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title: 'Portland startup news for the week ending November 14, 2025'
date: '2025-11-14T21:14:09-08:00'
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# Portland startup news for the week ending November 14, 2025

This week in Portland startup news, Prophetic lands a huge deal, Oregon Entrepreneur Awards name winners, Demolicious plans Champion of Champions 2025, and Oregon’s former CIO returns to the state. Let’s get into it…

**Portland startup stories**

- [00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Z8CNYzT14&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1) Portland startup news intro
- [01:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Z8CNYzT14&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=93s) Prophetic
- [03:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Z8CNYzT14&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=188s) Demolicious Champion of Champions 2025
- [05:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Z8CNYzT14&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=305s) OEN Oregon Entrepreneur Awards 2025
- [06:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Z8CNYzT14&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=384s) Sylvia Salazar of [‪@TonoLatino‬](https://www.youtube.com/@TonoLatino) joins [‪@DangerousOnes‬](https://www.youtube.com/@DangerousOnes)
- [08:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Z8CNYzT14&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=486s) Alex Petit returns to Oregon
- [09:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Z8CNYzT14&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=580s) Secrets

**Portland startup links**

- Startup Ask Me Anything [https://youtube.com/live/dRATtXuSYLg?…](https://youtube.com/live/dRATtXuSYLg?feature=share)
- FANWAGN [ • Startup Stories: FANWAGN founder Lauren Te… ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn5wjYg4c24)
- Dayo [ • Startup Stories: Rethinking social media w… ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkhHCscL1DQ)
- Share your startup [https://forms.gle/JKDniUEX64fr39Ku9](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnVaV3pXOHNFbUl6OXhjV2NIUTVWcThVY0d5UXxBQ3Jtc0tsbF92M0cyd0M0eDgzNjQxN0kxaUN2UmYtRUpLZ3JoeC1WYXVjR2RzbFV1MmVHLXdTQndQSHljYVR5MzFCRWc2LVZYOGpVNUJKUDQyVWQ0TTh2VVNOUmF1QVZmSDF2RW9XaHVVTmtvV0FqZldkUXpKRQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FJKDniUEX64fr39Ku9&v=M_Z8CNYzT14)
- Demolicious Champion of Champions 2025 [https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/3294115…](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqazVzX01RMzNNOUp5SUg5c1FXQjdsRjhPOU5sd3xBQ3Jtc0tsYmNORDZ0SHBEUFpDbzJqek45VV9WLUxtUExEdUI4TWdsdnZ2VUZMZ3NPSXBBdW5rbjNBQVpvMk9xdXlwbjRzQml5WmJJYVZiM2dEejNkdDR6VkEzZVBkRnVsYl8zSlBHMlFkSlRnaVg4bkZnV3JNVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etix.com%2Fticket%2Fp%2F32941153%2Fdemoliciouschampion-of-champions-portland-mcmenamins-mission-theater&v=M_Z8CNYzT14)
- Portland Business Journal on OEN Awards 2025 [https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/…](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbU80aHJfVHBBeW42MDFkUU1penpwekp1eDRTZ3xBQ3Jtc0trbkV4RDB0MF9YcUdqaWhaVGhWWHMwYmVlb0k1NXU0bkRIaTZyZWJ2blQwaWlyQnp6cThnYzZ1anl2aGUzYlM1WXVXZ2VDa1RweHlEWlNHQ1l2ejBCUHdoQ1RNTGNaak5kT3pNdDF6dERrTmxQMVYtNA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bizjournals.com%2Fportland%2Fnews%2F2025%2F11%2F14%2F2026-oen-entrepreneurship-awards.html&v=M_Z8CNYzT14)
- Sylvia Salazar – Breaking the feed [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast…](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHZhNFpKLVZiQ1pScGloUXoxWXZURXJ4dWQ0QXxBQ3Jtc0trXzZyUTRlLTJOTjFXc213SmxUTzQ1UW9NcWM1cmJpMUxNRVg2a1Vac2tlX2xpa1BicW5kNHdYSGJUaUdPLXVuVXdkQmtzOFlMdGx3Y1p3bXN6TTBJZk5aU09oSjZoSG5jbGJwOXFJVy1aNThsNW45Yw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fbreaking-the-feed%2Fid1852852466&v=M_Z8CNYzT14)