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Seattle venture capital & startups
Seattle enterprise SaaS and AI talent gravity from Amazon and Microsoft.
Seattle punches above its local fund count because of cloud/AI talent. National firms dominate checks — our hub maps both.
Funds matched by headquarters aliases; startups by hq field plus curated IDs when verified.
Venture firms in Seattle
Matched from fund headquarters in our directory (alias-based). Dual-HQ firms may appear in more than one city.
No fund HQ matches yet for Seattle. Use the national directory and related reading below.
Startups we cover in Seattle
Matched from startup hq fields. Many profiles still lack HQ — curated lists in editorial notes fill gaps when verified.
| Startup | One-liner | HQ |
|---|---|---|
| Accolade | Personalized healthcare navigation and benefits platform for self-insured employers. | Seattle, Washington |
| Apptio | IT financial management and cloud spend optimization software for enterprises. | Bellevue, Washington |
| Chestnut | AI-native distribution management platform for insurance carriers — producer onboarding, hierarchies, and incentive compensation. | Seattle, Washington |
| Engflow | Remote build execution and caching for Bazel and large-scale software compilation. | Seattle, Washington |
| Gamebeast | LiveOps and analytics platform for Roblox and UGC game developers — remote configs, A/B tests, no client updates. | Seattle, Washington |
| Irreverent Labs | AI video generation startup building short-form video foundation models. | Seattle, Washington |
| Julep | Seattle DTC beauty and nail subscription brand—rolled into Glansaol PE rollup, later bankrupt. | Seattle, Washington |
| Motherduck | Cloud analytics platform built around DuckDB for hybrid local/cloud SQL. | Seattle, WA |
| Muse App Inc | Spatial thinking canvas app for iPad and Mac (Muse, now rebranded Allume). | Seattle, WA |
| Nautilus Biotechnology | Single-molecule proteomics platform—public via SPAC merger June 2021 (NASDAQ: NAUT). | Seattle, Washington |
| OfferUp | Mobile marketplace for local peer-to-peer buying and selling of household goods in the U.S. | Bellevue, Washington, USA |
| Overland AI | Seattle defense-tech company building off-road ground autonomy for U.S. military — OverDrive stack, SPARK upfits, and ULTRA vehicles. | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| Skype | Internet voice and video communications platform. | Luxembourg / Redmond, Washington (Microsoft) |
| Tanium | Endpoint management and security platform for large enterprise IT environments. | Kirkland, Washington, USA |
| Temporal | Durable execution platform for reliable long-running workflows and AI agent orchestration. | Seattle, Washington |
| Vedana Therapeutics | Biotech developing next-gen PACAP-targeting migraine prevention antibodies. | Seattle, WA |
| XBOW | Autonomous offensive security platform that continuously pentests applications with AI agents. | Seattle, Washington |
| Zulily | Flash-sale ecommerce for moms and kids — shut down via ABC liquidation in Dec 2023. | Seattle, WA |
Related reading
Seattle FAQs
Practical answers for founders researching this investor.
Open /vc/seattle for fund HQ matches from our directory, then related reading for editorial shortlists.
See the startups table on /vc/seattle. Profiles link to /startup/ pages when HQ or curation matches.
Start at /vc/seattle, then the related blog hub and /directory for national funds.