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title: 'Bend’s Platformr raises more money to ease AWS adoption and maintenance'
date: '2026-07-08T09:01:43-07:00'
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# Bend’s Platformr raises more money to ease AWS adoption and maintenance

[Our friends at Portland Business Journal](https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2026/07/08/bend-startup-platformr-lands-investment.html) caught that [Platformr](https://platformr.cloud), the Bend CloudOps startup, has raised a new round. [An earlier Seed Round](https://siliconflorist.com/2024/10/21/bend-startup-platformr-raises-2-5-million-seed-to-continue-streamlining-aws-adoption/) was comprised of Oregon money backing an Oregon company, this round widens the circle. And most importantly, provides more runway for the — ahem — platform that helps you spin up and manage your own software inside AWS.

According to the PBJ:

> Platformr, which was founded by a trio of Amazon Web Services alums, raised $2.75 million in a SAFE note from investors led by Lookout Ventures. The round also included Avizo Ventures and strategic angel investors.
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> …
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> With this new funding the company is hiring, said co-founder and CEO Ryan Comingdeer. It currently has 14 employees and is looking for principal cloud architects and a director of customer service, he said.

“This investment reflects where the market is heading,” [said Matt Bressler, General Partner of Lookout Ventures](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/platformr-closes-funding-round-accelerate-140000004.html). “MSPs and SIs are under real pressure to deliver more value, faster, with less overhead, and Platformr is building the platform that makes that possible. Platformr’s continued investment in AI is exactly the kind of forward motion we back.”

For more, visit [platformr.cloud](https://platformr.cloud) or read [Malia Spencer’s write-up in the Portland Business Journal](https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2026/07/08/bend-startup-platformr-lands-investment.html).

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