Uplevel
Facts
- HQ
- Seattle, USA
- Sectors
- Software Development
- Founded
- 2018
- Type
- Corporation Seattle business license
- Employees
- 64
- Registered name
- Uplevel Inc Seattle business license
- Founders
- Joe Levy
Seattle’s Madrona Venture Firm Absorbs Madrona Venture Labs After 10 Years, Following $770M Fundraise
Seattle’s Madrona venture firm has absorbed its startup studio Madrona Venture Labs after over 10 years of independent operation and 30 incubated startups. This restructuring aligns with Madrona’s recent $770 million fundraise to consolidate efforts under one organization amid Seattle’s growing startup ecosystem.
Seattle Startups Uplevel and Volt Athletics Report Productivity Boost and Revenue Gains from Four-Day Workweek Trials
Seattle startups Uplevel and Volt Athletics found that adopting a four-day workweek increased productivity and employee wellbeing without hurting business performance. Uplevel saw higher product delivery and customer onboarding during their three-month trial, while a global study reported a 38% average revenue increase among companies piloting the shorter week.
Claudiu Bulai Joins AI Startup Quantarium; Lynn Seely Named CEO of Lyell Immunopharma
Claudiu Bulai joined Bellevue AI startup Quantarium as chief innovation officer after five years at Meta’s Reality Labs Research. Lynn Seely became CEO and president of Lyell Immunopharma, succeeding Elizabeth Homans, who will consult through June 2024.
YourBase raises $5M seed from Lightspeed to speed software testing with automated Code Dependency Graph
Seattle startup YourBase raised a $5 million seed round led by Lightspeed to sell tooling that shortens test times and release cycles by automating test selection using a Code Dependency Graph, claiming ~90 developer hours saved per month and more than a dozen private-beta customers.
AI2 spinout Lexion launches Slack chatbot to instantly locate legal contracts; raised $4.2M seed
Lexion, an AI2 spinout in Seattle, launched a Slack chatbot that instantly finds legal contracts based on team viewing permissions, aiming to save in-house legal teams hours—CEO Gaurav Oberoi said it's especially useful for remote work. The company raised a $4.2M seed round last year and was named to CB Insights' list of 100 promising AI startups.
People
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Joe Levy Executive, Chief Executive Officer
