Crazy for crypto or not: Seattle VCs sound off on tech’s hottest topic following Coinbase IPO
April 15, 2021 at 11:58 am
Sometimes, making an exception can pay off.
That’s what happened to Version One Ventures, which typically invests in early-stage startups but veered off course to make a bet on a fast-growing cryptocurrency company four years ago.
That investment in Coinbase “ended up as a multiple fund maker,” noted Version One General Partner Boris Wertz, who started the firm out of Vancouver, B.C. in 2012. Verison One invested in Coinbase partly because it believed blockchain/crypto would be the next computing platform.
Initiative seeks to force Seattle to fund homeless housing and then clear camps
April 1, 2021 at 11:13 am
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Tents line a downtown Seattle street. (GeekWire Photo / John Cook)
In an effort to overhaul Seattle’s approach to its homeless crisis, a coalition of downtown business leaders and non-profit representatives on Thursday introduced a citywide ballot measure to force the city to fund a battery of services and shelters for thousands of the town’s unsheltered residents.
Called the “Compassion Seattle” charter amendment, the initiative also would require the city to keep “parks, playgrounds, sports fields, public spaces and sidewalks and streets clear of encampments” once the mandated housing, drug, and mental health services are in place.
March 17, 2021
WSU Everett and the WSU Carson College of Business invite students, alumni, community members, and all interested individuals to hear from influential business women as they discuss their leadership philosophies, the best opportunities for jobs and advancement, and their experiences working in business arenas where women have been historically underrepresented.
Women finding support and being supported while scaling the ladder at some of the country’s fastest-growing companies will be the focus of this professional panel discussion, 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 1, via Zoom. Register for this free event to receive the Zoom link.
Presenters include:
Noel N. Schulz, Ph.D., Washington State University’s First Lady, Edmund O. Schweitzer III Chair in Power Apparatus and Systems in School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, WSU Pullman
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More capital for Pacific Northwest startups: Founders’ Co-op raises $50M fund, its largest yet
March 1, 2021 at 10:47 am
Founders’ Co-op Managing Partner Chris DeVore (left) and General Partner Aviel Ginzburg. (Founders’ Co-op Photo)
Seattle venture capital firm Founders’ Co-op, an early backer of billion-dollar companies such as Remitly, Outreach, and Auth0, has raised a $50 million fund to help fuel another batch of Pacific Northwest startups.
It’s the firm’s fifth and largest fund to date since launching in 2008, and is double the size of the fourth fund raised in 2018.
Founders’ Co-op will continue betting on early-stage startups across Seattle, Portland, Vancouver B.C. and elsewhere. It raised a larger fund in part to write bigger checks, given increasing round sizes and the firm leading more rounds, said Chris DeVore, managing partner at Founders’ Co-op. It plans to invest in 20-to-25 companies out of the fund.