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Virtual primary care startup 98point6 raises $118M as pandemic sparks demand for digital health tech

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Robbie Cape, CEO of virtual primary care startup 98point6, accepts the award for Health Innovation of the Year at the GeekWire Awards ceremony in 2019. 98point6’s virtual healthcare platform. GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota). Demand is through the roof for Seattle telemedicine startup 98point6.

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The voters will see you now: The finalists for Health Innovation of the Year at the GeekWire Awards

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Robbie Cape, CEO of virtual primary care startup 98point6, accepts the award for Health Innovation of the Year in 2019. The category highlights pioneering health, life science, biotechnology or medical breakthroughs that hold great promise for bettering our lives or improving the healthcare system. Adaptive Biotechnologies.

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Baby Yoda’s real name and Bill Gates’ podcast pal: Test your geek smarts with our year-end news quiz

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In June, Seattle biotechnology upstart Sana Biotechnology revealed that it had raised more than $700 million in venture funding. Which of these Washington state companies did NOT go public in 2020: Accolade, Adaptive Biotechnologies, Athira Pharma, Silverback Therapeutics? Adaptive Biotechnologies (It went public in 2019).

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Adaptive Biotech revenue rises 65% to $21M, loss widens amid big COVID-19 immune partnerships

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Adaptive Biotechnologies CEO Chad Robins. Adaptive Biotechnologies, which is working with Microsoft and Amgen to fight COVID-19 using its technology for sequencing the human immune system, reported a 65% increase in first quarter revenue , to nearly $21 million. GeekWire File Photo). The Seattle-based company posted a net loss of $31.4

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Seattle startup Banzai to go public via SPAC and acquire marketing tech company Hyros

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Then it pivoted again as the pandemic hit, focusing on its virtual events marketing solution. Seattle businesses including Porch, Nautilus Biotechnology, Rover and Leafly have all gone public via SPAC within the last two years. ” The SPAC is led by 7GC Holdings, headed up by Jack Leeney and CFO Christopher Walsh.

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Biotech boom: How life sciences emerged from ‘the doldrums’ in Seattle and Washington state

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Sana Biotechnology raised $587 million in its IPO, Absci pulled in $200 million, and vaccine company Icosavax raised more than $180 million. The pandemic also led to growth of regional companies such as Adaptive Biotechnologies, which doubled its workforce during the pandemic as it supported vaccine development and built a COVID-19 test.

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Tech Moves: Sea.citi adds board members; another Microsoft vet joins Magic Leap; and more

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With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization focused on aggregating information about the local tech community’s response to the pandemic and hosted virtual events about opportunities for equitable recovery. Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies appointed Leslie Trigg and Katey Owen to its board of directors.

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