Startup Spotlight

Startup Spotlight: VX makes augmented reality hardware that can fit in standard glasses

by Monica Nickelsburg on July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 at 3:22 pmComment

Last year, Kyle Cherry launched augmented and virtual reality startup VX Inc. with a lofty goal. He plans “shape the industry” by 2020 with a series of products that make… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Online retailer Fuchsia helps cottage industry artisans get in front of consumers

by Monica Nickelsburg on July 13, 2017July 14, 2017 at 1:03 pmComment

Unlike most online retailers, Seattle-based Fuchsia describes itself as “anti-mass production.” The one-year-old company uses technology to help artisans in the developing world reach a broader global audience. Fuchsia launched… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft vets launch text11, a messaging platform connecting businesses with customers

by Monica Nickelsburg on July 5, 2017July 5, 2017 at 12:34 pmComment

John deVadoss, Peng Huang, and David Hill have known that they wanted to go into business together for years. They met on the .NET team at Microsoft where they developed… Read More

Startup Spotlight: motion.social is a fitness app that connects users around common interests

by Monica Nickelsburg on June 29, 2017June 30, 2017 at 2:30 pmComment

David Longdon and Justin Huff believe that the experience — not the data — is what drives people to continue exercise routines over time. That’s the premise for motion.social, a… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Worcket wants to shake up recruiting with millennial-minded job hunting app

by Monica Nickelsburg on June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 at 3:05 pmComment

After years of watching their employers in the technology industry struggle to fill crucial roles, Gonzalo Aguero and Sergio Klarreich decided to come up with a solution. They wanted to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Grassworks Digital makes technology for the burgeoning pot industry

by Monica Nickelsburg on June 15, 2017June 15, 2017 at 8:45 amComment

It had been about a year since retailers in Washington state began selling recreational marijuana when Ryan Porter, a vet of the automotive technology industry, saw his opportunity. He had… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Vault launches app that helps people save for retirement with their paychecks

by Clare McGrane on June 7, 2017June 7, 2017 at 12:06 pmComment

There are a few financial challenges we all face, and saving for retirement is one of the biggest. But the process is confusing and often expensive, meaning millions of Americans… Read More

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Startup Spotlight: Spotted Places maps out travel recommendations from friends

by Monica Nickelsburg on June 2, 2017June 1, 2017 at 3:35 pmComment

Bryant Hawthorne and Dan Taylor met as neighbors and quickly bonded over a love of travel and similar careers in the tech industry. As luck would have it, all three… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft cybersecurity vets launch Seklarity to help companies understand hacking risk

by Monica Nickelsburg on May 31, 2017June 1, 2017 at 7:57 amComment

During the years Joe Donahue spent running Microsoft’s cybersecurity threat detection team, he observed a recurring problem. The team helped Microsoft customers respond to cyber attacks, which often involved guesswork… Read More

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Startup Spotlight: Cancer survivors join forces for social video startup Splainers

by Monica Nickelsburg on May 23, 2017May 24, 2017 at 12:10 pmComment

The odds of surviving stage III Hodgkin’s lymphoma are about four-to-one. The odds of two people beating that cancer and going on to create a successful startup together are harder… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Phoresa is creating a ‘pregnancy-style’ test for infectious diseases

by Clare McGrane on May 16, 2017May 16, 2017 at 4:59 pmComment

Pregnancy tests, even those done in hospitals or clinics, are very straightforward. Some urine plus a detector and you have an answer in just a few minutes. But for many… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Waccal’s platform helps startups validate their products and find investors

by Monica Nickelsburg on May 5, 2017May 5, 2017 at 3:19 pm1 Comment

The process of landing meetings and pitching investors can be burdensome for time and resource-strapped startups. Brothers Ashfaq and Anil Mohammed wanted to come up with a solution to that… Read More

Startup Spotlight: This biotech company uses fermentation to produce custom compounds

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 27, 2017April 27, 2017 at 12:17 pmComment

Here’s a wacky concept. Imagine you could give a microorganism, like yeast, specific instructions on what to produce during fermentation. Through the same process used to make beer or sourdough… Read More

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Startup Spotlight: Swym wants to help e-commerce companies better compete with Amazon

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 14, 2017July 2, 2017 at 10:44 pm 3 Comments

It’s not an easy time to be in the e-commerce business. Tech titans, like Amazon and Walmart, are able to devote far more resources to their digital products than smaller… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Coastline’s digital marketplace connects fishermen with seafood joints

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 7, 2017July 1, 2017 at 6:14 pmComment

You’d be hard-pressed to find a marketplace more analog than fishermen selling seafood straight from the dock at the crack of dawn. Coastline Market sees that as a big opportunity. The… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Hazel wants to help managers be better leaders using software

by Monica Nickelsburg on March 31, 2017July 1, 2017 at 6:15 pmComment

As Wisam Abdulla and his co-founders were building Canadian payroll startup Rise, they encountered a common complaint from customers again and again. Help with payroll was all well and good,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Valid8 takes the complexity out of analyzing financial records

by Monica Nickelsburg on March 21, 2017July 4, 2017 at 3:50 pmComment

The idea for Seattle startup Valid8 came from a Ponzi scheme — but not in the way you might think. Tod McDonald was appointed Lead Forensic Accountant to investigate a… Read More

Startup Spotlight: CuePath Innovation’s IoT device helps seniors stay on top of medications

by Monica Nickelsburg on March 16, 2017July 4, 2017 at 3:51 pm1 Comment

After witnessing his grandmother’s trying health scares caused by mismanaging her pills, Victor Lesau decided to put his engineering background to work. He and his friend Ivan Spogreev were kicking… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Stackery envisions a server-less future with ‘functions-as-a-service’ platform

by Monica Nickelsburg on March 8, 2017July 4, 2017 at 3:52 pm1 Comment

Nate Taggart and Chase Douglas believe that server-less applications will become more popular than traditional apps over the next decade. What does that mean exactly? They foresee a shift from application… Read More

Startup Spotlight: VendorHawk makes software for the new world of SaaS

by Monica Nickelsburg on March 2, 2017July 4, 2017 at 3:53 pm 4 Comments

Mid-sized to enterprise-level companies rely on an increasingly wide array of software products to keep their businesses efficient. But, ironically, relying on a big pool of different SaaS applications can… Read More

Startup Spotlight: LevelTen Energy makes it easier for corporations to buy clean power

by Monica Nickelsburg on February 27, 2017February 27, 2017 at 2:47 pm 2 Comments

Big companies are increasingly seeking out renewable energy to cope with carbon emissions caps and keep their budgets more stable, but those big transactions can be complicated and lengthy. So… Read More

This startup preserves your cells for the future, to capitalize on medical breakthroughs yet to come

by Clare McGrane on February 15, 2017February 15, 2017 at 4:55 pm 7 Comments

Silene Biotech wants to help you grow a new heart or liver, in case those organs fail when you get older. The ambitious Seattle startup — founded two years ago… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Amazon vets launch crowdsourced decision-making app Abett

by Monica Nickelsburg on February 10, 2017February 13, 2017 at 7:54 amComment

From advertising to city planning, data powers the modern world. And while businesses are becoming increasingly sophisticated in leveraging data to drive decision-making, individuals don’t always have the tools to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Paranoid sexters will love this anti-screenshot app

by Monica Nickelsburg on February 2, 2017February 2, 2017 at 3:56 pm 10 Comments

When (newly-public) Snapchat first arrived on the scene, its self-destructing messages felt like a game-changer. Finally, a way to send anything you want with the liberating knowledge that it’ll be… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Married couple turns a personal crisis into a gifting platform to help people in turmoil

by Monica Nickelsburg on January 26, 2017January 26, 2017 at 4:18 pmComment

Three years ago, Laura Malcolm and James Kocsis received the heartbreaking news that they were part of the one in five expectant parents whose pregnancies ended in a miscarriage. But… Read More

Startup Spotlight: On-demand beauty service Tousled brings salon professionals to your door

by Monica Nickelsburg on January 12, 2017January 12, 2017 at 4:02 pmComment

When Priya Dandawate was studying engineering at the University of Illinois, she moonlighted in local beauty parlors. She saw big inefficiencies in the salon industry that she thought the right technology could… Read More

Startup Spotlight: FreeFunder takes on Kickstarter with no-fee crowdfunding platform

by Monica Nickelsburg on December 30, 2016December 30, 2016 at 3:07 pm1 Comment

Crowdfunding is designed to help people who are low on cash bring their ideas to life and finance big ticket items they couldn’t otherwise afford. It’s a valuable resource for… Read More

Startup Spotlight: VIA Global Health wants to be ‘the Amazon of the medical supply world’

by Monica Nickelsburg on December 23, 2016December 23, 2016 at 11:00 am1 Comment

As Commercialization Officer for the Seattle global health non-profit PATH, Noah Perin observed a big gap in the worldwide healthcare market. Medical professionals in developing countries didn’t have access to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Prints.ly’s online marketplace helps you buy museum-quality prints from top photographers

by Taylor Soper on December 15, 2016July 1, 2017 at 10:55 am 2 Comments

Artists and photographers who want to sell their work as high-quality physical prints have a new tool at their disposal. Seattle-based startup Prints.ly launched its online print sales platform last month.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: flightSpeak makes air travel easier with critical airport information

by Monica Nickelsburg on December 8, 2016December 9, 2016 at 2:42 pmComment

With the hoildays approaching, many travelers are bracing themselves for the headaches associated with the airport. FlightSpeak wants to take some of the pain out of that experience. Using the… Read More

Startup Spotlight

Startup Spotlight: VX makes augmented reality hardware that can fit in standard glasses

Startup Spotlight: Online retailer Fuchsia helps cottage industry artisans get in front of consumers

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft vets launch text11, a messaging platform connecting businesses with customers

Startup Spotlight: Worcket wants to shake up recruiting with millennial-minded job hunting app

Startup Spotlight: Grassworks Digital makes technology for the burgeoning pot industry

Startup Spotlight: Vault launches app that helps people save for retirement with their paychecks

Startup Spotlight: Spotted Places maps out travel recommendations from friends

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft cybersecurity vets launch Seklarity to help companies understand hacking risk

Startup Spotlight: Cancer survivors join forces for social video startup Splainers

Startup Spotlight: Phoresa is creating a ‘pregnancy-style’ test for infectious diseases

Startup Spotlight: Waccal’s platform helps startups validate their products and find investors

Startup Spotlight: Swym wants to help e-commerce companies better compete with Amazon

Startup Spotlight: Coastline’s digital marketplace connects fishermen with seafood joints

Startup Spotlight: Hazel wants to help managers be better leaders using software

Startup Spotlight: Valid8 takes the complexity out of analyzing financial records

Startup Spotlight: CuePath Innovation’s IoT device helps seniors stay on top of medications

Startup Spotlight: VendorHawk makes software for the new world of SaaS

Startup Spotlight: LevelTen Energy makes it easier for corporations to buy clean power

This startup preserves your cells for the future, to capitalize on medical breakthroughs yet to come

Startup Spotlight: Amazon vets launch crowdsourced decision-making app Abett

Startup Spotlight: Paranoid sexters will love this anti-screenshot app

Startup Spotlight: Married couple turns a personal crisis into a gifting platform to help people in turmoil

Startup Spotlight: On-demand beauty service Tousled brings salon professionals to your door

Startup Spotlight: FreeFunder takes on Kickstarter with no-fee crowdfunding platform

Startup Spotlight: VIA Global Health wants to be ‘the Amazon of the medical supply world’

Startup Spotlight: Prints.ly’s online marketplace helps you buy museum-quality prints from top photographers

Startup Spotlight: flightSpeak makes air travel easier with critical airport information

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