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| Apr 17, 2026 | GetWhys Raises $5.2M in Funding | GetWhys, a Boise, ID-based provider of an insight-driven GTM platform, raised $5.2M in funding.
The round was led by EPIC Ventures, with participation from CEAS Investments, the Portland Seed Fund, and existing investors Next Frontier Capit... |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Caravel Bio Wins $7.8M NSF Grant to Pioneer Next-Generation Protein Engineering | What You Should Know:
– Caravel Bio, the first joint platform for protein discovery and delivery that enables new applications of synthetic biology, today announces its selection for a $7.8M award from the U.S. National Science Foundation D... |
| Jan 30, 2025 | AscendArc secures $3.95M in funding to develop scalable satellite technology | Satellite telecommunications company AscendArc has secured $3.95 million in pre-seed and seed funding to advance its satellite communications technology.
Investors backing the round include Seraphim Space, Everywhere Ventures, Portland Seed... |
| Jan 25, 2024 | Digs raises $7M for its collaboration platform for home builders | Vancouver, Washington–based Digs, a collaboration platform that provides homebuilders, vendors and — eventually — homeowners with something akin to a digital twin of a home, today announced that it has extended its $7 million seed round fro... |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Tech Moves: Koru founder joins startup advisory firm; Portland Seed Fund adds principal; and more | (Kristen Hamilton Photo)
— Kristen Hamilton is joining San Fransisco-based startup advisory firm Enjoy the Work as general partner.
The longtime Seattle entrepreneur previously founded Koru, a predictive hiring startup. The company also dev... |
| Feb 1, 2023 | Digs is a Figma-like collaboration tool for home builders and suppliers | Digs, a Vancouver, Washington-based startup that is developing a collaboration tool for homebuilders and their vendors, is coming out of stealth today and announcing a $7 million seed funding round from Fuse, Flying Fish, Betaworks, Legacy,... |
| Aug 10, 2022 | The women writing checks: A list of female venture capitalists in the Pacific Northwest | Back in 2018, GeekWire published a list of women investors based in the Pacific Northwest who were writing checks to help startups grow.
A lot has changed in four years. We’ve put together a new compilation below, highlighting more than 60 ... |
| Mar 21, 2022 | Tech Moves: Athira Pharma adds Wave Life Sciences CMO Michael Panzara to board | Michael Panzara. (Wave Life Sciences Photo)
—Michael Panzara, chief medical officer and head of therapeutics discovery and development for Wave Life Sciences, was appointed to Athira Pharma’s board of directors.
Panzara has more than 20 yea... |
| Apr 28, 2021 | Investors hooked on Minnow: Seattle startup raises $3M for its contactless food ‘Pickup Pods’ | A Pickup Pod food delivery and pickup station from Minnow. (Minnow Photo)
New funding: Seattle-based startup Minnow, makers of a contactless food delivery and pickup pod, has raised $3 million in seed funding.
The tech: The company’s IoT-en... |
| Apr 27, 2021 | Minnow Raises $3 Million Series Seed Round - Financing led by Branded Strategic Hospitality | Jimmy Frischling, co-founder and Managing Partner of Branded Strategic Hospitality “There’s an enormous opportunity to reduce last-mile delivery costs, while making food delivery more affordable and convenient. Minnow has everything we look... |
| Aug 4, 2020 | Minnow raises $2.2M for contactless food delivery pods | Customers can pick up their food from a pod, having no contact with their delivery person
A lot has changed since COVID started, not least of which is the way we interact with each other. That means social distancing, of course, but it's al... |
| Jul 31, 2019 | Portland Seed Fund raises $13.9M for third fund, looks to invest in more early-stage startups | The Portland Seed Fund leadership team: Angela Jackson, Jenn Lynch, and Jim Huston. (Portland Seed Fund Photo)
Portland Seed Fund has raised its largest fund yet as the firm looks to invest in more startups up and down the west coast.
PSF j... |
| Sep 18, 2018 | Here are more than 50 women VCs and angel investors backing startups in Seattle and Portland | Studies show that women-led startups outperform their male counterparts in revenue. Other research indicates that companies with more gender diversity generate better financial returns. Yet less than 3 percent of venture capital dollars wen... |
| Mar 16, 2016 | Daily funding roundup - March 16, 2016 | Pivot3 bagged $55M; Menlo Ventures led Series B funding in Usermind; CrowdStreet raised $3.5M
CrowdStreet, one of the finalists at Vator Splash Oakland 2015, raised $3.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Rally Ventures, with... |
| Mar 16, 2016 | CrowdStreet raises $3.5 million to help real estate investors | CrowdStreet, a management tool for real estate investors, announced today that it closed a $3.5 million investment led by Rally Ventures.
The series A funds will be used to further develop CrowStreet’s technology and build new partnerships,... |
| Mar 16, 2016 | CrowdStreet raises $3.5 million to help real estate investors | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
CrowdStreet, a management tool for real estate in... |
| Mar 2, 2016 | Daily funding roundup - March 2, 2016 | Blippar raised $54M; Rocksbox bagged $8.7M Series A; Influitive secured $8.2M funding
goTenna, a device that enables smartphone users to communicate without cell towers, wifi routers or even satellites. The company announced a $7.5 million ... |
| Nov 17, 2015 | Surefield challenges Zillow with new tool to figure out how much your home is worth | Seattle-based Surefield announced a new tool today that offers a transparent way for Washington state home buyers or sellers to figure out how much a property is worth.
The company, which was launched last year by Redfin founder David Erake... |
| Apr 9, 2015 | Meet the 10 startup grads from the Portland Seed Fund | A new crop of startups from across Oregon graduated today from the Portland Seed Fund.
The companies just completed a 3-month bootcamp as part of the fund, which has now graduated six classes and 56 companies in its four years of existence.... |
| Oct 28, 2014 | Bright.md Raises $1M in Seed Funding | Bright.md, a Portland, OR-based virtual care solution, closed a $1m seed funding round.
Backers included Seven Peaks Ventures, Portland Seed Fund and Oregon Angel Fund.
The company intends to use the funds for the continued development and ... |
| Sep 23, 2013 | 'No-wallet' bitcoin payment app Gliph gets $200k in funding | Mobile bitcoin wallet and secure messaging app Gliph has received $200,000 in funding towards its first seed round, in a deal which will see it relocate from its native Oregon to California.
The company raised the money from San Mateo-based... |
| May 31, 2013 | Meet the 11 startup grads from the Portland Seed Fund | Portland is certainly growing as a startup city, and now there’s a new batch of companies ready to make their mark in the Rose City.
The two-year-old Portland Seed Fund just graduated its fourth class of early-stage companies. The incubator... |
| Apr 18, 2013 | Video communication software startup Brandlive wins $260K at Angel Oregon | brandlive employees Josh Cox, Fritz Brumder and Tony Pullen (Ben McKinley and Scott Harrah not pictured)
Portland-based startup Brandlive, a new video social commerce platform designed to help make the retailer-customer relationship more pe... |
| Mar 21, 2013 | PrestoBox Selected into Portland Seed Fund | PrestoBox, a Portland, Oregon-based online automated branding agency, has been selected into the Portland Seed Fund where it will receive funding, mentoring, network and peer support.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate devel... |
| Feb 11, 2013 | Startup Spotlight: Your Brandlive helps Internet retailers communicate with shoppers | Your Brandlive employees Josh Cox, Fritz Brumder and Tony Pullen (Ben McKinley and Scott Harrah not pictured)
Portland-based startup Your Brandlive formally launched today, announcing a new video social commerce platform designed to help ma... |
| May 4, 2012 | Techlandia: Portland 100 Wants To Help Local Startups Grow To $100 Million | Portland, OR isn’t just a place where young people go to retire and hang out at urban wineries. The city also plays host to a fair number of prominent startups, including companies like Urban Airship, JanRain, Simple and Puppet Labs, as wel... |
| Mar 12, 2012 | Good Works Now to Raise $25K from Portland Seed Fund | Good Works Now, a Portland, Oregon-based company that provides tools for nonprofits to manage fundraising, boards and online reputation, is to raise $25k from Portland Seed Fund.
Founded by Jeri Alcock and Mark Bates in 2011, the company wi... |
| Mar 9, 2012 | SERPs to Raise $25K in Funding from Portland Seed Fund | SERPs, a Portland, OR-based provider of cloud-based software tools for businesses to optimize SEO monitoring in-house, is to raise $25k in funding from Portland Seed Fund.
Led by founder Scott Krager, Allen Liu and Joel Bradshaw, SERPs prov... |
| Mar 8, 2012 | GlobeSherpa Selected to Recieve $25K Funding from Portland Seed Fund | GlobeSherpa, a Portland, Oregon-based start up that has developed solutions to transform smartphones into payment and redemption devices, has been selected by Portland Seed Fund for a $25k investment.
Led by CEO Nat Parker, and CTO Michael ... |
| Mar 8, 2012 | Gliph Selected by Portland Seed Fund for $25K Investment | Gliph, a Portland, Oregon-based start up that provides a platform for private communication and secure personal information management, has been selected by Portland Seed Fund for $25k investment.
Founded in January 2012 by CEO Rob Banagale... |
| Jan 3, 2012 | Vizify Raises $1.2 Million To Help You Make A Great First Impression Online | Vizify, a social tool for creating a great first impression online and a recent grad of TechStars‘ Seattle accelerator program, is announcing today that it has raised $1.2 million in seed funding from a group of entrepreneurs and investors,... |
| Nov 8, 2011 | Comic Rocket Raises $25K in Funding | Comic Rocket, a Portland, Oregon-based developer of a digital reader for comics, has received a $25k investment from the Portland Seed Fund.
The company also has an option to double this amount.
Founded by Tim Shields and Andy Grossberg, Co... |
| Nov 7, 2011 | Vizify Receives $25K Investment from Portland Seed Fund | Vizify, a Portland, OR-based company that develops a platform enabling users to create their online interactive profile, has received a $25k investment from the Portland Seed Fund.
Co-founded by CEO Todd Silverstein, CTO Jeff Cutler-Stamm a... |
| Nov 7, 2011 | Homeschool Snowboarding Raises $25K | Homeschool Snowboarding, a Portland, Oregon-based designer and manufacturer of breathable activewear apparel, has raised $25k from the Portland Seed Fund.
Co-founded by Daniel Clancy, formerly a designer with Columbia Sportswear, who has ha... |
| Nov 5, 2011 | LaunchSide Raises $25K | LaunchSide, an Oregon City, Oregon-based platform that connects young companies to new customers online, has received a $25k initial investment from the Portland Seed Fund.
Founded and led by Nathan Taggart, the company aims to help many st... |
| Nov 4, 2011 | Hively Receives $25K Seed Investment | Hively, a Portland, Oregon-based start up provider of a platform that connects businesses with their customers, recently received a $25k investment from the Portland Seed Fund.
Launched in September 2011 by CEO Jason Lander and CTO Ross Bar... |
| Nov 3, 2011 | Audioname Receives $25K investment from Portland Seed Fund | Audioname, a Portland, Oregon-based web application that enables people to record their name and share it with their contacts through email and social networks, has received a $25k investment from the Portland Seed Fund.
Founded and led by ... |
| Nov 3, 2011 | 4-Tell Raises Funding | 4-Tell, A Portland, Oregon-based start up that operates an e-commerce recommendation software, has raised $25k in funding from the Portland Seed Fund.
In addition, the company has received an undisclosed angel funding sum.
Launched in 2009 ... |
| Jul 22, 2011 | Portland Seed Fund tests public-private VC model: Could a similar idea take root in Seattle? | Can Portland cultivate new seedlings (Photo: Rev Stan)
On the GeekWire podcast last week, we chatted with Rick Turoczy of Portland’s Silicon Florist blog about the differences between the Seattle and Portland startup communities. One of the... |
