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Okta to pay $6.5B to acquire Seattle’s Auth0; identity tech startup was valued at $1.9B last year
Auth0 CEO Eugenio Pace. (GeekWire File Photo) Auth0, the billion-dollar Seattle-area startup that is a leader in identity authentication software,…
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‘The fastest growing marketplace in history’: Vancouver’s Dapper Labs at the center of NFT craze
(Dapper Labs Photo) NFTs go viral: Digital collectibles, also known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), are suddenly the talk of the…
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Tech Moves: Zulily hires Nike exec as new CTO; Google vet Phil Bogle joins Kalshi; Auth0 adds CISO
Courtney Kissler. (Zulily Photo) — After executive stints at Nordstrom, Starbucks, and Nike, Courtney Kissler is now the CTO and…
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How SPACs are changing the IPO game: Equity ownership of founders a big consideration
SPACs are hot right now, and one of the reasons is they can keep more equity in the hands of…
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Zulily co-founder latest to join SPAC mania
Zulily co-founder Mark Vadon speaks at the 2014 GeekWire Summit. Mark Vadon, the Seattle e-commerce entrepreneur who co-founded Zulily and…
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Boeing Insitu founders raise cash for Aerovel, which makes drones that take off and land vertically
(Aerovel Photos) An aerospace venture started by the founders of Boeing’s Insitu business unit just raised fresh cash as the…
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Seattle-area fintech startup Secure reveals secret: Suze Orman is part of the founding team
Secure had a secret. And a “secret weapon.” The Seattle-area fintech startup announced recently that TV personality and best-selling author…
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Led by co-creator of Nintendo’s Power Glove, this startup raised $2M for its restaurant tech
New funding: Vancouver, Wash.-based startup Perfect Company just reeled in $2 million of a larger round to help grow its…
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Reperio Health raises $6M for at-home medical test subscription service aimed at employers
Part of the Reperio Health team, including co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Matt Wallington (third from left) and co-founder and…
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More capital for Pacific Northwest startups: Founders’ Co-op raises $50M fund, its largest yet
Founders’ Co-op Managing Partner Chris Devore (left) and General Partner Aviel Ginzburg. (Founders’ Co-op Photo) Seattle venture capital firm Founders’…
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