When Apple brought in former HTC design chief Scott Croyle last year, it wasn’t entirely clear why. It now appears that part of his job is to help design Beats devices. The design company Ammunition continues to work on Beats products, but according to 9to5Mac, Croyle is now a central figure between the studio and … Read more
Inside Rover’s HQ in Seattle. (Rover Photo) Pet adoption rates have surged amid the pandemic, and pet spending accelerated last year. Those are a few of the tailwinds driving optimism at Rover as the Seattle startup prepares to go public via a SPAC deal by the end of next month. Unlike many tech companies, Rover … Read more
Electric car startup Fisker signed an agreement with Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that assembles iPhones, to jointly design and manufacture a new electric vehicle. Production of the car, which will be sold under the Fisker brand name in North America, Europe, China and India, will begin in the United States in late 2023. Numerous details, … Read more
ESPN + is expanding its football range again. After losing the Italian Serie A to Paramount +, the streaming service has announced a deal with Spanish La Liga for the next season. The La Liga arrangement was unveiled during Disney’s call-to-win along with an MLB deal for 30 regular season games and spans 380 games … Read more
The STARgraft vascular graft from Healionics acts as an artificial blood vessel for dialysis patients. (Healionics Photo) New financing: Seattle-based medical device company Healionics raised a $ 4.7 million round in a round led by Keiretsu Capital to help commercialize its STARgraft artificial blood vessel for patients undergoing dialysis treatment. Patients with kidney failure may … Read more
Liquid Death, a four-year LA-based canned mountain water startup that has steadily gained market share and press coverage by amusingly promising to “kill your thirst,” has just raised $ 15 million to Series-C -Means applied. The round brings the company’s previous support to $ 50 million. The new funding – after a Series B round … Read more
Seattle Storm Star Sue Bird. (File Photo via Neil Enns / Seattle Storm) Add the WNBA to the list of professional sports leagues Amazon wants to showcase through its Prime Video streaming platform. Amazon and the WNBA have entered into a multi-year agreement that grants Prime Video exclusive global streaming rights to 16 WNBA games … Read more
Tesla CEO and The self-proclaimed Technoking puts the company’s stance on Bitcoin in the background and has suspended the purchase of its electric vehicles with the cryptocurrency. The change in stance, transmitted via tweet, comes just a few weeks after Tesla’s CFO and the title of “Master of Coin”. Zach Kirkhorn said the company believes … Read more
Mediatonic will be releasing a Fall Guys mid-season patch on May 13th that will add some cross-play functionality to the hit game. Custom lobbies are open to everyone, so you can host private games with just four players. PC and PlayStation 4 players can all join. Players on both platforms can also be brought together … Read more
The Madrona Venture Labs team, clockwise from left: Flora Ku, Keith Rosema, Maria Hess, Henry Huang, Mike Fridgen, Jay Bartot, Jason Flateboe. (Madrona Venture Labs photo) The news: Madrona Venture Labs, the startup studio affiliated with Madrona Venture Group, has raised $ 8 million for its fourth fund. The Seattle-based studio also unveiled a new … Read more