| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.02.2022 | Venture capital firms are shoveling cash at companies building Web3. Here’s what comes next | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
If traditional private market investors needed a vote of confidence in Web3—the shorthand for a d... |
| 08.02.2022 | Funding news: Materials maker lands $14M, cybersecurity startup raises $4.5M, and more | (Modumetal Photo)
Here’s a roundup of recent funding news from Pacific Northwest startups:
Modumetal, a Seattle-area industrial startup that makes coating technologies, raised $14 million in a round led by Atlas Innovate and Rotor Capital. ... |
| 08.02.2022 | Manufacturing tech startup Modumetal raises $14M to solve the limitations of current metals in corrosion and wear | Metal corrosion is a costly problem that has plagued humans for centuries. Many of these corrosion problems take place on metal surfaces where cation or anion concentration increases or metal salt or oxide precipitation occurs. For decades,... |
| 07.02.2022 | Modumetal Raises $14M in Series A-2 Funding | Modumetal, a Snohomish, Washington-based provider of nanolamination coating technologies, raised $14M in Series A-2 funding.
The round was led by Atlas Innovate and Rotor Capital.
Modumetal also added two independent members to its Board of... |
| 07.02.2022 | Modumetal Raises $14 Million to Meet Growing Demand and Expand into Automotive and Sustainable Energy End Markets | SEATTLE, Feb. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modumetal, a leading provider of nanolamination coating technologies, today announced it has raised $14 Million in Series A-2 funding led by Atlas Innovate and Rotor Capital. Modumetal also added two in... |
| 09.04.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, a guest column on the challenges of spac... |
| 09.04.2021 | Houston health center working with new study that uses app to track long-term COVID-19 effects | Aided by technology, medical sleuths at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are tracking the long-term effects of COVID-19 as part of a national study.
At the heart of the study is an app that allows patients who have s... |
| 09.04.2021 | Over $1.4M in prizes awarded at Rice University's student startup competition | In its 21st year, the Rice Business Plan Competition hosted 54 student-founded startups from all over the world — its largest batch of companies to date — and doled out over $1.4 million in cash and investment prizes at the week-long virtua... |
| 12.03.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, a guest column about addressing the digi... |
| 12.03.2021 | 7 can't-miss events at virtual SXSW featuring Houston speakers | Many Houstonians were hoping to be able head out to Austin next week for SXSW 2021, but now they don't have to venture out from behind their computer screens.
SXSW has pivoted to virtual this year, but the online schedule still features all... |
| 11.03.2021 | Houston experts: Diversity is key to venture capital success | Venture capital firms across the board have a goal of driving a return on their investments, but getting a good ROI and factoring in diversity and inclusion into the equation are not mutually exclusive.
In fact, on a panel at the HX Venture... |
| 11.03.2021 | The future of Houston's economy shines bright, according to new report | The Houston metro area shed 141,300 jobs last year — the worst one-year job loss ever recorded in the region — and the area's unemployment rate peaked at 14.3 percent last April. But, according to a new ranking, there's at least one bright ... |
| 05.03.2021 | Photos: Here's a sneak peek at The Ion Houston's construction progress | The Ion Houston is expected to open its doors this year, and the building's exterior is close to completion. Now, the construction team is focusing on interiors and then tenant build outs.
The 270,000-square-foot coworking and innovation hu... |
| 19.02.2021 | Tech company to grant funds to Houston-area BIPOC small business owners | Comcast, the telecom, media, and entertainment conglomerate, is awarding $1 million in grants to small businesses in Houston owned by entrepreneurs who are Black, indigenous or people of color (BIPOC).
In all, 100 grants of $10,000 each wil... |
| 19.02.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, why a tech company chose Houston for its... |
| 18.02.2021 | NASA and Johnson Space Center celebrate unprecedented Mars Perseverance landing | While Houston is in the depths of a historic freeze, some spacey locals are celebrating a major cosmic milestone. NASA — and Johnson Space Center, locally — are toasting the landing of Perseverance, the amiable roving vehicle, on Mars.
The ... |
| 18.09.2020 | These are the 10 most promising energy tech startups, according to judges at Rice Alliance forum | This week, energy startups pitched virtually for venture capitalists — as well as over 1,000 attendees — as a part of Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship's 18th annual Energy and Clean Tech Venture Forum.
At the close of the t... |
| 18.08.2020 | Modumetal co-founder replaced as CEO, settles lawsuit with board of high-tech metal startup | Christina Lomasney. (Modumetal Photo)
Christina Lomasney has been replaced as president and CEO of Modumetal, the Seattle startup she launched 13 years ago in a quest to find an alternative material that could hold up to corrosion better th... |
| 31.12.2019 | A big year for Pacific Northwest startups: Unicorn births, key exits, and others waiting in the wings | Traffic snakes past downtown Seattle on Interstate 5. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)
It was a big 2019 for startups across the Pacific Northwest. GeekWire 200 update: Heavily funded startups climb the list of top Pacific NW tech companies
... |
| 28.02.2019 | Seattle Venture Capital Watch: Modumetal, Illumagear, HaptX & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
February may be the shortest month of the year, but the past four weeks have seen many investments raised by technology businesses based in the Seattle area. Here are some not... |
| 29.01.2019 | ‘This is a game changer’: Seattle startup attracts oil and gas giants with special high-performance metal | Modumetal’s NanoGalv material (right) helps prevent corrosion. (Modumetal Photo)
After more than a decade of testing and development, a Seattle startup is attracting the biggest names in the oil and gas industry with a unique metal that it ... |
| 27.01.2017 | Seattle Week in Review: UW Gets $279M, Cow Sharing, Techstars & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle’s role as a capital for global health was highlighted again this week when the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a historic grant to a key University of Wa... |
| 26.08.2015 | This Startup Has Figured Out How to Grow Metal Like a Tree | August 26, 2015 6 min read This story originally appeared on Fortune Magazine
A Seattle startup has found a way to grow high performance metals in a cheap and energy efficient way, marking an important breakthrough for industries like const... |
| 26.08.2015 | Modumetal Closes Expansion Funding Round | Modumetal, a Seattle, WA-based developer and manufacturer of a new class of nanolaminated metals and materials, closed an expansion round of funding of undisclosed amount.
The round was led by Founders Fund with participation from Chevron T... |
| 26.08.2015 | Daily funding roundup - August 26, 2015 | Fanatics secured $300M; Spoonflower announced $25M; Velostrata raised $14M
Velostrata provides on-demand hybrid cloud software that decouples compute from storage. What that does is enable enterprises to stream production workloads to and f... |
| 25.08.2015 | Founders Fund Leads $33.5M Round For Modumetal, Maker of Nanolaminated Metals For The Oil And Gas Industry | Founders Fund, the venture firm co-created by Peter Thiel, is entering yet another surprising area that you don’t commonly see with Silicon Valley VCs.
They’re backing a materials sciences company called Modumetal, which is making nanolamin... |
| 25.08.2015 | Modumetal Raises Cash to Make Durable Parts for Oil and Gas Sector | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Modumetal, the Seattle company making corrosion-resistant metal alloys and coatings with applications in industries including oil and gas, has received $33.5 million in new ca... |
| 25.08.2015 | Modumetal raises more cash from Founders Fund to transform the way metal is made | Modumetal CEO Christina Lomasney.
Modumetal wants to transform the way metal is engineered and now it has more capital in the bank to do so.
The Seattle company today announced that it closed a new round led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, ... |
| 12.06.2015 | Seattle Roundup: Modumetal, Envelop VR, Oculus VR, Socrata | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Modumetal had little to say about its big funding round, revealed in SEC filings earlier this week. Meanwhile, the Seattle-area’s virtual reality industry gained momentum with... |
| 08.06.2015 | Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund backs Modumetal, a creator of nanolaminated parts that are stronger than steel | Modumetal CEO Christina Lomasney
Modumetal, the Seattle-based startup that’s developing a new class of nanolayered materials that are stronger, lighter and less corrosive than steel, has raised a large round of venture financing that it wil... |
| 18.02.2015 | Nano-laminated metals made ten times stronger | Electroplating has been around for quite some time, a well tested method of getting one metal onto another. Chrome plated engine exhausts, gold-plated jewelry, and rust-resistant industrial parts all rely on the process of using electricity... |
| 07.12.2012 | Modumetal Closes Financing | Modumetal, a Seattle, WA-based developer of nanolaminated alloys, has closed a round of financing.
The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.
Backers include Chevron Technology Ventures, ConocoPhillips, and Sunshine Tech Limited, Seco... |
| 16.11.2012 | Newsmakers 2012: Modumetal CEO Christina Lomasney looks to reinvent the steel industry | Christina Lomasney
Christina Lomasney isn’t out to change the way we share photos with one another, nor does she want to create a new mobile app for finding the best restaurants in your neighborhood. Nope, she’s frankly got bigger fish to f... |
| 05.11.2012 | Materials science upstart Modumetal heats up with new cash, names Concur CEO Steve Singh to board | Christina Lomasney of Modumetal
Modumetal co-founder Christina Lomasney gets plenty of inspiration by just walking out the front doors of her offices. With the Modumetal headquarters located in an old industrial shipyard in Seattle’s Fremon... |
| 15.06.2010 | Modumetal Closes Series B, TerraPower Pulls In $35M, Vertafore Bought for $1.4B, & More Seattle-Area Deals News | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Just because I’m not going to be Seattle editor anymore doesn’t mean I won’t miss these roundups. In the past week, we’ve seen some very interesting deals news from Northwest ... |
| 10.06.2010 | Modumetal Closes Funding Led by Catamount | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle-based Modumetal, an advanced materials and nanotech startup, said today it has closed a second round of venture funding, led by new investor Catamount Ventures, based ... |
| 10.05.2010 | Modumetal Inks Deal with Steel Producer SDI to Put Nanotech to Work in Bridges and Buildings | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle-based Modumetal is taking an important step forward today in its quest to reinvent the metals industry. The nanotech and advanced materials company is announcing a par... |
| 11.03.2010 | How Seattle Companies and Innovators Can Change the World: Come Find Out on March 29 | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
There’s no crying in baseball—or in innovation. Yet I’ve been hearing a fair bit of lamenting around town about how Seattle startups or venture capitalists are not making the ... |
| 26.02.2010 | Breakthrough Ideas: Hanauer, Hood, Myhrvold to Keynote Xconomy Event at UW | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Entrepreneurs need to think bigger. Big companies need to think bigger. Everyone needs to think bigger. Including Xconomy.
That’s why we’re organizing our biggest event in Sea... |
| 26.08.2009 | How a Nanotech Startup Could Change Your Life: The Modumetal Story | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
“What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge bullets?”
“No, Neo. I’m trying to tell you that when you’re ready, you won’t have to.”
It’s one of the many memorable exchang... |
| 29.05.2009 | Modumetal Raises $1.5M-Plus from Alliance of Angels, Second Avenue, WRF Capital | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle-based Modumetal, an advanced materials startup, is closing a new round of equity funding worth between $1.5 million and $2 million, according to co-founder and CEO Chr... |
| 20.05.2009 | Modumetal, UW Get Grant from WTC | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle-based Modumetal, a nanomaterials startup, and the University of Washington have received a $5,000 grant from Washington Technology Center to develop an anti-corrosion ... |
| 31.07.2008 | Modumetal Grows Nanotech Metals for Military, Aiming To Make Parts For Your Car | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
How would you like to grow your own bulletproof vest? If you’re interested, Christina Lomasney can hook you up. OK, the technology might be a bit pricey for civilian use, but ... |
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