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Jeff Bezos-backed startup Nautilus Biotechnology set to go public via SPAC at $900M valuation

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Nautilus Biotechnology co-founders Sujal Patel (left) and Parag Mallick. Nautilus Biotechnology , a Seattle-based biotech startup led by Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel , is the latest company to go public using a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. Nautilus Photo).

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Sujal Patel-led Nautilus Biotechnology goes public as it tackles ambitious plan to analyze proteins

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Nautilus Biotechnology co-founders Sujal Patel (left) and Parag Mallick. Nautilus Biotechnology is emerging as Seattle’s newest publicly traded company this week, taking advantage of the mania over SPACs to raise $345 million to fuel a new approach that could accelerate biomedical research and transform drug development.

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Athira Pharma prices IPO at $17/share, will raise $204M in third Washington state IPO of 2020

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Formerly known as M3 Biotechnology, the company is led by Dr. Leen Kawas , a 35-year-old CEO who will be the first woman to guide a company to an initial public offering in Washington state in more than two decades. In its IPO paperwork, Athira reported a net loss of $5.2 billion in the largest software IPO ever.

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Accolade sets terms for IPO, aims to raise up to $211M in Seattle’s first public offering this year

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million net loss and $132.5 million net loss and $94.8 Singh previously co-founded travel expense software giant Concur and brought on fellow Concur co-founder Mike Hilton as chief product officer at Accolade, which originally launched back in 2007. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker ACCD. Vancouver, Wash.-based

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Seattle startup Banzai to go public via SPAC and acquire marketing tech company Hyros

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Banzai , a Seattle marketing software startup, announced Thursday that it will go public after it agreed to merge with a special-purpose acquisition company. Seattle businesses including Porch, Nautilus Biotechnology, Rover and Leafly have all gone public via SPAC within the last two years. Banzai CEO Joe Levy. Banzai Photo).

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Tech Moves: Meta leader for Pacific NW steps down; Phase Genomics adds to C-suite

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Susan Wyrick of Sana Biotechnology. LinkedIn Photo) — Susan Wyrick , senior vice president of finance and accounting at Sana Biotechnology , is serving as acting chief financial officer, treasurer, and principal accounting officer for the publicly traded company. — There’s new leadership at CTL , a Beaverton, Ore.,

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5 recommendations for successfully implementing distributed innovation and shared value

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Their joint work on a process for cloning genes in microorganisms resulted in three patents that formed the foundation of the nascent biotechnology industry. SourceForge, the largest site for open source software development, lists over 40,000 current projects. Fixing software bugs is eminently suited to distributed projects.