How remote work is changing tech pay: Seattle startup comp equals Silicon Valley, study says
From Space Needle to Golden Gate and beyond, U.S. startup pay is becoming more uniform, a recent study says. (Photos by Kevin Lisota, GeekWire; and Mark Gunn,…
Spinning out science startups: UW’s Institute for Protein Design brings research beyond ivory tower
IPD’s commercial impact in Seattle. Spinouts are Monod Bio, Arzeda, Icosavax, Neoleukin Therapeutics, Cyrus Biotechnlogy, PvP Bio, A-Alpha Bio, and Mopac Bio. IPD scientists are co-founders and…
Uplevel, a Seattle startup that measures engineer productivity, raises $20M
(Uplevel Image) The news: Seattle startup Uplevel landed $20 million to fuel growth. The 5-year-old company helps engineering teams analyze the effectiveness of their developers by pulling…
Buyers wanted: Exit opportunities for venture-backed startups sharply decline amid downturn
(Bigstock Photo) It’s getting harder for an early-stage company to find a buyer. The exit value for U.S. venture capital-backed startups in the second quarter was the…
GeekWire 200 update: Check out which Pacific Northwest startups are moving up the rankings
The top ten GeekWire 200 startups at the end of 2021 and in the third quarter of 2022. The latest update to the GeekWire 200 rankings shows…
BC’s green construction unicorn Nexii raises $35M, opens U.S. manufacturing site
A crane moves a section of a Starbucks cafe being built by Vancouver, B.C.-based Nexii. The climate-tech company constructs energy-efficient buildings made from less carbon-intensive materials than…
Phaidra, which sells AI tech to industrial customers, raises $25M from DeepMind co-founder, others
From left: CTO Vedavyas Panneershelvam, CEO Jim Gao, and COO Katherine Hoffman. (Phaidra Photo) Phaidra, a startup building artificial intelligence tools for industrial customers ranging from vaccine…
Tech Moves: Zillow’s former longtime economist returns; GoFundMe hires Xbox vet; ex-Nike president joins Funko board
Dr. Skylar Olsen. (Zillow Photo) — Dr. Skylar Olsen is back at Zillow Group. Olsen spent eight years at the real estate giant, most recently as senior principal…
Startup building software that helps airlines upsell customers raises $25M
From left: Linda Bryndísardóttir, VP Business Development; Stephen Grabowski, co-founder and CEO; Joe Aarre, co-founder and CTO; Reed Gilbert, VP Operations. (Jonathan Wu Photo) Gordian Software, which…
Seattle startup aims to make it easier to invest in social or environmental impact companies
From left: CEO and co-founder Josh Hile; Marshall Dunford CTO and co-founder. (Citizen Mint Photo) A former finance executive and a veteran software engineer are teaming up…