Silicon Florist 🌹 Sixty AI comes out of stealth, BVC applications open 💰
Issue 702
FasterBetter comes out of stealth as Sixty AI with $3.5 million Seed
It’s been no secret that Mat Ellis — the founder of Portland startup success story Cloudability — was hard at work on something new. And those closest to the project knew that it was going to be something that used Artificial Intelligence to help people become more effective with time and contact management. But no one outside of the startup team really knew what it was eventually going to be until today. Meet Sixty AI… More
Applications for Bend Venture Conference are now open
Over the past two decades, Bend Venture Conference has quietly grown into one of the largest early stage startup pitch competitions in the Pacific Northwest, drawing Angels and Venture Capital investors from all over to hang out in Central Oregon for a few days to hear from a variety of startups. And if you’re one of those startups, your opportunity to take that stage in front of those investors is here. Bend Venture Conference 2023 applications are now open… More
🗓️ Events
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Tuesday (July 4) Hopefully, some downtime for you
Saturday (July 8) Mentorship Saturdays
Thursday (July 13) FOSSY
Tuesday (July 18) founder.coffee
Save the date:
PIE Demo Day 2023 (August 10)
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