Bend Venture Conference 2021 results in more than half of a million dollars in investments

Another Bend Venture Conference 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 (Portland) $200,000
• Lora DiCarlo (Bend) $100,000
• The Run Experience (Bend) $50,000

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

• Skip Technology (Portland) $100,000
• TENZR Health (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 (Portland) $25,000
• Tonsil Tech (Bend) $25,000

For more information, visit Bend Venture Conference.