The startup scene in United States

The University District describes Spokane as serving the wider Intermountain Northwest. It identifies five universities, two medical-school programs, community colleges, and a smart-city testbed as regional assets, and links Startup Spokane, Ignite Northwest, and sp3NW with founder support and life-science formation. [88709, 88714, 88715]

Spokane’s founder-support and financing routes include StartUp Spokane’s free entrepreneur consultations and Ignite Northwest’s regional funding, mentoring, and acceleration services. The Spokane Angel Alliance describes an investment remit spanning Eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana; it reports more than 100 members and over $87 million invested in 84 companies since inception. These organizations publish contact or funding-interest routes, but the supplied evidence does not establish that applications are currently open. [88717, 88718, 88719, 88723, 88726, 88728]

Examples of Spokane-based companies include Gestalt Diagnostics, which describes itself as a digital-pathology company founded in 2017 and announced a $7.5 million Series A on April 28, 2025. Treasury4, a finance and treasury software company formed by former Itron employees, raised a $20 million Series A in 2023 with external and Spokane-based investors. These are company-specific examples, not a comprehensive account of the city’s startup activity. [88733, 88734, 88736, 88737]

The City of Spokane publishes a startup-resource page through its Economic Development Team. Spokane Journal reports that 10 of 20 companies presenting to the Spokane Angel Alliance raised $26.4 million in 2025 from a mix of Alliance members, outside venture capital, and other private sources; the publication also cautions that one company’s round can skew a small-market annual total. [88742, 88721, 88722]