Built In Seattle

1 day ago | builtinseattle.com | Mia Goulart

Home to the infamous Gum Wall, a technicolor display of thousands of pieces stuck to an alley near Pike Place Market, Seattle, is also home to some of the world’s most sophisticated code, written just a few miles away, powering apps, devices and systems used by billions. It’s a fitting metaphor for a city where quirkiness and creativity collide, creating an atmosphere that’s uniquely its own.

5 days ago | builtinseattle.com | Ashley Bowden |With AI

Joan Pepin will oversee the company’s global security and compliance initiatives in her new role. Written byBuilt In Staff, With AIPublished on May. 09, 2025 REVIEWED BY Ashley Bowden Edge Delta, a company offering intelligent telemetry pipelines for security and observability data, has appointed Joan Pepin as its new chief information security officer.

1 week ago | builtinseattle.com | Taylor Rose

Prior to working at Clean Power Research, an afterschool activity for one of Lucie Gautier’s kids meant a logistical nightmare. “I remember when attending my children’s school events at 4:30 p.m. felt like an impossible juggling act,” Gautier said. “But everything changed when I joined Clean Power Research.”Today, Gautier is one of the greentech company’s hundred employees who take advantage of a hybrid work policy that allows employees to work however they work best.

2 weeks ago | builtinseattle.com | Ashley Bowden |With AI

EDEN, a digital sales enablement platform for the home services industry, has secured a $3.7 million seed funding round. The investment was led by Climactic and will support the company’s mission to transform the home services market. EDEN works to provide contractors with transparent pricing and data-rich insights, enabling them to streamline their sales and increase close rates.

2 weeks ago | builtinseattle.com | Ashley Bowden

Chainguard, a software company headquartered in Kirkland, secured $356 million in its Series D funding round. The company, which helps businesses secure their open-source software supply chains, is valued at $3.5 billion following the capital raise. The company helps engineering teams maintain continuous compliance, enabling them to build faster and improve security, efficiency and reliability. Chainguard counts enterprises like ANZ Bank, Canva, GitLab and Hewlett Packard among its customer base.