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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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And then today, another blockbuster unicorn boosted its valuation, with Seattle-based sales engagement software company Highspot raising $248 million at a $3.5 Of the 15 companies on the list, nine of the companies employ CEOs who spent time at the software giant, many in high-level executive roles. billion valuation. Valuation : $3.96

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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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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. Publicis Groupe India names Roopesh Pujari as CTO. February 2022. November 2021.

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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. . Venugopal was most recently president at Mphasis, a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore. He previously lead engineering and R&D at Houston, Texas-based BMC Software.

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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. based social media management platform Hootsuite named Tom Keiser as its new CEO. Keiser was most recently COO of CRM software company Zendesk. contract management startup Icertis.

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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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Tech Moves: B.C. startup Thinkific adds CMO from Hootsuite; Amplero founder departs Zulily

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The company also promoted Chris McGuire to chief technology officer, taking over from Thinkific co-founder Matt Payne who will now be SVP of innovation. He is the former CTO of Canadian startups Checkfront and Foodee. Prior to Pro.com, Small was chief revenue officer at trucking startup Convoy.

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