Month: October 2025

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

Tech Sparks with Rose City Techies, Wed, Nov 19, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup

Join us for an exciting evening of rapid-fire inspiration with Rose City Techies at the most beautiful co-working space in all of Portland, Kiln. At Tech Sparks, local innovators, developers, designers, founders, and creators will each have 10–15 minutes to share their tech-related stories, ideas, experiments, and insights. No slides required (But, you can if you’d like) — just short, powerful talks designed to spark conversation and connection.

If you’re a startup working on drones or drone adjacent concepts, there’s no better place in the world to get mentorship and support for your pursuit than the Oregon UAS Accelerator in Pendleton, Oregon. And now, you have the opportunity to take part.

Is Portland, Oregon, burning…? No. And I was kind of waiting for someone to build this homage to the timeless classic Is it snowing in Portland, Oregon? (IYKYK)

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

Oath Surgical raises $24M for surgical AI ecosystem

“We started Oath Surgical with the mission of reinventing surgical infrastructure at scale and with value at its core. The need is clear,” Keown wrote. “We’re at the outset of a transformational shift in how, where, and by whom surgery is delivered… And, Oath Surgical is at the forefront.”

Bend Venture Conference is only a couple of weeks away. And the last pieces are starting to fall into place. They recently announced the early stage competitors taking the stage. And now, they’ve revealed the folks in the growth stage who will be pitching, as well.

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

Portland’s rise: A city rebuilding through public-private partnership

Earnestness, community collaboration, and peaceful civic engagement are what brought Portland back from our hardest days. That unity is what will propel our city into a brighter future. It makes our democracy resilient and worth defending—and it will carry us through whatever comes next. We invite you to the city that we love and call home. We’ll welcome you to see for yourself the roses and the thorns.

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

Startup Location Strategy in 2025: Does It Still Matter Where You Build?

Business location once defined your entire brand. A company based in SoHo or Palo Alto was perceived differently than one in Boise or Bratislava. But perception has shifted. Customers care more about product quality and support than your HQ. And investors now hunt for deals in unexpected places, especially if the burn rate is lower and the talent pool untapped.

If you’re a solo founder working on a SaaS product, you’ve like encountered MicroConf in some form or another. Because you are their target market. And in a place like Portland, there are a lot of folks just like you trying to figure out how to take their bootstrapped SaaS product to the next level. So it only makes sense that MicroConf US is heading here in 2026.