The Bloccelerate crew. (Bloccerate VC Photograph) Bloccelerate VC simply raised $12 million for its first fund that may again startups promoting blockchain expertise to enterprise clients. The 3-year-old Seattle-based agency plans to put money into 10-to-15 early-stage corporations, with a mean funding starting from $500,000 …
Rick Luebbe, CEO and co-founder of Group14 Applied sciences. (Group14 Photograph) Woodinville, Wash.-based Group14 Technologies has raised $17 million to increase growth and gross sales of its silicon-carbon composite materials that may change the graphite anodes in lithium-ion batteries, dramatically bettering their efficiency. The brand …
A proposal from the UK’s Regulation Fee suggests giving backup drivers of autonomous autos a window of immunity for potential accidents. Regardless of rigorous testing, it’s virtually assured that some accidents will happen with self-driving vehicles—particularly with early deployments. “Even the best designed AVs, which …
Aerojet Rocketdyne staff and VIPs, together with representatives from Lockheed Martin, collect for a gaggle image in 2017 at Aerojet’s Redmond facility with a banner that claims, “The Road to Mars Goes Through Redmond, WA.” (Aerojet Rocketdyne Picture / Mike Labbe) Lockheed Martin has struck …
In selecting blue silicone bracelets, the VacSeen workforce was aiming for a cheap, long-lasting, simply recognizable sign that individuals have been vaccinated. (VacSeen Picture) With a resume that features Microsoft, Amazon and the delivery powerhouse Convoy, Seattle’s Greg Akselrod is hardwired for knowledge. And the …
Get caught up on the newest expertise and startup information from the previous week. Listed below are the most well-liked tales on GeekWire for the week of Dec. 13, 2020. Signal as much as obtain these updates each Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to …
The Doppler constructing mirrored within the Amazon Spheres (GeekWire Photograph / Kurt Schlosser) A poet wanders
Niti Bashambu. (OfferUp Photograph) — Cell market OfferUp appointed Niti Bashambu as its new chief product officer. Bashambu was most just lately chief product officer at San Francisco actual property information startup HouseCanary. She was beforehand chief analytics officer for IAC Functions, a part of …
Microsoft President Brad Smith throughout a information convention on Thursday. (Display screen seize by way of Microsoft) Microsoft introduced Thursday that it’s committing greater than $110 million in extra funds to assist Washington state proceed to take care of and get well from the COVID-19 …
Vinod Marur, SVP of engineering at Rubrik. (Rubrik Picture) Rubrik, a Palo Alto, Calif-based cloud information administration startup valued at greater than $3 billion, has acquired expertise and IP property from Igneous, a Seattle startup that laid off employees final month. Founded in 2013 by veterans …
