M&A activity may cool in 2008
Roy Tucker, an attorney at Perkins Coie, had a pretty good idea that 2007 was going to end up as a blockbuster year in terms of mergers and acquisitions.
View ArticleClean tech investing rises in 2007
Venture capital investors in biofuels, solar power and other clean tech investment areas found plenty of opportunities in Washington last year.
View ArticleUnemployment low, but high-tech job cuts rise
Washington state's unemployment rate is teetering near historic lows, a sign of economic strength that Gov. Chris Gregoire touted in a message last week.
View ArticleTen years of VC in Seattle, things look good
The Seattle area has experienced one of the fastest growth rates in venture capital investing over the past 10 years, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture...
View ArticleSeattle’s broadband effort develops slowly
P-I reporter Angela Galloway reports on the longstanding proposal to build a citywide high speed network, noting that Seattle City Councilman Bruce Harrell questioned in a session today whether the...
View ArticleGov. Gregoire wants 25,000 “green collar” jobs
Gov. Chris Gregoire kicked off the Washington State Technology Summit this morning in Bellevue by telling the audience of more than 400 that the state is a leader in the technology industry. But to...
View ArticleButler: Wake up VCs and think about cleantech
A lack of venture capital funding is damaging the potential for Washington to become a leader in the clean tech industry, according to panelists at the Technology Summit in Bellevue.
View ArticleRoundup: Is Amazon the worst stock of 2008?
Cute story from The Associated Press on how a man proposed to his girlfriend by reprogramming the online video game "Bejeweled" to show a virtual ring when his future wife hit a certain score. Bernie...
View ArticleA slowdown in Seattle venture capital
That hissing sound may be the first sign that the venture capital industry has sprung a leak.
View ArticleSeattle magazine tackles Web 2.0
Sampa's Marcelo Calbucci, Redfin's Glenn Kelman, the UW's Oren Etzioni, ActiveRain's Jonathan Washburn and Madrona Venture Group's Tom Alberg are among the Seattle tech leaders featured in a story in...
View ArticleTech startup of the year is a coffee company?
And the winner of the Technology Alliance's annual startup of the year award is ... a coffee company.
View ArticleIs anyone left at Carillon Point?
Silicon Valley Bank today is celebrating its 12th year in the Pacific Northwest and officially announcing its move from Kirkland's Carillon Point to offices in downtown Seattle. And while that's hardly...
View ArticleSeattle leads in high-tech job growth
The Seattle area added the greatest number of high-tech jobs in 2006, outpacing Boston, San Francisco and more than 50 other U.S. cities, according to the Cybercities report from the AeA.
View ArticleState grants go to UW, WSU research projects
The Washington Technology Center is providing $512,269 to seven projects that combine university research and commercial enterprises. The research and technology development grants, part of a state...
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