--- title: 'Portland startup news for the week ending June 13, 2025' date: '2025-06-13T07:45:55-07:00' type: post word_count: 416 char_count: 2754 tokens: 541 categories: - Portland --- # Portland startup news for the week ending June 13, 2025 In PDX startup news, a YC alum rethinks recycling, big Oregon startup events, a couple of late breaking funding rounds, and other news and tidbits from the last week in the Portland startup community. Let’s get into it… - Portland startup community fireside chats [ • Portland startup community conversations -… ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL-PkVS-40o) - Portland startup community gathering [https://www.meetup.com/pie-portland-s…](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa21QRUxCTlFpQ0NiUmxZbjhkd2oxNE1UT3E5d3xBQ3Jtc0tuUWM5bHh6NU83UDNlLTZqMzdUckVrUVpfMUlCYkk4OGlCSXY3cXZoUHl1OHIyV1ZqS0tlVmc0eV9senI2WWh3SHAtYVVoWWpfa2gzazJySGdlZUdJMGdkR1piUFNuTjFjWVh2NDNOZE5yQ2c0RUdIVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meetup.com%2Fpie-portland-startup-community%2Fevents%2F307183761%2F&v=OeytX4b6YXM) - Oregon Startup Conference [https://oregonstartupconference.com/](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTdtWVExQTZOd213ZldEWm1TOTVBZVd2NU9zUXxBQ3Jtc0tuYmJzbkE0UjZTV2hfRHBadmg0VHpadmltMElBUWZ6d0xtb3pkd2J4QUowaXVKanpzbF9EcHRLNDBmWUR6OFNEbUhUS2l2TXBsZVY2OVd6MUlFMUxuS2N5TEVXa3RueGs0Rk45RWZGSWtxVHNyNDB1MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Foregonstartupconference.com%2F&v=OeytX4b6YXM) - Invent Oregon 2025 [https://www.inventoregon.org/](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjdEZzZqVl8zMGtYc2szN3VuYkp5cmdsSVU4UXxBQ3Jtc0trd3ZpQzllMEViNWhnZnd2MVFVM2tXZ0pZYVY3V09STUp6TlQtTGRZVlptSWdNVU1LaFMxLThBbk53aWZtUjg5Q050MFVHU3Z2ZDR1U09ENmJoLWktSmV4MWhtYnRudURKc0tKc25Ua0RmYk12ekE5cw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.inventoregon.org%2F&v=OeytX4b6YXM) - Watch party: 2025 halfway [https://lu.ma/j3zim4sy](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbW5oa2toYVRxMWUwa0lwZHRjb29rblpSNUdzd3xBQ3Jtc0tsS1ZkVXV5S09ZWTRNOFk4MUU5S0pmdzRfV1RzU1Y5N0NMTXBReWxHNmJWX1AxbzlSYVR5X3prWktpNC1Zal9LWG01bnRoeVB3Qm9NaDk5dnViRENKOUJCVGdHbzIzSkZKUW9xTV9pVHRjQTBRYkwwOA&q=https%3A%2F%2Flu.ma%2Fj3zim4sy&v=OeytX4b6YXM) **Portland startup news stories** - [00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeytX4b6YXM) Portland startup news intro - [00:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeytX4b6YXM&t=17s) Rapta and Conveyer raise capital - [01:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeytX4b6YXM&t=111s) Birch Biosciences rethinking recycling - [05:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeytX4b6YXM&t=300s) Portland startup community chats – Pride edition - [08:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeytX4b6YXM&t=485s) Oregon Startup Conference - [10:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeytX4b6YXM&t=620s) Invent Oregon 2025 - [11:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeytX4b6YXM&t=710s) Watch party