Seattle Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Seattle.
James Gwertzman
Investor
Founder & CEO @PlayFab. Sold @SproutGames to @popcap-games. Founded PopCap Asia. Led #HourOfCode for @CodeOrg. A.B. Harvard CS. 15 yrs game industry experience.
Nadia Yun
Brand Marketing @google. 8+ years CPG Intl @starbucks. Founding Team, Growth Hacker @Tatcha Beauty. Founder @airbrush-genie @Geminievents & @bittybcosmetics.
Stephen Klein
Works at @instacart • Co-founder of @mental-mojo • Worked at @stanley-black-decker • Studied at @arizona-state-university
Allistair James
I build strategic partnerships and consumer facing technology companies.
Brad Furber
20+ years startup/VC experience in USA, EU and Australia: co-founder; biz dev, advisor, angel, Boards and legal counsel. Duke J.D., M.A.; Univ of Washington
http://www.termsheetbattle.com
Ryan Stoner
Seasoned marketing, operations and strategy-focused biz dev exec @publicis-groupe, Previously @switchcam & @mopix - @500-startups-2012
Desiree ElChebeir
INSEAD MBA and UC San Diego-CS graduate; 12+ yrs global relationship management up to CxO; 10+ yrs of technical experience at large companies and startups
Olesya Luraschi
Marketing Manager at Squarehub
Ryan Watson
Business Development Manager @moz. Passionate and determined individual and lover of all things new and interesting.
Ishan Mukherjee
Worked at @kiva-systems, @amazon
Daniel Lieser
Cofounder at TrustLeaf. Biz Dev. Growth Hacking. Experience in both soul-crushing & non-soul-crushing sales. International Econ. Standup comedy. Ice cream.
http://blog.trustleaf.com
Jaime Raczka
Arnaud Fischer ★★★
... stealth ... 15 years taking to market Web services platforms. Product Planning, Product Management & Product Marketing with @microsoft, @altavista, @aol.
Alex Harris
JD/MBA- @university-of-california-berkeley Grad-Startup Development @crowdclock Founder @amendment-m @punchkeeper Biz Dev, Marketing, Partnerships & Investment
Michael Anderson
Investor
12+ years working with early-stage companies, 5 years VC and 10 years Seed/Angel. 13 companies, 5 exits (so far).
Peter Chang
Co-Founder @boxtiq; founded @gopixel; ex @microsoft Bing PM; 7yrs owning ecommerce, international trade, and retail businesses. @university-of-chicago-1 alum
Marian Dusan
Investor
Founder @luly-inc, @luly-inc • Studied at @columbia-university
http://www.mariandusan.ro/despre-mine/
Ludovic ULRICH
French I can pronounce/spell Entrepreneur properly. Startups @salesforce ☁ @startupweekend fan & xMSFT - Gastro-aholic, gadget-junkie & ski bum.
Ron Davis
Founder Tenacity Health • Worked at @chicago-title-ticor-heritage-fnt-lawyers-fnf • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @university-of-oregon
Matthew Daniels
Founder @symcat • Worked at @redstone-strategy-group • Studied at @harvard-university
Soo-Rae Hong
Supply Chain Sustainability and Business Development Specialist with experience creating and leading ventures in the US, China, Middle East, and Africa.
Jason Lau
Matt Fields
Founder @DeepThought, Inc. @Social Media Chimps. Bootstrapped 2 startups to 6-7 figures in yearly revenue. Strong biz dev, marketing & PM skills. Studied @UW.
Benjamin Flajnik
Investor
V.P. Bus. Dev. at Gratci. Co-Founder @gratci,@fernet-francisco-inc • Studied at @university-of-arizona, @university-of-california-davis
http://www.benflajnik.com
Kam Syed
Investor
Advisor and mentor with yrs of experience in building teams and selling products to the global market. Expertise in Cloud, Big Data and Large scale operations
Alexis Cox
New Product Development at @microsoft, @electronic-arts • Studied Marketing and Ops at @wharton-school, Digital Media & Design @sarah-lawrence-college
Jin Lee, Ph.D
Dr. Lee has over 7 years of experience in healthcare including patient-care, clinical research, and health insurance, and 14 years in business development in small and corporate business
Nathan Martinez
VP Sales Consultant at LIFFFT. Worked at Credit Suisse, PitchBook Data and ran my own quantitative trading search firm for 3 years.
Craig Brenner
CEO & Founder Tacii & @Take5 • Worked at @apple @microsoft @google @qualcomm @amazon • BSEE @university-of-massachusetts-amherst
Yvette Romero
Co-Founder Search Vertical• Worked at @deloitte-consulting, @ubs-investment-bank, Khidmah (Dubai) • Studied at @harvard-business-school, EE @california-state-university-northridge
http://yvetteromero.me
Pablo Arellano Jr.
Successful Entrepreneur, Full stack generalist; spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield NYC, Worked at Procter & Gamble and the Kroger Corporation
http://www.pablojr.co
Jean-Francois Berche
Leading the team responsible for planning and managing the expansion of AWS datacenter portfolio in Existing Regions (EMEA, US and Japan).
Rachel Schoening
Worked at @yale-school-of-management. Studies at @yale-university. Pursuing B.A. in Cognitive Science, Judgment & Decision-Making focus.
Chris Owusu
Alexander Iliev
Katherine Chase
Acting Director, Creativity and Leadership @ Oberlin College and Conservatory. Business Development. Strategy.
Mihir Shah
Cornell MBA. Technology Evangelist. eCommerce business professional. Worked at Amazon, Google, IBM. Entrepreneur.
C'pher Gresham
Accelerator, Hedge Fund, VC, and Startup Experience (Razoo.com, Ability Dynamics). 3rd Place Washington Post BBQ Sauce Competition. MBA from Thunderbird 2014.
Craig Wilson
Investor
Angel, Los Angeles technology policy adviser, team execution.
UCLA Anderson School of Management.
12 years Microsoft.
Two startup exits.
Max Kilb
Elsen Trading, Finance at Northeastern University #whatsyourbacktest