Silicon Florist 🌹 Portland startups 2025, Seattle VCs 💰
Issue 781
How to Portland startup community (2025 edition)
Every so often — usually around this time of year — I try to think through all of the Portland startup resources that are designed to get folks engaged with the startup community. More often than not, this list comes as a revelation to folks — or at least an item or two do. Even for folks who are actively part of the startup community… More
Update on the 2025 kickoff event for the Portland startup community
I’ll be honest. I wasn’t sure that this would even work. But I thought we should try it anyway. So I pinged a few collaborators in the community and asked if they would be up for participating in the experiment. And thankfully, they were. Because Portland. But I didn’t really expect the RSVP list to balloon to 350 folks — and continue growing. But I’m really happy that it did. And I’m really looking forward to getting everyone together… More
Seattle VCs on what 2025 holds
Given that a good chunk of the venture capital in our community comes from our neighbors to the north, I always like to keep tabs on what the VCs in Seattle are thinking. And obviously — if Portland founders are going to be chatting them up for checks — those founders should be paying attention, too. So what do Seattle VCs think about 2025…? GeekWire asked some of them… More
Start the new year with Startup Conversations in the Couve
Okay. So it’s technically the second week of the new year. But I bet it’s probably one of your first opportunities to engage with the startup community in 2025. It’s Startup Conversations in the Couve and the first conversation will take place January 8, 2025, with Mat Ellis… More
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🗓️ Events
Be sure to check Calagator for the latest list of events — or to share your event with the community. It’s absolutely free.
Mon (Jan 6) Oregon UAS Accelerator applications due
Tue (Jan 7)
Wed (Jan 8)
Thu (Jan 9)
Tue (Jan 14) Portland startup community 2025 kickoff (350 RSVP’d)
Wed (Jan 16) Cocktails + Code
Thu (Jan 17) Beers with Engineers
Thu (Jan 23) Demolicious and Metro Region Innovation Hub Launch
Sat (Jan 25) Silicon Forest Tech Summit 2025
Thu (Jan 30) Entrepreneur support org reverse pitch