A Cessna Grand Caravan equipped with a MagniX propulsion system flies over Moses Lake, Washington for a flight test. (MagniX via YouTube) MagniX, based in Everett, Washington, will receive $ 74.3 million from NASA over the next five years to demonstrate electric propulsion technologies for aircraft. The fixed price / cost-sharing price is awarded through … Read more
Semios, a Vancouver, BC-based company developing agricultural technology to assess crop status and risk, today announced a $ 100 million investment. Founded in 2010, Semios wireless IoT network helps farmers assess the yield and quality of their tree fruits, nuts and other crops in near real time. Sensors measure the climate, soil moisture, and insect … 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
DJ mixes are usually missing from “premium” streaming services. This is mainly because it is a nightmare to properly sort out the license fees for all samples. You can find them on platforms like SoundCloud (unless they’re removed), but these songs can have literally hundreds of rights holders between the DJ, original artist, labels, and … Read more
Elvie, the pioneer in women’s health technology behind an attached breast pump and smart pelvic floor trainer, topped up a Series C announced earlier this summer (July) – adding another £ 12.7 million to bring the total to £ 70 million increase ($ 97 million). Founded in 2013, the UK-based startup previously rallied 42 million … Read more
Vouched investor Darrell Cavens (left) and Vouched CEO John Baird. (Verified photo) Vouched, a Seattle-based startup helping companies verify identity, has raised $ 4.5 million from investors including Darrell Cavens and Mark Vadon, co-founders of e-commerce giant Zulily. It’s a vote of confidence in the three-year-old company that emerged from Madrona Venture Labs, the Seattle-based … Read more
Amy Nelson, Founder of The Riveter, accepts Startup of the Year at the 2019 GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire photo) – Amy Nelson returns to co-working. The Riveter’s founder and former CEO announced Tuesday that she is president of SaksWorks, a new partnership between Saks Fifth Avenue owner Hudson’s Bay Co. (HBC) and WeWork. SaksWorks will be … Read more
GeekWire-Illustration Glenn Kelman, CEO von Redfin, begleitet uns in dieser Folge des GeekWire-Podcasts, um die neuesten Entwicklungen auf dem Immobilienmarkt zu diskutieren; Verzögerungen bei der Rückkehr ins Büro; die Rolle des Klimas bei Immobilien; wie die Technologie den Eigenheimkauf verändert; und die Auswirkungen von Fernarbeit und Migration auf Seattle und andere US-Städte. In gewisser Weise … Read more
Online abuse, disinformation, fraud, and other malicious content are on the rise, and tracking is becoming more complex. Today, a startup called ActiveFence, which has been quietly building a technology platform to detect threats during their formation and planning, and make it easier for trust and security teams to fight them on platforms, comes out … Read more
Startups, the so-called Deep tech often has a hard time raising capital for a variety of reasons. At the TechCrunch Early Stage: Marketing and Fundraising, two experienced investors spoke on the subject and advised startups on a challenging fundraising path. Pae Wu and Garrett Winther are both partners at SOSV and lead the fund’s programs … Read more