Can learning pods scale, or are they widening edtech’s digital divide?
Lucia, a six-year old, hides from Zoom calls and has rejected every edtech tool from Seesaw to Khan Academy. She will spend all of first grade in quarantine. Her mother, …
New biotech startup GentiBio lands $20M, inks licensing deals with Seattle Children’s and BRI
Boston-based biotech startup GentiBio this week announced a $20 million funding round and licensing deals with two Seattle research institutions. The company aims to treat autoimmune, alloimmune, autoinflammatory, and allergic …
Seattle startup Xealth lands investment from Cerner as COVID-19 accelerates digital health adoption
Xealth CEO Mike McSherry. (Xealth Photo) The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing hospital systems to adopt digital tools at record pace. They are getting help from startups such as Xealth, a …
The story behind Rent the Runway’s first check
When Rent the Runway co-founders Jennifer Fleiss and Jennifer Hyman got their first term sheet, it had an exploding clause in it: If they didn’t sign the offer in 24 …
Funding in an uncertain market: using venture debt to bridge the gap
Will Hutchins Contributor Will Hutchins is a managing director at Espresso Capital, a leading provider of innovative growth financing and venture debt solutions. While a handful of tech companies like …
US tech needs a pivot to survive
James Stranko Contributor James Stranko is a writer and independent advisor to American tech companies expanding abroad. He was on the founding team of Fuel, McKinsey’s practice serving VC firms …
Life-and-career path platform OwnTrail raises $250K, builds ‘work from garage’ office space
The OwnTrail crew working on their garage-based office, from left to right: Carolyn Dunn, vice president of engineering, Rebekah Bastian, co-founder and CEO, and Kt McBratney, co-founder and chief brand …
Decrypted: How a teenager hacked Twitter, Garmin’s ransomware aftermath
A 17-year-old Florida teenager is accused of perpetrating one of the year’s biggest and most high-profile hacks: Twitter. A federal 30-count indictment filed in Tampa said Graham Ivan Clark used …
Seattle startup Minnow raises $2.2M to roll out contactless food delivery pickup stations
A Minnow food delivery pod. (Minnow Photo) Seattle startup Minnow is hoping to capture some of the increased demand for contactless technologies as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The …
SaaS securitization will disrupt VC’s biggest returns this coming decade
SaaS investing has been on fire the past decade and the returns have been gushing in, with IPOs like Datadog, direct listings like Slack and acquisitions like Qualtrics (which is …