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title: 'Bend Venture Conference reveals semi-finalists competing to take the stage'
date: '2021-09-14T15:42:27-07:00'
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  - Bend
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  - Bend
  - 'bend venture conference'
  - bvc
  - cannecht
  - 'field day'
  - 'foxface systems'
  - kinectair
  - lifeair
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  - shilling
  - 'tonsil tech'
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# Bend Venture Conference reveals semi-finalists competing to take the stage

For early stage startups, the path to the stage at the largest early stage pitch competition in the Pacific Northwest — [Bend Venture Conference](https://bendvc.com/) — goes through the September EDCO Central Oregon PubTalk, where each company will present a three minute pitch with the hopes of being one of the finalists selected to take the BVC stage in October.

Who’s competing for a spot on stage and, ultimately, at least $30,000 from Portland Seed Fund?

- [cannecht](https://cannecht.com/) (Bend, OR) – A digital marketplace to help cannabis operators find and secure service contracts with trusted providers.
- [Field Day](https://www.heyfieldday.com/) (Portland, OR) – An online platform that makes it easy for individuals and organizations to discover and engage with local nonprofits through group volunteer events.
- [FoxFace Systems](http://www.foxfacesystems.com/) (Camas, WA) – Providing an easy and affordable online platform for the affordable housing compliance process.
- [KinectAir](https://kinectair.com/) (Vancouver, WA) – Private aviation made public. Affordable, soon to be electric, aircraft booked from your smartphone using local community airports.
- [LifeAir](https://lifeairmedical.com/) (Portland, OR) – Saving millions of lives by pioneering the first ventilator that eliminates patient to patient transmission of diseases, such as pneumonia and COVID.
- [Radious](https://radious.pro/) (Portland, OR) – An online marketplace for rentable home office and meeting space.
- [Shilling](https://www.shillingapp.com/) (Portland, OR) – A micro investing app that bridges the gap between the time you spend on your smartphone (screen time) and investing in the stock market.
- [Tonsil Tech](https://tonsiltech.com/) (Redmond, OR) – At-home handheld device to remove tonsil stones painlessly and effectively.

Want to see the pitches? Register to attend the PubTalk, [in person](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/september-2021-pubtalk-road-to-bvc-in-person-tickets-169401194533) or [virtually](https://hopin.com/events/september-2021-central-oregon-pubtalk-the-road-to-bvc).