Entrepreneur and investor Chris DeVore had an inside view of Techstars Seattle as one of the original leaders of the local startup accelerator in 2010, before serving as its managing… Read More
Techstars Seattle helped launch more than 160 startups over the past decade, partnered with the likes of Microsoft and Amazon to spark even more startups, and led to the creation… Read More
Techstars Seattle is done. What does it mean for the city’s startup ecosystem? That’s a question on our minds in the immediate aftermath of the surprising news this week from… Read More
Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet on Thursday criticized a blog post penned by Chris DeVore, a longtime Seattle investor who ran Techstars Seattle as managing director from 2014 to 2019. In… Read More
Planette, a climate tech startup that just graduated from Techstars Seattle’s latest accelerator, has raised $2.4 million. Planette’s AI-boosted technology is designed to help businesses plan for weather and climate… Read More
The 2011 cohort of Techstars Seattle will be hard to beat. Three of the ten startups in the accelerator that year (Remitly, Outreach, Zipline) went on to become billion-dollar companies —… Read More
Seattle startup Spiral raised another $1.25 million to boost development of its AI-powered software that scours and analyzes customer feedback. The 7-person startup was co-founded in 2018 by Elena Zhizhimontova and Andrew… Read More
Techstars Seattle has a new leader: Marius Ciocirlan. The serial entrepreneur and advisor will head up the longstanding Seattle-based accelerator, replacing Isaac Kato, who stepped down this year. Ciocirlan co-founded… Read More
Maelle Gavet has lived and worked through economic downturns, both as a startup entrepreneur and a tech company exec. And she doesn’t like what’s on the horizon. “The economy is… Read More
Techstars on Monday unveiled the 12 startups participating in its new Filecoin Techstars Accelerator, which aims to help companies using the IPFS/Filecoin blockchain-based storage network. The 13-week accelerator, run in… Read More
The news: Retrocausal raised $3.4 million to advance its AI-powered platform to help manufacturers train employees and avoid mistakes. The company participated in the Techstars Seattle accelerator class in 2020.… Read More
— Leafly announced its new six-member board of directors whose appointments will be effective after its pending SPAC merger with New York-based Merida Merger Corp is completed. The new board… Read More
Another batch of startups is ready to experience Techstars Seattle. The accelerator revealed its 13th cohort made up of 12 companies that will spend the next three months supercharging their… Read More
In 2011, the world was still recovering from the financial crisis a couple of years earlier. The startup economy wasn’t in full swing yet. SaaS, pre-seed, or even mobile-first weren’t… Read More
Seattle startup LevelTen Energy has raised $35 million in a Series C round led by NGP Energy Capital, with participation from Google and others. The company facilitates the purchase of… Read More
Techstars, a global network that supports entrepreneurs, is launching a new accelerator program out of Seattle. The Filecoin Techstars Accelerator is partnering with Protocol Labs to “build the next generation… Read More
Watching stacks of shipping containers come and go from Seattle’s waterfront, you might wonder what’s in them, where they came from and where they’re headed. One Seattle startup isn’t filling… Read More
The latest Techstars Seattle cohort kicked off an entirely virtual 3-month startup accelerator journey in January. Unlike the 2020 class, which had to pivot to a remote format in the… Read More
Insent landed $2 million to help mid-market B2B companies improve how they identify and communicate with potential buyers. The Seattle-based startup sells a “human-first” chatbot that integrates with marketing and… Read More
Part of the appeal of a startup accelerator is being able to interact with fellow startups and founders; meet investors and mentors in person; and those random collisions that can… Read More
— George “Skip” Battle, the former CEO of AskJeeves, has resigned from Expedia Group’s board of directors. He originally joined the travel company’s board in 2005. Battle is a longtime… Read More
Shotcall announced a $2.2 million seed round to help grow its platform and marketplace that connects video game streamers with fans. Founded in 2018, Shotcall enables content creators and influencers… Read More
Olive announced a $1 million seed round to fuel growth of its software that helps companies streamline IT procurement. The Vancouver, B.C.-based startup aims to replace a traditionally manual evaluation… Read More
Millions of independent contractors are making money in the gig economy, but many don’t have access to financial credit services to help grow their personal microbusinesses. Level wants to help.… Read More
Amazon and Techstars on Wednesday unveiled the seven companies participating in Alexa Next Stage, its voice tech startup program originally called Alexa Accelerator. Amazon earlier this year said it would… Read More
When the latest Techstars Seattle cohort kicked off a 3-month startup accelerator journey this past February, the COVID-19 outbreak had not yet disrupted work and life around the globe. It’s… Read More
The 11th cohort of Techstars Seattle officially kicked off a 3-month journey today at the Seattle-based accelerator. Techstars Seattle, the third version of Techstars after Boulder and Boston, has graduated… Read More
Eric Peterson has two main creative pursuits in Seattle, and both are well-suited to a city known for both. He creates software (most of the time) and music (some of… Read More
Amazon’s voice technology has made some big leaps over the past two years — and so have the startups participating in the company’s Alexa Accelerator. The advancement and proliferation of… Read More
Rammer.AI wants to help put “conversational intelligence” capabilities in the hands of more developers. The Seattle startup just reeled in a $1.8 million seed round led by Flying Fish Partners,… Read More
