Silicon Florist 🌹 Caravel acquired, Source acquires 🤝

Issue 655

Caravel acquired by community management solution Commsor

Part of the ebb and flow of the Portland startup community — or any startup community for that matter — is a regular cadence of companies being founded, funded, and acquired. We’ve seen a great deal of the founding and funding over the past few years. And now, there’s another acquisition in our midst. PIE and Techstars Seattle alum Caravel has been acquired by Commsor… More

Source buys Wildwood House Procurement business

Source acquired the procurement arm of Portland-based Wildwood House, a company that works with architects and interior designers to procure décor and furniture. Wildwood also has a retail store front that was not part of the deal… More

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy

It just dawned on me that it was 13 years ago, this month, that @WiedenKennedy and @rgleeson had this wacky concept and an empty retail space that would become @piepdx. So humbled to have been along for the entire ride.

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💼 Jobs

• Sr. Software Engineer at Audigy

• Ventures Program Associate at Washington Maritime Blue

• Senior Backend Developer at DeepSurface Security

• Senior iOS Engineer at Kiva.org

• Curtiss-Wright's PacStar Business Unit

  • Director of Systems Engineering

  • Software QA Engineer

  • Software DevOps Engineer

  • Software Development Engineer

  • Senior Software Engineering Manager

  • Principal Systems Engineer - MDC

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy

Build and maintain the relationship before you actually need anything

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🗓️ Events

• Tuesday (All day) Silicon Florist turns 15 years old

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