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Flexe Names Pirasenna Thiyagarajan CTO; Talus Bioscience Appoints Gaelle Mercenne Amid $11.2M Funding; Vouched Adds David McGrath as Sales VP
Flexe appointed Pirasenna Thiyagarajan as chief technology and product officer following CTO David Glick's departure. Talus Bioscience hired Gaelle Mercenne as head of biology after securing $11.2 million in funding, while Vouched named David McGrath as vice president of sales amid leadership changes.
Seattle Startup Wokelo Raises $1.5M Pre-Seed to Use AI for Rapid M&A Due Diligence Reports
Wokelo, a Seattle-based startup founded by two former management consultants, uses AI to generate detailed due-diligence reports in minutes, streamlining the M&A research process. Founded in 2022, it has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to further develop its product.
Seattle Startup Payscore Raises $2.2M to Combat Application Fraud with Income Verification Technology
Seattle-based startup Payscore, which helps property managers and dealerships verify income by analyzing bank deposit history, raised $2.2 million. Founded in 2017 by CEO Mark Fiebig and CTO Stephen Arifin, Payscore's service covers over 700,000 rental units and 2,500 dealerships, experiencing rapid customer growth amid rising application fraud.
Factal raises $3.3M Series A after doubling 2020 revenue to expand AI-and-journalist breaking-news alerts for corporate risk
Seattle startup Factal, which uses AI and journalists to monitor and verify breaking-news threats for corporate clients, raised $3.3 million in a Series A after doubling revenue in 2020. Its tools provide verification, proximity mapping, customized alerts and real-time collaboration for functions like security, risk intelligence and supply-chain continuity.
WTIA selects 22 Washington seed-stage startups for six-month Founder Cohort to accelerate fundraising and growth
The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) selected 22 Washington-headquartered, seed-stage tech startups for its six-month virtual Founder Cohort Program to help founders with fundraising, governance and customer development. The cohort is led by experienced founders and investors including Dave Parker, Susan Preston and Leslie Feinzaig and requires companies to have under $1M revenue and at least one product in development.
Seattle fintech Secure raises $3.5M seed round to power employer-offered emergency savings accounts
Seattle fintech startup Secure raised a $3.5 million seed round to help employers offer emergency savings accounts (ESAs) to workers and is launching with its first customers this month.
Yesler raises $3.3M to scale Seattle B2B lumber marketplace, led by Tech Square Ventures
Seattle-based B2B lumber and building materials marketplace Yesler raised $3.3 million in a funding round led by Tech Square Ventures to scale marketing and engineering after spinning out of Pioneer Square Labs in 2019. The company, founded by CEO Matt Meyers, aims to digitize lumber purchasing and optimize end-to-end supply chains, and currently has 10 employees while competing with MaterialsXChange.
Prescryptive Health, founded by ex-Microsoft cloud vets Blackley and Young, raises $26M led by Morningside
Seattle startup Prescryptive Health, founded in 2017 by former Microsoft commercial cloud leaders Chris Blackley and Kevin Young, raised $26 million to expand its prescription data platform that connects to over 50,000 pharmacies and integrates with benefit plans in real time. The round was led by Morningside Ventures (whose co-founder Dr. Gerald Chan joined the board) and brings the company's total funding to $35 million.
Give InKind Raises $1.5 Million in Pre-Seed to Expand Smarter Giving Platform
Give InKind, a platform enabling meaningful support beyond cash donations, raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding from Seattle investors, tripling its initial goal. Founder Laura Malcolm created the service to simplify and diversify aid for those in hardship after experiencing inadequate support tools herself.
