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Gates Foundation gives $9.35M to Seattle digital health nonprofit for diagnostic testing

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Audere Image) Seattle digital health nonprofit Audere will advance its technology to improve the accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests with $9.35 The nonprofit, launched in 2018, previously received funding from the Gates Foundation, as well as PATH , FIND , the Aurum Institute , and other global health partners.

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Tech Moves: Avalara names president; Microsoft vet launches AI forum; Common Room adds product leader

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Avalara Photo) — Seattle-based tax software company Avalara named Ross Tennenbaum as its new president. He helped Avalara go public in 2018. It plans to host events, provide an advisory service, and launch a nonprofit dedicated to responsible AI regulation. Ross Tennenbaum.

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Seattle startups among winners in BECU and CoMotion fintech incubator competition

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The partnership launched in 2018 and has hosted 15 startups since its creation. Nickels , based in Michigan, sells its white-labeled financial software to banks and credit unions, helping their customers manage third-party credit card debt through monthly spending reports that analyze costs.

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Next Tech Titan: MotherDuck, Rec Room, Statsig, Submittable, Zuper vie for pivotal GeekWire Award

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Submittable , a social impact platform that helps corporations, governments, and nonprofits manage programs focused on social good. Zuper , a Seattle-based startup that provides field operations software to help companies manage workers across various industries, including cleaning, maintenance, and landscaping.

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Tech Moves: Former Chef CEO joins Buildkite board; Salesforce hires Code.org exec

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— Barry Christ joined the board of Perth, Australia-based software company Buildkite. Buildkite’s products support the building, testing and deployment of software, and enable customers to run pipelines on their own infrastructure. She was featured as a GeekWire “Working Geek” in 2018. Barry Crist.

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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart

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He previously co-founded Prevoty, which was acquired by Imperva in 2018, and led technology efforts at BBC and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Seattle-based cannabis software company Leafly announced that Michael Blue resigned as chair of its board. Both new execs will hold executive vice president titles.

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Meet Seattle’s ‘Climate Papa’ – an entrepreneur turned investor, podcaster, climate action apostle

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Along with his brother, he published a step-by-step guide encouraging other software engineers to seek out climate endeavors that needed their skills. Almost two years ago he made the jump from software engineer for companies including Deloitte Digital and Slalom Build to the nonprofit Climate Neutral, which certifies climate neutral brands.

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