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Arrived Homes secures $100M credit line with Certain Lending to expand U.S. single-family rental purchases
Arrived Homes, a Seattle startup that lets people buy shares of single-family rental properties starting at $100, has secured $100 million in credit financing to expand U.S. home purchases and meet strong demand. The company partnered with fintech Certain Lending and previously raised $10 million equity and $27 million debt in June.
Citizen expands to Seattle after testing, bringing nearly 10M users and $133M in funding to 60+ US cities
Citizen, a public-safety app that monitors 911 and other emergency feeds and lets users share and view incident reports, is officially launching in Seattle after months of testing and about 30,000 local downloads. The startup operates in 60+ U.S. cities with nearly 10 million users, has raised $133 million, and offers a $19.99/month Protect subscription for 24/7 emergency assistance.
Gympass acquires Seattle online personal-training startup Trainiac; terms undisclosed
Gympass has acquired Seattle-based Trainiac, a startup that provides software for 1-on-1 online personal training, and will integrate Trainiac’s services into its corporate fitness offerings. Gympass, which raised $220 million in June and values at $2.2 billion, will keep a Seattle product team; financial terms were not disclosed.
Breakthrough Energy Ventures (Bill Gates) leads $65M funding for Stoke Space’s fully reusable-rocket program
Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures is leading a $65 million investment in Stoke Space to support development of fully reusable rockets aimed at cutting launch costs and enabling faster, lower-cost access to satellites for climate-monitoring applications.
Amazon’s $2B Climate Pledge Fund Invests in Hippo Harvest and Amogy to Cut Grocery and Shipping Emissions
Amazon’s $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund has invested in two climate tech startups — Hippo Harvest, which develops closed-loop greenhouse systems using robotics and ML to cut water use and emissions, and Amogy, which converts ammonia into power for heavy transport — part of Amazon’s push to reach net zero by 2040. The moves aim to reduce emissions across Amazon’s grocery stores and shipping operations amid rising company emissions.
Flexe hires Amazon biometrics lead Lara Rogers as SVP/GM; Magnify names ex‑Amazon Sajo Jacob CTO; Schuster joins Open Systems board
Several Seattle-area tech companies announced senior hires and board moves: Flexe hired former Amazon biometrics leader Lara Rogers as SVP and GM; Magnify named Sajo Jacob as CTO and co‑founder after a $6M launch; Open Systems added ex‑Microsoft exec Gavriella Schuster to its board; Fabric and Scener also announced senior appointments.
Scener names Hulu veteran David Baron CEO; J.J. Abrams, Sean Rad and Marc Geiger join as investors/advisors
Seattle social TV startup Scener appointed Hulu launch veteran David Baron as CEO and added a new investor-advisor group including filmmaker J.J. Abrams, Tinder founder Sean Rad, and music exec Marc Geiger. The company, spun out of RealNetworks in 2018 and backed by $2.1M seed funding, offers a Chrome extension and Watch Party Platform supporting up to 10 co-hosts and 1 million viewers across major streaming services.
Intelus, led by ex-Microsoft engineer Patrice Simard, launches Duet open beta — a no-code 'machine teaching' platform
Seattle startup Intelus, founded in November 2020 by former Microsoft engineer Patrice Simard and colleagues, launched an open beta of Duet, a no-code 'machine teaching' platform that lets users build AI models from unstructured text via a graphical interface. Intelus aims to expand beyond text to images and signals, is initially targeting developers, has about 15 people (seven full-time), and is currently self-funded by Simard.
T-Mobile equips University of Washington’s CoMotion Labs with 5G; becomes Pacific Northwest’s first 5G hardware incubator
T-Mobile installed a 5G network at the University of Washington’s CoMotion Labs, making it the Pacific Northwest’s first 5G-equipped hardware incubator and adding the 5G Open Innovation Lab as a member to give its startups campus access.
Electric Sky wins $225,000 DARPA SBIR to build first Whisper Beam transmitter for wirelessly powering drones
Electric Sky received a $225,000 DARPA Phase I SBIR award to build and test a lab-bench Whisper Beam transmitter that provides tightly focused wireless power to drones, aiming to adapt the system to power swarms and inform upgrades for higher power and longer range.
CBRE: U.S. life-sciences VC tops $30B; Seattle-area firms raise $898M amid scarce lab space
A CBRE report shows U.S. life sciences venture funding topped $30 billion for the 12 months ending September 2021, driving strong demand for lab space and record capital raises in Seattle-area companies that pulled in $898 million during that period. Washington state also saw rising life-science employment and multiple biotech IPOs in 2021, including large offerings from Sana Biotechnology, Absci and Icosavax.
Outreach opens Chelsea office in Manhattan as Seattle startup expands East Coast presence after $200M raise at $4.4B valuation
Seattle sales automation startup Outreach opened a Chelsea office in Manhattan to expand its East Coast presence; the company has about 1,000 employees, 35 in the New York region, and remains flexible on remote/hybrid work. Outreach raised $200 million in June at a $4.4 billion valuation and plans additional offices, including Atlanta in 2022.
Cyrus Biotechnology raises $18M and acquires Orthogonal Biologics, adding COVID-19 decoy therapeutic and deep mutational scanning platform
Seattle protein engineering company Cyrus Biotechnology raised $18 million and acquired Orthogonal Biologics, adding a deep mutational scanning platform and two protein therapeutics including a potential COVID-19 decoy. Cyrus leverages University of Washington IPD tools (Rosetta, RoseTTAfold) and has partnerships including a deal with Selecta Biosciences worth up to $1.5 billion.
GeekWire Podcast: Boundless CEO Xiao Wang on how pandemic, politics and remote work reshape U.S. tech immigration
GeekWire Podcast hosts discuss how the pandemic, politics, labor shortages, and remote work are reshaping U.S. tech immigration, featuring Xiao Wang, CEO and co-founder of Boundless, on continuing systemic challenges and risks to the country's future.
Seattle NFT Museum to Open Jan. 14 in Belltown, Founded by Jennifer Wong and Peter Hamilton
The Seattle NFT Museum, founded by entrepreneurs Jennifer Wong and Peter Hamilton, opens Jan. 14 in Belltown as the Pacific Northwest's first museum devoted to NFTs, aiming to showcase digital artists and educate the public about the medium.
Tune Therapeutics launches with $40M to commercialize TEMPO epigenomic platform for tuning gene activity
Tune Therapeutics, a biotech based in Seattle and Durham, N.C., launched with $40 million to develop TEMPO, an epigenomic platform that locates and fine-tunes gene activity to treat rare single-gene disorders and more common conditions. The leadership includes co‑founders Charles Gersbach, Akira Matsuno, and Fyodor Urnov and several veterans of Seattle cell therapy companies.
NetBase Quid acquires Seattle social analytics startup Rival IQ; Rival IQ to remain independent
Santa Clara-based NetBase Quid has acquired Seattle social media analytics startup Rival IQ, which serves nearly 700 customers and will continue operating independently.
Upbound raises $60M Series B led by Altimeter; total funding $69M — Klue secures $62M
Seattle-based Upbound raised $60 million in a Series B led by Altimeter Capital to expand its Universal Cloud Platform and Crossplane open-source project for multi-cloud management, bringing total funding to $69 million. Vancouver-based competitive intelligence startup Klue also raised $62 million to aggregate competitor data for enterprise customers.
StormSensor raises $10M to expand sensors and software for stormwater management amid record rains
Seattle-based StormSensor raised $10 million in new funding (about $16 million total) to scale its sensors and software that monitor stormwater systems as heavier rains cause severe flooding worldwide. CEO Erin Rothman founded the company in 2016 after discovering many municipalities lacked real-time data on stormwater performance.
BattGenie selected for Shell GameChanger Accelerator Powered by NREL, awarded $250,000 non-dilutive funding
BattGenie, a University of Washington spinoff, won $250,000 in non-dilutive funding and access to R&D resources after being selected for the Shell GameChanger Accelerator Powered by NREL; the company develops software to improve fast charging and extend life of lithium batteries for EVs, consumer electronics and battery manufacturers.
General Fusion raises $130M with Bezos Expeditions participation, total funding reaches ~$300M as firm readies UK fusion demonstration plant
General Fusion raised $130 million, bringing its total funding to about $300 million, with participation from Jeff Bezos’s Bezos Expeditions; the company will use the funds to advance its fusion technology, build a Fusion Demonstration Plant near London, and expand research facilities in Vancouver and Tennessee.
Headset raises $8.6M — $3M VC led by Althea plus $5.6M bridge-note conversions — to expand cannabis analytics
Seattle-based cannabis analytics firm Headset raised $8.6 million, including $3 million from a VC round led by Althea and conversion of $5.6 million in bridge notes, to expand into new legal markets and add services.
Deal mania reshuffles GeekWire 200: M&A, IPOs and SPACs push top firms out while Blue Origin stays No. 1
A surge of M&A, IPO and SPAC activity — labeled 'deal mania' — reshuffled the GeekWire 200 rankings, removing several top-10 companies that went public or were acquired and creating openings for new entrants; Blue Origin remains No. 1 while more deal-making and rule changes about private equity-owned companies promise further shake-ups.
Lessen raises $170M Series B, valued at over $1B, opens Seattle office and plans major hiring
Lessen, a Scottsdale-based property services marketplace valued at over $1 billion, raised $170 million in a Series B and plans to open a Seattle office while aiming to double staff in 2022. The company operates a tech-enabled platform with 2,000+ service providers across 30+ markets and currently employs 450 people.
Inspectify raises $8M Series A led by Nine Four Ventures; total funding $10M to digitize home inspections
Inspectify, a two-year-old Seattle proptech startup that provides a booking marketplace and inspection software, raised $8 million in a Series A led by Nine Four Ventures to digitize home inspection reporting and aggregate inspection data.
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