A-dec

Family-owned dental-equipment manufacturer; largest employer in Newberg.

A&R Solar

Residential/commercial solar install

AboutUs

Wiki-based platform of information about websites.

Absci

NASDAQ: ABSI; IPO 2021

Absco Solutions

Fire/Life Safety & Security Systems company based in Oregon (multi-office), Oregon.

Accent Innovations

AI speech training for non-native ATC communication

Act-On

Marketing automation platform for the modern marketer

Agility Robotics

Bipedal warehouse robotics (Digit); featured at Oregon Innovation Showcase.

AheadComputing

Seed; RISC-V chip startup

AHO! Wellness Tech

AI-guided culturally rooted wellness coaching

AIRA

Deploy general-purpose robots on your production line in weeks. Match or beat your labor costs. Scale without hiring.

A

Airblaster

Snowboard outerwear and accessories

A

Airbuild

Reigning Demolicious pitch competition belt-holder (2024).

A

Aircover

AI-powered sales coaching during live calls

A

Airship

Customer engagement platform for mobile-first brands

A

Akaya

AI-native organizational knowledge system

Alder

Planning tool for AI-era engineering teams — bridges the pre-build bottleneck.

A

Alerty (Transcribbit)

Live transcription and accommodation support for schools

A

AlignICP

Ideal Customer Profile discovery for GTM teams

A

Allegory

Connects impact to capital via AI SaaS

A

Alpha Scents

Insect monitoring and control products manufacturer

A

Althea L1

$35.2M raised

Anny AI

Hotel revenue intelligence that turns market changes into action.

A

AppFog

Platform-as-a-service for cloud application deployment

A

Aptivada

Contest, quiz and audience-engagement platform for media companies.

A

Araceli Biosciences

Biotech Research company based in Tigard, Oregon.

A

Arcimoto

Three-wheeled electric vehicles for urban delivery and commuting.

A

Aronora

OHSU spinout; anticoagulant therapeutics

A

AscendArc

Portland Seed Fund portfolio

A

Atmosera

Azure managed services

A

Attensa

Enterprise RSS reader and knowledge attention service.

A

Avant Assessment

UO spinout (2002)

A

Aviva Health

Health Care company based in Roseburg, Oregon.

B

Baker Hill

Commercial/small-business lending and risk platform

B

BASE

RAIN Eugene accelerator

B

Beeline

Digital mortgage lender for modern borrowers

B

Bend Studio

Sony first-party AAA studio (Days Gone)

B

Beyond Pulse

Sports Tech company based in Portland, Oregon.

B

Blendoor

Elevate Capital first cohort (2016)

B

Bold Reuse

Reusable packaging

Online marketplace for buying, selling and renting college textbooks.

B

Bornstein Seafoods

Fifth-generation family-owned seafood processor & exporter on the Oregon coast.

Boulder Care

Series C; addiction recovery care

B

Brandlive

$22.5M raised

B

Bridgetown

Modern static site generator for Ruby

C

C1

Identity governance for cloud apps and infrastructure (formerly ConductorOne).

Cabinet IQ

New Portland metro showroom rethinking how kitchens get done. Cabinets and countertops under one roof, material through install, replacing the three-vendor scramble with a single accountable team. Launched 2025, serving homeowners and contractors across the metro.

C

Canopii

Autonomous robotic greenhouse; won Startup World Cup Portland Regional 2026.

C

Caravel Bio

ML-guided directed evolution of proteins

C

CBDS Health

Internet of Medical Things platform

C

CBT Nuggets

On-demand IT training and certification courses for cloud, security and networking.

C

Cedexis

Real-time internet traffic management (acquired by Citrix)

C

Ceremod

Implantable deep brain stimulation devices

C

Cerula Care

Mental Health Care company based in Remote (OR), Oregon.

C

Ciclano

Multi-platform live-streaming and video distribution tool

C

Citifyd

Event and stadium parking marketplace

C

CleanHaus

IT Services company based in Portland, Oregon.

C

Cloudability

Cloud cost management and FinOps platform (acquired by Apptio)

C

CoCore

Collaborative compute on AT Protocol — SETI@home reimagined for the modern web.

C

Cognitopia

Software that helps people with cognitive disabilities build independence and self-direction.

C

Columbia Hemp Trading Company

Solutions-based CBD manufacturer, industrial hemp focus

C

Community Energy Labs

Smart building decarbonization

C

Concentric Sky

Web and mobile software studio; creators of the Badgr / open digital credentials platform.

C

Conception Nurseries

Tissue-culture plant propagation

C

ConductorOne

Series B; identity security

C

Confluence Capital Group

Capital strategy advisory for high-growth companies

C

Convergent Genomics

Genomic insights for cancer care

C

Conversa Health

Virtual care platform with automated digital pathways; raised $20M+ Series B.

Mobile/desktop/console game development

C

Core Vitality Clinic

OSU Advantage Accelerator graduate

C

Cozy

Online rental management for landlords and tenants (acquired by Apartment List).

C

Craft CMS

Flexible content-management system for building custom websites and digital experiences.

C

CrowdStreet

Online commercial real estate investment marketplace

Customer.ioYGrowth

Behavior-driven email and customer engagement automation platform.

Cytotheryx

Human hepatocyte research products

Zebrafish bioactivity testing lab; OSU Advantage Accelerator

D

Dayo

Helps families curtail kids' social media consumption; iOS/Android app.

D

decisio media

Ad-free AI platform for what-to-watch discovery

Monitoring services for renewable energy systems

D

Decky

AI-powered pitch deck builder (Mike Cornelius).

D

Defunkify

Natural laundry/cleaning products

D

Depot

IT Services / DevOps company based in Beaverton, Oregon.

D

Deviceflow

Automates medical device instrument-tray logistics

D

Digimarc

Digital watermarking and identification technology (Beaverton).

D

Digs

Portland Seed Fund portfolio

Digs

Digs helps builders reduce rework and speed decisions in one hub. Organize plans, specs, markups, and handoffs in the AI-powered Digs construction platform. AI Handoffs.

D

Direct Marketing Solutions

Marketing & Advertising company based in Portland, Oregon.

D

Discogs

Crowd-sourced music database and marketplace; Portland-based.

D

Discovery Biotech

Bridges academic research and biopharma

D

Disputed.ai

AI-powered chargeback and disputed-charge management; raised $1.1M (2025).

D

Distributional

$30M Series A; AI safety and reliability tools

D

Dockchron

Oregon AI Accelerator startup featured on Silicon Florist.

D

Doctor Notes

Bridging the healthcare communication gap; Oregon AI Accelerator company.

D

Doing

Lightweight tool inspired by the new wave of AI tinkering in Portland.

D

Down To Earth Distributors

Organic fertilizer distribution

D

Droplr

Simple file and screenshot sharing service from Bend, OR.

D

DuroKon

Manufactures ag drones, dial scales, pressure gauges, safety products

D

Dust Moto

Electric off-road dirt bikes from Bend, OR; acquired by LiveWire.

D

Dutchie

All-in-one e-commerce and point-of-sale platform powering cannabis dispensaries.

E

Earth Class Mail

Postal mail scanning and digital mailbox service.

E

East Fork Cultivars

Breeds and cultivates CBD/cannabis cultivars

E

Eclypsium

Supply-chain security for IT infrastructure; backed by a16z.

E

EcoZoom

Portable clean-cooking rocket stoves

E

Electron Robotics

Builds ATOM, physics-accurate simulation infrastructure for industrial robotics and physical-AI research; NVIDIA Inception member.

Elemental

Video processing software (acquired by AWS)

Elexity

Elexity is building a new kind of energy management platform for commercial buildings. It's the energy brain of a commercial building -- controlling, orchestrating and optimizing batteries, HVAC, solar and EV charging to minimize cost, automate grid-revenue, and make all of this shockingly easy for any commercial building owner or operator.

E

Elkarti

Fashion line with a social mission, founded 2011

Embed

$40M raised; execution, clearing, settlement APIs for fintechs/broker-dealers

E

Emberex

Custom software development for healthcare, education and research organizations.

E

empathy.ai

Portland Seed Fund portfolio

E

Enduring Planet

Grant funded; climate lending

E

ESS Inc.

NYSE: GWH; IPO 2021

E

Expensify

NASDAQ: EXFY; IPO 2021

E

Exterro

Private equity; e-discovery software

F

Falcon Northwest

Custom high-performance gaming PCs

F

Farmacopia Farms

CBD balm, hazelnuts, blueberries, hemp extract products

F

Five Talent

Cloud-native software development and AWS consulting firm.

F

Fiveonefour

Series A; data platform

F

FlowJo

Industry-standard software for analyzing flow-cytometry data (part of BD Biosciences).

F

Focal Technologies

Environmentally friendly contaminated effluent remediation

F

FoodCorps

Nonprofit / Food Education company based in Portland, Oregon.

F

Fordje

AI platform clarifying city-specific climate, fire, and zoning codes for construction.

F

FoundryYS23

Open source developer infrastructure tools

F

Foxbox

Nonprofit supporting children and parents during long hospital stays.

F

Fridie Outdoors

AI camping and outdoor recreation guidance app

F

Frog Ferry

Proposed Willamette & Columbia river ferry transit for Portland metro.

F

Fullbright

Studio behind Gone Home, Tacoma

G

G5

Digital marketing platform for property management and senior living operators.

G

Galois

Formal methods research for trustworthy software

G

Garten Services

Nonprofit / Workforce company based in Salem, Oregon.

G

gearUP Sports

Youth sports scheduling

G

Globe Sherpa

Mobile ticketing for transit (acquired by moovel)

G

Goumikids

Elevate Capital first cohort (2016)

G

Green Canopy NODE

Modular sustainable homebuilding

G

GreenCartYW23

Carbon-aware grocery delivery service

GridRival

Fantasy motorsports

G

GridStor

Debt financing; battery storage

G

Gybe

Water resource protection and monitoring

H

Hammerhead

Smart cycling navigation and computer hardware

H

Handful

Sports bras

H

Harvest Thermal

BVC Impact Track funded

H

Health Elements AI

$100k BVC LLC Fund award

H

Healthify

Social care coordination platform

H

Hemex Health

Point-of-care diagnostics

Full-spectrum hemp-derived CBD/CBG products

H

henon

AI platform for private market financial data

H

HindSight VIP

Simplifies and secures emerging tech for everyday users

H

Hiperware Labs

Math education software developer

Huckleberry

Voice-based AI coaching platform that enables continuous development for the 98% of the world's workers that don't have an executive coach.

H

Hydrolix

Streaming log observability with multi-petabyte scale and fast correlation.

I

IDX Broker

Real-estate website and MLS listing integration platform.

Illogical Project

Independent product studio designing and building consumer apps, including Detent & kuno. Design, brand, and engineering, end to end.

I

InnoVint

Founded 2013; SaaS for winery production management

I

Inpria

Metal-oxide photoresist for EUV chip lithography (acquired by JSR, 2021).

I

Insitu

Autonomous unmanned aircraft systems (ScanEagle, Integrator); Boeing subsidiary.

I

Instrument

Independent digital design and brand agency.

I

IoTone, Inc

Open-source libraries, hardware, and tooling for spatial, wearable, and ambient computing.

I

Iovation

Device-based fraud prevention and authentication (acquired by TransUnion).

I

Iterable

Cross-channel marketing platform (Portland office)

J

Jama Software

Requirements management for complex product development

J

Janrain

Customer identity and access management (acquired by Akamai)

J

Jive Software

Enterprise social and collaboration software (acquired by Aurea Software, 2017).

Independent game developer

J

Juno

Travel Tech company based in Portland, Oregon.

Kids Health Connection

Health & Wellness company based in Medford, Oregon.

K

Kollective Technology

Enterprise content-delivery network that distributes video and software updates efficiently.

K

Ksana Health

Digital mental-health platform (Vira) using smartphone behavioral analytics; a UO spinout.

L

LabWired

Virtual validated hardware — agents build digital twins of embedded devices, run firmware, and validate it in deterministic CI (open-source Rust core, MCP-ready).

L

Leanpath

Foodservice food-waste prevention technology

L

LineSkip

$7.5M raised; eliminates wait times for coffee/food orders

L

Little Bird

Marshall Kirkpatrick's new offering to help make sense of the web.

L

LoanTek

$1M raised; lending lead-conversion platform

L

LocalFirst PDX

Search-local-first tool for finding Portland small businesses before default retailers.

LucidPipe Power System; electricity from water pipelines

L

Lytics

Customer data platform powered by machine learning

M

Machine Sciences

Aviation & Aerospace company based in Tualatin, Oregon.

M

Manzama

Market and competitive-intelligence platform for law firms and professional services.

Maplebear

Grocery delivery and pickup (Portland operations)

M

Medical Magnesium

Elevate Capital investment (2017)

M

MedZERO

Interest-free financing platform for healthcare costs

M

Meet Sona

Voice-first AI content — 10-minute guided interviews → LinkedIn posts, newsletters, blogs.

M

Menu Mingle

Video-first restaurant menu discovery platform

M

metalinxx

Accountable Agentic AI Governance. Trust infrastructure for the age of autonomous AI. A policy gate and signed audit ledger in front of your AI agents: block non-compliant actions before they run, and prove every one.

M

MIME

Foundation shade-finder technology for all skin tones

M

Mirador

Small-business lending platform (acquired by CUNA Mutual Group, 2018).

Mission Driven Data

We support community behavioral health agencies across the country who are using data tools to expand access and increase their impact.

M

ModBatt

ModBatt builds an open, modular standard for high power battery systems — grid, datacenter, and specialized fleets like marine and aviation. By pushing safety intelligence and a verifiable identity down to every cell, we make packs from hot-swappable, chemistry-agnostic modules that self-manage safety, pre-empt failures via a series-only architecture that can't thermally run away, and track their full lifecycle for reuse and second-life. The core innovations are protected by 13 issued US patents, validated by pre-production prototypes, early customers, and ~$300K in revenue.

M

Molecular Testing Labs

OHSU spinout; bootstrapped diagnostics/logistics

M

Moonshadow Mobile

Big-data visualization and geospatial analytics for government and commercial mapping.

M

Mossroom

AI-native writing collaboration for teams

M

Mueon

Seed; AI/hyperscale chips

M

Music Millennium (Music Discovery)

Independent-music retail and discovery brand rooted in Southern Oregon.

N

Nau

Sustainably sourced technical/performance apparel

N

Nav Surgical

Real-time AI surgical strategy second opinions

N

NectomeYW18

Mammalian-brain preservation research; opening Portland-area facility.

N

Neighborhood Value Plus

Amalgamation of Next Door and Angie's List for hyperlocal recommendations.

New Relic

Observability platform for engineers (Portland office)

N

NEXT Renewable Fuels

$75M raised; advanced biofuel to replace petroleum diesel

N

Nightdive Studios

Founded 2007; restores and remasters classic video games

nLight

NASDAQ: LASR; started as a laser/photonics startup, now public

N

NoCo Ltd

Studio examining the role of "Producer" in tech and creative orgs.

NotableYW21

AI assistant for healthcare workflows

N

NuScale Power

Small modular nuclear reactor technology

O

Onboard Dynamics

Natural-gas vehicle refueling infrastructure without pipeline gas compression.

O

OneOME

Pharmacogenomic testing platform used by health systems and pharmacies.

O

Opal

Marketing planning and content calendar platform

O

OpConnect

EV charging network

O

Open Dental Software

Open, affordable dental practice-management software used by thousands of dental offices.

O

OpenSesame

Online training and elearning course marketplace.

Optagen

Optagen is an eCommerce intelligence platform that helps to optimize your online store and boost your profit margin.

O

Opus Agency

Brand experience and events agency

O

Oregon CBD

$50M hemp seed producer; cannabis genetics

O

Oregon Tool

Industrial Manufacturing company based in Portland, Oregon.

O

Osheru (Ziplyft)

Medical Devices company based in Bend, Oregon.

O

Outdoorsy

Peer-to-peer RV rental marketplace (Portland office)

O

Overwatch Imaging

Aerial imaging/sensing

P

Palo Alto Software

Business-planning software (LivePlan) for small businesses.

P

Panic

Indie Portland software studio & game publisher (Nova, Transmit, Playdate).

P

Panthalassa

Floating AI data centers powered by ocean waves; $140M Series B (May 2026).

P

Paxton AI

AI for the legal profession; founded by Mike Ulin in Bend, OR.

P

Pendleton Woolen Mills

Iconic Oregon wool blanket, apparel and home goods maker (since 1863).

P

Pensar

AI-powered product design automation

P

Perfect Company

Founded 2013; $9M raised; smart scales and guided recipe apps

P

Perpetua Labs

Amazon-ads and marketplace optimization for e-commerce sellers.

P

Photon Marine

Electric outboard motors for commercial marine fleets.

P

PigSquad

Portland Indie Game Squad — game design community covered by KOIN 6.

P

Pipeworks Studios

Eugene-based game development studio (Terraria console port, etc.).

P

PitchMap PNW

Aggregated map of Pacific Northwest pitch competitions.

P

Plentiful.ai

Digital twins of buildings for utility AI programs

P

PlumBuddy

Wholesale company based in Portland, Oregon.

P

Porkbun

Beloved domain registrar and web hosting provider known for low prices and free extras; part of Portland's Top Level Design.

P

PortalSphere

Wholesale / Software company based in Portland, Oregon.

P

Porter Labs

Consumer Services / AI company based in Portland, Oregon.

P

PortlandLabs

Open source CMS and web platform development

P

Possible Finance

Mobile lending for underbanked consumers

P

PourUp

AI platform for winery tasting experiences

P

Powin Energy

$360M debt financing

Noninvasive circulatory diagnostics

P

Prophetic

AI-native land acquisition platform for homebuilders; landed DR Horton and M/I Homes.

P

Proxylity

Serverless UDP infrastructure; founded by Lee Harding.

P

Puppet

Infrastructure automation and configuration management platform

Q

Quickish

Make a new single-page site in minutes — Geocities-era simplicity, modern web.

R

Radious

Portland Seed Fund portfolio

R

Rapta

Seed; AI-driven manufacturing

R

Realize Robotics

RAIN Eugene accelerator

R

RealWear

$101.6M raised; industrial wearable headsets (Shell, BMW, Goodyear clients)

R

Rentec Direct

Property-management software for landlords and property managers.

R

Reperio Health

At-home biometric health screenings; partnership with Amazon One Medical.

R

Resonant Sciences

Aviation & Aerospace company based in Beavercreek, Oregon.

R

RFPIO (Responsive)

$25M raised from K1 Investment Mgmt

R

Ridwell

Home pickup recycling

R

RoadtripYS22

Trip planning and adventure marketplace

R

Rogue Ales

Independent Oregon craft brewery with worldwide distribution.

R

Rogue Valley Microdevices

MEMS and microfabrication foundry for medical, biotech and sensor devices.

ROSA

AI-powered robotics sourcing — find every component, actuator, sensor and motor from verified suppliers via a live AI assistant.

R

Roseburg Forest Products

Sustainable timber and engineered-wood manufacturer.

R

Roxxem

TiE Oregon Westside Pitch 2026 winner.

R

RS Works

AI career platform for jobseekers via workforce orgs

R

Rumble

Network discovery and asset inventory

R

Ryonet

Leading online screen-printing supply retailer

S

Scamp

Simplifies the design handoff between designers and developers.

Scratch Treats

We make baking kits for dog treats - so pet owners and families can spoil their furry friends with a homemade treats!

S

Serán Bioscience

Contract drug-development and formulation services for specialty pharma.

S

SheerID

Identity Verification / SaaS company based in Portland, Oregon.

S

Showpad

Sales enablement platform (Portland office)

S

Sila

Payments and banking infrastructure API

S

Siloam Vision

Health Care company based in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

S

Simple

Online banking and personal finance (acquired by BBVA)

S

Skyetel

SIP trunking provider powered by renewable energy

S

Skypoint

$12M raised

S

Smarsh

Communications compliance, archiving and intelligence

Smart irrigation systems for vineyard blocks

S

Smartwaiver

Digital waiver and e-signature software for activity, recreation and event businesses.

S

Snapdocs

Y Combinator W2014; digital mortgage closing workflow

Sodium AI

Recursive self-improvement for AI-native businesses.

S

Solar Nation

Vertically integrated solar-electric system design/build

S

Solid Carbon (BioLock)

Carbon-negative concrete additive; Business Oregon backed

Narrative-driven family games

S

Source

Portland startup that closed an $8.5M Series A with existing investors.

S

Sparrow Pharmaceuticals

Series B; $156M raised

S

Spork Bytes

Local catering platform with the new Spork Box indie-meal delivery product.

S

Square Baby

Business Oregon Royalty Fund

S

Squishable

Designer plush toys and collectibles

S

StackPulse

DevOps incident response and reliability automation (acquired by Torq).

S

StarStack

AI storytelling/publishing platform for creators

Stereoscope

Stereoscope is pioneering groundbreaking software that transforms how the world captures, processes, and experiences three-dimensional reality.

S

Steward

Regenerative farm finance

S

Strata Communications, Inc.

Strata helps deep tech companies drive brand preference and purchase consideration by speaking the language of the engineer. We ensure our clients get their unfair share of voice across media, social media, community forums, and LLMs so they are top of mind with the audiences that matter most in all the places they go for information.

S

Succession Resource Group

Succession planning and business valuation services

S

Sudara

Ethically-made loungewear that funds anti-trafficking programs in India.

S

Sunspear Games

Independent game studio building mobile and augmented-reality titles.

S

SupraSensor Technologies

UO spinout; real-time soil/water nitrate sensing

S

SurgiVance

Advanced pathology for surgical precision

T

Tanner Goods

Leather goods; founded 2005

T

Tech Soft 3D

Developer toolkits and SDKs powering 3D engineering and design applications worldwide.

T

Tellagence

Reduces LLM variability from 22–28% to 1–2.5% for enterprise use cases.

T

The Dyrt

Camping search/booking app

T

The Flybook

Booking and reservation software for tours, activities and adventure operators.

T

Thesis (Thesis*)

Studio behind Fold, Threshold Network, tBTC, Tally Ho!

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