Thursday, January 3, 2013
Expedia Invests In Room 77's $30M Round
Bellevue-based Expedia is a major investor in a new, $30.3M funding round for hotel room search engine Room 77, the startup backed by Concur, Rich Barton, Erik Blachford, and Spencer Rascoff. News of (More info...)
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Microsoft Reportedly Buys R2 Studios
Microsoft has reportedly acquired id8 Group R2 Studios, a developer of home automation systems run by Blake Krikorian, according to multiple reports Wednesday. Details and confirmation of the buy have (More info...)
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Black Pixel Reclaims Chief Designer
Seattle-based Black Pixel, the developer of iOS and Mac applications, said this morning that Chris Clark has rejoined the company as Chief Designer at the company. Clark had most recently been at mobi (More info...)
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EnerG2 Raises $9.4M
Seattle-based EnerG2 has raised $9.396M in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Wednesday. The developer of material science techology being applied to high performance batteries. E (More info...)
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Zillow Names Strategic Partnerships VP
Real estate site Zillow said this morning that it has named Chris Crocker as the firm's new Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, heading up the company's initiatives for the industry and developi (More info...)
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9Mile Boots Up Seattle Accelerator Effort
9Mile said Wednesday that it is launching an effort to create a new, Seattle-based accelerator focused on enterprise software. 9Mile is looking to run a traditional, three month accelerator, investing (More info...)
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