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Trump administration blocks takeover of Portland-based Lattice Semiconductor by Chinese investor

Citing national security concerns, President Trump will not allow a private-equity firm backed by Chinese investors to acquire Lattice Semiconductor,… Read More

Heads up, Portland: We’re hosting a Tech Crawl after party in the Rose City next week

Yo, Portland peeps: Join us next week as we travel south to host an after party at one of Portland’s… Read More

Digital ad startup Thunder opens Portland office, adds to Northwest presence

Thunder, a digital advertising startup based in San Francisco, just opened a new office in Portland as it expands its… Read More

Simple lays off 33 employees as top executives depart banking company

Simple is cutting staff as it shifts its focus to building better technology. The Portland-based company slashed about 10 percent… Read More

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich resigns from Trump advisory council over concerns about Charlottesville

The tragic events over the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, continue to have an impact on the tech industry, and prominent… Read More

After breaking free from Intel, McAfee lays off some Portland-based employees

Security software developer McAfee has laid off an undisclosed number of employees in marketing-related roles based in its Portland office,… Read More

Bright.md raises $8M for AI-powered remote healthcare service with ‘virtual physician assistant’

Bright.md is raising more cash for its tech-fueled virtual healthcare service that aims to improve care for patients and reduce… Read More

Calling Portland entrepreneurs and techies: 8th annual Tech Crawl set for Sept. 7

Calling all Portland entrepreneurs, engineers, marketers, recruiters, and everyone in between: The Portland Tech Crawl is back for another fun… Read More

Seven Peaks Ventures to raise $30M for second fund, will invest in Pacific Northwest startups

Seven Peaks Ventures plans to raise $30 million for its second fund and will invest in 20-to-25 startups across the West… Read More

Portland-area security company SureID hit with layoffs; sources indicate up to 160 jobs affected

Portland-area security company SureID has laid off more than 100 people, mostly in engineering, after failing to retain a key… Read More

Jive Software CEO Elisa Steele

Jive Software, once a crown jewel of Portland tech, sells for half its peak value

Jive Software, one of the bigger enterprise-collaboration software providers of the pre-Slack era, has been sold to a private equity… Read More

Twistlock CEO Ben Bernstein

Container-security startup Twistlock secures $17M in new funding for Portland expansion

Twistlock has raised $17 million in new Series B funding to fuel future growth, and it plans to make that… Read More

Portland plans to open its roads to autonomous vehicle testing in a bid to get out ahead of the trend

The city of Portland wants to get out ahead of the coming autonomous vehicle trend by opening up its streets… Read More

Tech journalism veteran Tom Krazit joins GeekWire as Cloud and Enterprise Editor

Over the last fifteen years or so, there were two seismic shifts in computing: from desktop to mobile, and from… Read More

Elemental Technologies changes name to AWS Elemental to reflect acquisition by Amazon

Elemental Technologies is now AWS Elemental. The company today officially announced its name change, which reflects Amazon’s $296 million acquisition of… Read More

Open educational courseware startup Lumen Learning lands $3.7M and inks deal with Follett

Portland-based Lumen Learning today announced a $3.75 million Series A investment round and a new partnership with Follett to expand the… Read More

Uber launches first-in-the-U.S. electric vehicle program in Portland

Uber is announcing a new program to support and encourage the use of electric vehicles in Portland, similar to an… Read More

SheerID reels in $2.9M to expand customer verification software platform

SheerID is having a good run. The startup, based in Eugene, Ore., makes software that helps companies verify the identity of… Read More

ImpactFlow raises $2M to help businesses and non-profits operate events in multiple locations

ImpactFlow is raising more cash to help businesses manage multiple events at once. The Portland startup just reeled in $2… Read More

Outdoor Project raises $2M to help people find and plan adventures outside

A Portland startup that wants to help plan your next outdoor adventure just raised some fresh cash to build out its… Read More

Top Silicon Valley VC firm Accel leads $15M round for Opal, a marketing collaboration startup based in Portland

Given its early-stage investments in companies like Facebook, Slack, and Dropbox, if your company raises money from Accel, it’s probably a… Read More

Cloud software monitoring startup Sensu raises $2.5M from Foundry Group

What started as an open source software project more than five years ago has turned into a legitimate startup that… Read More

WiFi-enabled smart kiosks with touch screens could be coming to Portland, mayor says

Smart kiosks featuring free Wi-Fi, charging ports and 55-inch touch screens may soon be coming to Portland. Portland Mayor Ted… Read More

Jeremy Korst

Tech Moves: Avalara adds Microsoft exec as CMO; Janrain announces VP of marketing; and more

Seattle-based Avalara, a cloud-driven tax automation startup, announced today that former Microsoft and T-Mobile exec Jeremy Korst will join the company… Read More

Opal raises more cash to help brands create and produce marketing campaigns

Opal is raising more cash. A new SEC filing reveals that the Portland startup, previously known as Opal Labs, has raised… Read More

BMW ReachNow car-sharing service expands fleet and home area in Seattle and Portland

ReachNow is expanding in the Northwest. BMW’s car-sharing service today announced the addition of more vehicles and an expansion of… Read More

UberEats restaurant delivery service now live in 50 cities after launching in Portland

UberEats launches in Portland today. Uber’s restaurant delivery service will be available starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with more than 100… Read More

Vacasa raises another $5M to expand vacation rental platform

Vacasa has raised another $5 million to help fuel growth of its vacation rental platform. The Portland startup pulled in… Read More

Event management software startup Hubb raises $3M for platform used by Microsoft, Tableau, others

Event management can be a real pain, and Hubb wants to help. The Vancouver, Wash.-based startup today announced a $3 million… Read More

Shazam adds music videos thanks to partnership with Portland-based Vadio

Shazam, which has attracted more than 120 million monthly active users with its music recognition app, is getting into video. The… Read More

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