Amazon

Amazon.com, Inc. is a prominent multinational technology company that specializes in e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Amazon operates primarily through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company sells a wide range of consumer products and subscriptions, featuring merchandise from both third-party sellers and its own inventory. It manufactures electronic devices such as Kindle e-readers and Echo smart speakers, and offers services like Kindle Direct Publishing for independent authors. Amazon also provides a membership program called Amazon Prime, which includes benefits like free shipping and access to streaming content. AWS contributes significantly to the company's revenue, offering cloud computing and storage solutions to developers and enterprises. Additionally, Amazon engages in advertising services and has ventured into food delivery in select markets. The company is recognized as a leader in online retail, with a substantial presence in international markets, particularly in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan.

Douglas Nelson

Sr. Product Manager Intern

Past deals in Washington

Amazon Pay

Corporate Round in 2020
Amazon Pay makes it easy for millions of Amazon customers to pay using the information already stored in their Amazon account. It provides businesses with a familiar and convenient buying experience that can help their customers spend more time shopping and less time checking out.

Amazon Pay

Corporate Round in 2020
Amazon Pay makes it easy for millions of Amazon customers to pay using the information already stored in their Amazon account. It provides businesses with a familiar and convenient buying experience that can help their customers spend more time shopping and less time checking out.

Amazon Pay

Corporate Round in 2019
Amazon Pay makes it easy for millions of Amazon customers to pay using the information already stored in their Amazon account. It provides businesses with a familiar and convenient buying experience that can help their customers spend more time shopping and less time checking out.

Amazon Pay

Corporate Round in 2018
Amazon Pay makes it easy for millions of Amazon customers to pay using the information already stored in their Amazon account. It provides businesses with a familiar and convenient buying experience that can help their customers spend more time shopping and less time checking out.

Amazon Pay

Corporate Round in 2018
Amazon Pay makes it easy for millions of Amazon customers to pay using the information already stored in their Amazon account. It provides businesses with a familiar and convenient buying experience that can help their customers spend more time shopping and less time checking out.

Amazon Pay

Corporate Round in 2018
Amazon Pay makes it easy for millions of Amazon customers to pay using the information already stored in their Amazon account. It provides businesses with a familiar and convenient buying experience that can help their customers spend more time shopping and less time checking out.

Amazon Pay

Corporate Round in 2018
Amazon Pay makes it easy for millions of Amazon customers to pay using the information already stored in their Amazon account. It provides businesses with a familiar and convenient buying experience that can help their customers spend more time shopping and less time checking out.

Amazon Pay

Corporate Round in 2017
Amazon Pay makes it easy for millions of Amazon customers to pay using the information already stored in their Amazon account. It provides businesses with a familiar and convenient buying experience that can help their customers spend more time shopping and less time checking out.

Amazon Pay

Corporate Round in 2017
Amazon Pay makes it easy for millions of Amazon customers to pay using the information already stored in their Amazon account. It provides businesses with a familiar and convenient buying experience that can help their customers spend more time shopping and less time checking out.

Energsoft

Grant in 2017
Energsoft, Inc. provides an artificial intelligence-driven business to business (B2B) software as a service (SaaS) platform with state of the art visualization and analytics tools for companies that manufacture or use energy storage devices. The company's platform tracks thousands of batteries, ultracapacitors, and energy storage systems from early R&D to the field. Batteries present a special challenge for technology and product developers due to the broad range and extent of characterization data including extensive cycling curves, impedance, and aging data which varies across processing, environmental and use cases. Our team would like to get funding to develop missing hardware integrations and the core of the intelligent agent system. The mission is to innovate and help to discover new materials that will generate and store renewable and clean energy in a low-cost. We are environmentally-caring organization and we want to make an impact at scale, because of energy storage perhaps the most important scientific challenge facing society today. However, all phases of this scientific process – design, synthesis, and characterization – are routinely stymied by the same challenge: researchers are not equipped to handle the deluge of data coming from their labs and high-performance computers. Energsoft accelerates slow battery modernization by giving engineering teams more powerful data supervision and analysis abilities.

LivingSocial

Venture Round in 2013
LivingSocial is an online local marketplace that allows users to discover and share various activities and services in major cities. The platform offers a diverse range of categories, including restaurants, events, sports and fitness, health and beauty, travel, and shopping, which encompasses beauty products, fashion, gadgets, and home goods. Additionally, LivingSocial provides options for gifts and coupons suitable for various occasions, such as anniversaries and birthdays. Serving both local merchants and national brands, LivingSocial connects consumers with a wide array of offerings while promoting local businesses. Founded in 2007 and initially known as Hungry Machine, LivingSocial is headquartered in the District of Columbia and has been operating as a subsidiary of Groupon since October 2016.

TeachStreet

Acquisition in 2012
TeachStreet is an online platform that connects lifelong learners with educational opportunities by helping them find classes and instructors in various subjects. The platform serves as a community hub where students can discover local teachers and schools, facilitating access to diverse learning experiences. Additionally, TeachStreet offers robust tools for educators, allowing them to manage their teaching businesses effectively. The website also provides a public forum for teachers, coaches, and experts to share knowledge and insights, fostering a collaborative environment for both educators and learners.

LivingSocial

Series F in 2011
LivingSocial is an online local marketplace that allows users to discover and share various activities and services in major cities. The platform offers a diverse range of categories, including restaurants, events, sports and fitness, health and beauty, travel, and shopping, which encompasses beauty products, fashion, gadgets, and home goods. Additionally, LivingSocial provides options for gifts and coupons suitable for various occasions, such as anniversaries and birthdays. Serving both local merchants and national brands, LivingSocial connects consumers with a wide array of offerings while promoting local businesses. Founded in 2007 and initially known as Hungry Machine, LivingSocial is headquartered in the District of Columbia and has been operating as a subsidiary of Groupon since October 2016.

LivingSocial

Series E in 2011
LivingSocial is an online local marketplace that allows users to discover and share various activities and services in major cities. The platform offers a diverse range of categories, including restaurants, events, sports and fitness, health and beauty, travel, and shopping, which encompasses beauty products, fashion, gadgets, and home goods. Additionally, LivingSocial provides options for gifts and coupons suitable for various occasions, such as anniversaries and birthdays. Serving both local merchants and national brands, LivingSocial connects consumers with a wide array of offerings while promoting local businesses. Founded in 2007 and initially known as Hungry Machine, LivingSocial is headquartered in the District of Columbia and has been operating as a subsidiary of Groupon since October 2016.

LivingSocial

Series D in 2010
LivingSocial is an online local marketplace that allows users to discover and share various activities and services in major cities. The platform offers a diverse range of categories, including restaurants, events, sports and fitness, health and beauty, travel, and shopping, which encompasses beauty products, fashion, gadgets, and home goods. Additionally, LivingSocial provides options for gifts and coupons suitable for various occasions, such as anniversaries and birthdays. Serving both local merchants and national brands, LivingSocial connects consumers with a wide array of offerings while promoting local businesses. Founded in 2007 and initially known as Hungry Machine, LivingSocial is headquartered in the District of Columbia and has been operating as a subsidiary of Groupon since October 2016.

Quorus

Acquisition in 2010
Quorus is an innovative software company in the growing social commerce market.

Stanza

Acquisition in 2009
Redefining note taking and information management

Foodista

Series A in 2009
Foodista, Inc. operates an online platform that serves as a community for food enthusiasts to share and exchange culinary knowledge. Founded in 2008 and based in Seattle, Washington, the company provides a variety of editorial content, including food news, cooking tips, recipes, and health information. Its unique approach allows users to contribute and edit recipes in a wiki format, which helps to minimize duplicate entries. The platform also features a comprehensive database that connects ingredients, cooking techniques, and utensils, creating an interconnected resource for users. In addition to its content offerings, Foodista provides advertising solutions and organizes events aimed at food bloggers, enhancing engagement within the culinary community.

Shelfari

Acquisition in 2008
Shelfari, Inc is a division of Amazon that runs Shelfari, a social network for book lovers.

dpreview

Acquisition in 2007
dpreview.com is a digital camera review site founded pre-bubble in 1998. The site publishes reviews and news on the latest digital cameras and gear and helps guide consumers to their choice camera. It is also home to a very active forum. Amazon acquired the company in early May 2007 for an undisclosed sum. At the time, the website had over 7 million monthly unique viewers. About dpreview, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said "dpreview.com is by far the most authoritative source anywhere for straight talk about new digital cameras" The site now also features lens, printer and software reviews, user galleries and photographic competitions (challenges).

Shelfari

Series A in 2007
Shelfari, Inc is a division of Amazon that runs Shelfari, a social network for book lovers.

Atomic Moguls

Series A in 2007
Atomic Moguls, Inc. specializes in entertainment and sports fantasy applications designed for social networking platforms. Established in 2007 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company develops fantasy games that allow fans to engage with their favorite sports, teams, and college conferences in an interactive online environment. Their flagship products include Galacticos Football, Galacticos South Africa, Franchise Basketball, and Premier League Picks, which combine elements of fantasy sports with social gaming experiences. Through these offerings, Atomic Moguls aims to enhance fan engagement and provide immersive sports content to users.

TextPayMe

Acquisition in 2006
Founded in 2005, TextPayMe is an SMS payment service that lets you send money to other people using cell phone text messaging. TextPayMe lets you send money to anyone else in the US with an SMS-capable cell phone, and while phone carriers may charge for the actual text message sent/received, sending and receiving money is free while TextPayMe remains in Beta. In July 2006, the TextPayMe team started working for Amazon and, as of 2011, the site redirects to an Amazon's mobile payment website. There was no press release related to this event but it's assumed the company was acquired. Sending and receiving payments through TextPayMe is easy: simply write a text message to SMS@TextPayMe.com with "pay amount phonenumber" in the body (i.e. to send $5 to 123-456-7890, text "pay 5 1234567890"). The service is secure as well, as each payment needs to be confirmed by a user-created PIN. To fund your transactions, TextPayMe lets you add money directly from your bank account and now also lets you link your credit card as well. Currently, the maximum amount that can be sent or received per month is $500.

IMDB

Acquisition in 1998
IMDb.com (www.imdb.com) is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content with more than 100 million unique visitors per month. IMDb offers a searchable database of more than 1.8 million movies, TV and entertainment programs and more than 3.8 million cast and crew members. IMDb.com, a consumer website, provides showtimes, trailers, reviews, photo galleries, a newsdesk, quotes and box office data. A free service, IMDb.com celebrated its 20th anniversary (www.imdb.com/20) in October 2010. IMDb's popular "Movies & TV" app for iPhone and iPad (http://imdb.com/iphone) has been installed by more than 10 million consumers and is available worldwide in 7 languages. IMDb's mobile platform also features a leading Android app (http://imdb.com/android) and a mobile optimized website (http://m.imdb.com/). IMDb Pro (www.imdbpro.com) is a subscription version of IMDb designed exclusively for professionals who work in the entertainment industry. IMDb Pro provides contact information, in production listings for film and television projects and exclusive STARmeter rankings that are determined by user searches on IMDb. Additionally, IMDb owns and operates Withoutabox (www.withoutabox.com), a marketplace for film festivals and filmmakers, and Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com), the leading online box office reporting service. IMDb.com is operated by IMDb.com, Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon.com.