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John Cook's Venture Blog

P-I reporter John Cook explores startups, venture capital and life in the Pacific Northwest technology community.

Can Washington state displace Silicon Valley?September 9

California's venture capital market is about 10 times bigger than Washington's, both in terms of deals and dollars.

Paul Allen-backed Gist to offer e-mail serviceSeptember 8

Gist, a new Seattle Internet startup backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is emerging from stealth mode this week with a new e-mail service that is designed to help people better manage "information overload."

Profitable Tableau scores $10 million from NEASeptember 8

New Enterprise Associates must really like Tableau Software's prospects as the Silicon Valley venture capital powerhouse is pumping an additional $10 million into the Seattle startup.

Republican venture capitalists support ObamaSeptember 4

Two Seattle area venture capitalists who have long supported Republican candidates are tossing their support behind presidential candidate Barack Obama. Bill Ruckelshaus, who led the Environmental Protection Agency in the Nixon and Reagan administrations and currently serves as a strategic director at Madrona Venture Group, said in a statement released today that the "stakes are too high" not to support Obama. He went on to cite Obama's plan to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil by focusing on clean energy technologies.

SecondSpace names new CEO, Pereira outSeptember 3

Just three months after losing a key contract and cutting staff, Bellevue online real estate startup SecondSpace has announced that founder and chief executive Anil Pereira has left the company to "engage in new technology endeavors."