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  • Last published Oct 15

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Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire

Pebblebee CEO Daniel Daoura Perseveres After Co-Founder Nick Pearson-Franks Dies in June 2020 ATV Accident

Daniel Daoura, CEO of Pebblebee, continues to push forward at the startup more than a year after the tragic death of his co-founder and close friend Nick Pearson-Franks, who died in an ATV accident in June 2020. Despite the personal and professional challenges, Daoura remains committed to honoring their shared vision and has sought therapy to cope with the loss while relentlessly advancing the company.

Alan Boyle / GeekWire

Stoke Space builds Moses Lake test site, completes full-scale second-stage demo and hot-fire 'three-pack' in six months

Stoke Space Technologies rapidly built a 2.3-acre liquid-hydrogen/liquid-oxygen test facility in Moses Lake, Washington, and completed a full-scale manufacturing demonstration and hot-fire tests of a second-stage engine ‘three-pack’ in six months. CEO Andy Lapsa says the two-year-old startup is pursuing full second-stage reusability to lower launch costs, taking a different technical approach than SpaceX and Blue Origin.

Lisa Stiffler / GeekWire

Investors Pour Billions into Climate Tech as E8 Expands and Sector Raises $14.2B by Midyear

A wide range of investors — from tech employees to former VCs and concerned parents — are increasingly funding climate-tech startups, driving a sharp rise in capital flows after years of stagnation. By midyear, climate tech companies raised $14.2 billion globally, supported by growing networks like Seattle’s E8 and large climate-focused funds from private equity and venture firms.

Charlotte Schubert / GeekWire

Former Tech Leaders Join Biotech: Isilon Founder Sujal Patel, Ex-Microsoft Terry Myerson and Others Lead AI-Driven Life Sciences Startups

Several former software and tech executives are moving into biotech and life sciences startups, bringing AI, machine learning, and tech-style business models to companies that analyze proteins, microbes, and medical records. Their tech backgrounds are reshaping product development and funding approaches at firms such as Nautilus Biotechnology, Truveta, insitro and Viome.

Taylor Soper / GeekWire

98point6 co-founder Robbie Cape abruptly exits as CEO; chairman Jeff Greenstein named interim leader

98point6 co-founder and CEO Robbie Cape has abruptly left the virtual primary care company he helped start in 2015, with chairman and co-founder Jeff Greenstein named interim CEO while the board searches for a replacement. The 350-person startup, which raised a $118 million Series E in October, said the C-suite will continue leading operations and praised Cape’s six years of leadership.

Thomas Wilde / GeekWire

ProbablyMonsters raises $200M Series A to expand Bellevue studios and fund long-term developer careers

Seattle-based ProbablyMonsters, founded by ex-Bungie CEO Harold Ryan, raised $200 million in a Series A to grow its network of studios and provide long-term, people-first employment for game developers. The funding — reportedly the largest Series A ever for a video game company — will support hiring, live operations, community engagement and stability beyond single AAA projects.

Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire

Textio integrates inclusive-writing guidance into LinkedIn for enterprise customers, CEO Kieran Snyder says

Seattle startup Textio is integrating its augmented writing and inclusive-language guidance directly into LinkedIn, enabling enterprise customers and employees to get real-time suggestions while composing posts and comments on the platform. The move extends Textio’s post-2020 product expansion aimed at improving diversity, equity and inclusion across company communications and external social media.

Cara Kuhlman / GeekWire

Aseem Datar leaves Microsoft to join Madrona Venture Group as partner; Madrona promotes Chris Picardo and hires Birkan Uzun; Jaime Teevan promoted to Microsoft CVP

Microsoft Azure GM and COO Aseem Datar is leaving Microsoft to join Madrona Venture Group as a partner later this month, while Madrona also promoted Chris Picardo to partner and hired Birkan Uzun as an investor; separately, Microsoft promoted Chief Scientist Jaime Teevan to corporate vice president. The article notes Datar’s 17+ years at Microsoft and prior roles, Picardo’s and Uzun’s backgrounds, and Teevan’s reaction to her promotion.

Taylor Soper / GeekWire

Clearbrief raises $3.5M seed to scale AI that flags misrepresentations in litigation briefs

Clearbrief, a Seattle startup, raised a $3.5 million seed round led by Reign Ventures to expand its AI-powered tool that uses NLP to flag unsupported or misrepresented statements in litigation documents and surface underlying evidence. CEO Jacqueline Schafer says the software helps lawyers and judges quickly verify claims, improve strategy, and increase access to legal materials as courts move online and adopt new filing rules.

Taylor Soper / GeekWire

Xinova, spun out of Intellectual Ventures in 2016, shutters after failed fundraising and restructuring

Xinova, a Seattle-based invention-network company spun out of Intellectual Ventures in 2016, is winding down after failing to raise additional capital and unable to restructure legacy liabilities. The firm raised $48 million in Series A funding, grew a 12,000-inventor network, employed 100+ people at its peak, and has cut staff to two employees assisting the shutdown.

Taylor Soper / GeekWire

Flyhomes launches ‘Flyhomes Guarantee for Buyers’ to let clients exit within a year with waived seller commission

Seattle-based real estate startup Flyhomes launched the Flyhomes Guarantee for Buyers, which lets clients who want to move within a year of closing have Flyhomes list the home and waive its commission (buyers still pay the buyer’s agent and selling costs). Founded in 2016, Flyhomes has helped over 3,000 families buy nearly $3 billion in homes with cash-offer short-term loans and faces competition from traditional brokerages, iBuyers like Opendoor and Offerpad, and Zillow.

Lisa Stiffler / GeekWire

LevelTen Energy raises $35M Series C led by NGP Energy Capital with Google participating, total funding $62.3M

Seattle-based LevelTen Energy raised $35 million in a Series C led by NGP Energy Capital with participation from Google, bringing total funding to $62.3 million as demand for renewable power and related marketplaces grows. The company operates marketplaces for power purchase agreements, physical project transactions, and tracking renewable energy agreements, and says it has facilitated over $5 billion in transactions.

Taylor Soper / GeekWire

Booster Fuels launches public mobile gas service at three Seattle Safeway lots, first in Washington

Booster Fuels has begun offering mobile gasoline service to the general public at three Safeway parking lots in the Seattle area, marking the first consumer-facing deployment of its trucks in Washington state. Customers pay by smartphone while a Booster employee refuels vehicles, with prices tied to nearby station averages and no immediate expansion plans announced.

Charlotte Schubert / GeekWire

Just–Evotec Biologics opens 130,000 sq ft Redmond J.POD to manufacture COVID‑19 antibody therapeutics for U.S. Defense

Just–Evotec Biologics opened a 130,000 sq ft J.POD drug manufacturing facility in Redmond, Washington that uses continuous, autonomous bioprocessing to design, develop and produce antibody therapeutics more efficiently and at lower cost. The plant will manufacture antibodies for the U.S. Department of Defense to potentially treat COVID-19 and supports both small- and large-scale production for biotech customers globally.

Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire

Picnic begins U.S. pre-orders for Pizza System at $3,500–$5,000/month, shipping new units in 2022

Seattle startup Picnic is taking U.S. pre-orders for its Picnic Pizza System, a robotic pizza-assembly machine that can produce up to 100 customized 12-inch pizzas per hour and targets labor and cost reduction in commercial kitchens. The system is offered via monthly subscriptions of $3,500–$5,000, will fulfill existing customer orders through 2021, and begin shipping new orders in 2022.

Todd Bishop / GeekWire

GeekWire Podcast: SPACs propel Seattle startups public — Leafly-like cannabis marketplace, pet-care firm posts first public earnings, Redmond biotech raises $80M

The GeekWire Podcast explores how SPACs are rapidly taking Seattle startups public, highlighting a soon-to-be Nasdaq-listed cannabis marketplace, a pet-care company reporting its first public earnings, and a 3-year-old Redmond biotech that raised $80 million. The episode features intern and guest editor Laurel Deppen discussing local reporting, her Seattle impressions, and lighter cultural segments.

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