Prakash Panjwani, CEO of WatchGuard Technologies. (WatchGuard Photo) Seattle cybersecurity company WatchGuard Technologies has acquired ActZero for an undisclosed sum, the parties announced this week. WatchGuard has bought numerous companies over the years, including Cyglass, Percipient Networks, Datablink and Panda […]
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Kelly Goetsch, chief operating officer of Pipe17. (Pipe17 Photo) Pipe17, a Seattle startup that built a platform to manage e-commerce operations, announced today that it has raised a $15.5 million Series A round and hired its first chief operations officer.
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AZX co-founders and directors, from left: Rich Evans, vice president of technology; CEO Aaron Goldfeder; and Michael Albrecht, chief operating officer. (AZX Photo) A trio of seasoned, Seattle-area entrepreneurs has teamed up to create AZX, a startup pitched as a
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Getty Images CEO Craig Peters will oversee the company formed following Getty’s mergers with Shutterstock. (Getty Images Photo) Seattle’s Getty Images is acquiring Shutterstock to create a business worth approximately $3.7 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. The deal will merge
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Allumia Venture partners, from left: Jeff Stolte, managing partner; Dan Galles; and Branden Fini. (Allumia Photos) Providence Ventures announced that it is spinning out of the Providence healthcare system to become an independent venture capital firm with the new name
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A rooftop deck at Variant Bio’s Seattle offices have a view of the city’s landmark Space Needle. (Cory Parris Photo) Variant Bio today announced a partnership with Novo Nordisk for disease research and development that could total $50 million for
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REC Silicon’s manufacturing site in Moses Lake, Washington. (REC Silicon Photo) Silicon manufacturing company REC Silicon is ceasing operations in Moses Lake, Wash., but left the door open to a future restart that could benefit battery makers. The Norway-based business
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Rehan Sheik, Google’s vice president of global silicon chip technology and manufacturing. (LinkedIn) — Rehan Sheikh, Microsoft’s vice president of silicon manufacturing, has left the company for rival Google. Sheikh called his almost four years with the Redmond, Wash., tech
Traffic heading south toward downtown Seattle on SR-99. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) As more Seattle-area employees returned to the office last year, the city’s roadways got significantly more clogged with vehicles. Congestion jumped 9% in 2024, meaning that drivers
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Soapbox Project founder and CEO Nivi Achanta, standing, at an invite-only December soft launch of the nonprofit’s new weekly meeting space at Seattle’s Slip Gallery. The nonprofit’s public launch in the venue is Jan. 7. (Soapbox Photo) A climate-focused startup
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