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Funding news: Angel conference backs brain device startup, weapons detection company lands $15M

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The founders: BrainSpace CTO Stephen Morse is a mechanical engineer who has worked for a variety of companies, including global electrical and manufacturing company Flex. CEO Caitlin Morse was previously a program manager at Flex and is also a co-founder of a small medical device services startup, MorseCode Medical.

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‘Convoy Mafia’: Alumni from trucking marketplace company lead new startups in Seattle

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“I attribute the entrepreneurialism of so many alums to the culture and high hiring bar in the early days of the company,” said Ryan Soskin , the 15th employee at Convoy who is now CEO of trucking software platform GoodShip. Vice president of operations Victoria Kiss was a demand program manager at Convoy.

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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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Hint: They are in the real estate, consumer internet, transportation, clean tech and gaming categories). Industry : Sales contract management software. Industry : Hiring and recruiting . Industry : Real estate. Enterprise software still rules the roost in the region. billion in the past 12 months.

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Tech Moves: UW announces director for new DoD program; Microsoft vet joins EQT; and more

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Early Amazon employee and angel investor Meredith Han is now vice president of product at Seattle real estate startup FlyHomes. . based mobile marketing startup, and was most recently director of North American account management. Seattle startup ThruWave hired Lance Troutman as vice president of sales.

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

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Speaking with GeekWire this week, Larson-Green said the time was right for the next phase of her life after helping Qualtrics get to its IPO by working to build key functions and teams including people operations, program management, data science and user experience. “The technology changes all the time. .”

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Tech Moves: Zillow co-founder joins Palantir board; Hootsuite names new CEO; and more

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Rascoff, who stepped down as CEO of Zillow in early 2019, resigned from the Seattle-based real estate company’s board in April. Founded by former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, Intellectual Ventures is one of the world’s largest patent holders. contract management startup Icertis. Eric Emans.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Real estate buying platform Blox has appointed Amit Goel as its chief technology officer, based in Mumbai.