This week in Portland Oregon startup news, a Portland startup raises $10M more, Oregon senior Senator Ron Wyden calls out Flock on the heels of an Amazon Ring partnership, Bend Venture Conference 2025 is in the books, a bunch of upcoming startup and AI events, and more. Let’s get into it…
- 00:00 Portland Oregon startup news intro
- 00:50 Unofficial winners of the Bend Venture Conference 2025
- 02:25 Portland VC investments double in Q3
- 03:45 Senator Ron Wyden calls out Flock
- 06:00 Knapsack raises $10M
- 08:10 Two AI events
- 09:40 Maxwell Folley starts something new
- 10:55 Startup applications due
- 14:33 Portland Retro Gaming Expo
- 17:25 Secrets
Oregon startup links
- Senator Wyden’s letter to Flock https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/pre…
- Jama Software acquisition • 🤔 Portland’s BEST startup exit EVER…? Jama…
- TiE Oregon Collegiate Competition https://www.tieoregon.org/pitch-orego…
- Y Combinator https://www.ycombinator.com/apply
- Oregon UAS Accelerator https://oregonuas.org/pages/oregon-ua…
- Portland Retro Gaming Expo https://www.retrogamingexpo.com/