order volume by…
Finance and tech vets target tech workers with new wealth management firm
From left: Sean Sternbach, Taylor Heininger and Hart Williams. (Cloud Capital Photo) A trio of technology and finance veterans are taking on large banks and multi-family offices…
Here’s what young entrepreneurs and investors think about crypto
(Bigstock Photo) Crypto has gone mainstream. Once an esoteric investment held by a select group of people on the internet, it’s now something many investors hold in…