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‘I love Viome’: Paris Hilton new ambassador for company’s ‘Health Intelligence’ microbiome test

by Charlotte Schubert on February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 at 5:21 pm

Celebrity, model and socialite Paris Hilton has joined Viome Life Sciences as an investor and ambassador, the Bellevue, Wash.-based wellness and diagnostics company announced Wednesday. With its at-home test kit,… Read More

As Sounders FC plant flag at Longacres, real estate developer sees big opportunity to attract tech companies to historic site south of Seattle

by John Cook on February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 at 4:26 pm

RENTON, Wash. — Longacres, the storied property that once boasted a famous horse racing track and the former headquarters of Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes group, now is home to the Seattle… Read More

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Acumatica names former Unify Square leader John Case as new CEO; Jon Roskill shifts to EQT role

by Todd Bishop on February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 at 2:52 pm

Business technology company Acumatica, maker of cloud-based enterprise resource planning software, named John Case as its new CEO effective March 1. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company said its CEO of more… Read More

Google Maps veterans hired by Microsoft as new VPs in Maps and Local team

by Todd Bishop on February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 at 2:15 pm

Two former members of the Google Maps team have navigated their way to Microsoft, joining the Redmond company as corporate vice presidents on its Maps and Local team, part of… Read More

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After wife got cancer, Microsoft engineer built a tool to locate anti-COVID drug for immunocompromised

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Rob Relyea set out to find information to help his wife. A longtime Microsoft engineer, Relyea had more than 28 years of experience at the company using technology to solve… Read More

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The Riveter reborn: Amy Nelson and Heather Carter to lead online community and hotel co-working network as co-CEOs

by Todd Bishop on February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 at 10:40 am

The Riveter is getting back into the co-working business, but in a very different way. The company, which raised about $20 million to launch a national network of women-oriented co-working… Read More

Reducing contamination during blood tests: Magnolia Medical lands $46M to fuel growth

by Charlotte Schubert on February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 at 10:39 am

Magnolia Medical Technologies, which markets devices to reduce blood sample contamination while puncturing the skin, has raised $46 million. The funding builds on a 65% increase in revenue last year,… Read More

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Temporal is a unicorn: Developer productivity startup lands $103M at $1.5B valuation

by Taylor Soper on February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 at 8:19 am

The news: Temporal, a Seattle startup that helps companies write and run cloud applications, has reached unicorn status. The 55-person company just raised $103 million in a round that didn’t… Read More

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Veteran video game developers, visual effects experts launch new Vancouver B.C. studio Blinkmoon

by Thomas Wilde on February 16, 2022February 15, 2022 at 11:10 pm

An Emmy-winning visual effects artist has joined an industry colleague and a veteran video game producer to found a new video game development studio in Vancouver, B.C. Blinkmoon, founded in… Read More

Tech Moves: Accolade HR chief departs; Seattle startup Membrion adds advisor; and more

by Cara Kuhlman on February 16, 2022February 15, 2022 at 11:02 pm

— Seattle HR executive Britt Provost departed health benefits platform Accolade and joined marketing software company Siteimprove as its first chief human resources officer. Provost was most recently EVP of… Read More

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by Todd Bishop on February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 at 5:23 pm

What does Microsoft’s return to the office mean for everybody else? That was one of the questions raised by the tech giant’s announcement Monday that it will fully reopen its… Read More

Adaptive Biotechnologies revenue rises 57% in 2021 to $154.3M

by Charlotte Schubert on February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 at 4:22 pm

Adaptive Biotechnologies, which develops technology to assess the immune response, posted $154.3 million in revenue last year, a 57% year-over-year increase. The number was revealed in the Seattle-based company’s fourth… Read More

Real estate startup Showdigs raises $7.4M as it looks to grow team and expand across U.S.

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Showdigs, a Seattle real estate technology startup, has raised $7.4 million in new funding. Founded in 2018, the company makes it easier for property managers to schedule and show rental… Read More

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Kids are non-consenting stars of some family ‘vlogs’ — and a high schooler wants to change that

by Lisa Stiffler on February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 at 11:27 am

In the most wholesome scenarios, social media allows families to connect with friends and loved ones, sharing their kids’ milestones, as well as snapshots of daily life. Or it can… Read More

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Scramble the fighters! Thousands of protesters sign up to egg Jeff Bezos’ yacht at Dutch bridge site

by NEW DAYTON 3HEW3 Variable Speed Belt, 2230V345 on February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 at 7:40 am

Nearly 5,000 people have signed up to throw eggs at Jeff Bezos’ superyacht when it sails through the Dutch city of Rotterdam this summer. The planned protest comes in the… Read More

The ‘golden age’ for research tools: Parse Biosciences raises $41.5M for single-cell tech

by Charlotte Schubert on February 15, 2022February 16, 2022 at 2:15 pm

Alex Rosenberg was a postdoc at the University of Washington when he co-founded a new biotech startup in 2018 and took the helm as CEO. The company is growing fast:… Read More

ExtraHop names new CEO in planned transition following private equity acquisition

by Todd Bishop on February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 at 11:32 am

Seattle-based cybersecurity company ExtraHop named a new CEO, Patrick Dennis, an experienced technology and cybersecurity executive who lives in the Denver area, and announced the retirement of its previous CEO,… Read More

F5 combines technology from big acquisitions into new Distributed Cloud Services platform

by Todd Bishop on February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 at 5:51 am

F5 is looking to expand its role in global application security and delivery with a new platform that integrates its homegrown software and services with those scooped up in a… Read More

Wizards of the Coast sends takedown notice to organizers of fan-made ‘Magic’ NFT project

by Thomas Wilde on February 14, 2022February 15, 2022 at 11:39 am

The company behind the popular collectible card game Magic: The Gathering has sent a takedown notice to the organizers behind mtgDAO, a fan project that planned to build an NFT-based… Read More

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Billionaire kicks off new orbital missions with SpaceX, featuring spacewalk and Starlink tests

by Alan Boyle on February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 at 6:10 pm

Five months after billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman led a crew for a privately funded philanthropic space mission, he’s doing it again. And maybe again, and again. The Shift4 CEO… Read More

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Gregory Davis becomes Eviation’s interim CEO with electric aircraft’s first flight coming up

by Alan Boyle on February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 at 1:10 pm

Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation says Gregory Davis is assuming the role of interim CEO as part of a planned succession process that reflects the company’s transition to the production phase of… Read More

Microsoft and Expedia announce next phases in office reopenings, finally emerging from pandemic

by Todd Bishop on February 14, 2022February 15, 2022 at 5:24 pm

Updated below with information on Expedia reopening. One of the longest “three weeks” in history will soon come to an end. Nearly two years after asking its employees to work… Read More

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