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Tech Moves: Amazon PR leader joins Bastion; Accolade SVP steps down; Elevate Capital names partner

Former Amazon comms leader Rebekah Nicodemus heads up new U.S. office of gaming marketing agency Bastion; mpathic adds C-suite leaders as it expands AI safety tools for youth mental health; and more in our latest Tech Moves. Read More

Portland healthcare startup GrowthPlug acquired amid slowdown in exit activity

PracticeTek, a Knoxville, Tenn.-based investment firm that targets healthcare software companies, has acquired Beaverton, Ore.-based healthcare software startup GrowthPlug. The… Read More

Investors hooked on Minnow: Seattle startup raises $3M for its contactless food ‘Pickup Pods’

New funding: Seattle-based startup Minnow, makers of a contactless food delivery and pickup pod, has raised $3 million in seed… Read More

Tech Moves: Wyze names first CFO; OutSystems exec relocates to Seattle; Flying Fish adds partner

— Smart home startup Wyze Labs named Francis Lee as its first chief financial officer. A longtime Nike exec, Lee… Read More

Elevate Capital raises $26M for second fund to invest more dollars into minority-led startups

Portland, Ore.-based firm Elevate Capital has raised $26 million as part of its $40 million Fund II. Elevate focuses on… Read More

Tech Moves: Crowd Cow adds ex-Amazon leaders; former Expedia CTO joins Snap! Raise

— Seattle meat and seafood marketplace Crowd Cow hired Ian McAllister as chief product officer, Julie Pruitt as chief merchant,… Read More

Healthcare startup GrowthPlug raises $1M, becomes latest company to relocate from Bay Area

New funding: Healthcare software startup GrowthPlug raised a $1 million round led by Elevate Capital. It also announced today that… Read More

New Portland VC firm Elevate Capital invests in 6 women and minority-led startups

Elevate Capital, a new venture capital firm based in Portland, today unveiled its first funds. The firm announced that it… Read More

Meet Portland’s newest VC firm: Elevate Capital looks to invest in Oregon startups

Entrepreneurs in Oregon — including those among underrepresented groups — have a new option to finance their startups. Elevate Capital launched… Read More

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