Excited to see all of these young founders doing amazing innovation. Particularly inspired by these biotech health creators. And love seeing the trajectory of Washington State Department of Commerce WA Competes winners CathConnect with Joelle Tudor and Michael Malone and Primary Bioscience with Stacy Anderson, PhD
Glimpse the future -- a new generation of founders in Seattle. The map below, created by YoungTech Seattle in collaboration with Peter Mueller of Breakwater Ventures, represents a look at the incredibly diverse set of Seattle companies with a founder or co-founder under 35. Despite Seattle's entrepreneurial and funding ecosystems disproportionately favoring those with decades of industry experience, these founders are beating the odds. This small but growing cohort packs a serious punch -- with an average founding year of 2021, they have collectively raised more than $225M in venture funding. With the best undoubtedly yet to come, this is certainly a group to keep your eye on. If we missed you on this list we apologize and we would love to learn more about you and what you're working on so please reach out! --- Note: This does not include the many young founders still building in stealth - can't wait for your public launches!