Thursday, January 31, 2013
Ignition, Opscode's Robbins Back IT Software Firm
Two, Seattle investors are backing the maker of IT management software, which helps system administrators and IT staffers manage incidents and paging. PagerDuty, which is based in San Francisco, said (More info...)
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Blab Pulls Up $1.5M For Decoding Social Conversations
Blab, a new Seattle startup focused on applying big data to online, social conversations, said Thursdya that it has raised $1.5M in a funding round. The firm said the funding was led by Barry X Lynn, (More info...)
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GigaPan's Find The Groundhog Challenge
Familiar with Where's Waldo, the find-the-hidden-object game popular with kids? Portland's Gigapan has launched its own version of the game, with a "Find the Groundhog" game that uses its technology t (More info...)
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Amazon Employs 88,400, Catching Up On Microsoft
Amazon.com looks to on track to be as big as Microsoft, employee wise, if it continues its employee growth rate as it has in the past year. Amazon.com said it now has 88,400 employees in its latest qu (More info...)
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Tier 3 Names Schiltz CEO
Seattle-based enterprise cloud software firm Tier 3 said Wednesday that it has named Matthew J. Schiltz, the former CEO of Symform, as its new CEO. Schiltz has also served as CEO of DocuSign and Court (More info...)
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PopCap Games Debuts Murder Mystery Game On Facebook
Seattle-based PopCap Games said today that it has debuted a new Facebook game, called Hidden Agenda, into beta. The new game is a hidden object game revolving around a murder mystery. The firm said th (More info...)
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Ignition Partners Gets Exit At mFoundry
Seattle-based venture capital firm has some good news, finally, as one of its portfolio firms had a successful exit today. Larkspur, California-based mobile banking developer mFoundry has been acquire (More info...)
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Verdiem Claims Millions In Customer Savings On Energy Bills
Verdiem., the developer of IT energy management software which is venture backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, says that it tallied up more than $50M in energy bills savings for its customers i (More info...)
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INRIX: Traffic Gridlock Means Better Economy
When, exactly, is getting stuck in traffic a good thing? When it's a sign of an economic recovery, according to Kirkland-based traffic information firm INRIX. The firm reported today that its tracking (More info...)
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