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Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist

Interested in Portland, Oregon, startup news…? Silicon Florist has been a leading source for news on early-stage startups in the Rose City since 2007. Now, I"m offering a quick recap of the stories from the week to ensure that you"re always in the loop on what"s happening in the Portland startup community.

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Week ending Oct 31, 2025 - Portland Oregon startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/11/01

This week in Portland startup news, ConductorOne raises $79M, Nvidia is worth $5T, Newberry, Oregon, is hot — geothermally, SXSW Pitch applications are due, and Portland folks step up to help SNAP recipients. Plus, this channel hits 1000 subscribers and there’s a gift for you. And of course, a few secrets at the end.PORTLAND STARTUP STORIES00:00 Portland startup news intro00:50 Celebrating 1000 subs with a gift for you02:00 ConductorOne raises $79M05:00 Nvidia is worth $5T07:35 Mazama Energy in

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00:23:36

Week ending Oct 24, 2025 - Oregon startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/10/25

This week in Oregon startup news, Customer.io hits a major milestone, ⁨@BendVC⁩ reveals 2025 winners, The Information reveals an ⁨@AgilityRobotics⁩ offer, Oregon Venture Fund looks for new angels, and more. Let's get into it…OREGON STARTUP STORIES00:00 Oregon startup news intro03:55 Customer.io hits $100M ARR07:44 Bend Venture Conference 2025 winners09:50 Oregon Venture Fund is open for investing11:43 Oregon Startup Center reboots13:34 North Bank Innovations accepting residents15:40

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00:23:15

Week ending Oct 17, 2025 - Portland startups news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/10/18

This week in Portland Oregon startup news, a Portland startup raises $10M more, Oregon senior Senator Ron Wyden calls out Flock on the heels of an Amazon Ring partnership, Bend Venture Conference 2025 is in the books, a bunch of upcoming startup and AI events, and more. Let’s get into it…PORTLAND OREGON STARTUP STORIES00:00 Portland Oregon startup news intro00:50 Unofficial winners of the Bend Venture Conference 202502:25 Portland VC investments double in Q303:45 Senator Ron Wyden calls out

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00:24:10

Week ending Oct 10, 2025 - Portland Oregon startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/10/11

This week Portland Oregon startup news, BVC (Bend Venture Conference ⁨@BendVC⁩ ) happens next week, ⁨@LatinoFounders⁩ Pitch Latino Portland 2025 names a winner in front of a sold out crowd, Brad Heller joins ⁨@brittanyellich⁩ on the Overcommitted podcast, and a way to tell if Portland is burning. Let's get into it…PORTLAND OREGON STARTUP STORIES00:00 Portland Oregon startup news intro01:45 Is Portland Oregon burning…?03:33 Contribute to ⁨@JimmyKimmelLive⁩ #showmeyourhellhole07:38 High Desert

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00:15:45

Week ending Oct 3, 2025 - Portland Oregon startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/10/04

Portland, Oregon, is the top story in the Portland startup news this week. For all of the wrong reasons. But startups in Oregon…? Startups in Portland and Bend in Oregon and Vancouver Washington are still going strong. Despite what you may have heard.SPECIAL THANKS: Stephen Green, special war correspondent, for the recent footage of what downtown Portland Oregon is actually likeOREGON STARTUP STORIES00:00 Portland Oregon startup news intro01:15 PSA: Portland Oregon is just fine02:12 Quick startup

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00:24:06

Week ending Sep 26, 2025 - Oregon startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/09/26

This week in Portland startups is more about what’s next, startup pitches at Pitch Latino, Startup Grind, High Desert Innovation Week, and more. Plus a new app and a new news aggregator.OREGON STARTUP STORIES00:00 Oregon startup intro01:21 Startup Grind AI Summit 02:39 Pitch Latino Portland 202506:19 XO Ruby 09:10 High Desert Innovation Week 12:05 TrainSnap 15:02 raven.vision 18:22 Sharing secretsOREGON STARTUP LINKSPortland Startups Slack https://pdxslack.comOregon startup folks

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00:40:09

Week ending Sep 19, 2025 - Portland Oregon startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/09/19

This week, Nvidia invests in Intel, Intel alums garner investment, Ciara Pressler raises an important question about Oregon economic development and startup support, Tender Loving Empire launches a WeFunder, a new contact for Oregon Venture Fund, and more.OREGON STARTUP LINKSOregon needs an audit of orgs that help companies scale https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ciarapressler_oregon-needs-an-honest-audit-of-its-ability-activity-7374195213952741376-rfPzTender Loving Empire WeFunder

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00:28:40

Week ending Sep 12, 2025 - Oregon startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/09/12

This week, a familiar Oregon Venture Fund face bids us farewell, Next Ventures closes a $60M fund, Bend Venture Conference reveals more startup semifinalists, and the Launch Oregon Summit gathers folks from around Oregon.OREGON STARTUP LINKS- Techmeme https://techmeme.com- Scott Hanselman and Tyler Bushnell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmCBpDw06wo- 4K4Community fun run https://www.4k4community.com/- Pre https://www.buildwithpre.com/- Curser https://curser.bubs.co/- Portland hell avatar

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00:21:15

Week ending Sep 5, 2025 - Portland startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/09/05

This week, Bend Venture Conference semifinalists have been announced, Built Oregon host Built Festival, get your SXSW Pitch applications submitted, and more.PORTLAND STARTUP LINKS- FashioNXT https://fashionxt.com/- Minimus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooz0l8LIQC0- Submit your profile https://sflo.me/oregonstartupfolks- Bend Venture Conference https://bendvc.com- Built Festival 2025 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/built-festival-2025-tickets-1607373811339- SXSW Pitch https://sxsw.com/pitchPORTLAND

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00:40:24

Week ending Aug 29, 2025 - Portland startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/08/29

This week, coworking is having a Portland moment, Twistlock alums are building Minimus, TiE Women Global has a Portland participant, PIG Squad has a Portland Retro Gaming Expo opportunity. Oh. And did I mention it’s episode 100…? Let’s get into it.PORTLAND STARTUP LINKS- Meet more folks https://sflo.me/oregonstartupfolks- PBJ on coworking https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2025/08/25/portland-coworking-market-second-quarter.html- FashioNXT https://fashionxt.com/- Kinship

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00:19:01

Week ending Aug 22, 2025 - Oregon startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/08/22

A new Vancouver Washington startup incubator, top VCs in the region, Angel Oregon winners, Pitch Black Showcase 2025 winners, and more startup news.OREGON STARTUP NEWS LINKS- Pitch Black https://pitchblack.org- Vancouver Innovation Center https://thevicwa.com/- PBJ on the VanWa incubator https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/inno/stories/news/2025/08/20/north-bank-innovations-vancouver-center.html- Founder First Fund https://youtu.be/iDSqNRsGwr0- Time best American VCs

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00:29:07

Week ending Aug 15, 2025 - Oregon startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/08/15

Get help with Y Combinator from a 3x alum, learn about the newest VC in Oregon, and hear how Oregon regional innovation hubs fare from state funding. Plus I go off on a rant of sorts 😂OREGON STARTUP LINKS- Paige Hendrix Buckner on the TechCrunch podcast https://megaphone.link/TCML8876599258- Oregon startup folks https://sflo.me/oregonstartupfolks- Portland Startup Events https://lu.ma/PortlandStartupEvents - Oregon innovation hubs

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00:17:10

Week ending Aug 8, 2025 - Portland startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/08/08

This week in Portland startup news, a PDX startup returns to the limelight, deadlines for both Bend Venture Conference and SXSW, some new startups, and Silicon Florist is old enough to vote. Let's get into it.PORTLAND STARTUP LINKS- AI News https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7177357348489900032/- Oregon startup folks https://sflo.me/oregonstartupfolks- Tellagence https://www.tellagence.ai/- PBJ on Tellagence

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00:23:38

Week ending Aug 1, 2025 - Portland startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/08/01

Happy August, Portland startup folks — and others! This week, we talk about Accenture investing in a Portland startup, we meet another person from the Oregon startup community. your apps get a Limo, your sales could be hanging by a Thread, a bunch of events, and of course closing it out with some secrets… just between you and me. Let’s get into it.PORTLAND STARTUP LINKSAdd your profile https://sflo.me/oregonstartups-add PDX Code & Coffee https://www.meetup.com/portland-code-coffee/Limo

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00:26:44

Week ending Jul 25, 2025 - Portland startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/07/25

Next, on a very positive Portland, Oregon, episode of the weekly startup news, we discuss the longest running coworking space in Portland’s new home, an excuse to play tourist in Portland for Portlanders, an opportunity to show up for Portland small businesses, a positive Portland focused Bluesky feed, and more.PORTLAND STARTUP LINKSDowntown sees record sales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8IMTxE4SPAPortland Staycation https://www.portlandstaycation.com/Show up for small business

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00:19:23

Week ending Jul 18, 2025 - Portland startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/07/18

This week in Portland startup news, a startup from Nike alums, big startup pitch events, Artificial Intelligence vs Human Intelligence, and an introduction to another member of the Oregon startup community — a technical founder who is looking for a cofounder. Let’s get into it.PORTLAND STARTUP COMMUNITY LINKS- How to connect with the Portland startup community https://siliconflorist.com/2025/07/08/how-to-connect-with-the-startup-community/- OEN Angel Oregon Tech 2025

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00:22:57

Week ending Jul 11, 2025 - Oregon startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/07/11

NVIDIA hits a $4 trillion market cap, new Portland startups to watch, Pitch Black tickets, apply to Bend Venture Conference, attend a bunch of PDX startup events, and more in Oregon startup news, this week.OREGON STARTUP LINKS- Oregon startup folks https://sflo.me/oregonstartupfolks- Submit your profile https://sflo.me/oregonstartups-add- Pitch Black Showcase 2025 tickets https://www.pitchblack.org/pitch-black-showcase- Apply to BVC https://bendvc.com/apply- How to connect to the startup community

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00:13:38

Week ending Jul 4, 2025 - Portland startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/07/04

One PDX startup event postponed, other events to attend, Pitch Black applications due July 7, a Portland Metro Region Innovation Hub navigator moves on, and more Portland startup news.PORTLAND STARTUP LINKS- Pitch Black Showcase https://www.pitchblack.org/pitch-black-showcase- Oregon startup folks https://sflo.me/oregonstartupfolks- founder.coffee https://founder.coffee- Techworks on Tap https://oregontechworksassociation.webflow.io/events/techworks-on-tap-2025- TAO Party in the Pinot

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00:13:19

Week ending Jun 27, 2025 - Portland startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/06/27

This week in Oregon startup news, $60k+ awarded to TiE Oregon Columbia River Pitch winners, a couple of opportunities to meet startup folks throughout Oregon, a livestream watch party to get us all caught up on 2025 so far, and — of course — a secret or two if you hang until the end. OREGON STARTUP LINKS- Oregon startup folks https://sflo.me/oregonstartupfolks- Last big gathering July 8 https://www.meetup.com/pie-portland-startup-community/events/307183761/- AI Biz podcast

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00:31:31

Week ending Jun 20, 2025 - Portland startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist ·

2025/06/20

This week in Portland startup news, the Act-On Software acquisition falls apart, a new aggregated Portland startup event calendar, React.tv, and a whole bunch of events.FIND RICK TUROCZY ON THE INTERNET AT…- https://patreon.com/turoczy- https://linkedin.com/in/turoczy- Portland startup news on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/portland-oregon-startup-news-silicon-florist/id1711294699- Portland startup news Spotify

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