Silicon Florist 🌹 $53M exit, Graze seeks Bluesky curious 🦋
Issue 784
Act-On Software to be acquired for $53M
Portland Business Journal is reporting that Act-On Software — one of the remaining “before times” software startups — is being acquired for $53 million by Seattle’s Banzai International… More
Interested in getting in front of a targeted Bluesky audience…?
I can already see you scrunching up your face. “How can I get my brand in front of a targeted Bluesky audience when Bluesky offers neither ads nor targeting…?” That’s true. But you can still unscrunch your face. Because Portland startup Graze enables that kind of functionality within Bluesky. And they’d love you to help test drive it… More
Zing Drone Solutions wins first Demolicious of 2025
New year. New space. And now, a new Demolicious champion. That’s what happened last night at the new UpStart Collective Westside location as they hosted the first Demolicious of 2025. A number of startups took the stage and pitched their solutions, but when the audience votes were tabulated, it was Zing Drone Solutions — an alum of the Oregon UAS Accelerator — hoisting the championship belt… More
Oregon Startup Center signals change in leadership
Oregon Startup Center — which you may have encountered under its previous moniker, the Oregon Technology Business Center (OTBC) — has highlighted upcoming change in leadership: current Executive Director Jim McCreight will be stepping down by the end of June 2025. They’re starting a search for new leadership immediately… More
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Sat (Jan 25) Silicon Forest Tech Summit 2025
Sun (Jan 26) PDX Code & Coffee
Thu (Jan 30) Entrepreneur support org reverse pitch
Tue (Feb 4) Startup open coffee in the Couve
Sat (Feb 8) PyCascades 2025
Sun (Feb 9) PDX Code & Coffee
Tue (Feb 11) founder.coffee
Wed (Feb 12) Startup Conversations in the Couve
Thu (Feb 20) Demolicious