Portland – Page 10 of 14

Mar 5, 2014, 9:28 AM

Yahoo acquires social media visualization startup Vizify

Vizify, a Portland-based startup that turns your social media chatter into visualizations, today was acquired by Yahoo. Founded by Todd Silverstein,… Read More

Mar 3, 2014, 10:34 PM

Chirpify lets you purchase products seen on TV by using a hashtag

Brands typically pay for TV advertisements to elicit customer purchases. Now, Chirpify is using social media to make it easier… Read More

Feb 26, 2014, 12:14 PM

Opal Labs raises $2.1M to help big brands streamline social media campaign production

Opal Labs, a Portland-based startup that helps businesses streamline the production of social media campaigns, today announced $2.1 million in seed funding.… Read More

Feb 20, 2014, 10:51 AM

Online banking startup Simple acquired for $117 million

Simple, an online banking startup based in Portland, has agreed to be acquired by banking giant BBVA, based in Madrid,… Read More

Feb 19, 2014, 1:50 PM

Portland’s new $20M social venture fund backs companies making a social impact

There’s a new venture fund in Portland that plans to invest in companies fixing problems that help make the world… Read More

Feb 14, 2014, 1:51 PM

Marshall Kirkpatrick’s social media search startup Little Bird raises $1.7M, adds execs

Little Bird, a Portland-based startup that helps businesses identify top influencers on social media, today announced $1.7 million in additional… Read More

Feb 3, 2014, 4:10 PM

Alma wants to help ease administrative burden for educators with cloud-based platform

While some K-12 schools may use a modern tech solution that performs one task really well — like information management systems… Read More

Jan 20, 2014, 9:59 AM

ShopIgniter raises another $1.5M to help brands sell on Facebook

ShopIgniter, a four-year-old startup that helps brands market products through social media, has raised an additional $1.5 million from its… Read More

Jan 14, 2014, 5:27 PM

Portland’s public transit mobile ticketing app sees 500K purchases in 5 months

Portlanders seem to like having an option to buy a public transit ticket with their smartphones. TriMet, the city’s transportation… Read More

Jan 13, 2014, 10:38 AM

The Amazon.com for online training courses: OpenSesame raises $8.1M

OpenSesame, which hosts the world’s largest hub of online training courses, has raised $8 million in a Series A round… Read More

Jan 6, 2014, 5:30 AM

OnTheGo raises cash to bring gesture recognition to smart glasses

OnTheGo wants to make smart glasses even smarter. And the five-person Portland startup has secured $700,000 in fresh capital to… Read More

Jan 2, 2014, 9:51 AM

Why Portland is keeping Uber out of the Rose City

If you were out ringing in the new year on Tuesday evening in Portland, Ore., finding a ride home may… Read More

Dec 6, 2013, 7:02 AM

Best practices for push notifications: Focus on quality, not quantity

Portland-based Urban Airship, a leading provider of mobile push notifications, released its latest Good Push Index report today, which examines… Read More

Dec 4, 2013, 4:05 PM

Video tour: Check out the Muppet-themed conference rooms, 4-tap keg at Portland’s Puppet Labs

When GeekWire made the three-hour trek down to Portland a few months ago to participate in TechFestNW and host the… Read More

Nov 24, 2013, 10:56 AM

Startup Spotlight: Dialsmith builds technology to engage audience feedback, score live sports events

Starting the gig in 2001, David Paull had been vice president of Market Strategies International for nearly a decade. But four… Read More

Nov 22, 2013, 10:31 AM

Cold outside? This startup’s window insert reduces drafts and keeps the heat inside

With temperatures dipping into the 20s last night, it was absolutely freezing in my house. That’s because my Seattle home… Read More

Nov 20, 2013, 4:53 PM

Geeky listening: These open-source speakers are powered by supercapacitors, charge in 5 minutes

If you’re looking to impress your geeky friends who love listening to music, look no further than Blueshift’s first product.… Read More

Nov 12, 2013, 8:30 AM

Urban Airship’s new platform aims to turbo-charge mobile splash pages

Using web-based resources in mobile apps lets companies keep experiences up to date without needing to resubmit their apps every… Read More

Nov 12, 2013, 12:01 AM

Portland’s Bettery partners with Safeway to install rechargeable battery swap kiosks

The next time you go shopping at Safeway, there very well could be a Coinstar-like kiosk that lets you buy… Read More

Nov 5, 2013, 10:20 AM

Square Wallet creator debuts ‘Knock’ tool that unlocks your Mac with two taps on your iPhone

Well, here’s a new way to unlock your Mac: Tap on your iPhone. Yes, that’s right: There’s now a way… Read More

Nov 4, 2013, 10:30 AM

True Ventures’ VC Puneet Agarwal: The perception of Portland is very strong now

When Silicon Valley VC firm True Ventures first invested in Portland-based startups Puppet Labs and Urban Airship about four years ago, many had… Read More

Nov 1, 2013, 11:49 AM

Startup tip for finding VCs: Portland CEOs say it’s all about the personality fit

A lot of work goes into finding the right investors for your startup. But for a few of Portland’s most… Read More

Oct 24, 2013, 9:00 AM

New Vizify features let you create social media-infused personal websites with custom domains

Vizify has long allowed users to see pages showing their social media chatter morphed into neat infographics and visualizations — for free.… Read More

Oct 18, 2013, 2:45 PM

Puralytics slurps up $4M to build out water purification technology

Puralytics, a startup developing water purification equipment, announced today that it has raised $4 million in a Series A round… Read More

Oct 16, 2013, 3:20 PM

Measureful relaunches, aiming to become ‘Flipboard for analytics’

The data provided by free services like Google Analytics and Facebook for websites and company pages can be extremely valuable… Read More

Oct 11, 2013, 8:58 AM

Live: Watch Demo Day presentations, meet the 7 new Portland Incubator Experiment startups

Three months of hard work, lots of caffeine and some pivoting culminate today in the Rose City as the seven… Read More

Oct 9, 2013, 6:00 AM

Add3 acquires Amplify Interactive to ramp up search engine marketing efforts

Seattle search engine marketing firm Add3 today announced the acquisition of Amplify Interactive, a Portland-based search marketing agency. The five-person… Read More

Oct 8, 2013, 9:31 AM

Nike invests in Silicon Valley automated manufacturing company Grabit

Nike has made a minority investment in Silicon Valley-based Grabit, an industrial automation materials handling solutions company. Grabit uses electroadhesion technology that… Read More

Oct 4, 2013, 11:01 AM

Portland’s Cloudability named top 15 best young companies to work for

Cloudability, a Portland upstart that helps companies get a better handle on how much they are spending across various cloud… Read More

Oct 1, 2013, 5:55 PM

Cubtab wants to make email safe and easy for kids

Trying to figure out how to send an email using a service like Gmail or Yahoo is a little troublesome… Read More