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Is the traditional VC model broken This softwareinfused firm just raised a 150M fund to fix medieval process

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Dec 6 2020

Drone deliveries are going to happen despite regulatory hurdles says drone mapping startup CEO

Geek of the Week: Membrions Greg Newbloom filters out the hard stuff to focus on simple ideas

From AR to VR: After games whats the next big market for extended reality

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan 6 2019

Amazon GameOn cloud service enables ingame competitions with prizes fulfilled by the tech giant

This really rocks: TerraClear shows off working design for its rockpicking robot for farmers

Will Amazon buy Etsy Kohls or the Seahawks GeekWire predicts the tech giants next big deals

High time for a better marijuana resource online Startup finds a niche with legal pot retailers

GeekWire HQ2 deadline approaches: Apply to host Americas scrappiest tech news site in your city

Microsoft establishes formal healthcare group hires two new health leaders

Uber AI Labs releases a programming language its first public project

Seattle cybersecurity startup Critical Informatics raises 96M and changes name to CI Security

MacKenzie Scott reveals another round of philanthropy: 274 billion to 286 organizations

Amazons new 2B fund aims to boost affordable housing in Arlington Nashville and Seattle areas

Amazon briefly tops 1T market cap joining Apple among most valuable US public companies

Pittsburgh Profile: Veteran Seattle investor Geoff Entress has Steel City roots going back 100 years

Valve hit with illegal gambling lawsuit by Native American nation that operates a casino in Washington state

Watch: Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates on Elizabeth Warren billionaires antitrust and space exploration

TLDR: GeekWire Summit Highlights Gates Foundation Redfin Ring

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 19 2020

Version One Ventures raises 45M for third fund keeps close eye on Seattle ecosystem

Amazon opens new Go Grocery store in Microsofts neighborhood as their retail tech rivalry grows

Halo Light maker Illumagear lands 25M to make construction workers safer and more productive

Seattlebased Shape Therapeutics raises 112M to develop RNAediting and gene therapies

Carbonite looks for more of the online backup market with Seattles Mozy now under its wing

Modular smarthome startup Blokable raises 23M plans new California manufacturing facility

Seattles King County becomes first US county to ban government use of facial recognition software

Seattle leads nation in brain gain adds tech jobs faster than any other big US market over 5 years

Google ups Drive integration with Office files as Microsoft aims to poach users to OneDrive

Seattle venture capitalist joins Reign FC ownership group as soccer team announces move to Tacoma and new stadium plans

GeekWires Elevator Pitch Ep 7: Augmented reality and virtual reality startups face off

TLDR: Amazons Whole Foods grocery pickup service Magic Leaps mixed reality headset Ofo bike graveyard

After leading 4000 job interviews heres what Smartsheets cofounder loves to ask candidates

EagleView completes 90M acquisition of Australian aerial imagery firm Spookfish

Compass Health COO on leading a centuryold healthcare org into telemedicine amid a pandemic

How this virtual event startup rebounded from a nearshutdown to an acquisition amid the pandemic

Zillow hit with patent infringement lawsuit over real estate information search apps

President Biden addresses misinformation climate crisis in inauguration speech

Oracle expanding in Seattle with big new lease escalating cloud battle with Amazon

Trucking startup Convoy partners with Goodyear surpasses 225 employees and 100K trucks

Startup creates AI Santa using its tech to facilitate believable voice calls for the naughty and nice

Docker founder Solomon Hykes leaving company cites need for enterprisefocused CTO

Working Geek: F5s security chief Mike Convertino fights weaponized fear uncertainty and doubt

Will Alexa agree with Aiera Wells Fargos stockpicking AI says Boston is likely Amazon HQ2 spot

Bill Gates says coronavirus vaccine distribution should be based on equity not the highest bidder

GeekWire Summit Spotlight: Former DOJ attorney Tony West helps Uber write its next chapter as legal chief

Microsofts M12 backs AIpowered contract management startup Evisort in 15M round

Workforce collaboration platform Zuper raises 11M to help companies manage field teams