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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

GeekWire

We are one of many, and we’re excited to add a consumer social company to that mix.” When GeekWire visited the company’s office and tested Rec Room in 2017, the startup was focused on virtual reality. Year-over-year revenue growth of 566% was fueled in part by the pandemic and trends toward social gatherings online.

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This new Seattle VC firm raised a $10M fund to back women-led startups

GeekWire

The Graham & Walker team, from left to right: Amanda Eldridge, vice president of business development; Rohre Titcomb, COO; Leslie Feinzaig, founder & managing director; Es Famojure, program manager; and Divya Kakkad, vice president of marketing. Graham & Walker Photos).

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Microsoft hires Google and Facebook product vet, building out ‘Teams for Life’ consumer group

GeekWire

In an internal memo announcing the hire, Gupta said Fulay’s experience building communications and social products at Google and Facebook “will be invaluable for us to build a world-class TfL product and turbocharge our consumer-oriented thinking across all of Microsoft.”

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Bringing the National Museum of African American History and Culture to the world

CIO Business Intelligence

“After we opened the museum, the director and curatorial staff were talking about how to how to reach even more people who wouldn’t be able to come to the museum and experience it,” says Jill Roberts, program manager of the Searchable Museum at the Office of Digital Strategy and Engagement (ODSE). “We Today, it employs more than 200.

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Tech Moves: RealSelf appoints interim CEO; Hootsuite hires new CFO; Tune CEO lands at Roku

GeekWire

based social media management platform Hootsuite announced Tiziana Figliolia as its new CFO. Tune CEO Peter Hamilton at the company’s 2017 Postback conference. Seattle-based product development firm Igor Institute announced three new director-level hires: Kathy Fedirchuk as director of program management.

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Julie Larson-Green retires as Qualtrics CXO following IPO; Instacart names Asha Sharma COO; and more

GeekWire

She has worked for Qualtrics, which has dual headquarters in Seattle and Provo, Utah, since 2017. She will head up corporate social responsibility efforts, serving as an advocate and advisor on Amperity’s community initiatives. “The technology changes all the time. She previously held design roles at Amazon and Samsung.

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Amazon’s Ring names Xbox and Oculus vet Elizabeth Hamren as new CEO; founder Jamie Siminoff remains chief inventor

GeekWire

Five years after its acquisition by Amazon, smart doorbell and home security technology company Ring named a new CEO: Elizabeth (Liz) Hamren, a former executive in Meta’s Oculus division and Microsoft’s Xbox business, who was most recently chief operating officer for social messaging platform Discord.

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