Month: June 2024

Came across a great article from Mercury that provides some guidance for early-stage startups who are pursuing venture funding — especially if it’s their first time raising capital. Well worth the read over the weekend.

No matter how much time I try to spend researching Portland startups, I’m still always surprised by news from companies I’ve never heard of. Like Haystack Robotics. Which has created a mobile UV-C disinfection robot that makes disinfecting any indoor space “smart, safe, and simple.” Investors seem to like it, too, because Haystack Robotics just raised a couple of million to support that development.

Shop local. It’s one of those things about Portland that remains true to its core through both good times and bad. But that local retail scene is also an ever changing community of interesting entrepreneurs pursuing their visions. So where do you go to find the latest and great food, drinks, and shopping locations — especially those founded by underrepresented entrepreneurs…? That’s when you need The Actual Portland.

Lindsay Richman, the cofounder of Innerverse, has been by the VentureBeat Women in AI Awards, where she has been nominated in the category of “Responsibility and Ethics of AI.”

While more and more states are legislating for pay transparency to ensure that job posts list the salary range for the advertised position, it’s still a far cry from complete adoption of the concept — especially around here. That’s why Intersectional Group creates an annual “Pay Transparency Report,” to keep tabs on the progress and advocate for the adoption of this practice in the Portland area.

It’s still a few months off, but if you’re interested to taking the stage at Bend Venture Conference — the largest angel investment conference in the Pacific Northwest — now is the time to get your application submitted.

Again, I’m not even sure what a constitutes a “Portland company” in our new world, but if the CEO lives in Portland, then I’m going to consider it a Portland company. Like Enduring Planet — a fund that provides loans to entrepreneurs focused climate initiatives — which just got covered by GeekWire.