Jeff Buchanan
Jeff has led Xconomy’s Seattle coverage since November 2018. Before that, he spent three years as editor of Xconomy Wisconsin, primarily covering software and biotech companies based in the Badger State. A graduate of Vanderbilt, he worked in health IT prior to being bit by the journalism bug.
Recent posts
Amazon has created a new service where its employees can get treatment and advice for non-emergency health issues, according to a website the tech giant recently brought online.
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Exact Sciences has taken another step toward ramping up sales of its flagship product, a non-invasive, stool-based screening test for colorectal cancer. The FDA has approved the test, Cologuard, for... Read more »
Amazon unveiled a new series of ambitious, long-term sustainability goals on Thursday that would continue the company’s efforts to make its operations more environmentally friendly.
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It’s time to catch up on recent news in Wisconsin’s innovation community. Read on for details.
—MSI Data, a Milwaukee-based business that develops software for organizations in the equipment... Read more »
Gary Gilliland, who has led Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center as president and director for the past four-plus years, plans to step down in 2020, the nonprofit organization announced Tuesday... Read more »
One Texas-based healthcare software business has acquired another in an all-cash deal worth $36.5 million, the companies announced late Monday.
Irving, TX-based HMS Holdings (NASDAQ: HMSY) acquired VitreosHealth, which is... Read more »
[Updated 9/12/19 1:10 p.m. See below.] Swiftly, a Seattle-based startup developing software to provide discounts and rewards for buying goods at grocery stores, exited stealth mode this week... Read more »
Jeff Bezos and company are looking for a few good men and women—well, perhaps more than a few, especially in and around Amazon’s home turf.
Buoyed by years of staggering growth... Read more »
Savvy Lane, a startup developing technology and services to help lower the cost of buying or selling a home, announced Friday it has raised $2 million in outside investment to... Read more »
Ginger, a San Francisco-based digital health startup developing software to help patients manage mental and behavioral health conditions, announced Wednesday it has raised $35 million from investors to offer its service... Read more »
LevelTen Energy, a Seattle-based startup that helps corporations make renewable energy purchases, on Wednesday released new performance monitoring software it says allows users to better track energy usage, market data, and... Read more »
Ring, the Amazon-owned maker of camera-equipped doorbells that let users monitor activity around their homes, has confirmed exactly how extensive its video-sharing deal is with law enforcement agencies around the US.... Read more »
Keep up with venture capital funding activity in the Seattle area with recent news from three local startups. The companies—Blokable, Zenoti Software, and PTO Exchange—are developing software and other tech-enabled products... Read more »
The increasing popularity of Amazon’s annual Prime Day, Cyber Monday, and other online shopping-themed occasions is one of many indicators more Americans are relying on mobile devices and computers, not malls,... Read more »
Ally, a startup developing software to help businesses chart strategies and track progress toward meeting goals, announced Monday it has raised $8 million from investors to support the Bellevue, WA-based... Read more »
After a nearly three-year period in which not a single digital health company held an initial public stock offering, the dry spell has ended.
In recent weeks, four healthcare software and... Read more »
Amazon Web Services and other businesses that charge customers to host their software applications have become a popular option for tech startups. Part of the reason for the popularity of using... Read more »
Amira Valliani decided to launch a podcast-focused startup after listening to a podcast that is, fittingly enough, named StartUp.
Valliani is the co-founder and CEO of Glow.fm, an early-stage company... Read more »
Remarkably, a Seattle-based startup that provides users with real estate marketing software and analytics services, announced Tuesday it has raised $4.1 million in seed funding.
The company markets its software products... Read more »
Livongo Health, a digital health company developing devices and software to help patients manage treatment for diabetes and other chronic conditions, said it expects to net $355.2 million in an initial... Read more »
