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Aug 09, 2019

Dramatic plays caught on video lead TINYpulse to 2019 softball championship in IT Sports League

TINYpulse had the drive to beat Convoy. The Seattle startup that offers technology to assess employee morale is assessing how good it feels a week after winning the co-ed softball championship in the fourth season of Seattle’s IT Sports League. TINYpulse beat Convoy, the startup that develops technology to match truck drivers with shippers, 10-9 at Queen Anne Playfield on Aug. 1. Convoy was 9-0 after the regular season and TINYpulse finished 8-1 among 10 teams. In the playoffs, Convoy beat Sprout Social 18-12 and TINYpulse beat Adobe 14-13 to set up the championship game. It took a sliding catch… Read More

Dec 31, 2017

Top Pacific Northwest startup funding rounds of 2017: Remitly, Rover, Vacasa lead the way

Plenty of Pacific Northwest startups raised big funding rounds this year to fuel their growth in 2017 and beyond. The largest round was a $115 million cash infusion for Remitly, which operates a mobile remittance platform in 10 countries. The Series D round was led by PayU, an international online payment service provider and the fintech arm of Naspers, a global investment company with equity stakes in tech giants like Tencent and Flipkart, among hundreds of others. The $115 million round, approved by regulators in December, was the largest in the Pacific Northwest since OfferUp’s $120 million round last year. The funding will help Remitly expand… Read More