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
Solar panels. (Photo by American Public Power Association on Unsplash) Eager investors keep coming. It is the Amazon employee who see the company’s share price rise steadily; the ex-venture capitalist looking to make big financial returns in a new hip sector; Parents or parents-to-be who panic about leaving their children with an earth ravaged by … 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
Swallowtail co-founders Ash Fogelberg and Nick Frandsen Based in Sydney and Auckland, Dovetail is a full service venture studio that works closely with founders who have a great idea but may not have a technical background. Dovetail helps them build businesses from the ground up and prepare them for growth and more funding. The success … Read more
H venture partner brought together more than 75 consumer and retail industry experts to invest in their first fund raising $ 10 million for science-backed consumer brand startups. Founder and managing partner Elizabeth Edwards (pictured above) founded the Cincinnati-based venture capital company in 2017 after 15 years as a VC with other companies, primarily in … Read more
Jeff Bezos unveils a model of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander in 2019 (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Jeff Bezos may step back from his CEO role at Amazon, but now he needs to feel the heat at Blue Origin, the privately held space company he founded in 2000. The next 31 days could … Read more
Another day, another deal. Keeping up with the tide of acquisitions, IPOs, SPACs, and venture capital these days is no easy task. In fact, the IPO dollar volume for 2021 has already reached $ 171 billion, surpassing the record sums of last year. The same goes for mergers and acquisitions, with record levels of transaction … Read more
Sean O’Sullivan, founder of global venture company SOSV, has slowly but steadily built a sizeable operation over the years. SOSV began as a family office and invested O’Sullivan’s capital after co-founding two companies, including MapInfo, a company that went public in 1994 before Pitney Bowes took over three more funds years later in 2007 , … Read more
A venture capitalist once told me frankly that when you see the phrase “democratization” in technical marketing material, consider it a red flag. Democracy in general is often associated with an ironic limitation: it benefits white and male participants disproportionately. Well, you know me well enough to know that I normally wouldn’t start your Saturday … Read more
Steve Singh, managing director of Madrona Venture Group, and former CEO of Docker and Concur. (GeekWire File Photo) The 2021 virtual GeekWire Awards were held this week, recognizing the top companies, innovators, entrepreneurs and technologies in the Pacific Northwest, as nominated and chosen by the GeekWire community — along with celebrity cameos. On this special episode … Read more