It was a busy first half for the US-New Zealand company Rocket Lab, which released results for the first half of 2021 on Wednesday – the first such reporting since the company went public last month. Rocket Lab reported sales of $ 29.5 million for the six month period. Backlog also increased to $ 141.4 … 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
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
(Dapper Labs photo) New financing: Dapper Labs raised $ 305 million on a reported valuation of $ 2.6 billion. The Vancouver, BC startup supports NBA Top Shot, a popular NFT-based digital trading card game that has sales of more than $ 467 million in the past five months. Top shot: Dapper is partnering with the … Read more
(Dapper Labs photo) NFTs go viral: Digital collectibles, also known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), are suddenly the topic of conversation in the tech world. They have been around for a couple of years but have gained momentum in the past few weeks. Music star Grimes just sold $ 6 million worth of digital art earlier … Read more