| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.10.2025 | Omada.ai Launches the World's First AI Marketing Team for SMBs -- a Growth Engine Built to Power Main Street | Omada launches the first fully autonomous AI marketing team for SMBs—replacing agencies, tools, and burnout with a proactive system that drives growth for under $9 a day.
SEATTLE, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A do-it-for-me platform ... |
| 31.10.2024 | Moondream: The Little AI That Could | In the bustling tech landscape, a new player has emerged, and it’s making waves. Moondream, a San Francisco-based startup, recently secured $4.5 million in pre-seed funding. This funding round was led by Felicis Ventures, with support from ... |
| 28.10.2024 | Moondream raises $4.5M to prove that smaller AI models can still pack a punch | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
Moondream emerged from stealth mode today with $4.5 million in pre-seed funding and a radical proposition: when i... |
| 28.11.2023 | AI finally brings personalization to edtech | Personal companions for teachers and students, learning through games, and more in edtech with AI
Personalization has been the hot topic since marketers realized that people have to like ads. Ironically, it was the smart machine that made p... |
| 09.05.2023 | Seattle VC firm Ascend raises $25M for second fund, plans to double down on AI | Kirby Winfield judges GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch competition. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)
Ascend is ready to help more startups fly.
The Seattle-based pre-seed venture capital firm led by startup veteran Kirby Winfield on Tuesday announc... |
| 09.05.2023 | Ascend raises $25 million for pre-seed AI startups in the Pacific Northwest | Investing in artificial intelligence (AI) startups is the latest bandwagon VCs are piling onto. But as last year’s crypto experts quickly work to rebrand as AI experts, they’ll have to compete with the VCs who have been investing in the cat... |
| 22.01.2023 | 🏙️ It's not all doom and gloom, right? | If you’re wondering why you’ve been seeing our fantastic founder William Johnson in your inbox since the New Year, it’s because I’ve been on a boat in Antarctica. (Yes, seriously.) As well as being an indescribably beautiful location, it’s ... |
| 06.10.2022 | Elevator Pitch winner Strella Biotechnology has a ripe idea for solving major food waste problem | Katherine Sizov, left, CEO & co-founder of Strella Biotechnology, discusses her win in the Elevator Pitch competition at the GeekWire Summit on Thursday alongside Amina Moreau, CEO of Radious; Erin Quick, co-founder and CEO of PairTree;... |
| 18.07.2022 | SafeDigit raises $1.2M in pre-seed funding | Vancouver-based SafeDigit has raised USD $1.2 million in pre-seed funding for its logistics integration platform. The round was led by Ascend.vc, with participation from Acequia Capital and the Cascade Seed Fund.
Co-founded by CEO Marat Asa... |
| 26.04.2022 | A ‘don’t do list’ for founders: VC shares tips for startup leaders | Kirby Winfield.
There are a lot of guides and blog posts for founders that provide advice on what to do as a leader of an early-stage startup. But not as many highlight what not to do in those initial days building the next great unicorn.
K... |
| 23.11.2021 | We asked seven venture capitalists if the metaverse is the next big thing or just a lot of hype | Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg uses a haptic glove research prototype intended to create a realistic sense of touch in the metaverse. (Meta Photo)
What is the metaverse? How far off is it? And will this represent a tectonic technological platform... |
| 22.10.2021 | How becoming a venture capitalist helped this Seattle startup vet turn his life around | Kirby Winfield and his daughter, Kate. (Photo courtesy of Winfield)
When it comes to startups, Kirby Winfield has seen the highs, and he’s seen the lows.
The longtime Seattleite spent nearly 20 years in various leadership positions at four ... |
| 26.09.2021 | Strike one, strike two—then this startup was in | Good morning everyone! Have you checked out the weather forecast for this week? In Vancouver, we’re getting rain. A lot of it. So much of it that we’ve decided to change the location for this week’s morning coffee meetup. If you want to joi... |
| 20.07.2021 | Testing automation platform Stack Moxie raises cash, leverages startup support networks | M.H. Lines, Stack Moxie’s founder, CEO and head of product. (Stack Moxie Photo)
Newish name, new funding: Stack Moxie, formerly known as Automaton, this spring raised $875,000 in pre-seed funding. The Seattle-based startup is a monitoring a... |
| 14.05.2021 | Seattle startup Bean Box raises $2.4M as pandemic fuels demand for specialty coffee at home | (Bean Box Photo)
New funding: Bean Box, the Seattle startup that delivers premium coffee from independent roasters, has raised $2.4 million in new funding as part of a Series A round.
The company: Founded in 2014 by Matthew Berk and Ryan Fr... |
| 15.04.2021 | Crazy for crypto — or not: Seattle VCs sound off on tech’s hottest topic following Coinbase IPO | Coinbase is the talk of tech world this week as the cryptocurrency startup went public and its valuation soared to $85 billion. (Coinbase Photo)
Sometimes, making an exception can pay off.
That’s what happened to Version One Ventures, which... |
| 10.02.2021 | Level closes $1.5M to provide financial services to gig workers | This morning Level, a Seattle-based startup that offers credit to gig-economy workers, announced that it has raised a $1.5 million pre-seed round. Level intends to provide various services to gig-economy workers, starting with a financing p... |
| 14.01.2021 | Seattle startup Worksphere helps manage process of returning to and running offices after pandemic | The Worksphere platform enables employees and organizations to manage and automate tasks related to scheduling, office capacity and more. (Worksphere Image)
If and when workers return to offices in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new S... |
| 15.07.2020 | Seattle investors need to step up: Startup founder survey reveals frustration with local angels | Blue Angels fly over Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)
Risk averse. Conservative. Hidden. Out of touch.
When I started angel investing while working full time in the ‘90s and ‘00s, these words described me to a T. Kirby Winfield.
Now... |
| 04.12.2019 | Early stage investing 101: How to break into the club, and why you should give it a shot | (Bigstock Photo)
Early stage investing can be tremendously beneficial for early stage technology companies, the broader startup ecosystem, and of course, investors. But getting started isn’t easy. Minda Bruse and Heather Redman.
We both kno... |
| 06.09.2017 | Rental home repair marketplace Keepe raises $1.5M to expand to more cities | Members of the Keepe team. (Keepe Photo)
Finding a good contractor has become easier for homeowners over the years, with proliferation of marketplaces like Porch and HomeAdvisor, but it’s still a rough go for renters and property managers i... |