Seattle tech news last week included office reopenings, funding rounds, team expansions and more. See what these companies, including tech giant Microsoft, announced this past week. This is the Built In Seattle weekly refresh.
Microsoft and Expedia will reopen their offices. Microsoft announced it is fully reopening both its Redmond headquarters and Washington facilities at the end of February. This announcement also means the company will be in the final stage of its hybrid workplace policy. Online travel site Expedia will also implement its hybrid work policy on April 4. Currently, only fully vaccinated employees of Expedia can work on-site on a volunteer basis. Both companies require employees to be vaccinated to enter buildings, but Microsoft says it can accommodate those who cannot be vaccinated due to religious or medical reasons. [GreekWire]
Temporal gained $103M. Software company Temporal raised a Series B round that brought the company to unicorn status at a $1.5 billion valuation. Created by two former Amazon engineers Samar Abbas and Maxim Fateev, Temporal helps other platforms simplify the code needed to run reliable cloud applications. The funding raised will go toward its cloud services as well as expanding its team with a focus on software developers. [Built In Seattle]
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Showdigs brought in $7.4M. Showdigs is a real-estate SaaS company working to help real estate firms schedule showings and assist with staffing. Showdigs raised $7.4 million in seed funding that will go toward launching its platform nationally and in Canada, as well as hiring new talent. [Built In Seattle]
ExtraHop hired a new CEO. ExtraHop provides a cyber defense platform that can detect and respond to threats for hybrid and cloud businesses. ExtraHop announced it named Patrick Dennis as the company’s new CEO. Dennis will be taking over for former CEO Arif Kareem, who is retiring. The company plans to expand on its innovations within cloud security as Dennis assumes the role. [Email]
Bttn got a new president. Bttn is a Seattle-based e-commerce B2B marketplace for medical supplies. The company announced Steve Nielsen as the new president of bttn. Nielsen is a healthcare industry veteran and has three decades of experience running and operating medical distribution brands. [Business Wire]
