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A new angel investor group in Seattle: Tech veterans Keith Laepple, Jonathan Kagle, and Jenn Wrenn Henry (above, from left) previously invested together at SeaChange. Now they’re getting the band back together with a new group called VentureUs that aims to invest in early stage startups across the Pacific Northwest and attract more people to angel investing. Read more.


The venture capital industry could look very different over the next decade, according to Greg Gottesman, managing director at Pioneer Square Labs. Read more. (Above: Angelica Weiner of Amazon; Gottesman; Sheila Gulati of Tola Capital; Yifan Zhang of Ai2 Incubator; and Chris Picardo of Madrona.)

Tech Moves: AWS Startups gets a new leader; Zoom taps Microsoft vet as CFO. Read about the latest personnel changes.

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  • In a new video, Bill Nye says “you don’t have to be a science guy to know” that the initiative to repeal the Climate Commitment Act “is a bad deal for Washington.” (No on 2117 via YouTube)

  • The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is planning to give $5 million to programs that empower young people in Washington state. (Allen Family)

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