{"id":582640,"date":"2010-05-28T08:15:16","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T12:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/?p=81499"},"modified":"2010-05-28T08:15:16","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T12:15:16","slug":"under-the-radar-financings-in-the-northwest-foodista-photorocket-energysavvy-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/582640","title":{"rendered":"Under the Radar Financings in the Northwest: Foodista, PhotoRocket, EnergySavvy, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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OK, usually when we pull out our monthly “under the radar” deals, it’s companies we haven’t heard much about before. Not so this time.<\/p>\n

I’ve been lamenting the relative dearth of financing deals for early-stage software startups<\/a> around Seattle lately. This month’s news won’t really change that, but at least there are a few intriguing companies on the list that we’ve had our eye on. We define “under the radar” deals as financings worth less than $1 million, in innovation areas like software, Web services, networking, medical devices, diagnostics, and energy. The latest stats, which list six companies for April, were provided by our partner CB Insights<\/a>, a New York-based private company intelligence platform.<\/p>\n

One of the familiar companies on the list is Seattle-based Foodista<\/a>, a wiki-based online encyclopedia for cooking, which has raised $750,000 in equity funding from undisclosed investors. The company was founded by Amazon veterans Barnaby Dorfman and Sheri Wetherell, and rolled out its website in December 2008. It raised $550,000 from Amazon and angel investors in 2009.<\/p>\n

Another company we’ve been watching is PhotoRocket<\/a>, the new stealthy photo-sharing company led by Scott Lipsky of Amazon, aQuantive, and GalleryPlayer fame. PhotoRocket has raised more than $377,000 on its way to a $1.25 million first-round close.<\/p>\n

EnergySavvy<\/a> (formerly called Evoworx) is an energy-efficiency startup focused on home energy use. It raised about $320,000 in debt financing last month, according to CB Insights. The company is led by CEO Aaron Goldfeder, a former Microsoftie and newly named “Pivotal Leader.”<\/a> It also has Leo Shklovskii and Karl Siebrecht involved as co-founders.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, I wanted to mention Shelby SuperCars<\/a> of West Richland, WA. Normally we probably wouldn’t report on a car maker. But these are supercars (they look pretty cool).<\/p>\n

So here’s the list of our “under the radar” company financings from April:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
CoCo Communications<\/a><\/td>\nSeattle,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WA<\/td>\nA maker of software for interoperability between radios, cell phones, and computers<\/td>\nDebt*<\/td>\n$953,453<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foodista<\/a><\/td>\nSeattle,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WA<\/td>\nA provider of an editable, online cooking encyclopedia<\/td>\nEquity<\/td>\n$750,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PhotoRocket<\/a><\/td>\nSeattle,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WA<\/td>\nA stealthy photo-sharing startup<\/td>\nEquity<\/td>\n$376,917<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EnergySavvy<\/a><\/td>\nSeattle,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WA<\/td>\nA Web company that aims to improve home energy efficiency<\/td>\nDebt<\/td>\n$320,450<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shelby SuperCars<\/a><\/td>\nWest Richland, WA<\/td>\nA maker of supercars<\/td>\nDebt<\/td>\n$200,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
StreamiT<\/td>\nBend,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OR<\/td>\nA stealthy online video company<\/td>\nEquity<\/td>\n$135,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*Includes options and\/or warrants<\/p>\n

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