Seattle Startup PairTree Raises $650,000 to Expand Full-Service Adoption Platform with Licensed Professionals
Seattle-based startup PairTree, which connects expectant mothers with adoptive families, raised $650,000 to expand into a full-service adoption platform including lawyers, agencies, and home study providers. Founded by Erin Quick in 2020, PairTree aims to unify the fragmented adoption process nationwide by offering ethical, licensed professionals and services to facilitate adoptions.
GeekWire Elevator Pitch Season 3 Finale Features Four CEOs Competing Live at GeekWire Summit
The season three finale of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch featured four startup CEOs pitching their businesses live at the GeekWire Summit, competing for top honors in categories like fintech, sustainability, and consumer products. The finalists included Devin Miller of SecureSave, Amina Moreau of Radious, Erin Quick of PairTree, and Katherine Sizov of Strella Biotechnology.
Seattle Startup PairTree Launches Mobile App to Connect Expectant Moms With Adoptive Families Nationwide
Seattle startup PairTree launched a mobile app to connect expectant mothers with families interested in adoption, offering a more accessible, affordable, and quicker private domestic adoption process. Since 2020, over 4,500 adoptive families and 450 birth moms have registered, with the platform emphasizing open adoptions and donating 5% of net profits to support birth mothers.
Four Startup CEOs Finalists to Compete Live at GeekWire Summit After Winning Season 3 Elevator Pitch
The four finalists of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch Season 3—Amina Moreau of Radious, Devin Miller of SecureSave, Erin Quick of PairTree, and Katherine Sizov of Strella Biotechnology—will compete live at the GeekWire Summit on October 6-7. Each CEO delivered a 32-second pitch in Seattle’s Smith Tower to win their episodes, previewed on the GeekWire Podcast.
GeekWire's Elevator Pitch: Analyzing the four winning pitches in advance of the upcoming live finale
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we hear the pitches made by four startup CEOs in the 32 seconds it takes to get to the top of Seattle's historic Smith Tower, on their way to winning their respective episodes on this season of GeekWire's Elevator Pitch series. It's a preview of the upcoming season finale, in which each of the four will make a final pitch at the GeekWire Summit next week, live on stage. Episode 1 winner: Amina Moreau, CEO of Radious, an online marketplace that turns houses, apartments and other residential properties into workspaces, rentable by the day…
GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch S3 Features PairTree, Spot Tot, and Welcome Home CEOs Pitching Consumer Startups
GeekWire's Elevator Pitch season three features three consumer startup CEOs—Erin Quick of PairTree, Robin Waterman of Spot Tot, and Ashley Michael of Welcome Home—pitching their companies to a panel of judges in Seattle's Smith Tower. The season's finale will occur on October 6, 2022, at the GeekWire Summit.
Erin Quick - PairTree - What Fuels You
Erin Quick is the Co-founder and CEO of PairTree. With more than 20 years of global brand marketing experience, and more importantly, as a two-time adoptive mother, Erin is a leader in the movement to modernize adoption in the U.S. Previously, Erin co-founded Stoke Strategy, a Seattle-based brand strategy firm, which she led for 12 years. She began her marketing career at Addison in San Francisco and New York, where she worked on global branding for Domino’s Pizza, Merrill Lynch and The Make-a-Wish Foundation. Erin is a recipient of Puget Sound Business Journal’s 40-Under-40 award and most recently, PairTree, under…
Erin Quick
Erin Quick is the Co-founder and CEO of PairTree. With more than 20 years of global brand marketing experience, and more importantly, as a two-time adoptive mother, Erin is a leader in the movement to modernize adoption in the U.S. Previously, Erin co-founded Stoke Strategy, a Seattle-based brand strategy firm, which she led for 12 years. She began her marketing career at Addison in San Francisco and New York, where she worked on global branding for Domino’s Pizza, Merrill Lynch and The Make-a-Wish Foundation. Erin is a recipient of Puget Sound Business Journal’s 40-Under-40 award and most recently, PairTree, under…
Techstars Seattle launches 12th virtual cohort of 10 startups in January, achieves gender parity for first time
Techstars Seattle launched its 12th cohort as a fully virtual 3-month accelerator in January, applying lessons from the pandemic to expand investor outreach and eliminate commutes while accepting trade-offs in-person networking. The cohort of 10 startups — led to gender parity for the first time — includes alumni-backed ecosystem growth and highlights founders like Afriblocks operating across Harare and Los Angeles.
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