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title: 'Bend Venture Conference 2021 results in more than half of a million dollars in investments'
date: '2021-10-25T14:50:36-07:00'
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# Bend Venture Conference 2021 results in more than half of a million dollars in investments

Another [Bend Venture Conference](https://bendvc.com/) is in the books. And a collection of startups now have additional investment fueling their future growth. To the tune of $550,000 potentially being invested — post due diligence — in six Oregon startups and one Canadian one. But who and what impressed the audience enough to secure those investments? Let’s take a look at the winning companies.

The **Growth Stage Competition**, for companies that have a proven concept and initial revenues:

- [**DeepSurface**](https://deepsurface.com/) (Portland) $200,000
- [**Lora DiCarlo**](https://loradicarlo.com/) (Bend) $100,000
- [**The Run Experience**](https://therunexperience.com/) (Bend) $50,000

The **Impact Competition,** for-profit companies with an integrated social or environmental mission:

- [**Skip Technology**](http://skiptek.com/) (Portland) $100,000
- [**TENZR Health**](https://tenzrhealth.com/) (Vancouver, BC) $50,000

The **Early Stage Competition** included companies that are pre-revenue (or very early) and are in the process of testing their product in the market:

- [**Radious**](https://radious.pro/) (Portland) $25,000
- [**Tonsil Tech**](https://tonsiltech.com/) (Bend) $25,000

For more information, visit [Bend Venture Conference](https://bendvc.com/).