Stoke Space Technologies’ second stage motor injector will be subjected to a test fire at the company’s component test facility. (Stoke photo) Two Washington state companies have received up to $ 750,000 each in NASA grants to take space-related technologies they are already working on to the next level of development. The awards for Stoke … 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
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
Urbanist, writer and professor Richard Florida. (Photo: Daria Malysheva) Reports of coastal city deaths are grossly exaggerated. At least that’s the view of renowned urbanist and author Richard Florida, who spoke to GeekWire editor Monica Nickelsburg earlier this week about the future of cities as part of the annual Crosscut Festival. “I’m just amazed at … Read more
Jesse Salk, CEO and Co-Founder of TwinStrand Biosciences. (TwinStrand photo) New financing: Gene sequencing startup TwinStrand Biosciences raised $ 50 million in a Series B round led by Section 32, a California-based fund focused on biotechnology, technology, healthcare and life sciences. All venture capital funding for the 6-year-old company is now north of $ 70 … Read more
The longstanding rumors of an Apple Watch with blood glucose monitoring have just gained credibility. The Telegraph and Forbes report that British healthcare technology company Rockley Photonics recently confirmed in an SEC filing that Apple has been its largest customer for two years and that it continues to sign contracts to develop future products. Rockley’s … Read more
A screenshot of the animated Baba Yaga label sold as NFT by Andrew Januik Wines. A Washington State winery with technical connections joins the NFT game and sells three unique digital works of art reminiscent of the release of a limited edition Cabernet Sauvignon. While fine wines mainly appeal to an older audience, the phenomenon … Read more
Jeff Wilke, CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, at the GeekWire Summit 2017. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) – Jeff Wilke, the former CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, joined Scale AI as an advisor to the CEO. The San Francisco startup, founded in 2016, supports companies in the development and management of their AI and machine … Read more
Ty Collins (right) and Mike Radenbaugh, Co-Founders of Rad Power Bikes, are named Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2019 GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) – Rad Power Bikes co-founder Ty Collins has stepped down from the fast growing e-bike startup. Collins, who was previously chief marketing officer, now has an advisory … Read more
Anuj Gosalia. (Magic Leap photo) – Magic Leap continues to hire in the Seattle area. Anuj Gosalia, a veteran of Microsoft, Facebook, and Google, joined the company as Chief Software and Cloud Officer. This is the third recent hiring of executives from the Seattle area by the augmented reality company based in Plantation, Florida. Gosalia … Read more