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June 12, 2013	Scouting for a Summer Camp for the Kids? Camperoo, Sigby Offer Aid Xconomy
June 11, 2013	Buying the best baby stroller: Decide.com unveils new baby gear category in major push to reach 100 million products GeekWire
June 6, 2013	UW Spinout Cardiac Insight Wins FDA OK for Heartbeat Monitor Xconomy
June 6, 2013	Mobisante Announces Series A Financing to Expand Sales and Marketing MarketWatch
May 29, 2013	Mirador Biomedical Study: Spend $35 on Our Device & Save $116 Xconomy
May 22, 2013	Bruce Montgomery biotech startup Cardeas Pharma raises $34 million GeekWire
May 22, 2013	From shopping advice to walking devices, startups with UW ties show off their successful ideas GeekWire
April 16, 2013	BEATbio closes on $2.5M in financing TechFlash
April 10, 2013	Startup Spotlight: Decide’s Mike Fridgen taps power of data to change how we shop GeekWire
April 2, 2013	Designer Carbon Provides Longer Battery Life MIT Technology Review
March 22, 2013	Big-name Seattle investors back Decide.com in $8M funding round Puget Sound Business Journal
March 1, 2013	2013 Leaders in Health Care, Innovation in Biopharmaceuticals (Alder Biopharmaceuticals) Seattle Business
February 27, 2013	UW Spinoff Resolve Therapeutics Lures In Takeda, Lines Up Return Xconomy
February 7, 2013	INVISTA and Arzeda enter agreement to develop bio-derived raw materials Company Press Release
January 29, 2013	TechStars grad FlexMinder raises $1.4 million to better manage healthcare accounts GeekWire
January 29, 2013	Seattle's Sigby raises $1.2 million, TeachStreet 2.0? Seattle Times
January 10, 2013	Tribe's investment helping Arlington company hire 200 HeraldNet
January 2, 2013	EnerG2 raises $9.4M to start manufacturing high-tech batteries in Oregon Puget Sound Business Journal

2012

December 4, 2012	Under Seattle's Cloud, a Big Data Cluster Grows (Decide) Xconomy
December 1, 2012	The dream of the medical tricorder (Mobisante) The Economist
December 2012	A Better Medical Device to Diagnose Arrhythmia Seattle Business
November 20, 2012	Decide.com's Shauna Causey on CBS: Black Friday is now a "common misconception" GeekWire
November 16, 2012	Newsmakers 2012: Modumetal CEO Christina Lomasney looks to reinvent the steel industry GeekWire
October 24, 2012	Decide Rejects Ads, Rolls Out Memberships for Smart Shopping Service Xconomy
October 9, 2012	Decide.com trumps outdated Consumer Reports, study says GeekWire
September 14, 2012	UW Spinoff Cardiac Insight Gets New CEO, Gears Up for FDA Push Xconomy
September 14, 2012	Katherine Matsudaira: 2012 40 Under 40 Honoree Puget Sound Business Journal
August 31, 2012	VLST Scoops Up Antibody for Cancer from Pfizer Xconomy
August 27, 2012	Alder Biopharmaceuticals gets $3.5M milestone payment Puget Sound Business Journal
August 21, 2012	Arlington company recycling plastic water bottles into drinking cups KING5.com
August 16, 2012	Seattle life science industry has increase in VC funding Puget Sound Business Journal
August 9, 2012	Arlington firm’s cups greener than those red cups HeraldNet
July 31, 2012	Consumer Reports for geeks: New ‘Decide Score’ uncovers the best and worst products GeekWire
July 5, 2012	Can 500-mile lithium-air car battery make gas obsolete? MSNBC
July 5, 2012	Thinking about buying a laptop? Decide.com says do it now Puget Sound Business Journal
July 3, 2012	GlobeImmune Files for IPO, Cancer & Hepatitis with Great Partnerships 24/7 Wall St.
July 3, 2012	Targeted Growth, crop bioscience firm, raises $5M, names Woods CEO Puget Sound Business Journal
June 14, 2012	Biotech startup VLST raises $5M GeekWire
June 1, 2012	Accelerator Looks to Expand, with an Eye on the Big Apple Xconomy
May 3, 2012	Decide.com brings gadget price predictions to the iPad GeekWire
April 26, 2012	Cardeas Gears Up for Clinic, with Drug Combo for Hospital Infections Xconomy
April 19, 2012	Decide.com unveils daily deal site, promises cash if prices later fall on gadgets GeekWire
April 19, 2012	Alder Biopharma Snags $38M to Charge Ahead with Antibody Drugs Xconomy
April 16, 2012	Social media vet Shauna Causey leaves Nordstrom for Decide.com GeekWire
March 28, 2012	Accelerator Gets New Chief Scientist, David McElligott Xconomy
March 26, 2012	Should I buy that refrigerator? Decide.com expands price tips to home appliances GeekWire
March 22, 2012	Hyperion Therapeutics Acquires Ravicti™ (Glycerol Phenylbutyrate) from Ucyclyd Pharma, Inc. Business Wire
February 13, 2012	EnerG2 Fires Up Oregon Factory Xconomy
January 19, 2012	Geek of the Week: Oren Etzioni on Siri, Burning Man and the promise of algorithms GeekWire
January 9, 2012	Uptake Medical Announces Successful Completion of Series C Financing PR Newswire
January 5, 2012	Mirador Biomedical Gets FDA Green Light to Expand Use of Digital Sensor Xconomy

Prior Years' Portfolio News Highlights

2011

December 20, 2011	Bruce Montgomery's New Startup, Cardeas Pharma, Raises $5M Xconomy
December 12, 2011	Groove Biopharma Snags $6M to Push the Frontiers with MicroRNA Drugs Xconomy
November 10, 2011	Redmond-based Clarisonic maker sold to L'Oréal Seattle Times
September 1, 2011	Bayer Healthcare to Acquire Pathway Medical Technologies PR Newswire
August 30, 2011	EMD Millipore Strengthens Bioscience Business by Acquiring Amnis Corporation Business Wire
July 28, 2011	Mirador Nabs EU Approval Xconomy
June 20, 2011	Alder lands $15M milestone from blockbuster BMS antibody deal FierceBiotech
April 13, 2011	Mirador Biomedical, Playing 'Small Ball' in Medical Devices, Pockets $1.5M Financing Xconomy
March 28, 2011	Physware raises cash, but keeps quiet on the details GeekWire
March 23, 2011	Omeros eye-surgery drug trial goes well Puget Sound Business Journal
February 3, 2011	World’s first smartphone-based ultrasound imaging system cleared by the FDA (Mobisante) Company press release
January 17, 2011	EKOS Corporation Receives CE Mark to Treat Massive and Sub-Massive Pulmonary Embolism Company press release
January 4, 2011	Skytap, Fresh off Boston-Led $10M Financing, Seeks to Make Cloud Computing Work Better Xconomy

2010

December 29, 2010	Omeros: Clinical drug test results 'positive' Puget Sound Business Journal
December 16, 2010	Mobisante Secures Seed Financing from WRF Capital Company press release
November 30, 2010	MicroGREEN Snags $2.7M Xconomy
November 4, 2010	GlobeImmune HCV vax shows promise in trial FierceVaccines
November 2, 2010	Hyperion Therapeutics' Glycerol Phenylbutyrate Meets Primary Endpoint in Phase III Pivotal Study in Urea Cycle Disorders FierceBiotech
October 25, 2010	Omeros Nabs $25M from Paul Allen, State Life Sciences Fund to Pursue Elusive Drug Targets Xconomy
October 15, 2010	MIRADOR BIOMEDICAL ANNOUNCES 510(k) CLEARANCE OF THE COMPASS™ VASCULAR ACCESS AND COMPASS™ LUMBAR PUNCTURE DEVICES Company press release
October 12, 2010	HaloSource IPO raises $80 mln Reuters
January 6, 2010	HaloSource Nails Down $10M for Global Expansion of Water Purifying Technology Xconomy

2009

November 10, 2009	Bristol-Myers Squibb and Alder Biopharmaceuticals Enter Global Agreement on Rheumatoid Arthritis Biologic FierceBiotech
July 9, 2009	MicroGREEN Polymers Grabs $1.6M to Put Green Plastics Into Your Morning Coffee Cup Xconomy
June 30, 2009	Hyperion Therapeutics Raises $60 Million Series C Company press release
May 20, 2009	PATHWAY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CLOSES $42.5M SERIES D FINANCING; ANNOUNCES NEW INVESTMENT FROM WRF CAPITAL Company press release
May 15, 2009	GlobeImmune and Celgene Corporation Announce Strategic Global Oncology Alliance Marketwire
March 16, 2009	Cloud Computing Firm Skytap Scores $7M More from Ignition, Madrona, WRF Xconomy
January 28, 2009	Omeros Corporation Receives $3,100,000 New Round Xconomy
January 21, 2009	Madrona Leads $1.5M Investment in PetraVM to Make Software Cheaper, More Reliable Xconomy

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