Month: April 2025

Thanks to our friends at GeekWire for catching that Portland biotech startup Araceli Biosciences has landed $11.2 million to fund their ongoing development of their AI enhanced imagining technology designed to speed drug discovery.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

How to Build and Scale Onboarding

Superhuman became known for its unique approach to onboarding: a highly-personalized, white-glove, human-led experience. Superhuman’s Gaurav Vohra, startup advisor and growth leader, gives us a detailed look at how he built and scaled the program.

So you’ve been hearing some rumblings about a “Portland Startup Week.” But you’re not quite sure what that is or why you should care. Well, I might be able to help. Portland Startup Week 2025 is a weeklong celebration of the Portland startup community through events and gatherings that bring the community together. And, after a long hiatus, it’s now back in 2025. And will take place May 12–16, 2025.

First, there was AI Portland. Then AI Tinkerers Portland. Recently, we got Portland AI Engineers. And now, we’ve got the GenAI Collective, a new gathering from our favorite AI industry analyst, AJ Green. The inaugural meetup takes place with a launch party on May 15, 2025.

Used to be, TiE Oregon did one big event called Pitch Oregon. Then, they iterated on the idea to create three separate events, instead: Westside Pitch, Columbia River Pitch, and Clackamas Pitch. Why am I telling you this…? Well, Westside Pitch is imminent. And Columbia River Pitch applications just opened.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

Intel reportedly plans to lay off over 21,000 employees | TechCrunch

With the layoffs, Tan aims to “streamline management and rebuild an engineering-driven culture,” according to Bloomberg. The company had around 108,900 employees at the end of last year after it announced 15,000 job cuts in August 2024.

If you want to win the TiE Oregon Westside Pitch competition, you need to get called up to the stage first. And now, we know who got the call to take the stage to pitch their concepts on May 8, 2025.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

Flashmob: Show Up for Small Business – April 2025, Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 5:00 PM | Meetup

Supporting startups is one thing. But what about all of the amazing local small business owners in Portland…? The coffee we drink. The restaurants we frequent. The gifts we buy. Our dollars can all benefit the small businesses who help keep us going when we’re building the startups we want to build. Join the Office of Small Business for the launch of Show Up for Small Business, an ongoing collaboration with Better Portland, PIE, Latino Founders, and Built Oregon.