Silicon Florist 🌹 Customer.io's ~$2M, Bye Cozy, Hello PIE startups 🥧
Issue 597
In a day, Customer.io secures ~$2 million in Reg CF raise
As regulations around investing in startups continue to be refined, the ability to raise equity based financing from the crowd — or Reg CF for shorthand — has become a new opportunity for startups to find the funding they’re seeking by tapping both accredited and unaccredited investors, legally. Today, Portland’s Customer.io tested the Reg CF waters and it looks like that water is just fine. They’re currently more than 7000% over their target and are closing in on $2 million raised on a SAFE… More
Acquired Portland startup Cozy to be shuttered
Cozy was one of those memorable Portland startups. Not only for the solutions it brought to market. But also for its presence in the Portland startup community. Like Puppet, and Simple before it, Cozy was one of those startups that had been founded somewhere else, landed high profile investors, and then chose Portland as their headquarters… More
Interested in attending PIE Demo Day 2021?
Next week, Portland startup accelerator PIE will hold its 2021 demo day. This marks the seventh time that PIE has hosted the event and the second time it will be fully virtual. This time around, the event is designed to showcase companies who have participated in its full PIE and PIE Shop programs, as well as its light touch program, Slice of PIE… More
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Events 🗓️
Realizing you’re overly busy… here are some upcoming events that are worth your time:
Monday (3:14PM) PIE Demo Day 2021
Wednesday (5:00PM) PDXWIT Diversity Discussion
Thursday (5:00PM) Empowering Ourselves: A ProDev Workshop for BIPOC, LGBTQ+ Founders & Allies
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