Dec 27, 2019

Grazitti Interactive

Grazitti Interactive opened an office in Seattle as part of an expansion plan that includes a new office in Edmonton, Canada, and a new headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Grazitti provides marketing automation, sales optimization and cloud services. It also has offices in Australia, Singapore and India, and plans to open in Boston and Austin, Texas.

Port of Everett

Marina Dock Age magazine named the Port of Everett Marina as Marina of the Year in the large marina category. The port says its marina is the largest publicly operated marina on the West Coast. Over 20 marinas nationwide were considered for the award. Everett Marina was cited for its recent in-water and upland developments, customer service, environmental standards, community and industry engagement, and unique special events. The magazine also recognized Port of Everett employee Kate Anderson with a Young Leader Award. Anderson is a communications specialist with the port.

Dec 26, 2019

US Post Acute Care

In Tacoma, Swenson Healthcare CEO Dr. Darren Swenson founded US Post Acute Care, a provider of management services for post-acute clinics. The new company's services include billing, recruiting, training, compliance, analytics and practice development. It is using software developed by Swenson Healthcare called SmartPAC that targets post-acute care medical practitioners.

Wild Rose Food Co.

In Portland, Chuck Eggert launched Lulubelle's Creamery as part of Wild Rose Food Co. Lulubelle's produces milk from its own Willamette Valley dairies where cows graze in organic pastures and eat organic alfalfa. Wild Rose focuses on making products from Oregon farms that care about the treatment of animals. Eggert last year opened Basics, a local food market designed to help people cook more at home with fresh regional ingredients.

Symetra

Bellevue-based Symetra Life Insurance Co. committed $250,000 to the GSBA Scholarship Fund, a provider of LGBTQ scholarships. The multi-year pledge will also help launch the Symetra Empowers Scholarships program, which will support at-risk youth and the LGBTQ community in the Puget Sound region.

Dec 24, 2019

Airship

Lavoie

Portland-based Airship hired Michael Lavoie as senior vice president of customer success. Lavoie has over 20 years of marketing experience with global customer service organizations. He most recently was chief customer officer at software company Marketing Evolution. Airship has a digital platform for companies to manage customer communications.

Marchex

Seattle-based mobile advertising analytics company Marchex bought Sonar Technologies, a text and messaging sales engagement and analytics company. The deal was valued at $12.5 million in cash and stock, with up to an additional $1.5 million in stock if sales targets are hit.

Taiyo Pacific Partners

Kirkland-based fund manager Taiyo Pacific Partners increased its stake to over 5% in Yamashin Filter Corp. of Japan. Yamashin makes construction machinery oil filters. Taiyo manages over $2.4 billion in Japan-focused funds.