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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart

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Adaptive previously hired Goldman Sachs to explore “strategic alternatives” for the businesses. Techstars announced one month later that it was shutting down the Seattle program. Techstars said in February that Ciocirlan would become managing director for the remote-first Techstars Anywhere program. Sarah Studer.

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Tech Moves: Karat, Common Room, Aduro hire execs; longtime Microsoft cloud leader departs

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Karat Image). — Karat , a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews , hired two new executives. billion valuation in October 2021. Common Room, a Seattle startup that aims to help companies deepen relationships with their users and customers, hired Matt Duchesne as vice president of sales.

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2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in Pacific NW tech

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Some of the winners at the 2021 GeekWire Awards during their virtual acceptance speeches on Thursday. But Thursday proved to be an inspiring day, as the 2021 GeekWire Awards returned to honor some of the leading innovators and entrepreneurs who make up the Pacific Northwest tech community. GeekWire video screen grabs).

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IT leaders get creative to fill data science gaps

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For the past few years, IT leaders at a US financial services company have been struggling to hire data scientists to harness the increasing flood of incoming data that, if used properly, could improve customer experience and drive new products. To deal with this hiring problem, they’ve had to get creative.

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Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet named CEO at Vouched; Sana hires chief scientific officer

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He was previously executive vice president of engineering and CTO at tax software giant Avalara, and also led teams at Microsoft and Concur. The company, which went public in 2021, has four drugs in human testing: two for cancer, one for autoimmune disease and another for type 1 diabetes.

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Sana Biotechnology cuts the ribbon at new manufacturing facility near Seattle

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Suzan DelBene, Bothell Mayor Mason Thompson, and Sana CTO Snehal Patel also participated in the ceremony. The Bothell facility will house Sana’s proprietary cancer drug program. The diabetes program involves turning stem cells into insulin-producing islet cells. Washington state Rep. At the ceremony Friday, Washington Rep.

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Meet the unicorns: A look at the 15 Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

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Even with that attrition, this year’s list has grown to 15, meaning eight new unicorns were minted in 2021. GeekWire story from July 2021 : Amperity is Seattle’s latest unicorn with $100M round to supercharge its customer data platform . billion (as of July 2021). Industry : Sales contract management software.

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