Silicon Florist 🌹 Simple shuts down, $250MM for StreamYard, Cascade dozen 💰

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January 8, 2021 / Issue 573
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SIMPLE IS BEING SHUT DOWN

Among the other bad news from yesterday, I got a number of pings from folks to let me know that Simple, one of the startups that helped put the Portland startup community on the map, is being shut down.

https://siliconflorist.com/2021/01/07/rumored-simple-is-being-shut-down/

https://siliconflorist.com/2021/01/07/apparently-its-not-just-simple-azlo-another-portland-fintech-player-is-getting-shut-down-too/

https://siliconflorist.com/2021/01/07/not-so-simple-taking-on-established-banking-was-no-small-feat/

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STREAMYARD ACQUIRED BY HOPIN FOR $250MM

I’ve used StreamYard and been on streams that used StreamYard. But I never realized that they were based in Tualatin. Until the news broke today that they had been acquired by Hopin, a rapidly growing virtual events platform.

https://siliconflorist.com/2021/01/07/popular-live-streaming-platform-streamyard-acquired-by-hopin-for-250-million/

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CASCADE SEED FUND MADE 12 INVESTMENTS IN 2020

For all of the weirdness of 2020, some things in Oregon remained the same. People still built interesting companies. And local investors still supported them. Among them, Cascade Seed Fund wound up adding a dozen companies to its portfolio.

https://siliconflorist.com/2021/01/08/cascade-seed-fund-reveals-12-investments-in-2020/

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