Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity and its mothership (left) are modeled after the SpaceShipOne launch system (right) built with the help of Seattle billionaire Paul Allen. (Photos by Virgin Galactic and Michael Pereckas) The suborbital spaceships built by Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Spaceline may look completely different, but financially … Read more
A young surfer is carving on the man-made EpicSurf wave created by a couple from Seattle. (CitySurf photo) Surfing is not the easiest sport. But it’s definitely harder to get funding, secure land, and actually build a man-made deep-water wave for surfing in the Seattle area. John and Trisha Hoss have learned from the experiences … Read more
Ben Gilbert, left, and his father Alan Gilbert while backpacking the Olympic Peninsula, Washington state. (Courtesy photo by Ben Gilbert) As the co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based venture capital firm Pioneer Square Labs, Ben Gilbert spends a lot of time helping businesses start and finding the key people they need to succeed. When PSL spinout … Read more
Tents line a street in downtown Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / John Cook) The group driving the Compassion Seattle electoral measure, which aims to revise city policy in relation to its ongoing homelessness crisis, will turn in more than 60,000 signatures Thursday to qualify the measure for the November election. Supporters of the initiative will need … Read more
Modern co-founders Olga Kundzich and Jonathan Schneider. (Modern Photos) New funding: Moderne received $ 4.7 million for its software that helps developers save time by automating code migrations and fixes. The Seattle-based company was founded by Olga Kundzich and Jonathan Schneider, former colleagues at Pivotal Software, which was acquired by VMware in 2019. The technique: … Read more
NBA star Stephen Curry. (Aubrie Pick photo) Seattle-based pay equity startup Syndio has raised more than $ 30 million in funding in its four years, but a new $ 1 million support from early-stage investors Penny Jar Capital announced on Monday is special notable because the company is anchored by NBA star Stephen Curry. Curry … Read more
Lexion CEO Gaurav Oberoi. (Lexion photo) Lexion is on the move. The Seattle-based startup that helps legal teams use AI to search contracts has quadrupled revenue and gained 50 customers in the past four months, including brands like Outreach, Blue Nile, OfferUp, and others. Now the company is raising more money to accelerate growth and … Read more
Dance Church was founded in 2010 by Kate Wallich, center in white top, and has added Clara Siegel, sitting in black top, as CEO. (Photo of the dance church) Pioneer Square Labs is trying a few new steps when it comes to outsourcing a company from the Seattle startup studio and venture capital company. PSL … Read more
Big Box VR co-founders Chia Chin Lee (left) and Gabe Brown. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The Seattle startup BigBox VR, the company behind the multiplayer virtual reality game POPULATION: ONE, was taken over by Facebook. Facebook was attracted to BigBox due to the popularity of POP: ONE, which has been one of the top … Read more
Mark Nelson was named CEO of Tableau Software in March and leads the Seattle-based company as part of Salesforce. (Tableau and GeekWire photos) Seattle-based Tableau Software is no longer an independent public company, but is back under the watchful eye of Wall Street for a different reason. Foreclosure bought the data visualization company for more … Read more