Ascend in the news
Q1 2024
Will startup valuations start to recover in 2024? Investors aren’t so sure (TechCrunch)
Q4 2023
Shift AI Podcast: AI investing in Seattle with Ascend’s Kirby Winfield (GeekWire)
Q3 2023
Deal Dive: Futureverse is a metaverse company that might actually get it (TechCrunch)
Is Seattle an AI hub? City missing from national conversation about the new tech economy (GeekWire)
Despite venture capital slowdown, these investors remain bullish on Seattle (GeekWire)
Forced exit: Startup founders seek M&A deals amid funding slowdown (GeekWire)
Q2 2023
Ascend raises $25 million for pre-seed AI startups in the Pacific Northwest (TechCrunch)
Seattle VC firm Ascend raises $25M for second fund, plans to double down on AI (GeekWire)
Has the seed stage come back down to earth? It depends where you look (Tech Crunch)
What’s going on with startup funding in Seattle? (GeekWire)
Q1 2023
Pacific Northwest startup funding activity is down 80% so far this year (GeekWire)
Analysts caution that Silicon Valley Bank collapse could further cool declining VC market (GeekWire)
Silicon Valley Bank Collapse prompts Seattle startup panic, re-evaluation (KOMO News)
Investors say web3 and hype are in for 2023, high valuations are out — maybe? (TechCrunch)
Q4 2022
Investors say web3 and hype are in for 2023, high valuations are out - maybe? (TechCrunch)
Elevator Pitch finale: Watch 4 entrepreneurs compete live on the GeekWire Summit stage (GeekWire)
Q3 2022
TechCrunch+ Roundup: Save your equity, LatAm crypto survey, where the runway ends (TechCrunch)
Fountain of youth: This Seattle VC firm is led by three general partners under 40 (GeekWire)
Sustainability startups face off in the final episode of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch (GeekWire)
Watch 3 consumer startup CEOs face off on a new episode of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch (GeekWire)
Q2 2022
Battle of the bridge: Startups struggle to secure runway financing (TechCrunch)
Seattle-area VCs dish on what they are telling startups as downturn looms (Seattle INNO)
A ‘don’t do list’ for founders: VC shares tips for startup leaders (Geekwire)
A Conversation with Kirby Winfield of Ascend (Seattle Angel Conference/YouTube)
Q1 2022
Podcast: Nataraj Sindam of The Startup Project interviews Kirby Winfield of Ascend
Tech Moves: Jen Haller joined pre-seed VC firm Ascend.vc as chief of staff (GeekWire)
Q4 2021
How becoming a venture capitalist helped this Seattle startup vet turn his life around (GeekWire)
How AI, VR, AR, 5G, and blockchain may converge to power the metaverse (VentureBeat)
Q3 2021
Online retailers need something special to woo investors (Digital Commerce 360)
Podcast: Forward Thinking Founders with Mat Sherman - Kirby Winfield, Founding Partner at Ascend.vc
Q1 2021
Q4 2020
Podcast: What Fuels You: Kirby Winfield, Ascend
Podcast: Kirby Winfield: Finding Love in the Game [Built in Seattle Ep. #23]
Q3 2020
Ascend Makes the TechCrunch List
Q2 2020
Seattle investors need to step up
Q1 2020
Seattle tech startups brace for cash squeeze as coronavirus crisis deepens
Podcast: Kirby Winfield - Vision, Values, and Investment
Q4 2019
Analysis: Seattle startup ecosystem poised for unprecedented acceleration of company creation
Portfolio Companies in the News
Q4 2023
Adyn: Recognized as a semifinalist in the Women’s Health category at the Digital Health Awards 2023
Atypical: AI education startup hired a slew of industry vets to bolster leadership ranks
ByteWax: Build a Real-time Embedding Pipeline for LLMs (Real-World ML)
Clarity: Deepfakes are another front in the Israel-Hamas war that risk unleashing even more violence and confusion in the future: ‘This is moving incredibly fast’ (Fortune)
Crowd Cow: The Best Meat and Seafood Delivery Services to Use This Holiday Season (The Daily Beast)
Ganaz: Ganaz develops program to improve efficiency for H-2A worker recruitment (The Packer)
Groopit: Tech Moves: Cisco exec Rodney Clark joined the board of Seattle-based employee insights startup Groopit (GeekWire)
Hedgehog: Look what Santa brought: another Hedgehog software release (Hedgehog)
Hest: The Best Camping Mattresses for All Types of Adventures (Time Magazine)
Manifest: Taqtile Launches Manifest v2.8 ahead of Augmented Enterprise Summit (XR Today)
Recurrent: Focus: The battery test race to work out what used EVs are really worth (Reuters)
Spiffy AI: Walmart tech vet, AI2 research scientists are behind new Seattle startup Spiffy (GeekWire)
Vouched: Vouched Unveils AI-Driven Identity Verification Solution for Automotive Sector: Accelerating Onboarding and Fortifying Security to Boost Sales (Business Wire)
Whalesync: Whalesync and the No-Code Movement: A Discussion with Matthew Busel (Match Relevant)
WhyLabs: WhyLabs Announces Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS to Accelerate Responsible Generative AI Adoption (BusinessWire)
Xembly: Startups of the Year 2023: Xembly - The AI Assistant That Does the Work for You (HackerNoon)
Yesler: Former Weyerhaeuser executive takes tech savvy approach to lumber trading (PBSJ)
Yoodli: 9 AI Tools Every Creator Must Know About (Forbes)
Yoodli: AI-powered ‘VC pitch coach’ from Yoodli helps startup founders prepare to face investors (GeekWire)
Q3 2023
Atypical: Former Starbucks engineering exec joins education-focused AI startup that just raised $4M (GeekWire)
Bean Box: The ’12 Mornings of Coffee’ Advent Calendar Sold Out Last Year – Get Yours Now Before It’s Gone (Again) (Well+Good)
Bean Box: 21 Gifts for the Coffee Lover in Your Life (Oprah Daily)
Bean Box: National Coffee Day 2023: Free Coffee Today from Dunkin’, Krispy Kreme, Pete’s and More (CNET)
Bean Box: Startups are using sampling programs to alleviate the cost of returns (ModernRetail)
Coffee Subscription Provider Bean Box Launches Equity Crowdfunding (Daily Coffee News)
Bean Box: 50+ National Coffee Day Deals, Discounts and Freebies to Get Your Caffeine Fix on a Dime (Parade)
Blume: Six Canadians selected for EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women (EY)
Blume: Take your business to The Peak with new summit coming to Vancouver (Venture)
Blume: Vancouver’s Ecommerce Extravaganza: The DTC Showdown by Internet Masterminds (604 Now)
Blume: 29 Beauty Products With Incredible Before And After Photos (Huffington Post)
Blume: Breaking out: Adult acne is more common than you think (The Straits Times)
Blume: 41 Things To Take Your Makeup, Skincare, And Hair Routine To The Next Level (Buzzfeed)
Blume: 28 Beauty Products Reviewers Say They’ll Never Stop Using (BuzzFeed)
Blume: 17 Best Acne Essentials to Buy on Prime Day (US Magazine)
Bytewax: Top Sessions at Confluent Current 2023 (RT Insights)
Clarity: Deepfakes make banks keep it real (Financial Times)
Crowd Cow: Best Meat Delivery Deals (The Manual)
Crowd Cow: Here Are the Best Places to Buy Chicken Online (Taste of Home)
Crowd Cow: Most expensive steak cuts to indulge in and where to find them (Prestige)
Tech Moves: Former Salesforce exec joins e-commerce startup Fabric as CEO (GeekWire)
Groopit brings its ‘crowdsolving’ service to Salesforce (siliconANGLE)
Introducing Groopit AI: Harnessing Real-time Employee Insights for Proactive Business Decision-Making (PR Newswire)
Groopit Launches Salesforce Capabilities to Deliver Insights Directly from Frontline Sellers to the Appropriate Business Decision-Makers (Martech Series)
Mesh: The 54 Most Promising Fintechs to Watch (Business Insider)
Overland AI: AI Gets Real at the GeekWire Summit: Speakers Revealed for Oct. 19 at former Cinerama theater (GeekWire)
Overland AI: Cantwell Calls for AI Bill to Prepare Workers for Jobs of the Future (US Senate Press Release)
Overland AI: Tech Moves (GeekWire)
Overland AI: WA tech startups compete for cash in Army pitch competition (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Pongo: 30 Under 30 – Seattle (Forbes)
Recurrent: It’s Too Hot For EVs To Work Right (Jalopnik)
Recurrent: Heat wave lowers driving range in some EVs by 31% (Automotive News)
Recurrent: Heat Waves May Lower EV Range by 30% (CarsDirect)
Recurrent: A Heath Wave Will Cook Your Electric Car Battery, If You Let It (Bloomberg)
Recurrent: Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints (Reuters)
Recurrent: Want an affordable electric car? Check the used lot (Axios)
Recurrent: Three Things to Look for When Buying a Used Electric Vehicle (Newsweek)
Recurrent: New legislation aims to expand Seattle’s EV charging infrastructure (GeekWire)
Recurrent: Texas Is a Look Into the Future of Driving (The Atlantic)
Recurrent: Automakers are rewarding EV early adopters with price cuts that only benefit everyone else (Business Insider)
Rock Paper Coin: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Announces America’s Top Small Businesses (US Chamber of Commerce)
Rock Paper Coin: Harnessing Technology to Manage and Grow Your Gen Z Team (Special Events)
Rock Paper Coin: Nearing the Other Side: Is the Wedding Boom Dying Down? (Special Events)
Rock Paper Coin: Self-Auditing Your Systems & Processes for Sustainability (Special Events)
Rock Paper Coin: How to Transition Your Brand Into the Luxury Market (Special Events)
SoleSavy: It’s gotta be the shoes: Basketball creator Jesser drops Bucketsquad 1 sneaker line (Tubefilter)
Solo: This app helps gig workers guarantee their pay (Fast Company)
Solo: This app shows California gig workers when they can make the most money – and guarantees their income (Los Angeles Times)
Solo: ‘Convoy Mafia’: Alumni from trucking marketplace company take the wheel at their own startups (GeekWire)
Type.ai: Cheating or Adapting? (Richmond Magazine)
Vouched Launches New Identity Verification Solution for Telehealth Providers (PR Newswire)
WhyLabs: A Zoom Call, Fake Names and an A.I. Presentation Gone Awry (NY Times)
WhyLabs: Executives from NVIDIA, Mattel, Know Labs, Along With NBC, to Discuss New AI Trends at Edge Impulse’s Annual Imagine Conference (Business Wire)
Mobile car repair startup Wrench is raising more cash (GeekWire)
Startups, AI, and productivity: The quest for real value, with Xembly CEO Pete Christothoulou (GeekWire)
Xembly: Best AI Tools To Future-Proof Yourself (Marktechpost)
Xembly: ‘Convoy Mafia’: Alumni from trucking marketplace company take the wheel at their own startups (GeekWire)
Xembly: Is Seattle an AI hub? City is missing from national conversation about the new tech economy (GeekWire)
Yoodli: Shift AI Podcast: What this veteran AI leader discussed with President Biden in a private meeting (GeekWire)
Yoodli: Cantwell Calls for AI Bill to Prepare Workers for Jobs of the Future (US Senate Press Release)
Yoodli: Revolutionising job search with AI tools (The Business Standard)
Q2 2023
A Kid’s Company About: Climate Book Clubs for Kids are Making a Difference (Stone Pier Press)
Read ‘A Kids Book About Juneteenth’ In Time for the Official Federal Holiday (okayplayer)
A Kid’s Company About: Black-owned, women-run children’s bookshop promotes diverse, inclusive stories (The Emory Wheel)
Attunely: How AI hyper-personalization helps fintechs and financial services boost customer satisfaction (TechCrunch)
Bean Box: 14 Best Subscription Boxes for an Unforgettable Experience (Dallas Morning News)
Bean Box: Mother’s Day 2023: Subscription box gift ideas perfect for mom (AL.com)
Bean Box: Say Goodbye To Boring Coffee With a Coffee Subscription (Wealth of Geeks)
Bytewax: The top five cloud cybersecurity threats – and what to do about them (Silicon Angle)
Cap Hill Brands: Amazon Aggregators Face a New Reality (Practical eCommerce)
Father's Day Gift of the Day: Spoil dad with Crowd Cow (USA Today)
Crowd Cow: The Best Meat Delivery Services (USA Today)
Foundation, a wholesale e-commerce startup led by former Staples exec, lands $3M (GeekWire)
Employee insights startup Groopit raises $3.5M, plans to develop generative AI tools (GeekWire)
Hedgehog: SONiC NOS faces challenges fitting in with mainstream (TechTarget)
HEST: The next Eddie Bauer is in Utah: Can Washington do more to support the $862 billion outdoors business? (Seattle Times)
Included: Thought Leader Forum: Workplace wellness guidance for leaders (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Meetingflow: AI2 Incubator spinout pivots, raises cash to help make sales meetings more effective (GeekWire)
Outbound AI: $16M round for health tech startup growing AI agents to perform administrative tasks (Startland News)
Health care tech startup Outbound AI lands $16M for phone chatbots (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Healthcare billing and claims automation startup Outbound AI raises $16M (GeekWire)
Medical Billing Automation Takes Giant Leap Forward With GPT-Enabled Virtual Agents From Outbound AI (BusinessWire)
Outbound AI: Vendor notebook: New AI tools to cut billing burdens, improve testing and more (Healthcare IT News)
Recurrent, CarGurus reports show good signs for used EV affordability (Auto Remarketing)
Recurrent: Despite Price Cuts, Teslas Hold Value Better Than Most Luxury Cars: Study (Inside EVs)
Recurrent: Guest commentary: 3 ways dealers can better serve their EV customers (Automotive News)
Rock Paper Coin: What a Long, Strange Few Years It Was for Weddings. Bring on the Joy. (The New York Times)
Rock Paper Coin: Prepping Your Business for the Second Year of the Wedding Boom (Special Events)
Rock Paper Coin: Red Flags to Look for in Prospective Clients (Special Events)
Rock Paper Coin: 3 Internal Workflows to Give Some TLC (Special Events)
SoleSavy: Following Digital Asset Trends In Fashion (Forbes)
Spiral: Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalists at the GeekWire Awards share their entrepreneurship tips (GeekWire)
Spiral: GeekWire Awards 2023 revealed: Community honors top innovation in Pacific Northwest tech (GeekWire)
Stack Moxie: Oggvo is the 2023 Seattle Inno Madness champion (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Taqtile Optimizes Manifest iPad Performance (XR Today)
Taqtile Dramatically Improves Usability of Manifest Work Instruction Platform with QR Code Alternative (BusinessWire)
Taqtile and DigiLens Partner on Rugged AR-Enabled Solution for Industrial and Defense Customers (BusinessWire)
Big XR News from Apple, HTC VIVE, Taqtile, and Amazon (XR Today)
Taqtile: DigiLens Dominated AWE 2023 With A Slew Of New Partnerships (Forbes)
Taqtile: ‘Tears in my eyes’: Seattle startups sound off on Apple’s Vision Pro headset (GeekWire)
Taqtile: GeekWire Awards: UX Design of the Year finalists help users in health care, worker training and more (GeekWire)
Type: There are more generative AI startups that launched out of Y Combinator than ever before. Here are 55 of them. (Business Insider)
Whalesync: Rapid Advances In Artificial Intelligence And No Code Tools Are Enabling A Creative Revolution (Forbes)
WhyLabs launches LangKit to make large language models safe and responsible (VentureBeat)
WhyLabs: The Missing Link for Seamless Enterprise LLM Adoption (Analytics India Mag)
WhyLabs Launches LangKit to Make Large Language Models Safe and Responsible (BusinessWire)
Xembly Launches New Calendar AI, the Future of Workplace Time Management (PR Newswire)
Xembly Unveils VoicePrint, New AI Technology to Support In-Person and Hybrid Work Scenarios (PR Newswire)
Yoodli: Speech analysis startup releases AI tool that simulates difficult job interview conversations (GeekWire)
Yoodli: AI makes its mark in ‘Innovation of the Year’ category at the 2023 GeekWire Awards (GeekWire)
Yoodli: Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalists at the GeekWire Awards share their entrepreneurship tips (GeekWire)
Yoodli: Seattle Startups to Watch in 2023 (Inc.)
Q1 2023
A Kid’s Company About: Portland CEO on SVB: 'You never think about your bank failing' (Portland Inno)
A Kid’s Company About: Portland Children’s Media Company Impacted by SVB Collapse Releases Kids Book on Banking (Oregon Business)
A Kid’s Company About: Free Kids Book About the Banking System (My Money Blog)
adyn Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023 (Globe Newswire)
DevCycle and Battlesnake Join Forces to Accelerate Developer Community and Product Growth (PR Web)
Bean Box: The rise of ecommerce in the coffee industry (Perfect Daily Grind)
Bean Box: The 12 Best Coffee Subscriptions to Fuel Your Caffeine Addiction (Vice)
Bean Box: 20 Subscription Boxes for Moms That They'll Actually Use (House Beautiful)
Bean Box: Best Valentine's Day Gifts for Coffee Lovers: Shop Subscription Boxes, Gift Baskets, Coffee Makers & More (Entertainment Tonight)
Bean Box CEO: Lack of Product Options Puts Subscription Sales at Risk (PYMNTS)
Bean Box: D2C Subscriptions Must Find Alternative Revenue Streams This Year (PYMNTS)
Bean Box: Valentine’s Day Gift Guide: The Best Aphrodisiacs To Gift (Forbes)
Bean Box: The 8 Best Coffee Subscriptions That’ll Have You Canceling Your Starbucks Orders (StyleCaster)
Bean Box: Perfect Coffee-Chocolate Pairings (Trendhunter)
Blume: 6 Period Subscription Boxes To Make That Time Of The Month A Little Easier (Marie Claire)
Cap Hill Brands: Whatever Happened To Aquapaw After Shark Tank? (Looper)
Tech Moves: T-Mobile tech leader to retire; Curi Bio and CrowdCow appoint CEOs; and more (GeekWire)
Crowd Cow: 12 Gourmet Mail-Order Foods to Savor in 2023 (Artful Living)
Ganaz: Ag HR goes online (Good Fruit Grower)
Ganaz: Why Training and Development Are the Cornerstone of Retaining Your Workforce (Greenhouse Grower)
Duane Bray joins Groopit as Chief Product Officer (PR Web)
Hedgehog: Making it Easier to Break the SONiC Barrier for Networking (The Next Platform)
HEST Expands Into Sheets And Pillowcases For Outdoor Use (SGB Media)
HEST Foamy and Camp Pillow :: The Dreamy Camping Mattress (Expidition Portal)
HEST: The best camping and backpacking pillows, according to experts (CNN)
HEST: Best Sleeping Pads for Camping of 2023, Tested and Reviewed (Field & Stream)
Included: HR Execs Offer 10 Methods For Diving Deep Into Employee Engagement Levels (Forbes)
Included: GeekWire Awards: Meet the 5 finalists for Startup CEO of the Year (GeekWire)
Included: 15 Things HR Leaders Can Do To Help Build Strong Employer Brands (Forbes)
Included: Why Pay Equity Needs To Be Addressed Now (Forbes)
Included: 16 Ways To Balance Your Goal-Setting Strategies In Business (Forbes)
Included: These are Seattle Inno's 23 startups to watch in 2023 (Seattle Inno)
Inflection.io: Tech Moves (Geekwire)
Outbound AI appoints Ryan Greenhaw as Chief Revenue Officer (BusinessWire)
Outbound AI: Generative AI Takes On Administrative Burdens (Healthcare IT Today)
Pongo: Our favorite startup pitches from Techstars Seattle Demo Day (GeekWire)
Recurrent: EV battery health concerns appear overblown, according to new data (Teslarati)
Recurrent Range Score: It’s Like "CarFax" for EV Batteries (Motortrend)
Recurrent: Tesla price cuts push used EV prices to new lows (Teslarati)
Recurrent guide helps buyers determine if used EVs qualify for tax credit (Auto Remarketing)
Recurrent: US Used EV Market Has Tripled In Size, Prices Have Fallen Significantly (Inside EVs)
Recurrent: Everything That Drains Your Electric Car Battery (Kelley Blue Book)
Recurrent: EV Battery Life Exceeds Expectations in Study of 15,000 Electric Cars (Yahoo Finance)
Experian aligns with Recurrent to boost used EV history reports (Auto Remarketing)
Recurrent: Edmunds launches battery insights to improve transparency for used-EV car shoppers (PR Newswire)
Recurrent: Tesla cuts vehicle prices in bid to boost flagging demand (El Pais)
Recurrent: Why you might want a heat pump in your electric car (The Washington Post)
Recurrent: The used electric car market is starting to take off as prices slowly drop (Business Insider)
Recurrent: Thinking about an electric car? Leasing might actually be a good idea (Auto Blog)
Recurrent: Charging an EV is Still Too Hard, Even in Places Where It Shouldn't Be (The Truth About Cars)
Rock Paper Coin: The Top Wedding Trends of 2023 (Town & Country)
Rock Paper Coin: Out with the Old: Signs That Your Event Business Needs an Upgrade This Year (Special Events)
Rock Paper Coin: Event Business Tech in 2023: A Trend Forecast for Industry Pros (Special Events)
Rock Paper Coin: Determining the Right Goals for Your Event Business in 2023 (Special Events)
SoleSavy: New Vancouver app helps sneaker collectors get their kicks
SoleSavy & Garrixon Launch Joint Venture To Empower Creators To Enter Sneaker Market
Solo introduces the ability to file taxes directly in the app (Business Wire)
Stack Moxie: Seattle Inno Madness 2023 heads to the second round (Seattle Inno)
Stack Moxie: Introducing the Inno Madness Bracket (Seattle Inno)
Taqtile: Using AR and VR to Train Workers in Manufacturing (Design News)
AR-Innovator Taqtile Collaborates With Qualcomm on Solutions for Deskless Workers (Business Wire)
AR-Innovator Taqtile Featured at SXSW Army Applications Lab and Capital Factory Event (Business Wire)
Taqtile: Top XR Field Services Vendors for 2023 (XR Today)
Craig Olson joins industrial Augmented Reality software provider Taqtile as COO (Auganix)
Taqtile announces collaboration with Qualcomm on industrial AR solutions (Auganix)
Taqtile, a Seattle startup that sells AR-enabled job training tech, raises $5M (GeekWire)
Taqtile: Top XR Field Services Vendors for 2023 (XR Today)
Taqtile: All The XR At CES 2023 (Forbes)
Virtuelly: These Entrepreneurs Started Businesses During the Pandemic. How Did They Do? (The Wall Street Journal)
Vouched seeks more growth after $6.3M in venture funding (Biometric Update)
Vouched Raises $6.3 Million to Expand Its AI Driven Identity Verification Offering to Telemedicine and Healthcare Providers (MarTech Series)
Vouched, an identity verification startup backed by Zulily co-founders, raises $6.3M (GeekWire)
AI identity verification platform startup Vouched raises $6.3M (Silicon Angle)
Vouched Raises $6.3M to Expand AI Identity Verification Offering to Telemedicine and Healthcare (DARK Reading)
Vouched: Identity verification startup raises $6.3M, expects 'significant' growth (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Whalesync, a Seattle startup syncing data between software apps, raises $1.8M (GeekWire)
Whalesync wants to simplify the process of syncing data between SaaS apps (TechCrunch)
Vote for Startup of the Year: Arrived Homes, Lexion, Phaidra, Shipium, WhyLabs (GeekWire)
Seattle-based hybrid work startup Worksphere to be acquired by Bay Area competitor (Seattle Inno)
Tech Moves: Convoy vet joins Xembly (GeekWire)
Former Convoy, Marchex executive joins Xembly as COO (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Yesler: Two years that changed the industry (HBS Dealer)
Yesler: GUEST COLUMN: LBM lessons from the Silicon Valley Bank failure (HBS Dealer)
Yoodli: ChatGPT Spotlights Microsoft’s Early Efforts to Monetize AI (The Wall Street Journal)
Yoodli: These are Seattle Inno's 23 startups to watch in 2023 (Seattle Inno)
Q4 2022
A Kids Company About: The Dodo’s New Book Teaches Kids All About Caring For Pets (The Dodo)
A Kids Co. Has Published a New Book About Parenting (Willamette Week)
A Kids Company About: 7 Children’s Books on Racism that Help Kids Navigate the World (Ebony)
A Kids Company About: 13 Portland startups you should know in 2023 (Portland Inno)
adyn: 34 of the most promising women’s health startups of 2022, according to VCs (Business Insider)
Give the Gift of Caffeine This Year with Bean Box’s 12 Mornings of Coffee (Better Homes & Gardens)
Bean Box Just Brought Back Its Sold-Out Coffee Advent Calendar For Another Year (Kitchn)
Wake up to a cup of cheer with the 12 Mornings of Coffee Bean Box Advent Calendar (CT Insider)
Bean Box: Countdown to Christmas with these foodie Advent calendars (Guilty Eats)
Bean Box: Advent Calendars: How Small Businesses Are Reinvigorating the Christmas Tradition (Inc.)
Bean Box: 10 coffee subscriptions that ensure you’ll never miss your cup of joe (NBC)
Bean Box: 16 Best International Coffee Day Deals on Beans and Machines (Wired)
Bean Box: Shop local with this 2022 PNW Gift Guide (Seattle Refined)
Bean Box: 10 delicious Advent calendars for every taste and budget (USA Today)
Blume: 25 Must-Have Gifts Recommended by Celebrities, Influencers, and Founders (PopSugar)
Candidate: Podcast: Shifting Landscapes in Talent Acquisition (HCM Technology Report)
Candidate: 3 ways to look for a job at a startup in uncertain times (Fast Company)
Candidate: How to Support Middle Managers in a Hybrid Workplace (SHRM News)
Crowd Cow: 15 Best Mail-Order Steaks That Ship Nationwide (The Pioneer Woman)
Crowd Cow: 6 places that will deliver Thanksgiving dinner straight to your doorstep (USA Today)
Crowd Cow: Thanksgiving turkeys may sell out. Here’s how to reserve yours now (CBS News)
fabric Names Product Visionary Yon Nuta as Chief Product Officer (BusinessWire)
Ganaz: Things You May Not Know About the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (Greenhouse Grower)
Hedgehog Emerges as New Member of SONiC Community (PR Newswire)
Hedgehog Looks To Supersize SONiC (Forbes)
Hedgehog: Plumbers need cloud software, too (Protocol)
Included: Why greater transparency is key to a winning DEI strategy (Fast Company)
Keyplay, a new Seattle startup led by veteran entrepreneur Adam Schoenfeld, raises $3M (GeekWire)
Makara: Betterment’s crypto portfolios include allocations to Dogecoin (Investment News)
Makara: Roboadvisor Betterment launches crypto offering with four themed portfolios (TechCrunch)
Pongo: Meet the 12 startups in the newest Techstars Seattle class (GeekWire)
Recurrent: Used EV prices have peaked, report suggests (Green Car Reports)
Recurrent: The used EV market can’t thrive without accurate battery-health data (Canary Media)
Recurrent: Electric Vehicles Start to Enter the Car-Buying Mainstream (The New York Times)
Recurrent: Could the Tesla Model Y be the best selling vehicle of 2023? (Teslarati)
Recurrent: Tax Credits for Electric Vehicles Are About to Get Confusing (The New York Times)
Recurrent: Lessons Learned From 10,000 Electric Cars And 100 Million Miles (Inside EVs)
Recurrent: What We’ve Learned After 2 Years Of Chevy Bolt Recall (Inside EVs)
Rock Paper Coin raises $2.3M in Funding (FinSMEs)
Rock Paper Coin snags $2.3M seed round for wedding industry software (BizWomen/Portland Inno)
Rock Paper Coin: 13 Portland startups you should know in 2023 (Portland Inno)
SoleSavy: Closer Look at the Air Jordan 1 Low OG “Doernbecher” Design By Riddhi Mahajan (Hypebeast)
Spiral, a Seattle startup that analyzes customer feedback, raises $1.25M (GeekWire)
Taqtile: Virtual Reality in Healthcare and Compliance Meets Enterprise Training (XR Today)
WhyLabs: The importance of monitoring machine learning models (InfoWorld)
WhyLabs: Top AI Tools/Platforms To Perform Machine Learning ML Model Monitoring (MarkTechPost)
Xembly Raises $15M in Series A Funding (FinSMEs)
Xembly raises cash to develop an AI assistant for corporate meetings (TechCrunch)
Toastmasters adopts AI-powered speech analytics technology from Seattle startup Yoodli (GeekWire)
Public speaking site Yoodli teams with Toastmasters International (PRWeek)
Q3 2022
Portland-based A Kids Company About to partner with Jim Henson Co. in TV venture (The Oregonian)
adyn: 7 conversations with YC founders about their entrepreneurial journeys (TechCrunch)
adyn: 5 Steps To Get Your Birth Control Action Plan In Order Now (Your Tango)
adyn: The Activist Offering: We Need Over-the-Counter Birth Control (The Progressive Magazine)
DealHub Partners with RevOps Co-op to Support the RevOps Professional Community (PR Newswire)
Battlesnake Founder Brad Van Vugt on Creating Community Through Programming Competitions (Madrona)
Bean Box review: A creative and tasty gift for coffee lovers (SF Gate)
Bean Box: There is more than one way to manage customer data (Digital Commerce 360)
Bean Box Coffeegram is Arriving at Walmart Stores Nationwide (Trendhunter)
Bean Box: Best Coffee Subscriptions for 2022 (TheStreet)
Blume: CVS Pharmacy Pilots New Skin Care Centers Stocking Prestige Beauty (happi)
Blume’s Founders Share Their Must Haves, From Period-Cramp Oil to the Perfect Sweatpants (Popsugar)
Blume: Best Diwali Gift Ideas to Celebrate the Festival of Lights (Woman’s Day)
Candidate: Lead + Follow: Ryan Agresta (425 Business)
Candidate: 2 easy strategies to help you hire nontraditional candidates (Fast Company)
Cap Hill Brands raises over $100M in round led by BlackRock (SeattleInno)
Crowd Cow: The Best Meat Delivery Services to Keep Your Grill Game Going Strong (The Daily Beast)
Crowd Cow: Best Meat Subscription Boxes (Food & Wine)
HEST: The Best Camping Mattresses To Help You Sleep Soundly In The Great Outdoors (Forbes)
HEST: The 10 Best Camping Air Mattresses for Sleeping Well Under The Stars (Popular Mechanics)
HEST: 11 Luxurious Glamping Tents And Other Essential Accessories (Gotham)
HEST: Our Favorite New Gear from Overland Expo (Outside)
Inflection.io Launches B2B Marketing Automation Solution (Demand Gen Report)
Seattle day care enrollment startup LegUp acquired by Kinside (Seattle Inno)
Kinside Acquires LegUp to Empower Child Care Providers and Solve Systemic Issues (BusinessWire)
Seattle child care enrollment startup LegUp gets scooped by Kinside (GeekWire)
LOANtuitive: We asked Seattle startups about the economy and its impact on their business (GeekWire)
Outbound AI: Madrona Venture Labs spinout aims to take the pain out of insurance claims (GeekWire)
Recurrent Auto and Black Book lauch EV-centric valuation system for used cars (Teslarati)
ADESA & Black Book now working with Recurrent’s EV battery reports (Auto Remarketing)
Recurrent: Used EV Interest Surging for the First Time as More Americans Go Electric (Yahoo Finance)
Recurrent: Is a Used Electric Vehicle a Bargain or a Trap? (Nerdwallet)
Rock Paper Coin: Your Fairytale Wedding Needs These Sweet and Trendy Treats - Exclusive (The List)
Rock Paper Coin: It’s Time to Refresh Your Market Research: How to Get Started (Special Events)
SafeDigit Raises $1.2M in Pre-Seed Funding (MarTech Series)
SyncFloor’s new offshoot is music NFT platform Groovemint (Music Ally)
SyncFloor: 5 new Web3 music projects you need to pay attention to (Hypebot)
Taqtile, a Seattle startup that sells AR-enabled job training tech, raises $5M (GeekWire)
Manifest Support for Microsoft Azure Remote Rendering Now Available from Taqtile (BusinessWire)
Taqtile Closes $5M Equity Funding Round (FinSMEs)
Taqtile Completes Hangar 51 Aviation-Industry Accelerator Program (BusinessWire)
Manifest AR-Enabled Work-Instruction Platform from Taqtile on Display at IMTS Show (BusinessWire)
Taqtile: XR Association Hosts Eight Immersive Tech Firms (XR Today)
Taqtile: The metaverse that’s already here (Politco)
Envoy acquires Worksphere, a Seattle startup that helps companies manage their workplace (GeekWire)
Seeking to be hybrid work all-in-1 platform, Envoy acquires Worksphere (VentureBeat)
Seattle-based hybrid work startup Worksphere to be acquired by Bay Area competitor (Seattle Inno)
Yesler Builds Momentum with New Investment (Business Wire)
Yesler: Opinion: Will lower lumber prices offset rising rates? (HousingWire)
Toastmasters International Partners with AI-powered Public Speaking Platform, Yoodli (PR Newswire)
Yoodli: Startup that aims to sharpen speaking skills raises $6.7M (BizWomen)
Q2 2022
adyn Launches First Test Designed To Prevent Birth Control Side Effects (GlobeNewswire)
adyn Wins 2022 MedTech Breakthrough Award for Best Personal Genome Testing Service (GlobeNewswire)
adyn: At-Home Test Helps with Birth Control Selection by Identifying Risk for Side Effects (MPR)
adyn: Report: Women abandoning contraception due to misinformation (Contemporary OB/GYN)
‘Seinfeld’ and BeanBox Debut Sitcom-Inspired Coffee Collection (The Hollywood Reporter)
BeanBox: If Your Love of ‘Seinfeld’ Never Ended, There’s a Coffee Specifically for You (Thrillist)
BeanBox: How 4 e-commerce brands are using product bundles to drive sales (Modern Retail)
BeanBox: 5 Coffee Subscriptions to Keep You Stocked With the Good Stuff (Men’s Health)
BeanBox: The Best Coffee Subscription Services of 2022 Tested and Reviewed (Epicurious)
BeanBox: Gift Guide for 2022: The Best Teas for Mother’s Day (Forbes)
BearTax: 4 Ideas for Starting a Blockchain Business (Entrepreneur)
Blume: AAPI-Owned Vegan Beauty Brands to Shop Right Now (VegOut)
Blume: 36 Influential AAPI Voices on Pride, Power, & Progress (Bustle)
Crowd Cow: Best Meat Delivery Services for Grilling - Summer 2022 (ET Online)
Crowd Cow: The Best Places to Order Steak Online (InsideHook)
Ganaz Reveals Launch of Ganaz MasterCard Payroll Card; Hannah Freeman and Sherri Burris Comment
Groopit Launches Microsoft Teams App (Destination CRM)
HEST: The Best Camping Mattresses for Couples in 2022 (OutdoorLife)
HEST: Editors’ Picks: What We’re Gifting Our Mom-Figures for Mother’s Day (Outside)
HEST: How to Make Your First Car Camping Trip a Success (Men’s Journal)
HEST: High-tech and innovative gear for your next camping vacation (CBS News)
Startup funding news: Inflection.io, Xemelgo, Joule Case, others raise fresh cash (GeekWire)
SaaS-Based Platform Inflection Raises $5M in Seed Funding (BW Disrupt)
Recurrent Growth Surges with Additional Funding and New Partnerships (GlobeNewswire)
Recurrent adds $4.5M in funding, plus retail & wholesale partners (Auto Remarketing)
Rock Paper Coin: Will VC Funding Catch Up To Record Year For U.S. Weddings? (Crunchbase)
Rock Paper Coin: How to Let Your Wedding Party Express Their Own Personal Style (Brides)
Rock Paper Coin: Smart Hacks To Plan A Wedding On A Budget (The List)
SoleSavy Unveils Limited-Edition Custom Sneaker and NFT (Hypebeast)
SoleSavy launches sneaker resale app without any fees (Input)
SoleSavy Launches An NFT Sneaker That Is Both Physical And Digital (NFT Evening)
Canadian firm SoleSavy launches SS4 physical & NFT sneaker (Fibre 2 Fashion)
SyncFloor’s New Subscription Simplifies Music Listening for Digital Fitness (Club Industry)
Taqtile to Showcase with Microsoft at Eurosatory 2022 (XR Today)
Manifest Work-Instruction Platform from Taqtile on Display at Cisco Live This Week (BusinessWire)
Taqtile: Top XR Vendors Majoring on Manufacturing (XR Today)
Taqtile: The Best XR Companies in Education for 2022 (XR Today)
Tech Moves: TaxBit adds engineering leaders; Vouched hires three execs (GeekWire)
WhyLabs: For AI model success, utilize MLops and get the data right (Venture Beat)
WhyLabs: Developer experience doesn’t have to stop at the front end (InfoWorld)
Mobile car repair startup Wrench acquires another competitor, swoops up YourMechanic (GeekWire)
Mobile mechanic service Wrench acquires California-based competitor (Seattle Inno)
Xembly: How an NLP pioneer’s new company is evolving conversational AI (VentureBeat)
Yesler launches enhancements (HBS Dealer)
Q1 2022
A Kids Company About: The 10 most innovative education companies of 2022 (Fast Company)
A Kids Company About: How ‘A Kids Book About War’ went from concept to published in days (KGW8)
A Kids Company About Pulls Podcasts from Spotify (Portland Monthly)
Welcome to A Kids Company About’s new kid-friendly streaming app (Digital Trends)
Bean Box: 15 Best Coffee Subscriptions (Heavy)
Send Your Valentine A Bean Box Coffegram (Guilty Eats)
Bean Box: 8 Best Coffee Subscriptions for Finding Your Net Favorite Brew (Runners World)
Celebrate Employee Appreciation Day with Sugarwish and Bean Box! (Guilty Eats)
Bean Box: 10 best coffee subscription services to get a monthly caffeine delivery (New York Post)
Bean Box: The 10 Best Coffee Subscriptions to Try Out This Year (Self)
Bean Box: The Best Coffee Subscription Services to Get Your Caffeine Fix (Shape)
Blume: The Acne-Clearing Brand Thousands of Reviewers Swear By (Refinery29)
Blume: Women-led startups get much less funding than men. Female investors hope to change that (CBC)
Vancouver-based Blume among first 5 startups backed by LOI Venture (Vancouver Tech Journal)
Sign up for Crowd Cow meat deliveries and get $100 off your first 10 boxes - here’s how (USA Today)
Crowd Cow: The 16 Best Meat Delivery Services to Try Out This Year (Self)
Headless commerce company fabric sews up unicorn milestone following new round (TechCrunch)
Another Seattle unicorn sighting: Fabric hits $1.5B value after major round (Seattle Inno)
Fabric’s Headless Commerce: A Primer For Retailers with Foresight (Forbes)
Fabric hires former Amazon Prime Air exec as first COO (bizwomen)
Ganaz: Ney payroll card reduces payroll expenses in agriculture (The Packer)
Groopit Joins Slack Marketplace to Help Leaders Gather Structured Data (PR Newswire)
Knapsack: Portland software startup snags $5.5M from investors (Portland Inno)
Knapsack Raises $5.5M in Funding (FinSMEs.com)
Level: 22 Seattle Startups to Watch in 2022 (Built In Seattle)
Startup Funding News: PairTree, RightBound, LOANtuitive, Crelate raise fresh cash (GeekWire)
Seattle startup LOANtuitive plans hiring spree after landing pre-seed backing (Seattle Inno)
Digital Advisory Firm Betterment Enters Crypto With Makara Acquisition (Investopedia)
Betterment gets into crypto with acquisition of Seattle startup Makara (GeekWire)
Makara: Everyone Has Crypto FOMO, but Does It Belong in Your Portfolio? (The New York Times)
Recurrent Shows EV Prices Soared in 2021, Benefitting Tesla the Most (Market Screener)
Recurrent: Your Guide to EV Batteries: Premature Death, Range Loss and Preservation (Cars.com)
Rock Paper Coin: Tying and Re-Tying the Knot (The New York Times)
SoleSavy Appoints Ali Adab as the Company’s First Chief Content Officer (Globe Newswire)
SoleSavy: Investors are still pouring tens of millions into sneaker e-commerce startups (Glossy)
SyncFloor is working to simplify music licensing (Hypebot)
Commercial Music Licensing Platform SyncFloor Celebrates its 100th Partner (Guitar Girl)
Taqtile Manifest to Digitise Inspections, Compliance (XR Today)
US ‘ARmy’ Trials Microsoft, Taqtile Immersive Kit (XR Today)
Taqtile Hires Seattle Start-Up Veteran, Tim Brillion, as New CFO (Business Wire)
Vouched: Atlantic Health partnership aims to improve digital access through AI (NJBiz)
WhyLabs Goes in Search of AI Observability (datanami)
Vote for Startup of the Year: Common Room, Copper Banking, DexCare, Logixboard, WhyLabs (GeekWire)
WhyLabs: 22 Seattle Startups to Watch in 2022 (Built In Seattle)
Q4 2021
Bean Box Wins 2021 Governor’s Award for Small Private Employer (Northwest Center)
Bean Box: 16 gifts for coffee lovers to keep them caffeinated (CNN)
Bean Box: The best coffee gift set (Chicago Tribune)
Bean Box: 13 gifts that will be trending this holiday season, according to Good Housekeeping (Today)
Crowd Cow Review 2022: Is the Meat Delivery Service Worth Your Money? (Food & Wine)
‘Headless’ tech vendor Fabric launces a B2B commerce product (Digital Commerce 360)
Groopit announces $2M pre-seed to help execs access crowdsourced company data (TechCrunch)
Trailblazers: Jessica Eggert, CEO and Cofounder of LegUp (Forbes)
LegUp: Moms work toward solutions to childcare crisis (bizwomen)
Makara: What You Need to Know About Crypto Tax Planning (CoinDesk)
Makara: 5 crypto investing rules for busy doctors (Medical Economics)
Recurrent: Impact of Cold Weather on EV Models’ Range: Report (InsideEVs)
From Rumor to Restock, Here’s how SoleSavy Works at Every Stage of a Release (Hypebeast)
Taqtile: Experiences: The 24 next big things, from AR car displays to virtual fashion (Fast Company)
WhyLabs raises $10M Series A for its AI observability platform (TechCrunch)
Q3 2021
adyn Test Brings Precision Medicine to Birth Control Prescription Choices (BioSpace)
Bean Box: 8 Coffee Subscriptions to Try Out for National Coffee Day (Variety)
Bean Box: The Best Coffee Subscriptions, According to Wirecutter’s Obsessive Staff (NY Times)
E-Commerce-Tech Startup Fabric Raises $100M in New Round (Bloomberg)
Ganaz raises $7M A round to rethink how agriculture workers get hired and paid (TechCrunch)
Ganaz raises $7M for agriculture workforce software, will expand with new financial tools (GeekWire)
How A Kids Company About is Making Difficult Topics Easier to Discuss (Forbes)
Recurrent: Looking to save on a Tesla? 9 tips for buying a used electric vehicle (Mashable)
Recurrent: Top Takeaways From Battery Analysis of 5,000 EVs for 1 Year (InsideEVs)
Recurrent names former CarGurus leader to board (Auto Remarketing)
Rock Paper Coin: 7 New Services to Help You Plan Even if a Planner is Out of Your Budget (Brides)
Q&A With Recurrent CEO & Co-Founder Scott Case on Used EV Trends (Forbes)
Testing automation platform Stack Moxie raises cash, leverages startup support networks (GeekWire)
Taqtile: This factory is using AR to help with a hiring crunch (Stacy on IOT)
Taqutile: Powered by 5G, Extended Reality Gets to Work for Business (Forbes)
Xembly: Meetings Aren’t Just Broken, They’re Dangerous - Here’s How to Fix Them (Forbes)
Q2 2021
adyn: Creating a Safer Birth Control (Crunchbase News)
Battlesnake to Give Coders a Chance at Gaming Glory (BetaKit)
Bean Box On Its Product-Driven Approach To Subscriber Retention (PYMNTS)
Bean Box: 27 Mother's Day food gifts perfect for any mom (TODAY)
Bean Box: Best Organic and Specialty Coffee Subscriptions (EcoWatch)
Bean Box: We Tasted 5 Bottled Coffees & This Is the Best (Eat This, Not That!)
Bean Box: 23 Thoughtful Gifts That Every Coffee Lover Will Appreciate (Forbes)
Blume: 40 Beauty Products Our Editors Have Tried and Loved (PopSugar)
Blume: Best Natural Skincare Products for Acne-Prone Skin (The Good Trade)
Blume Founders Feature (PopSugar)
Blume: Gigi Hadid’s Routine (Teen Vogue)
Blume: Gigi Hadid Swears by this Natural Deo (Yahoo)
Blume: 18 Summer Essentials (TheSkimm)
Blume: AAPI Owned Businesses (NBC News)
Blume: Meet the sisters behind Blume (Cheddar)
Blume: Beauty Products Meena Harris Uses to the Last Drop (The Cut)
Blume: The Best Affordable Eco Beauty Products (Byrdie)
Blume: 32 Skincare Products That Do What They Say They Will (BuzzFeed)
Blume: 10 Best Serums for Men (The Manual)
Blume: These Products Erased Every Zit I Had (BuzzFeed)
Blume: At Home Facial Routine (Well + Good)
Blume: 10 Face Washes for Dry Skin (Well + Good)
Blume: Best Female Owned Beauty Products (Women.com)
Blume: This Gentle Spot Treatment Gets Rid of Breakouts (The Zoe Report)
Blume: The Best Asian Owned Skincare Brands to Shop Right Now (Allure)
Get sustainable, high-quality meats for Dad this Father’s Day with Crowd Cow (CNN)
Why Fabric’s CEO Tells Retailers To Stop Chasing The Digital Consumer (PYMNTS)
Ganaz raises $7M A round to rethink how agriculture workers get hired and paid (TechCrunch)
Ganaz: Keeping Agriculture Workers In The Loop Of Payroll Innovation (PYMNTS)
Amplitude acquires Iteratively (Techcrunch)
Q1 2021
Bean Box: Coffee Sales 2.0 (Ecommerce Times)
Bean Box: Best Coffee Subscription Boxes 2021 (Delish)
Bean Box: 20 best gifts for coffee lovers in 2021 (TODAY)
Bean Box: Best Organic and Specialty Coffee Subscriptions (EcoWatch)
Bean Box: The most delicious Valentine's Day food gifts under $40 (CNET)
Bean Box: The Best Food Delivery Companies 2021 (BuiltIn)
Bean Box: Sites That Keep The Coffee Flowing — Right To Your Doorstep (Refinery29)
Bean Box: Best birthday gift ideas: Subscription boxes, gear, and more cool stuff (Popular Science)
Blume: The $26 Blemish Oil That Let Me Skip Foundation For a Full Week (Yahoo! Life)
Blume: 18 Best Asian-Owned Skin-Care Brands to Support Now and Always (Allure)
Blume: 20 South Asian-Owned Beauty Brands You Need to Know About in 2021 (PopSugar)
Blume: Gigi Hadid Endorses BLUME Hug Me Natural Deodorant (Teen Vogue)
Blume: 8 Female-Owned Beauty Brands & Their Best Products You Can't Live Without (Women.com)
Blume: Does Your Armpit Need a ‘Moment of Indulgence’? (Daily Beast)
Blume: Asian-Owned Beauty Brands That Should Definitely Be On Your Radar (Shape.com)
Blume: 25 South Asian-Owned Beauty Brands To Support Now And Always (Women’s Health)
Blume: 24 Asian-Owned Beauty Brands You Need to Know About (Good Housekeeping)
Blume: 5 female-founded brands that are rewriting the modern beauty narrative (Vogue)
Crowd Cow: The best places to buy chicken online (CNET)
Crowd Cow: Best Food Delivery Companies 2021 (BuiltIn)
Crowd Cow: Have You Thought About Cow-Sharing? (Treehugger)
Crowd Cow: 40 amazing Valentine's Day gifts men actually want (USA TODAY)
Crowd Cow: Last Minute Valentine's Day Gifts That Won’t Get You Dumped (Vice)
Fabric: ‘Headless’ e-commerce platform Fabric raises $43M (Techcrunch)
Level closes $1.5M to provide financial services to gig workers (TechCrunch)
Makara Opens Waitlist for First Ever SEC Registered Crypto Robo-Advisor (Yahoo Finance)
Recurrent: Startup aims to be a Carfax for EVs, with battery health reports (Green Car Reports)
Rock Paper Coin: From Wedding Planning To Cannabis, B2B FinTech Funders Go Niche (PYMNTS)
Rock Paper Coin: How Planning Big Events Will Change Permanently After COVID-19 (GO Banking Rates)
SoleSavy: THIS ANTI-COOK COOK GROUP AIMS TO BEAT RESELLERS AT THEIR OWN GAME (HighSnobiety)
SoleSavy: Women-only spaces are changing sneaker culture for the better, and forever (Input)
SyncFloor: Music discovery software helps producers hit the right note (PSBJ)
SyncFloor patents ‘natural language search’ of music catalogue (Musically)
Whylabs: Band of AI startups launch ‘rebel alliance’ for interoperability (VentureBeat)
Banking CIO Outlook Names Vouched a Top KYC Solution (AIthority)
Seattle startup Yesler raises $3.3M for its B2B lumber and building materials marketplace (GeekWire)
Q4 2020
Bean Box: Best Coffee Subscriptions of 2020 (CNN)
Bean Box: These 10 gift cards are perfect for a foodie (CNET)
Blume: THE 11 BEST CLEANSERS FOR ALL SKIN TYPES UNDER $20 (NYLON)
Blume: DTC brands reimagine the mall (Glossy)
It’s your last chance to save on a Crowd Cow turkey ahead of the holiday madness (USA TODAY)
Crowd Cow: Online meat services boom during the pandemic (Grocery Dive)
Groopit: He’s helping Georgia move away from its polluting past (grist)
Recurrent: How to buy a used EV (Palo Alto Online)
Stackery: Managing Lambdas Across Regions and Accounts (Security Boulevard)
SyncFloor Raises New Round of Funding (OneEDM)
Vouched raises $3M as pandemic drives demand for its ID verification tech (GeekWire)
Vouched Biometric Identity Verification Now Available on Auth0 Marketplace (findBIOMETRICS)
Yesler: In Depth Tech Tools (LBM Journal)
Q3 2020
adyn: Here are the 98 companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 Demo Day (techcrunch)
Attunely Raises $9M in Funding (FinSMEs)
Bean Box: Coffee Subscription Services: E-Commerce Success in Challenging Times (STIR)
Bean Box: 7 Companies That Will Deliver Coffee Right to Your Door (SheKnows)
Best Coffee Subscription 2020 From Peet's Coffee, Bean Box, Atlas Coffee Club and More (Newsweek)
Blume: Sephora Canada adds menstrual pads and tampons to online assortment (Glossy)
Blume: 'Stranger Things' Actress Priah Ferguson Shares Her Vegan Skincare Routine (Marie Claire)
Crowd Cow now offering restaurant-quality, specialty meats (Meat + Poultry)
Grocery delivery: How Crowd Cow and other sites are getting food to Americans (Today)
Crowd Cow Expands Product Offerings Amid Pandemic (Yahoo! Finance)
Crowd Cow: The 10 best places to order seafood online (USA TODAY)
Next Top Brand: Fabric Closes $9.5M Seed For E-commerce Platform (Crunchbase News)
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence’s new fund makes first investment, backing Panda AI
Nigeria’s Mavin Records Partners With Music Licensing Startup SyncFloor (Music Business Worldwide)
Vouched Chosen for Auth0 Marketplace
WhyLabs raises $4 million to grow AI and data monitoring platform (VentureBeat)
Wrench: Seattle mobile mechanic app sees 400% growth during Covid-19 (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Q2 2020
Q1 2020
Bean Box in Better Homes and Gardens
Crowd Cow in the Wall Street Journal
SyncFloor in Music Business Worldwide
Q4 2019
Q3 2019
Visual Vocal at Pioneers in Design