Joe Coffee raises $1.3M as mobile order and pay business booms for indie shops during pandemic

Coronavirus isn't slowing the coffee business, at least when it comes to mobile ordering and payments, and Seattle startup Joe Coffee is seizing on demand for its services by raising $1.3 million in new funding, the company announced Thursday.

This Seattle startup is helping physical retailers detect face masks and social distancing

Nomad Go had its Apollo 13 moment. The Seattle startup wanted to help physical retailers in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The company has traditionally sold computer vision software that aims to improve operational efficiency inside stores, but the pandemic and resulting new safety protocols added another layer of complexity for its customers.

Why these ex-DeepMind engineers picked Seattle to launch new AI startup Phaidra

Avocado toast meets red meat and potatoes. That's not the most familiar way to describe Seattle, but it's why Phaidra decided to launch its company in the Emerald City. The stealthy startup just raised $1.5 million to help provide artificial intelligence technology for customers across the industrial sector.

Gravity Payments invests $500K in Joe Coffee to help startup enhance service and take on Square

Dan Price, the high-profile co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based credit card processing and financial services company Gravity Payments, has been thinking about coffee shops and fairness since his days growing up in Idaho. Back when Price's band played at a local coffee shop, the shop owner had to...

Announcing LifeWork Calendar

January 24, 2020 The Reclaim Team is excited to announce the release of our first product: LifeWork Calendar . Connect your calendars now, and give us feedback at our listing on ProductHunt ! LifeWork is a handy, free utility that automatically blocks time on your work calendar for your personal events.

Not just another robot idea at CES, Picnic pizza platform will churn out real pies to feed crowds

The only thing more attention grabbing than the technology at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas might be the food that keeps attendees fueled at the massive conference. So an idea that combines tech and what to eat might just steal the show. Picnic, the Seattle startup using...

Frontdoor Acquires XR Start Up Streem

Frontdoor (Nasdaq: FTDR), has acquired venture backed Streem, Inc. in a cash and stock deal. Founded in 2017 by Ryan Fink (no relation), CEO, and Sean Adkinson, CTO, Streem is a Portland-based XR startup which empowers home service repair personnel and consumers to use see-what-I-see technology, to diagnose malfunctions remotely and to support repair personnel in the field, turning low-skilled workers into high skilled ones.

Gravity Payments invests $500K in Joe Coffee to help startup enhance service and take on Square

Dan Price, the high-profile co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based credit card processing and financial services company Gravity Payments, has been thinking about coffee shops and fairness since his days growing up in Idaho. Back when Price's band played at a local coffee shop, the shop owner had to...

Early stage investing 101: How to break into the club, and why you should give it a shot

Early stage investing can be tremendously beneficial for early stage technology companies, the broader startup ecosystem, and of course, investors. But getting started isn't easy. We both know this first-hand, having overcome obstacles to become investors ourselves. We know many people who are in...

Extra cheese, please: Restaurant tech startup Picnic lands $5M for pizza robot

Seattle startup Picnic, which makes robots for the restaurant industry, raised $5 million in a seed round led by Creative Ventures with returning investors Flying Fish Partners and Vulcan Capital. Secretive Seattle startup Picnic unveils pizza-making robot - here's how it delivers 300 pies/hour The...