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Technology

Itron, Maine utility ink new contract

Infrastructure to help lay smart grid groundwork
January 28, 2021
Virginia Thomas
Liberty Lake-based Itron Inc. has secured a contract with Bangor, Maine-based electric utility Versant Power to upgrade the utility's metering infrastructure and network.
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Tech industry jumps ahead a decade, observers say

Cybersecurity, access to be focus in 2021
December 17, 2020
Natasha Nellis
2020 marked a rapid acceleration in the technology industry, in some cases truncating what would have been a decade of adaptation into a year, and cybersecurity is one of the sectors of the industry most poised for growth in 2021, some tech industry
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Itron signs big contract with utility in Northeast

Software system will help National Grid automate data collection, reporting
December 17, 2020
Kevin Blocker
Liberty Lake-based Itron Inc. has signed a contract with East Coast utility Nation Grid to help that company with its meter reading capabilities. Based in London and doing business in three northeastern U.S. states-New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode
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Gestalt Diagnostics reports triple-digit growth

Company plans to add team members in 2021
December 17, 2020
Natasha Nellis
Gestalt Diagnostics LLC is on track to double its annual revenue this year and expects to see strong growth again next year. Dan Roark, CEO of the Spokane-based maker of software for pathologists, says, 'In 2020 we are on track … for 100% growth.
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Hypersciences secures additional VC capital

HyperSciences raises more than $2M this year
November 19, 2020
Natasha Nellis
Spokane-based geothermal drilling technology startup HyperSciences Inc. has raised $87,700 in venture capital, bringing the company's total funding raised to $12 million since 2018.
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RiskLens launches new risk-management service

Software compares security investment returns versus threat
November 5, 2020
Natasha Nellis
Spokane-based RiskLens Inc. has added a service to its platform that enables companies to analyze which cybersecurity and technology investments will provide the most bang for their buck.
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Cowles Co. establishes new venture-capital arm

Company has invested $85M in startups so far
October 22, 2020
Virginia Thomas
In an effort to diversify its corporate holdings and cement itself in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the Inland Northwest, Spokane-based Cowles Co. has formally established a venture capital investment arm.
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Selkirk Pharma secures another $12 million in capital

West Plains project, site tweaked, records show
October 8, 2020
Virginia Thomas
Spokane-based injectable-drug manufacturing and packaging startup Selkirk Pharma Inc. has raised more than $12 million in financing. Separately, Selkirk Pharma has shifted slightly its site for a 147,000-square-foot aseptic manufacturing, warehouse
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Vega Cloud secures $2.3 million in venture capital

Capital infusion to go to marketing, software development, CEO says
September 24, 2020
Kevin Blocker
Liberty Lake Cloud Inc., a Liberty Lake, Washington software company that does business as Vega Cloud, recently completed a $2.3 million round of investment funding. Vega Cloud CEO and co-founder Kris Bliesner says recent funding sources include the
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Spokane Valley internet provider buys Pend Oreille Valley Network

WOW plans $1.5 million in improvements to its network infrastructure
September 24, 2020
Natasha Nellis
Spokane Valley-based Wired or Wireless Inc. has acquired Pend Oreille Valley Network and plans to upgrade the infrastructure to better serve the Newport, Washington-based company's existing customers, says WOW president Bill Geibel Jr. Mike
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