Cities across the U.S. are adding new shared bike and scooter programs from the likes of Lime, Uber, Lyft, and other fast-growing and well-funded mobility companies. Many have data-sharing agreements… Read More
Apptio has made its first acquisition since its $1.9 billion private equity deal closed in January, snapping up Portland’s Cloudability, which also helps companies track their spending on cloud services,… Read More
In Portland and other cities across the country where local governments are partnering with companies to introduce e-scooters, agreements involving data-sharing, equity and other requirements could set precedents for future… Read More
It can be difficult to relocate your startup to a different city, let alone a different country. But the tech talent and affordability of Portland, Ore., made it an easy… Read More
After more than 20 years of reselling security software and services, an encounter with cloud giant Amazon Web Services led Anitian founder and CEO Andrew Plato in a very new… Read More
Talkoot, a Portland-based startup that helps e-commerce companies create and manage website content, raised $1.65 million dollars in a round led by Seven Peaks Ventures. Talkoot’s niche is helping major… Read More
It was Pi Day last week, so naturally, PIE held a Demo Day. The Portland Incubator Experiment, or PIE, hosted its first Demo Day in five years on Thursday as… Read More
Vancouver, Wash.-based marketing and sales intelligence startup DiscoverOrg made its second acquisition in two months, announcing Tuesday the purchase of email verification and list cleansing service NeverBounce. DiscoverOrg will integrate… Read More
As most people in Portland were getting ready for New Year’s Eve in late 2017, PDX Women in Tech was scrambling to decline a $500 sponsorship from a local startup.… Read More
Circle Media Labs, maker of the Circle with Disney parental control device, has raised $20 million in new investment. The Portland-based startup makes products that allow parents to set screen time… Read More
Lytics has raised more funding to help brands such as Nestlé, The Economist, Atlassian and others bolster their 1-to-1 customer marketing outreach. The Portland, Ore.-based startup announced a $35 million Series… Read More
One of the biggest pop culture conventions in the Pacific Northwest is happening in Portland the weekend of Feb. 22. Wizard World draws in big crowds and big guests every… Read More
Portland, Ore.-based mobile marketing startup Urban Airship has acquired Accengage to form what it calls the “world’s largest mobile customer engagement company.” Urban Airship and Paris-based Accengage both develop similar… Read More
Orchestra Software, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that builds software for breweries and distilleries, today announced a $14 million investment round from Radian Capital, a New York City-based growth equity fund.… Read More
Proving your identity on the internet is harder than it sounds, and Akamai plans to use technology from Portland’s Janrain to bolster its line of web security services. Akamai announced… Read More
An explosion in demand for applications with real-time data analytics has created scaling problems inside companies trying to run those applications on conventional hardware, which is just one reason why… Read More
Portland, Ore.-based startup Lumen Learning has reeled in more investment to grow its open digital education course material platform. The company raised more than $5 million for its Series C round,… Read More
Happy Holidays! As the year comes to a close, it’s all about fun until everyone gets back down to business in January. Hope you have some time off to work… Read More
Co-working giant WeWork is expanding its WeWork Labs startup incubator concept to Portland, just a few months after doing the same in Seattle. WeWork Labs will open at the company’s… Read More
Chip vulnerabilities and supply-chain concerns have directed fresh eyes at the critical issues around hardware security, and a Portland-area startup just raised $8.75 million in new funding from Madrona Venture… Read More
Investors are pouring more money into Streem, the Portland, Ore.-based startup that develops augmented reality technology for home service professionals and has hinted at a larger vision beyond fixing your sink… Read More
LAS VEGAS – The velocity of change in the enterprise computing market is an unsparing fact of life in this business, and New Relic CEO Lew Cirne is well aware… Read More
Boston-based venture capital firm Battery Ventures today announced that it will acquire Audio Precision, a Portland, Ore.-area company founded in 1984 that builds electronic audio and electro-acoustic test instrumentation. Audio… Read More
Investors continue to bet big on Vacasa. The Portland-based vacation rental management company today raised another $64 million from existing investors. Riverwood Capital led the round, which included participation from… Read More
Vacasa today announced the acquisition of Oasis Collections, a short-term home-sharing company backed by Hyatt Hotels. Founded in 2009, Oasis Collections runs a marketplace similar to industry giant Airbnb but… Read More
As more and more companies start developing applications on top of cloud computing platforms, sometimes they need a little help with security. Twistlock just raised $33 million to accelerate the… Read More
Portland, Ore.-based CrowdStreet, the crowdfunding commercial real estate investment platform, has raised $8 million in a Series B funding round led by Grotech Ventures. CrowdStreet, founded in 2013, wants to… Read More
RFPIO, a Beaverton, Ore.-based startup that develops request-for-proposal response automation software, has raised a $25 million funding round from K1 Investment Management. Founded in 2015, RFPIO streamlines the RFP response… Read More
Coinbase, the cryptocurrency startup that helps users buy and sell digital currencies, is opening an office in Portland. The San Francisco-based company plans to hire as many as 100 employees… Read More
Another Portland startup is raising cash. This time it’s Bumped, the company that lets you own shares in a company after buying products from said companies. The startup announced $11.5… Read More