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title: 'Portland startup news for the week ending April 18, 2025'
date: '2025-04-18T08:19:09-07:00'
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# Portland startup news for the week ending April 18, 2025

Is there more VC flowing into Portland? A new president for TiE Oregon, $1M in funding for a Bluesky effort, and Portland startup events galore. Let’s get into Portland, Oregon, startup news for this week…

- TiE Oregon [https://oregon.tie.org](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVdwSVFVaE94Uk94N1VCOXN1TXJzLThfVWYyQXxBQ3Jtc0tsekluTTlxUGdFYzA5VmdqSnVrLVoyTFNSa1RWNlZNdE5oeV9GSERIY05zanNrUkNWZF9NV3JobzdKYmFEcFJHb2dYU242TW5GcHFDTzVCZUxLSmxtdlo3LWVOc2VHTGllVnNjM3kwNlFCRW1EYVh1Zw&q=https%3A%2F%2Foregon.tie.org%2F&v=V1tjY4zmfM8)
- Bluesky raises $1M [https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/31/cus…](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa00xdml6amxOSkxpblhMUTRheER4OThNSEJiZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsWmRJZGRsS3FEdWtid2toZXVQdWF0ZGNGeGpUOGxrOFdhYzRUMGtabzdxWmRkdTNYdng4Mm9QZ2ZLbzJ6Rmo5TlExZkRuTHZSa25mazhSbXJLeEgydElrV09mZ1p1TXU4dG02T2NQX0VwY3E2cFdLVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2025%2F01%2F31%2Fcustom-feed-builder-graze-is-building-a-business-on-bluesky-and-investors-are-paying-attention%2F&v=V1tjY4zmfM8)
- Uptick in Portland Venture Capital in 2025 Q1 [https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/…](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVhVUmtFQ0Y5VDEyR2kzQkFjWHlidjFuU3Zzd3xBQ3Jtc0trZDBSZS0wQnZZYVpkaVlsVUlTSGlGbHZoTVZFTENhMFNTYnpIVHVGbnh3UnhpYVFpdVR4ME1LZUtXS1NWRkIzSzhsVGFGZkpKOFpVOFllOFlTaTZqUDFfY0lSS0c1NnR5UXJhR3pYbUdMejg2MGRfcw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bizjournals.com%2Fportland%2Finno%2Fstories%2Finno-insights%2F2025%2F04%2F15%2Fventure-monitor-q1-oregon-metro.html&v=V1tjY4zmfM8)
- Portland Digital Corps [https://siliconflorist.com/2025/04/17…](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUI4UFJ0aTkza3ZuanViRGtub3ExclVDcWY2QXxBQ3Jtc0tsakVBc2lOTFBPQ2l1cEdreGVMZFZ5M09OM0JUOGczMmdBQk1Rek90VWItQ1pPcWYtd3E3MENlRUJGd1M1NlBWMlktcGFiMGVGNmpkM3dORVUtUWg2ZjQxRmNLVV85NlpObkRPNXdMTWVtMHVnU2MtTQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsiliconflorist.com%2F2025%2F04%2F17%2Fportland-digital-corps-ramps-up%2F&v=V1tjY4zmfM8)
- Portland AI Engineers [https://www.meetup.com/portland-ai-en…](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVhKaDRUZHoyZV9xaGJ5NEE0eXFTaFUxaGlhQXxBQ3Jtc0ttOFVScEJMbUFIdFU2RVIxS2hxaXlHRzlsMzlQTm9kZU9CNnFkSkQ3S19IZkZSUmZoZ2J5UjUtWGNMa2lmemsxU3QtMmdZMjJ4czdFa2FISENWb1Q4NGxjUkxObGtueFBJOHYtRHVaM1oyaGo4ZGtiWQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meetup.com%2Fportland-ai-engineers%2F&v=V1tjY4zmfM8)
- PIE + Portland startup community events [https://www.meetup.com/pie-portland-s…](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUstYnpXdHRLT2ZMNlNaRl9YZjFXTnlsb0hEUXxBQ3Jtc0trUDNwb21OMVBCN2J1WEE5X1BBeERqakJiOXRqMGxXdGlxRlZnLWRmVTFsRnl4TlppNEs1TkJPVGV3VDZIZWVDOWN2RUp2U0RCT1BfaExfMktzZmJLaDVkMlhrd1pqSWYtSF9PWW5kZjhZdVVKQWR2VQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meetup.com%2Fpie-portland-startup-community%2F&v=V1tjY4zmfM8)
- Portland Startup Week 2025 [https://lu.ma/pdxstartupweek](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjRETjJsRkZSaWFOZlZMcG5kVHZ4LXc1ZHBHd3xBQ3Jtc0tsZnBfem9nMVVPQ3NNd0dIeWhiNmFRS2ZoVFMyTjlkczBkLTF4Ri1JSWl6ZXl4QUpSeDJibjlfTG1lTzN3SHRDTEphN0V1TndnTjNVU3c4NHdvUm5fOVAyVkZ6aXREbjZiZkpZM3pMNzcySG80V2RWQQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Flu.ma%2Fpdxstartupweek&v=V1tjY4zmfM8)
- Startup Success podcast [https://open.spotify.com/episode/1uW9…](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbENMMVp6WmhIVld1cUxGelNxc2Y3REJZWjBCUXxBQ3Jtc0tsdkJSaGM5SWtBUG1iSkNuczhES3BSUXpVamRTVUp3VlJCSjFkRWwwcmNLSHlEemhfUWJDLTBWU05uOVZFdXRsM1VFZTBNbm9QSzlPUS1xTG5wUl9RUDl3UG5LZ2ZOLXBCWGdYRHZxWkVfVmh6eHJvQQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Fepisode%2F1uW9DLlNVTDtEqg243fuwh%3Fsi%3DCwb0V3bBRvmq4ljC1dHAlA&v=V1tjY4zmfM8)
- 5 Min Startup [ • Startup Oracle Warns: New Businesses … ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbbAT6TcH-8)

Portland startup news chapters
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- [00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1tjY4zmfM8) Portland startup news intro
- [00:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1tjY4zmfM8&t=35s) Matt Dittrich named new president of TiE Oregon
- [03:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1tjY4zmfM8&t=191s) Graze raises $1 million for Bluesky tooling
- [06:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1tjY4zmfM8&t=361s) Significantly more VC in Q1 2025
- [08:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1tjY4zmfM8&t=510s) Portland Digital Corps is up and running
- [12:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1tjY4zmfM8&t=720s) Portland AI Engineers meets April 30, 2025
- [12:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1tjY4zmfM8&t=762s) PIE + Portland startup community events
- [19:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1tjY4zmfM8&t=1155s) Me on other podcasts