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title: 'Stiira and Yak walk away with big checks at the Angel Oregon Tech competition'
date: '2025-08-19T13:38:58-07:00'
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# Stiira and Yak walk away with big checks at the Angel Oregon Tech competition

[According to Portland Business Journal](https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/inno/stories/news/2025/08/19/hr-software-stiira-aotech.html), there were multiple winners in the OEN Angel Oregon Tech competition, this time around. [Stiira](https://www.stiira.com/) walked away with the big prize, but local startup [Yak](https://yaktech.io/) also secured an investment from the angel investors.

> Portland startup Stiira walked away the big winner in this year’s Angel Oregon Tech competition.
> 
> The startup, [which makes HR software](https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/inno/stories/news/2024/06/14/stiira-hr-software-isolved-leave-management.html), was awarded $145,000 from the program’s angel investors. Last year, the company won the seed stage investment from the West Side Pitch event.
> 
> …
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> In addition to the award to Stiira, the event’s angel investors also backed Portland-based startup Yak with a $55,000 investment.
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> Yak makes software that streamlines and automates the audit process for auditors. Earlier this summer the company won the Best Overall and Audience Choice award [at the Columbia River Pitch competition](https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/inno/stories/fundings/2025/07/01/dayo-yak-mickelberry-gardens-pitch.html).

For more information, read “[HR software startup Stiira snags AOTech investment](https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/inno/stories/news/2025/08/19/hr-software-stiira-aotech.html).”

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