TechFlash: Why Madrona is Seattle's kingmaker; Biggest winners in Apptio IPO

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Seattle's kingmakers: Madrona Venture Group invests money — and time — to grow region's tech companies Madrona is the region's most active venture capital firm. Here's what the group has done for the Puget Sound region — and why tech experts hope others will follow suit. Here's how much Apptio's IPO is worth to its top executives and investors (Photos) When Apptio went public CEO Sunny Gupta owned nearly 6 million shares, stock worth around $118 million by market close Thursday. Boeing lands huge deal with Qatar Airways for 40 wide-body 787 Dreamliner and 777 jets (Photos) Qatar Airways also signed a letter of intent for up to 60 737-8 Max aircraft worth as much as $6.9 billion at list prices. Spike Aerospace eyes four Washington state sites for supersonic jet project The supersonic jet developer is considering four sites in Washington state for its eventual aircraft manufacturing facility. EXCLUSIVE: Amazon relocating Prime Now fulfillment center to Starbucks HQ building Prime Now drivers said the new facility at the Starbucks headquarters building opened to replace a fulfillment center on Amazon's downtown campus and make room for the company's third high-rise there. ​Qatar Airways denies delaying Boeing wide-body deal to get F-15 fighter jets The head of Qatar Airways denied that the state-owned airline delayed a deal to buy 40 Boeing jetliners to pressure the U.S. to approve the sale of fighter jets to Qatar. These Puget Sound area investment companies fund the future Washington's venture capital fundraising increased by 56 percent to $511.3 million across 78 deals in the third quarter of 2015. Puget Sound area should get in on FinTech revolution According to Cascadia Capital LLC, in the last two-plus years (2014-2016) investment in West Coast FinTech companies totaled about $6.8 billion, while during the same period investment in Pacific Northwest FinTech totaled $303 million. Editorial: Prep Washington kids for Washington jobs It's easier said than done, but it's worth the effort. Boeing Europe leader confident Brexit won't hurt demand Amid a sea of gloom and doom predictions for the United Kingdom's economy after the Brexit referendum vote in June, Boeing's top man in Europe says don't worry, be happy. National Tech News Court documents: Backpage CEO allegedly knew about child trafficking; site made 99% of revenue from sex ads How this tech startup CEO turned a profanity-laced email into $23M in funding ​Facebook wants to expand limited, free Internet service to the U.S., report says

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