Month: September 2024

I don’t know that I can even count up to nine. But I do know that that means at least eight zeros. So even if it’s at the low end, Portland startup PayRange has landed at least $100,000,000 in Private Equity financing from Ridgeview Partners.

Portland startup Icon is helping folks prepare for retirement — even when traditional benefits packages may not be available. They refer to it as “retirement savings as a service.” And investors seem to be onboard with what they’re building. Icon just raised $9.2 million.

Last night, I had the opportunity to sit down with three amazing startup founders to talk about the companies that they’re building — and how AI is playing a role in their lives. Best of all — thanks to the awesome folks at Rose City Techies — we got to have this conversation in front of a bunch of other folks.

Built Festival is an annual gathering of the consumer products community throughout Oregon, from the most well established brands to the earliest stage startups. And this year, the week long fest culminates with a main event that is also a celebration of sorts: Built Oregon is now 10 years old. So if you’re interested in engaging with folks in apparel, beauty, food & beverage, footwear, and more, there’s no better place to do it.

It seems like just yesterday that Pitch Latino was a Portland event. Now, it’s growing up. Being held in Seattle, Portland, and — for the first time — Bend, Oregon. So who’s taking the stage for the event on October 1, 2024…? As usual, the Latino Founder crew have managed to assemble an incredible group of Latine-led startups to take the stage.

TiE Women is a global competition designed to highlight promising women-led startups. Often, the initial parts of the competition occur at a city level, but this time around, it started at a regional level. And two Portland companies wound up runners up: Radious and For Bitter For Worse.