Employee leave benefits are an intricate web of company and government policies, and Cocoon strives to make both employer and employee experiences clear and simple. The platform was launched on Wednesday in all 50 states and is designed for any type of employee leave such as parental, doctor, nursing, or bereavement leave. It takes into … Read more
(Especially pictures) Juan Medina first considered the idea for his new startup in 2003 after his father’s death when his wife asked him to tell a story about his father, and Medina realized he hadn’t known him that well. Stories, jokes, recipes, and more were either lost or scattered among various friends and family, Medina … Read more
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Oper8r, built by Winter Mead and Welly Sculley, aims to help newbies to the VC world. The accelerator was launched last year as the Y Combinator for Emerging Fund Managers, designed to help … Read more
CaaMTech aims to take the uncertainty out of psychedelics like magic mushrooms and to provide defined formulations. (BigStock photo) CaaMTech, a Seattle-area startup developing new psychedelic agents, has raised $ 22 million in funding, the company announced this week. The company synthesizes a number of new compounds that are similar to those found in “magic … Read more
Cyrus Biotechnology has several drug discovery and development partnerships and also markets Cyrus Bench, a software platform for protein engineering. (Cyrus photo) Seattle-based Cyrus Biotechnology is entering into a protein engineering collaboration with Boston-based Selecta Biosciences that could raise up to $ 1.5 billion for the University of Washington spinout. The partnership will support the … Read more
Supabase, the backend-as-a-service startup, announced this week that it has raised a Series A of $ 30 million. Supabase is often described as an open source alternative to Google’s Firebase … which is a pretty good phrase for those who know what Firebase is. For those who don’t, Supabase is a collection of tools that … Read more
Pebblebee co-founders Nick Pearson-Franks (left) and Daniel Daoura spent eight years building the company together. Pearson-Franks died in an accident in June 2020. (Pebblebee Photo) Startup founders face many challenges when it comes to building a company and being successful. For more than a year, Daniel Daoura has been working on overcoming the most difficult … Read more
Given all the uncertainties, a global pandemic may be the wrong time to pursue a new startup idea, but in many ways the timing couldn’t be better. That’s one of the lessons we learned from our GeekWire podcast conversation this week with an entrepreneur and investor in the Seattle area Shirish Nadkarni, Author of the … Read more
Robbie Cape, former CEO of virtual primary care startup 98point6, accepts the award for Health Innovation of the Year 2019 at the GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) 98point6 CEO Robbie Cape no longer works at the heavily funded virtual health company he co-founded in 2015, GeekWire has learned. The company confirmed on Wednesday … Read more
An example of a LinkedIn post shows suggestions for more inclusive language provided by Textio while the post is being written on LinkedIn. (Textio picture) Seattle-based advanced writing startup Textio has always strived to help people communicate better where they do their jobs, be it in Gmail, Outlook, or elsewhere. Now Textio brings the opportunity … Read more