| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.03.2026 | Certiv Secures $4.2 Million to Transform AI Agent Security | Certiv announces $4.2M in pre-seed funding. This Seattle-based startup revolutionizes AI security. It tackles critical risks from autonomous AI agents. These agents operate within enterprise systems. Certiv's innovative platform installs on... |
| 17.03.2026 | Certiv: $4.2 Million Raised For AI Agent Security Platform | Certiv, an AI security startup, has emerged from stealth with $4.2 million in pre-seed funding to introduce a new category focused on governing and securing autonomous AI agents operating inside enterprises.
The round included backing from ... |
| 16.03.2026 | Certiv Raises $4.2M in Pre-Seed Funding | Certiv, a Seattle, WA-based cybersecurity startup, raised $4.2M in Pre-Seed funding.
Backers included Aviso Ventures, Founders Co-op, Fortson, and others.
The company intends to use the funds to support its engineering growth and early ente... |
| 30.01.2026 | Arkero: $6 Million Pre-Seed Closed And Early Deals Signed With MLS, NWSL, And EFL Clubs | Arkero, a new AI-driven operations platform for professional sports organizations, has raised a $6 million pre-seed round and announced early partnerships with teams across Major League Soccer, the National Women’s Soccer League, and Englan... |
| 29.01.2026 | Arkero Raises $6M Pre-Seed Funding | Arkero, a Seattle, WA-based provider a platform using AI to supports operations of complex organizations in sport, raised $6M in Pre-Seed funding.
The round was led by Roger Ehrenberg at Game Changers Ventures, with participation from Alexi... |
| 05.11.2025 | Founders’ Co-op: Sixth Fund Launched At $50 Million To Support Pacific Northwest Startups | Seattle-based early-stage venture firm Founders’ Co-op has announced the launch of its sixth fund, maintaining a $50 million size consistent with its previous vehicle. The firm, led by Managing Partners Chris DeVore and Aviel Ginzburg, will... |
| 22.10.2025 | Logic: $4.3 Million Seed Funding Raised And Plain-English AI Automation Platform Launched | Logic, a Seattle-based AI automation company, has officially launched its plain-English decision automation platform, ending its year-long beta period. The platform, backed by $4.3 million in seed funding from Founders’ Co-op, Audacious, Ne... |
| 20.10.2025 | Logic Raises $4.3M in Seed Funding | Logic, a Seattle, WA-based provider of a business automation platform that eliminates coding requirement, raised $4.3m in seed funding.
Backers included Founders’ Co-op, Audacious, Ali Partovi’s Neo, current and former Brex execs, Convoy co... |
| 16.05.2025 | Row Zero: $10 Million Raised For Advancing Development Of Enterprise Spreadsheet | Row Zero, an enterprise spreadsheet company built for big data and security, announced a seed round of $10 million, led by IA Ventures, with participation from Trilogy Equity Partners, Founder’s Co-op, Ludlow Ventures, K9 Ventures, Function... |
| 15.05.2025 | Row Zero Raises $10M in Seed Funding | Row Zero Spreadsheet Screenshot
Row Zero, a Seattle, WA-based provider of an enterprise spreadsheet built for big data and security, raised $10M in Seed funding.
The round was led by IA Ventures, with participation from Trilogy Equity Partn... |
| 28.02.2025 | The Rise of AI-Driven Financial Solutions: Quanta and Opal Lead the Charge | In the fast-paced world of finance, innovation is the name of the game. Two companies, Quanta and Opal, are redefining how businesses manage their financial operations. They are not just players; they are game-changers. With fresh funding a... |
| 26.02.2025 | Opal: $1.5 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised For Developing All-In-One Software For Ad Agencies | Opal, a SaaS platform designed to automate agency back-office operations, announced $1.5 million in pre-seed funding. Founders Co-op led the funding round with support from Exit North Ventures. This funding will advance the development of “... |
| 29.04.2024 | Inside the ‘cold war’ at Techstars as CEO Mäelle Gavet hires, fires, fights to force change | Last spring, founders from all over the world began their treks to Techstars’ Stockholm accelerator program. Their backdrop was solemn: A bank run was in the process of crushing Silicon Valley Bank, and the entire startup industry was on ed... |
| 07.12.2022 | Seattle startup Pebble, which helps create health benefit plans for small businesses, lands $12M | Pebble co-founders Manoj Pinna (left) and Vinay Reddy. (Pebble Photo)
Seattle health benefits startup Pebble publicly launched Wednesday and announced $17.3 million in total funding, including a $12 million second seed round it recently clo... |
| 22.10.2022 | Why this Seattle venture capitalist moved to a farm — and the startup lessons learned along the way | Aviel Ginzburg with his daughter on a tractor at his family’s farm in Oregon. (Photos courtesy of Aviel Ginzburg)
Aviel Ginzburg has been splitting time between taking calls from startup founders and tending to his farm.
The software engine... |
| 07.10.2022 | Why a slowdown in VC funding might be a good thing for some startups | From left: Annie Kadavy, managing director at Redpoint; Chris DeVore, founding managing partner at Founder’s Co-op; Tina Hoang-To, founding partner at Kin Ventures; and moderator Amy Bohutinsky, venture partner at TCV and former Zillow Grou... |
| 13.07.2022 | Buyers wanted: Exit opportunities for venture-backed startups sharply decline amid downturn | (Bigstock Photo)
It’s getting harder for an early-stage company to find a buyer.
The exit value for U.S. venture capital-backed startups in the second quarter was the lowest it’s been in more than five years, according to a report released ... |
| 03.06.2022 | Q&A: Seattle startups may be insulated from the downturn, and other insights from VC Chris DeVore | Elliott Bay and the downtown Seattle skyline. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser)
With fears of an economic hurricane approaching the U.S. economy, venture capitalists are advising tech companies to cut expenses and extend their cash runways ... |
| 03.02.2022 | ‘The darkest, most bottomless pit in healthcare’: Goodbill raises $3.4M to tackle medical billing | Patrick Haig and Ian Sefferman, co-founders of Goodbill. (Photos via LinkedIn)
If you dare, try searching online for “hospital bill nightmares.” The query will yield page after page of terrifying, outrageous stories.
Medical billing, said P... |
| 15.01.2022 | NFTs, Metaverse, Web3, and new realities of startup investing, with Founders Co-op’s Aviel Ginzburg | Founders’ Co-op General Partner Aviel Ginzburg. (Founders’ Co-op Photo)
So much of what happens in the startup world comes from serendipitous moments, random interactions that lead to fresh insights and new collaborations. And so much of th... |
| 14.10.2021 | TA Ventures invested in Spice AI that helps developers build intelligent apps | TA Ventures invested in Spice AI $1M Pre-Seed round alongside Madrona Venture Group, Picus Capital, Elysium Venture Capital, Cardinia Ventures, Founder’s Co-op as well as Nat Friedman (CEO of GitHub), Mark Russinovich (CTO of Microsoft Azur... |
| 07.10.2021 | Microsoft acquires collaboration software startup Ally to bolster employee experience platform Viva | Microsoft has acquired Ally, a 3-year-old Seattle-based startup that helps companies track and hit their goals. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ally CEO Vetri Vellore. (Ally Photo)
Microsoft will use the deal to beef up Microsoft Viva... |
| 03.06.2021 | HR management platform Ganaz raises $7m Series A funding from Trilogy Equity, AgFunder | Disclosure: AgFunder (our parent company) is an investor in Ganaz. Find out more about AgFunder’s portfolio here.
Ganaz, a US provider of tech-driven workforce management solutions for the agrifood industries, has raised $7 million in a Ser... |
| 15.04.2021 | Crazy for crypto — or not: Seattle VCs sound off on tech’s hottest topic following Coinbase IPO | Coinbase is the talk of tech world this week as the cryptocurrency startup went public and its valuation soared to $85 billion. (Coinbase Photo)
Sometimes, making an exception can pay off.
That’s what happened to Version One Ventures, which... |
| 09.04.2021 | Take note: Amazon vets raise $2M for Dendron, a tool to manage large amounts of information | Dendron founders Kevin Lin, left, and Kiran Pathakota. (Dendron Photos)
New funding: Seattle-based startup Dendron has raised $2 million in seed funding for its open source note-taking tool that helps users manage any amount of information.... |
| 04.03.2021 | How this Seattle VC missed out on Auth0’s seed round, but persisted and landed a big payoff | Founders’ Co-op Managing Partner Chris DeVore. (Founders’ Co-op Photo)
Seattle venture capitalist Chris DeVore felt something special when he first connected with Auth0 co-founder Eugenio Pace.
DeVore, an early-stage investor and managing p... |
| 01.03.2021 | More capital for Pacific Northwest startups: Founders’ Co-op raises $50M fund, its largest yet | Founders’ Co-op Managing Partner Chris DeVore (left) and General Partner Aviel Ginzburg. (Founders’ Co-op Photo)
Seattle venture capital firm Founders’ Co-op, an early backer of billion-dollar companies such as Remitly, Outreach, and Auth0,... |
| 04.12.2019 | Early stage investing 101: How to break into the club, and why you should give it a shot | (Bigstock Photo)
Early stage investing can be tremendously beneficial for early stage technology companies, the broader startup ecosystem, and of course, investors. But getting started isn’t easy. Minda Bruse and Heather Redman.
We both kno... |
| 28.10.2019 | Startup advice: Here’s what founders should do before pitching venture capitalists | From left to right: Dave Parker, founder of 6 Month Startup; Aviel Ginzburg, general partner at Founders’ Co-op; Elisa La Cava, senior associate at Madrona Venture Group; and Cameron Borumand, principal at Ignition Partners. (GeekWire Photo... |
| 18.07.2019 | Workday buys Trusted Key in first exit for Seattle’s Kernel Labs, and a proof point for startup studios | Amit Mital, CEO and founder of startup studio Kernel Labs. (Kernel Labs Photo)
Business cloud software giant Workday has acquired Seattle-based Trusted Key in a deal that shows how the startup studio model is gaining traction.
Founded in 20... |
| 12.06.2019 | Techstars Seattle leader Chris DeVore to step down, will focus on Founders’ Co-op venture capital firm | Techstars Seattle Managing Director Chris Devore will step down next month. (GeekWire File Photo)
After nearly five years leading Techstars Seattle as managing director, Chris DeVore is stepping down on July 1.
In an interview with GeekWire... |
| 16.04.2019 | Founders’ Co-op Raises $25M to Back More Pacific Northwest Startups | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Founders’ Co-op, a Seattle-based venture capital firm that has backed nearly 100 startups since its launch 11 years ago, has raised a new, $25 million fund to continue making ... |
| 15.04.2019 | More cash for Pacific Northwest startups: Founders’ Co-op raises $25M fund, its largest ever | Founders’ Co-op Managing Partners Chris DeVore and Aviel Ginzburg. (Founders’ Co-op Photo)
More investment dollars are flowing into the Pacific Northwest startup ecosystem thanks to a new fund from Founders’ Co-op.
The Seattle-based early-s... |
| 23.01.2019 | Gender gap: Women-led companies make up 8% of the GeekWire 200 startup list | The numbers tell the story.
Out of the 200 companies listed on the GeekWire 200, our ranking of the top Pacific Northwest tech startups, 16 of them are led by women, or 8 percent.
“It’s a little depressing,” said Kieran Snyder, CEO of Seatt... |
| 16.03.2018 | What’s wrong with Seattle’s startup scene? Despite top talent, a lack of venture capital stunts growth | Image via the Greater Seattle Technology Ecosystem report.
After nine years of building a robust cloud services business with thousands of customers, Geeman Yip was ready to raise venture capital. But when the BitTitan founder began knockin... |
| 15.03.2018 | Strix Leviathan raises $1.625M for its enterprise crypto trading platform | Seattle-based Strix Leviathan, an enterprise trading and management platform for crypto assets founded by startup vet Jesse Proudman, today announced that it has raised a $1.625 million seed round led by Joe Montana’s Liquid 2 Ventures (yes... |
| 15.02.2018 | Founders’ Co-op, a fixture on Seattle’s venture scene, is raising its fourth fund | Founders’ Co-op, a Seattle-based seed-stage venture firm, is looking to close its fourth and newest fund with $25 million, according to an SEC filing that shows the outfit has raised at least $10.7 million toward that end.
The firm — now a ... |
| 15.02.2018 | Looking to spark Seattle’s startup ecosystem, Founder’s Co-op raises new venture fund | Techstars Seattle Managing Director and Founder’s Co-op founding partner Chris DeVore.
Founder’s Co-op, an early-stage venture capital firm that’s backed Seattle area startups such as Apptentive, Crowd Cow, LiveStories and Shippable, has ra... |
| 19.09.2017 | Immigration startup Boundless launches tools to streamline applying for a marriage-based green card | The Boundless team, from left: Anjana Prasad, Charity Seid, David Balatero, Xiao Wang, Chris Montes, Erika Kay, Crystal Cui. (Boundless Photo)
It can take anywhere from nine months to three years for a would-be immigrant to the U.S. to rece... |
| 05.07.2017 | Chinese search giant Baidu buys Seattle startup Kitt.ai to connect natural language tech to developers | Kitt.ai, the Seattle artificial intelligence startup that’s developing a conversational language engine known as ChatFlow and a “hotword” detection platform known as Snowboy, has been acquired by Chinese search giant Baidu.
Multiple bidders... |
| 15.06.2017 | Seattle’s Rapid Tech Growth Highlights the City’s Need for Inclusivity | Over 1,100 people have moved into the Puget Sound area each week since 2010. That number would fill roughly five movie theaters, making Seattle the fastest growing major city in the United States and the envy of movie theater owners everywh... |
| 03.05.2017 | LevelTen Aims to Satisfy Surging Corporate Renewable Energy Demand | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Large technology companies have driven demand for renewable energy in the U.S. over the last few years as they seek lower, more predictable electricity bills, and pursue clima... |
| 20.04.2017 | Startup led by ex-Amazon manager and Obama tech policy guru raises $3.5M to navigate the ‘opaque, intimidating, and high-stakes’ immigration process | The Boundless team. (Boundless Photo)
Boundless, a Seattle startup that aims to help people navigate the U.S. immigration process, has come out of stealth mode and announced $3.5 million in seed financing.
The round was led by Trilogy Equit... |
| 09.11.2016 | Amazon and Paul Allen-backed startup launches new product that lets developers create chatbots | KITT.AI is rolling out its newest flagship product. KITT.AI co-founder and CEO Xuchen Yao, and co-founder Guoguo Chen.
Available today in beta, ChatFlow is a multi-platform framework for creating conversational agents, also known as chatbot... |
| 11.05.2016 | Backed by Amazon and Paul Allen, KITT.AI launches first ‘hotword detection’ software toolkit | KITT.AI wants to help developers add voice activation features to almost any device for free.
The Seattle startup today unveiled its first software toolkit called Snowboy, which lets developers add verbal “hotword detection” to devices. It’... |
| 26.02.2016 | Founder’s Co-op invests in Giftbit, a B2B digital gift card company | Giftbit co-founders Leif Baradoy and Peter Locke.
Founders’ Co-op, a Seattle-based early-stage venture fund, has invested in Giftbit, a company that specializes in digital gift card campaigns for enterprise clients.
Based in Victoria, BC, a... |
| 07.01.2016 | Amazon and Founders’ Co-op back new Seattle startup KITT.AI, born in Paul Allen’s AI2 incubator | Xuchen Yao
A new Seattle-based artificial intelligence startup called KITT.AI, incubated inside Paul Allen’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), has landed funding from Founders’ Co-op and Amazon’s Alexa Fund — preparing to l... |
| 02.09.2015 | Calling entrepreneurs, scientists, coders: New ‘Hacker House’ opens near UW’s Startup Hall | A new “Hacker House” is opening near the University of Washington campus this month. Photo via Andy Rebele.
If you’re an entrepreneur, scientist, coder, maker, or innovator that wants to live in a likeminded community near the University of... |
| 27.07.2015 | Meet the 11 new startups in Techstars Seattle | Techstars companies at Startup Hall in the University District. Photo via University of Washington.
They hail from places like California, Tel Aviv, and Hong Kong. They work with technologies like cloud security, virtual reality, and online... |
| 16.07.2015 | Invest NW Would Help Rich Families Make Local Impact Investments | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The Pacific Northwest innovation economy is in the midst of a substantial capital refresh cycle, with four locally based venture funds filling their coffers with upwards of $7... |
| 01.05.2015 | Skyward Announces $4.1 Million Seed Round | Portland, Oregon based drone company, Skyward, announced a $4.1 million seed round on April 28. This latest round of funding was led by Founders Co-Op, Norwest Venture Partners, Techstars Ventures and Verizon Ventures. Those companies joine... |
| 03.04.2015 | Seattle Roundup: Founders’ Co-op New Fund and Real Estate Moves | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The big Seattle tech news this week was in real estate, as growing tech companies large and small continue the scramble for space. The early-stage startups will at least have ... |
| 02.04.2015 | Founder’s Co-op raises $20M, looks to spark more innovative startups in the Northwest | Andy Sack and Chris DeVore of Founder’s Co-op.
Over the past seven years, Founder’s Co-op has trumpeted the benefits of the Pacific Northwest entrepreneurial community more than most, touting the region’s talent, drive and moxie while also ... |
| 22.01.2015 | Amidst $6M Series A, TriggerMail Rebrands as Bluecore | Since participating in the Techstars 2013 New York Class, life for TriggerMail has been busy – or should I say Bluecore. They today announced that they’ll officially be rebranding as Bluecore, previously TriggerMail, and the team was excite... |
| 15.01.2015 | Tom Douglas Serving Local, Sustainable Startups to Would-be Investors | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Tom Douglas, builder of food empires, is putting his imprimatur on a new Seattle startup event meant to bring together wealthy, connected professionals and entrepreneurs in wh... |
| 02.01.2015 | So You Want to Be an Early Stage Investor? | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
I absolutely love what I do—running a seed-stage venture fund (Founders’ Co-op) and startup accelerator (Techstars Seattle)—but neither is a job with a well-defined career pat... |
| 10.12.2014 | As VCs Move Upstream, Madrona Venture Labs Builds Its Own Startups | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
In recent years, venture capitalists have been investing earlier in promising entrepreneurs and startups, nurturing their ideas in incubators, and creating programs to select ... |
| 07.11.2014 | Techstars Seattle Demo Day: New Companies, Pitching Models, Leader | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Techstars, the international network of startup accelerators, marks its fifth year in Seattle with some significant changes coming in how it presents its companies to investor... |
| 06.11.2014 | In tearful farewell, Andy Sack steps down from Techstars Seattle, passes torch to Chris DeVore | Andy Sack thanks the community at the TechStars Demo Day as Chris DeVore looks on.
At its fifth annual Demo Day this afternoon, the Techstars Seattle startup accelerator announced that Andy Sack will step down from his post as Managing Dire... |
| 23.10.2014 | The Startup Hall Story—How it Could Transform Seattle’s U District | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The second floor of what used to be known only as Condon Hall—and the University of Washington’s ugliest building—holds seeds of a re-invented neighborhood where students, res... |
| 16.09.2014 | Video: Inside the University of Washington’s new Startup Hall | Condon Hall isn’t exactly the University of Washington’s most impressive space. From the outside, the building looks like a prison. On the inside, few windows and narrow hallways make for a less-than-stellar working environment. Plus, I’m b... |
| 29.05.2014 | Time to ditch non-compete agreements to increase entrepreneurial talent, investor says | Chris DeVore keynoting the 2013 GeekWire Awards.
Chris DeVore has devoted many hours over the past few years to figure out how state and local government can best help startups.
Now the Founder’s Co-op General Partner and Chair of Seattle’s... |
| 07.05.2014 | Techstars Seattle grad, online flyer-maker Smore raises $1.7M from Founder’s Co-op | Two-and-a-half years ago, Shlomi Atar and Gilad Avidan traveled all the way from Israel to participate in TechStars Seattle and fix the problem of instant online publishing. Smore co-founders Gilad Avidan and Shlomi Atar. Photo via Smore.
F... |
| 23.04.2014 | GeekWire Awards: Vote for Hire of the Year | Talent is the name of the game in the tech industry.
And that’s why today’s category in the GeekWire Awards voting — Hire of the Year — is such a critical one. These companies and organizations picked up leading technologists, investors or ... |
| 11.04.2014 | Seattle Roundup: Founders’ Co-op New Fund; Allen Grant; Munchery & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The big news this week is a new fund being raised by Seattle-based seed-stage investors Founders’ Co-op. Read on for details on this and new grants for research on human cell ... |
| 10.04.2014 | Founder’s Co-op raises $10M, looks to bankroll ‘hungry and foolish’ NW entrepreneurs | Chris DeVore keynoting the 2013 GeekWire Awards.
Founder’s Co-op, the 6-year-old Seattle angel investment firm led by Andy Sack, Chris DeVore and Rudy Gadre, has raised $10 million in new capital that it will use to help bankroll early-stag... |
| 05.02.2014 | Advice for entrepreneurs: Focus more on solving problems, not building products | Founders Co-op General Partner Chris DeVore speaks at Tuesday’s Hacker News Meetup.
When Chris DeVore first meets with entrepreneurs looking for funding, the Founder’s Co-op general partner doesn’t want to hear about products being built or... |
| 03.01.2014 | Forget Mega-Corporations, Here’s The Mega-Network | We live in the age of cryptocurrency heists, Chinese moon landings, eco-disasters and electronic cigarettes. Sounds like something out of a cyberpunk novel.
Well, a cyberpunk novel without the brain implants, but don’t worry, those are comi... |
| 19.12.2013 | Roundup: DreamBox, Resolution Tube, & Qazzow Funded; U District Startups | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
‘Twas the week before Christmas and Seattle-area entrepreneurs filled their stockings with venture capital. Another local ed-tech company, DreamBox Learning, pulled down a sig... |
| 16.12.2013 | Commentary: Global innovation + ‘big tent’ capitalism in Seattle | Seattle skyline. Photo by Kevin Lisota.
I’ve been reflecting lately on the cultural differences between the Pacific Northwest and Silicon Valley.
I grew up in Seattle and have deep family ties here, but lived in the Bay Area both before and... |
| 10.12.2013 | Techstars Seattle Startup Shippable Raises $2.05M For Continuous Integration Platform Built On Docker | Shippable, a Techstars Seattle startup, has raised $2.05 million in seed funding for its continuous integration service that is built using Docker, the popular Linux container used for its lightweight portability. The syndicated round was l... |
| 03.12.2013 | Roundup: Founder’s Co-op, Wire, Inside Social, Indow Windows, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Tired of turkey? Have some Thanksgiving leftovers from Seattle tech: Rudy Gadre is joining Founder’s Co-op as a partner; 2013 Techstars companies Wire and Inside Social got in... |
| 02.12.2013 | Ex-Facebook general counsel Rudy Gadre joins Seattle VC firm Founder’s Co-op | Rudy Gadre
Former Facebook general counsel and ex-Amazon.com attorney Rudy Gadre has quickly established himself as one of the top angel investors in the Pacific Northwest, bankrolling startup companies like Jobaline, Walkscore, Porch, Wire... |
| 05.10.2013 | Are Microsoft and Amazon holding back Seattle’s startup scene? | Photo via RootStartup
Silicon Valley is certainly the king in terms of venture capital and startup formation.
And while Seattle has grown as a startup city over the years, it’s certainly not quite on the level of the Bay Area.
Speaking on a... |
| 05.08.2013 | Techstars Picks 11 Startups for 2013 Class in Seattle | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Techstars Seattle has picked 11 startup companies to participate in its 2013 class, which begins today.
The fourth edition of the top-tier startup accelerator in Seattle inclu... |
| 30.07.2013 | What drives you as an entrepreneur — ambition or obligation? | Photo via RootStartup
Bring together a bunch of highly-successful entrepreneurs in one room and you’ll notice a few common qualities. These people work their tails off, have an immense passion for what they do and exhibit excellent leadersh... |
| 11.05.2013 | Turtles and Flywheels: How to build a startup community | (Editor’s note: Chris DeVore gave the keynote speech at Thursday night’s GeekWire Awards. These are his prepared remarks, with full video of the talk above).
I want to talk to you tonight about two things:
Turtles
And flywheels
Some of you ... |
| 03.04.2013 | Seattle Roundup: Indix, Haiku, Livemocha, WebTuner, and More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
A handful of interesting local companies have raised significant capital in the last week, including Indix and Haiku Deck, and stealthy WebTuner, which added to an earlier rou... |
| 22.01.2013 | Simply Measured Plans to Double Staff with $8M From Bessemer, Others | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Simply Measured, a Seattle startup that helps marketers analyze and report on their social media presence, achieved profitability in three years with an investment of only $90... |
| 17.01.2013 | Symform, Tred, LikeBright, UIEvolution, and More Seattle Tech Deals | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Washington attracted 4 percent of VC investment in the fourth quarter of 2012—up from 2 percent a year earlier—and new deals are continuing to roll out for Northwest tech comp... |
| 15.01.2013 | Tred Gets $1.7M To Be An Uber For Car Test Drives | Tred, a startup that allows you to order auto test drives to your home, is announcing a $1.7 million raise of seed funding today, from Fraser McCombs Capital, former Chairman and CEO of General Motors Rick Wagoner, Maveron Capital, Chris Sa... |
| 02.01.2013 | New Seattle Accelerator 9Mile Labs Wants To Build On TechStars Model | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Three startup devotees are launching a new accelerator program called 9Mile Labs in a bid to boost support for technology entrepreneurs in the Seattle area, testing demand in ... |
| 13.12.2012 | Mobile Madness Northwest: Highlights, Predictions, and Takeaways | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
A great crowd of enthusiastic mobile professionals, VCs, and other future-dwellers slid into the comfy pews of Town Hall Seattle for the second Xconomy Mobile Madness Northwes... |
| 10.12.2012 | TechStars’ Apptentive Gets $1.2m to Improve Customer Service in Apps | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
If this is indeed the Christmas of the tablet, application publishers will have a huge new group of customers to serve in 2013.
Lucky for them, Seattle startup Apptentive—whic... |
| 25.10.2012 | Hear From Siri Co-Founder Adam Cheyer & More at Mobile Madness NW | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
We’re really excited to invite you to our next big Xconomy event in Seattle, Mobile Madness Northwest, happening the afternoon of Dec. 12. And we’ve got a big name in the tech... |
| 19.07.2012 | New CEO for Lighter Capital, Founder Sack Moves to Exec Chairman | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle’s Lighter Capital exists to fill some holes in the usual models for financing young companies. And with that mission comes some criticism of the venture capital playbo... |
| 12.07.2012 | Microsoft Confirms Bing Fund, a New Angel Investment Vehicle | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Microsoft’s enthusiasm for early stage companies is getting turned up another notch.
Today, the company is pulling back the curtain on its new Bing Fund, an angel investment p... |
| 06.07.2012 | Mobile Gaming Startup Zipline Games Raises $750,000 More From Seattle Angels | So can we all agree that the future of gaming is mobile, and if you’re not building fun apps for your game studio, you’re missing out on a huge potential audience and huge monetization opportunity? If there’s any lesson from the success of ... |
| 12.06.2012 | Think Seattle has startup mojo? Vancouver’s GROW Conference kicks it up a notch (or two) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
This sponsored post is produced by Chris DeVore o... |
| 12.06.2012 | Think Seattle has startup mojo? Vancouver’s GROW Conference kicks it up a notch (or two) | This sponsored post is produced by Chris DeVore of Founders Co-op.
As a Seattle-based seed investor, it’s my job to scout out the most talented and ambitious software teams located anywhere in the Pacific Northwest. Four years ago, Andy and... |
| 09.05.2012 | Amazon Takes Over: How a Flood of People Could Remake Seattle | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
In Seattle, the future is pretty easy to find. Just head to Amazon.com’s neighborhood.
Just a few years ago, this corner of the city was dominated by warehouses and cheap rent... |
| 26.01.2012 | Bringing A Startup Together: FounderDating Launches Matching Site, Expands To NY, Boston, LA | Finding the right cofounder is often the hardest part of doing a startup, as most anyone with experience will tell you. As a personal example: the cofounder of my first company, Phil Kast, was an old high school buddy employed as a whitewat... |
| 06.01.2012 | Founder’s Co-Op Closes $8M Second Fund | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Founder’s Co-op, the Seattle-based early stage investment group headed by Andy Sack and Chris DeVore, has closed its second fund at just under $8 million. That’s a significant... |
| 06.01.2012 | Founder’s Co-op raises $8M angel fund, looks to become a ‘catalyst’ for the NW startup community | Founder’s Co-op, the angel investment fund led by Andy Sack and Chris DeVore, has raised a new $8 million fund from some of the top names in the Seattle technology community.
Managing partner Chris DeVore tells GeekWire that the new fund — ... |
| 01.12.2011 | Unbounce Raises $850K in Funding | Unbounce, a Vancouver, BC, Canada-based self-serve hosted service that provides tools to create, publish and test promotion specific landing pages, has raised $850k in funding.
Backers include Real Ventures, Founder Co-Op, Atlas Ventures, S... |
| 07.11.2011 | TechStars Honchos David Cohen & Andy Sack: The Post-Demo Day Download | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
If you want a glimpse at the leading edge of tech startups, TechStars Demo Day is a fine place to go prospecting. In just 60 minutes of total pitch time, you’ve got a damn goo... |
| 14.08.2011 | Habit Labs Gets $250K To Turn Leading A Healthier Life Into A Game | The Y Combinator funded Contagion Health and Health Month have merged this week to form one big health data focused startup called Habit Labs. Contagion Health’s product, Imoveyou.com has shut down in the merger and instead founders Jen McC... |
| 11.08.2011 | AppFog secures $8M from Ignition Partners | The PHP hosting service also gets support from returning investors
Cloud-based PHP solutions provider AppFog on Thursday announced an $8 million Series B round led by Ignition Partners, with help from Simon Crosby and Matt Ocko, as well as ... |
| 08.08.2011 | Gamification Startup BigDoor Media Levels Up to Bigger Digs, Keeps on Hiring | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Can a company that hands out digital coins make real money? That’s the idea at Seattle’s BigDoor Media, a growing startup playing in the burgeoning field of gamification. In c... |
| 13.07.2011 | Andy Sack on Lighter Capital: Expanding Beyond RevenueLoan to Finance More “Weird Stuff that Makes Money” | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Premium goat-milk ice cream. Bouncy-house rentals for kids’ parties. Electronic medical records for psychiatrists. None of these sound like your textbook target for early stag... |
