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It’s always nice to write about someone new getting funding in Portland. Especially when it’s a company you might not know.
Meet NetPayment, a company that relocated to Portland, plans to stay in Portland, and has recently disclosed $1.1 million in funding. Read More
Online learning company OpenSesame has found itself with a bit more tuition to spend.
You see, the Portland-based company just added to its Angel Oregon earnings, rounding it to an even $2 million in funding. Read More
A little late on this one, but I wanted to make sure that you knew about it. Especially because it’s another startup getting funding. It’s been a busy few weeks for Portland in that regard.
The latest company to gain additional funding for its pursuits? AppFog which just secured $8 million in investment led by Ignition Partners. Never heard of them? It’s no wonder. It’s the new name for PHP Fog. Read More
It’s always nice to report on Portland funding news. This time, it’s BankSimple—whom we count as a Portland company thanks to their CTO and co-founder Alex Payne and their dev shop being located here in Portland. The company just landed an additional $10 million in financing and added Visa, Bancorp, CBW, Allpoint, and Andera to their partner list. Read More
As people try to rework and reimagine startup funding and venture capital, there are any number of interesting ideas coming to light. The latest comes not from the Valley but from our neighbor to the north, Seattle.
It’s called Lighter Capital. And the idea is to make funding more accessible to companies that are demonstrating a successful track record—with fewer strings attached. Read More
If you don’t know the story of Janrain, you should. It’s a story of perseverance, constant tweaking, and now a chunk of cash to help it grow and expand. You see, Janrain has just secured $15.5 million, making it one of the biggest startup wins in Portland in quite a while. Read More
Well, well, well. Here we are. The moment for which we’ve been waiting, patiently, for quite some time. It’s time to announce the first class of the Portland Seed Fund, a new fund designed to help stimulate startup growth here in Portland.
And now? Now it’s time to see who is going to get stimulated… err funded. So who made the cut? Read More
So Robert Scoble and Ashton Kutcher are going to lunch. Want to go? Well, you can’t. But maybe your startup can get an invite.
You see, Scoble is looking for some of the best and brightest startups to put in front of Ashton. And if you respond to his Quora question, yours may be among the startups he chooses to discuss. Read More
It’s always nice to wake up to another nail in the “it’s hard to find funding in Portland” coffin. And this time, not only is it funding for a cloud-based company in the Portland area, it’s funding for a company that sits outside the Old Town/Pearl region of town that has been a recent magnet for capital. Way outside. Like Beaverton.
Act-On software has secured $10 million in C round funding, led by Trinity Ventures. Why does Trinity sound familiar? Oh, because Trinity also just sunk some cash into ShopIgniter. Read More
Last year they quietly landed $3 million. Today, ShopIgniter quietly announced that they had landed another $8 million in Series B.
ShopIgniter is kind of one of those quiet startups around Portland. There isn’t a great deal of hubbub around them. Not a great deal of hype. Last year they quietly landed $3 million. Today, ShopIgniter quietly announced that they had landed another $8 million in Series B. Read More
