Technology

Real estate tech startup Auctionable to launch this spring

Company to offer online home auctions, instant buying options

February 10, 2022

Auctionable, a new real estate tech company based in Liberty Lake, plans to launch this spring in the Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, and Boise markets, says Todd Sullivan, an Inland Northwest homebuilder and cofounder of the startup. Sullivan says the

Ag Energy acquired by Pullman-based NuPhy

Spokane company adds services, employees to NuPhy's agribusiness

January 27, 2022

Erica Bullock

Ag Energy Solutions Inc., a Spokane-based agricultural renewable technology company, has been acquired by Pullman, Washington-based plant and tree fruit producer NuPhy Inc.

Whatever Happened To: Mullen's plans for a West Plains electric-vehicle manufacturing plant

Startup Mullen Automotive moves on from Spokane, opens new plant in South

January 27, 2022

Mike McLean

Mullen Automotive Inc. appears to have left Spokane and Memphis, Tennessee both in its rearview mirror and now is planning to base its initial electric-vehicle production in Mississippi.

CarbonQuest takes its technology to NYC

Spokane Valley startup to recycle emissions from buildings, resell resulting products

January 27, 2022

Karina Elias

CarbonQuest Inc., a clean tech company headquartered in the Spokane Valley, has launched its first fully operational onsite system, named Building Carbon Capture System, in New York City. The company's technology is designed to capture, separate

Paw Print Genetics acquired by Neogen

Michigan-based company buys Lisa Shaffer's latest Spokane-based venture

January 13, 2022

Virginia Thomas

Paw Print Genetics, the Spokane-based animal genetic testing company, has changed hands. Lansing, Michigan-based Neogen Corp. acquired Genetic Veterinary Sciences Inc., which does business as Paw Print Genetics, in a transaction that was completed last

Cyberattack threats likely to increase in new year

Focus on digital security anticipated in tech sector

December 16, 2021

Erica Bullock

Cyberattacks and data breaches likely will increase in 2022, warns Heather Stratford, CEO of Stronger International Inc. 'Cybersecurity remains one of the hottest and most important issues for any executive team to tackle in 2021, and 2022 will see

Pipeline2Space receives angel funds

HyperSciences affiliate offers capsule-launching tech

December 2, 2021

Virginia Thomas

A Spokane-based space capsule launch maker with ties to local geothermal drilling technology startup HyperSciences has raised $100,000 in angel funding. Pipeline2Space Inc. raised the six-figure venture capital amount on Nov. 16 through a combination of

Doorsey raises capital, to move past beta phase

Spokane-based real estate tech startup looks to enter larger metro markets

December 2, 2021

Virginia Thomas

An online residential real estate bidding platform co-founded by former Stay Alfred CEO Jordan Allen has raised more than $4 million in seed funding. Spokane Valley-based Doorsey Inc., formerly called Ruumr Inc., raised $4.1 million on Nov. 4, Allen says

Jubilant HollisterStier to start $92 million remodel

New space will boost filling capacity by 50%

November 18, 2021

Virginia Thomas

Spokane-based pharmaceutical maker and packaging company Jubilant HollisterStier LLC has broken ground on a $92 million expansion in East Spokane. Marcy Edwards, head of marketing at Jubilant HollisterStier, says Spokane Valley-based contractor

INW colleges focus on cybersecurity education

1 in 4 jobs in the field said to be unfilled here

November 18, 2021

Samantha Peone

For every three cybersecurity professionals working in the Spokane and Spokane Valley metro area, there is one additional job opening, according to CyberSeek, a U.S.-based platform providing insight into the national and local cybersecurity job markets.