Aviel Ginzburg has been splitting time between taking calls from startup founders and tending to his farm. The software engineer, entrepreneur and investor is a longtime Seattle tech leader who… Read More
Bend, Ore.-based Cascade Seed Fund raised $10 million for its Cascade Seed Fund II. The firm will make about 25 investments of up to $250,000 in early-stage tech and consumer product startups… Read More
The Eugene, Ore.-based video game developer Pipeworks announced on Tuesday that it’s expanded into Canada by opening a new studio in Vancouver. The new studio, Timbre Games, is headed by… Read More
West Coast states unveiled a unified approach to lifting lockdown orders and combating COVID-19 on Monday. The governors of Washington, Oregon, and California said they will only re-open their economies… Read More
Video games generated $43.4 billion in overall sales in 2018 in the United States, growth of 18 percent over the prior year, and Washington state ranks third in the country… Read More
Seven Peaks Ventures has raised $28 million for its second fund and will continue investing in early-stage startups across the Pacific Northwest and surrounding states. The Bend, Ore.-based venture capital… Read More
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Government agencies in Oregon will be prohibited from contracting with internet providers that don’t uphold net neutrality principles under a new law signed by Gov. Kate Brown Tuesday. The rules… Read More
News brief: Vahana, the Airbus-backed venture that’s developing a fleet of electric-powered air taxis, shared the results of its first flight test amid the prairies of eastern Oregon three weeks… Read More
MADRAS, Ore. – The spectacle that skywatchers made years’ worth of plans to see finally happened today, darkening the sky during a total solar eclipse. The moon began covering up… Read More
MADRAS, Ore. – Traffic to Oregon’s total eclipse zone has been surprisingly light over the past couple of days, but officials say they’re not out of the woods yet. The… Read More
MADRAS, Ore. – If there’s one thing central Oregon has in abundance, it’s open space. And that’s a good thing for the total solar eclipse that’s due to sweep through the… Read More
To accommodate overwhelming demand, Oregon state park officials freed up 1,000 campsites today for folks wanting to see a total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. They didn’t last long. The… Read More
It’s been a long journey for entrepreneur Tom Gonser, who founded electronic signature and paperwork startup DocuSign in Seattle 13 years ago. He has since served as the startup’s CEO and… Read More
Forests provide essential resources, vast ecosystems, and remove carbon from the environment — they are essential for all life. But replanting logged forests is a costly business. It’s why DroneSeed co-founders Grant… Read More
Pacific Northwest-based entrepreneurs building clean technology startups now have another option to help their companies accelerate growth. Oregon BEST and the CleanTech Alliance today unveiled Cascadia CleanTech Accelerator, a new business… Read More
Apple is growing its footprint in Central Oregon. The Silicon Valley tech giant paid $3.6 million for nearly 200 acres of land in Prineville, Ore. to expand its data center, the… Read More
Earth Class Mail, a heavily-funded and highly-touted startup that digitizes postal mail for viewing on the go, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The 11-year-old company listed assets of $1.2… Read More
Urban Airship, the Portland startup that helps companies like Red Bull, Alaska Airlines, TMZ and Rhapsody deliver push notifications to mobile devices, has picked up an additional $9 million in… Read More
ActionSprout, which helps non-profit organizations better engage with supporters on Facebook, has raised $1.7 million from Oregon Angel Fund, Bellingham Angel Fund, Portland Seed Fund and others. In addition, the company… Read More
Amazon.com continues to expand its data center footprint all over the world, and the online retailing and cloud computing powerhouse plans to add as many as 11 more in Oregon… Read More
Two decades ago, Tsutomu Shimomura made headlines for helping the FBI track down computer hacker Kevin Mitnick. Today, Shimomura is still working with advanced technology — albeit in a much… Read More
Most of us in the technology industry are aware of a problem that’s currently plaguing the youth of America: Computer programs, video games and mobile apps. But it’s not that… Read More
The common flu strikes down the best of us around this time of year. But imagine if you didn’t have to drive to your doctor’s office to receive treatment, instead… Read More
BEND, Ore. — Venture capitalist Dino Vendetti is buzzing through his adopted hometown of Bend — showing off attractions that he thinks will one day establish this picturesque Central Oregon… Read More
Manzama started with a simple mission: Help attorneys deal with information overload. And now the Bend, Oregon startup — founded four years ago by entrepreneurs Peter Ozolin, Mark Hinkle and… Read More
When asked to explain what her company does, Paola Moretto responds with a simple question: Would you test a bridge before having thousands of cars drive over it? For Moretto, that same… Read More
Craig Berkman, an Oregon politician who ran for governor in 1994, was sentenced to six years in a federal prison for fooling investors. From 2011 to 2012, Berkman told investors… Read More
When Silicon Valley VC firm True Ventures first invested in Portland-based startups Puppet Labs and Urban Airship about four years ago, many had their doubts. “People thought we were kind of crazy, honestly,”… Read More
I can’t count the number of times I heard teachers and professors tell us to put our phones away in class, from my freshman year high school math class all… Read More