Silicon Florist 🌹 $100M Series A, OTBC startups, PDXWIT Hackathon winners 👩💻🏆
Issue 620
New unicorn PLACE has a Portland connection and $100 million Series A
It remains to be seen whether our post pandemic world will redefine the concept of corporate headquarters. That is, as a mentor of mine recently asked: in a remote first world, does the concept of a company being “a Portland company” even exist anymore…? More
OTBC Westside Startup Challenge 2022 announces selected startups
Out of 49 applicants, five startups have been selected to engage with OTBC as part of its 2022 Westside Startup Challenge. Each of the winners receives a $25,000 investment in addition to the resources provided by OTBC… More
PDXWIT Kiva Hackathon 2021 winners announced
I miss a good old fashioned hackathon. So imagine my joy when I heard that my favorite professional organization in Portland — PDXWIT — and Kiva — which has a Portland office — were collaborating on a hackathon to explore interesting and creative ways to make use of the data that Kiva has available through its unique microloan platform. And I got even more excited when, like every good hackathon, I heard that folks were getting to show off what they built… More
🌟 Community kudos
Has someone in the Portland startup community been helpful and deserving of recognition? Please take a few moments to share some kind words about them and let them know they’re valued as community members. Give them the kudos they deserve.
💼 Jobs
Product Manager at Leanpath (Food Waste Prevention)
Senior Backend Internal Tools Engineer at Kiva.org
Backend PHP/Symfony Engineer at Vacatia
Senior Full Stack WordPress Developer at Flickerbox, Inc.
Full Stack Software Developer at Marmoset
Engineering Manager at ThreeFlow
Software Engineer at Reperio Health
Hiring? Every single day a whole bunch of super talented and interesting people check the Silicon Florist job board in hopes of finding amazing companies like yours. So if you’re looking for incredibly intelligent, informed, and charming folks to join your company, you should be clicking the “Post a job” button. And since you’re a newsletter reader, please feel free to take 15% off your next long-term job post. Just use the discount code “iamawesome.”
🗓️ Events
I know that you’re busy. Here are events that are worthy of your consideration, this week.
Wednesday (5:00PM) PDXWIT Presents: Community Talent Show
Thursday (5:00PM) Accelerate Biotech & Digital Health Virtual Happy Hour
Have an event you’d like to promote? Make sure to add it to Calagator.
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