TechFlash: Secretive startup funding; A block Amazon won't buy; Trouble for Bing?

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High-rises going up; Amazon apparently out as owner of this Seattle block Clise Properties is planning a huge residential and office project on the half block that Amazon has the first option to buy if Clise decides to sell, which it evidently does not. It's raining cash in cloud city: Chef raises $32M and counting Fast-growing Seattle cloud management company Chef has raised $32 million as part of an ongoing financing round. Report details mysterious $54M funding round for Bellevue's Donuts Inc. A venture capital report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association says Donuts Inc. raised $54 million during the first quarter of 2015. New 'flexibility' for Yahoo could cost Bing dearly Microsoft and Yahoo recently renegotiated the terms of a deal from 2009 that gives Yahoo the flexibility to ditch Bing search results on its websites. Amazon wades deeper into travel market New Amazon Destinations will let Amazon customers book hotel rooms online. How does Washington state's biotech industry compare to others in VC funding? Venture capital funding in Washington state for the biotech industry has been dismal so far in 2015, according to a MoneyTree report. That's in stark contrast to how the industry is faring nationwide. ​Space Needle's next wave of tech: virtual reality, 50-year time-lapse and a selfie from a mile away The Space Needle is ready to unveil some new technology for visitors to play with as it gets ready for its summer tourism rush. Seattle biotech teams with UW to ramp up drug discoveries Kineta Inc. will work with UW Medicine and the University of Washington's CoMotion commercialization center. Developers circle Seattle high-rise development site by Amazon HQ Antioch University is selling its property on Sixth Avenue and looking for a new campus close to downtown Seattle. National Tech News USAA tops among companies most likely to be forgiven VC Pete Sonsini on 'unicorn' imbalance, NEA's record fundraising HP sells Snapfish to District Photo in reacquisition deal Chinese, Middle Eastern capital chasing real estate deals in Tampa Bay The Inner Harbor water wheel just had a huge day Former Twitter, Google execs back cancer-test-for-less startup New 'flexibility' for Yahoo could cost Bing dearly High-rises going up; Amazon apparently out as owner of this Seattle block Shamrock Foods expanding Denver presence with new store TimePlay's interactive app turns the movies into lean-forward entertainment

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