Seattle startup Common Room emerges from stealth mode with $52M in funding
April 1, 2021 at 10:12 pm
Common Room founders, left to right: Tom Kleinpeter; Viraj Mody; Francis Luu; and Linda Lian. (Common Room Photo)
The news: Common Room, a year-old startup based in Seattle, is coming out of stealth mode in a big way. The company revealed $52 million in total funding and big-name customers using its software that aims to help companies deepen relationships with their users and customers. GeekWire first uncovered the startup in September just as it was getting off the ground.
The product: The company’s tools act as a conduit between organizations and people in their communities. It integrates with communication apps such as Slack, Twitter, Discord, and more. The idea is to make “community” a competitive advantage, connecting users with each other and soliciting product feedback.
Pulumi
Cloud startup Pulumi hired three new executives who previously worked at Amazon Web Services.
CMO Jay Wampold, director of product marketing George Huang, and VP of marketing Aaron Kao all came on.
Pulumi says the hirings show it.can attract top cloud talent from companies like AWS and Microsoft.
Seattle-based cloud startup Pulumi has poached three former Amazon Web Services executives for its team over the past few months.
Pulumi helps developers easily build and manage applications on any cloud including AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud and automatically manage the resources needed to run those apps. It s become a rising star in Seattle s tech startup scene, and just announced a $37.5 million Series B round last October.