May 31, 2013

May 30, 2013 at 2:17 pm May 30, 2013 at 2:19 pm GeekWire Awards: Tickets available now! Steve Sliwa , the former CEO of Insitu Group, the maker of unmanned aerial vehicles that was purchased by Boeing for $400 million, has emerged at a stealthy startup company by the name of Seeq. We came across the startup today in a SEC filing, which indicated that the company, previously operating under the name Nebula 12, had raised $2 million of a $6 million round. The Seeq Web site offers little detail about the business, and Sliwa’s LinkedIn page simply says that the company — working on “decision support for time-series big-data” — is in stealth mode. Steve Sliwa We’re trying to track down more details on the company, and we’ll update this post as we learn more. Sliwa served as CEO of Insitu for 10 years, growing it to an 800 employee powerhouse with annual sales of $400 million. In 2007, he raised $25 million for from Battery Ventures, Second Avenue Partners and Pteranodon Ventures for the maker of unmanned aerial vehicles. Joining Sliwa at Seeq is Mark Derbecker , a veteran of Microsoft and Insitu. He’s serving as vice president of engineering. John Cook is GeekWire's co-founder and editor, a veteran reporter and the longest-serving journalist on the Pacific Northwest tech startup beat. Follow him  @johnhcook and email john@geekwire.com . GeekWire Awards 2016: The Pacific Northwest's annual startup and technology awards. GeekWire rolls out the red carpet each year at the EMP Museum in Seattle to honor the top innovators, entrepreneurs, startups and do-gooder geeks, as nominated and chosen by the GeekWire community. More than 800 people attend this fun event. Tickets available here .