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SeekOut lays off 7% of staff in restructuring but plans to grow headcount this year

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SeekOut is still hiring and plans to reach 225 employees by year-end. The company landed $65 million in 2021, when it won Startup of the Year honors at the GeekWire Awards. SeekOut CEO Anoop Gupta is a former technical assistant to Bill Gates who previously led Microsoft’s Unified Communications Group.

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Latest unicorn sighting in Seattle: SeekOut lands $115M to expand recruiting software

GeekWire

The fresh funding follows a big 2021 for SeekOut, which raised $65 million in March and won Startup of the Year honors at the GeekWire Awards this past May. ” The people: Gupta is a former technical assistant to Bill Gates who previously led Microsoft’s Unified Communications Group. It also led the Series B round.

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

GeekWire

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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