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‘LLMs Are the New Google:’ How startups should think about Generative Engine Optimization

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Metro Multiples: A ranking of top startup ecosystems by return on investment

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Mapping Cascadian Dynamism

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Investing in Clarify

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Investing in Avante

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Dispatch from the Desert: Human[X], Robotics, and the AI Power Shuffle

March 31, 2025

Early-Stage Hiring, Decoded: What 60 Seattle Startups Told Us

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Booming: An Inside Look at Seattle's AI Startup Scene

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Stash Your Cash: Stifel Bank’s Minh Le on Startup Banking

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Token Talk: Open source won the AI race

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Investing in Oumi

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Meet Nazuk Thakkar, the Ripple Investor Who Lifts up Young Founders

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Token Talk: Decentralizing AI Compute for Scalable Intelligence

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Token Talk: The Rise in Test Time Compute and Its Hidden Costs

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Mapping Seattle's Enterprise AI Startups

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Our 2025 Predictions: AI, space policy, and hoverboards

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Meet Tyler Churchill: From CAA to finding Startup Talent in Seattle for Bonfire Ventures

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Getting Unstuck: Insights from Dave Hersh, Founder of Jive Software, Turnaround Expert

October 21, 2024

Mapping Seattle's Active Venture Firms

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PHOTOS: Founders Bash 2024

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VC for the rest of us: A big tech employee’s guide to becoming startup advisors

September 04, 2024

Meet TX Zhuo, the LA VC Who Built a Company Without Raising Capital—and Now Invests in Seed-Stage Startups

August 20, 2024

Photos: Pitch & Run 2024

August 08, 2024

Event Recap: Valley VCs Love Seattle Startups

August 07, 2024

Meet Vivek Ladsariya: The new PSL VC Bridging the Valley with Seattle

July 29, 2024

Kirby's mental model for pre-seed investing

July 11, 2024

The Art of Stepping Away: Insights from Court Lorenzini, Founder of DocuSign 

June 28, 2024

VC for the rest of us: The ultimate guide to investing in venture capital funds for tech employees

June 12, 2024

Ascend welcomes new analyst Thomas Stahura

June 07, 2024

Meet Sunil Nagaraj: The Bay Area VC Nerding Out on ‘Software Beyond the Screen’

May 09, 2024

Navigating M&A: Insights from Priti Choksi, Partner at Norwest Venture Partners

April 08, 2024

Jen Haller's Bias for Action

March 28, 2024

Meet Daniel Paredes: From Seattle Roots to NYC Investor with Sierra Ventures

March 14, 2024

Seattle VC Firms Led Just 11% of Early-Stage Funding Rounds in 2023

March 11, 2024

How the pursuit of exceptional people landed this New York VC in Seattle

February 28, 2024

Mapping the Emerald City’s Growing AI Dominance

February 19, 2024

Navigating Early-Stage Investment: Insights and Strategies from Aditya Naganath, Principal Investor at Kleiner Perkins

February 04, 2024

SaaS 3.0: Why the Software Business Model Will Continue to Thrive in the Age of In-House AI Development

January 29, 2024

Best Practices for Requesting Warm Intros From Your Investors

January 04, 2024

Seattle VC Profile: Matt Wang

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September 20, 2023

Seattle VC Profile: Colin Tobias

July 13, 2023

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Seattle VC Profile: Dennis Joyce, Tacoma Venture Fund

March 02, 2023

Ascend Founder Profile: Curtis Fonger - Whalesync

February 14, 2023

Portland VC Profile: Julie Harrelson

February 14, 2023

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February 04, 2023

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February 04, 2023

Seattle VC Profile: Sri Chandrasekar, Point72 Ventures

January 28, 2023

Vancouver VC Profile: Chris Neumann, Panache Ventures

January 16, 2023

Ascend Founder Profile: Elizabeth and Nora Sheils - Rock Paper Coin

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September 14, 2022

Seattle VC Profile: Elizabeth Scallon, Find Ventures

September 12, 2022

Seattle VC Profile: Sara Lindquist, FUSE

August 29, 2022

Ascend Founder Profile: Matt Meyers - Yesler

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