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title: 'Portland startup news for the week ending Aug 1, 2025'
date: '2025-08-01T07:45:18-07:00'
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# Portland startup news for the week ending Aug 1, 2025

Happy August! This week, Accenture invests in a Portland startup, we meet another person from the Oregon startup community. your apps get a Limo, your sales could be hanging by a Thread, a bunch of events, and of course closing it out with some secrets… just between you and me. Let’s get into it.

- Accenture invests in YearOne [https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2…](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnJQQ1hzLTRiZ2F5cUVjangxSzlXM05waDRLd3xBQ3Jtc0tudThRSThyeU5kUVc1dFFCMnpKRUt5T0xrU0VLSFFfZVBfQ2dKQ3pxZEVRNDdPdl96elIxblNvdDRqY3FHUV9BTDh5eVVEU282RzFHOG1ZSzJKWTRGXzdtVXFTcW5ZOEVSQjdlSlFqbm1tNXVTMlFrSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.accenture.com%2Fnews%2F2025%2Faccenture-invests-in-yearone-to-accelerate-digital-product-development&v=XtNx5phYW-s)
- Add your profile [https://sflo.me/oregonstartups-add](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3czZUh0Rl9hYk9DWm96V0pIRzhqV1AtMGtVd3xBQ3Jtc0tuM05LblJUMUdQMDhNRTBqb1o0c19GNWNzaTVFVnZxNl9RUHQtWDhSa2RRTmNfVm54OEdmUlY3ZG5XWUdqSlE3ek8zVHgzaVJZckl6T2pnUjQ0djZPazl0SVBBMWRGQWZyUVQ1MHVCSVlya2M0MlA5MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsflo.me%2Foregonstartups-add&v=XtNx5phYW-s)
- PDX Code & Coffee [https://www.meetup.com/portland-code-…](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUJvOGJwU1JPTk40VGdMSUhud3ZOam9QbURqQXxBQ3Jtc0trZzFVZFpLY1ZJNmVxSE1kUEZaX1o2TnQxNjZuUW44bHU2Qm1iMXVLSUdHN0xvZWdodUlxd1dqdUxxSUdiUGNpazVDeHhVUktpWkZNaTFTVkRsRVZCVHJHbU83a1A0S1phWkpOc0pKRkV3dWdwV2Rpbw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meetup.com%2Fportland-code-coffee%2F&v=XtNx5phYW-s)
- Limo [https://limo.dev](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDdUVE5yclB2NEFIbmF4ckZja3BtZEt1Q2luQXxBQ3Jtc0tuODQxVzl0Y0VWbm9RUUtYZVhWZWFMY2pEUzR6UXA2Y25hVko4Qk1RVnl0Nm5wXzYxMTRBcXhXbTFCcGxLSzFEbXJvRzQtTGp4cGcza3V5RnVJMG9LaEplaVNCTkRzM3ZoekJtZElXazZEV2dYYWdEVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Flimo.dev%2F&v=XtNx5phYW-s)
- Thread [ • You Sell. Thread Handles the Rest. | Meet … ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mdsOkIdJ40)
- Nascent Startups [https://lu.ma/g2qkstaa](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2xRUTNwZGpPSXZzYUxQRi1JSXhCcDFtVUs3QXxBQ3Jtc0tucWFoUWJaVVlrdWVzcXYtYXF3cXg4cG5pQldVT1kzS2ZQOVhrNF9FS3ctRHQ0aU0tVGJRTmY1YjQ2X0xVWkZnNGtSYU9GWG0tcDZRVkNHZWhDdGtqX0RySks4LURTSTZqZ3BvbmFvRTdWb0VyQXQ5Zw&q=https%3A%2F%2Flu.ma%2Fg2qkstaa&v=XtNx5phYW-s) and [https://lu.ma/mfqzpd4v](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnJfdGZvMUI1anRXOHBvOG9kUHB2RE81d3pxd3xBQ3Jtc0ttWXNEMTZvUVhzRnlfOFM2Uzd6ODhYdzBBX1Jqa2h0VHJPckg1WDkxSTZDUmlHOU1sTllIazRoWkdMOUVEMlVpQVJNRGE3V252RVFENXFROU1PZjdZbkZhZUJHeHRWaFNyazJ2SlIzRzNnMnJ3cjV4UQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Flu.ma%2Fmfqzpd4v&v=XtNx5phYW-s)
- Startup Couve Coffee [https://lu.ma/NorthBankInno](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0ZPampfcGZZYVdDV3htOFNJcUFUa1hpYWxxd3xBQ3Jtc0tuRGlyLTBWSzVMVWEtenR4Y1dkSmFodnBiMFdwSzNUYnFNNDhGYW9JVUlZZENWSlJ4TVV3ZHFkdW5DSFBnUGo2RGdRT3JpQ0RVTEdQenZpNl9MMEZKa1gxbVc0QmdTa1gwaTQxcjZDMk1LbVl4TXFXMA&q=https%3A%2F%2Flu.ma%2FNorthBankInno&v=XtNx5phYW-s)
- OBI Accelerate Biotech Happy Hour [https://www.otradi.org/event/accelera…](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTlXM2VkY3ZJbWFoeERTZVBzVnBoNWkwRHo5QXxBQ3Jtc0ttRUdJd05aOWtNMnNPODhLaG9ic2xyVWVMdmFlSDJTc0VON3RTeElSX0ZqdzE3WnFUUkNNM19oT29TQlN6ZUtDc21oWS1WU0VlN3BwQ3dHMWhBTmh4NXQyVDlxQ2dmRDVEeXNfa0gzM0ZWS3haQ1Y2bw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.otradi.org%2Fevent%2Faccelerate-biotech-happy-hour-3%2F&v=XtNx5phYW-s)
- NedSpace news [ • Need positive Portland Oregon news…? PDX s… ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az_Nc1kw1xM&pp=0gcJCR0AztywvtLA)
- Code TV [https://codetv.dev](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1YxcWt6LS1oRXNQcmh6OTJQMWc3Y19BMnJzZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsMGJ4UXdqX0RpODByUkVvY0VxZThDZ3pBTGFPVnRrRE1mMTdISnc4TjRqWXg1MVFCdEwyTFBsSEg5NmFjRk81RkNXeDV5eUxiWGZiaFM0ampmcS1aXzF6Q0V4bkR1dUV3STFHb1BGamdQWTV3TFVocw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fcodetv.dev%2F&v=XtNx5phYW-s) [‪@codetv-dev‬](https://www.youtube.com/@codetv-dev)

**Portland startup stories**

- [00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNx5phYW-s&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1) Portland startup news intro
- [00:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNx5phYW-s&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=58s) Meet Brittany Ellich [‪@brittanyellich](https://www.youtube.com/@brittanyellich)
- [‬](https://www.youtube.com/@brittanyellich)[01:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNx5phYW-s&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=108s) YearOne lands investment from Accenture [‪@Accenture‬](https://www.youtube.com/@Accenture)
- [05:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNx5phYW-s&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=353s) Limo helps with DevOps [‪@limo-devops‬](https://www.youtube.com/@limo-devops)
- [08:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNx5phYW-s&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=519s) Thread helps with sales [‪@ThreadSalesApp‬](https://www.youtube.com/@ThreadSalesApp)
- [10:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNx5phYW-s&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=600s) Upcoming events
- [16:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNx5phYW-s&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=990s) Secrets