Seattle vanlife gurus see tech and AI’s potential as a copilot, to boost human connections on road trips With all the makings of a buddy road trip adventure, two longtime Seattle friends and tech veterans have teamed up… Read More
Seattle outdoor sleeping gear maker Hest is raising more cash — and not resting on its success Hest isn’t resting on its success. The Seattle-based maker of sleeping gear for outdoors enthusiasts has seen significant growth this… Read More
Feeling like a Lazy Camper? Seattle startup delivers the necessary rental gear to get families outdoors Cat Sherbourne loved camping with her family when she was young, but as she got older, she realized the logistics… Read More
Hospitality vet launches Route Line in drive to provide better access to adventure travel vehicles Seated in a customized Mercedes Sprinter van at a Seattle park on a recent sunny day, Johannes Ariens and his… Read More
Portland’s peer-to-peer adventure van renter GoCamp acquired by leading vehicle modifier GoCamp, a Portland-based company whose platform enables camper van owners to rent their vehicles to other adventurous types, has been… Read More
Funding news: Camping app The Dyrt lands $11M; Cascade Seed Fund will back more PNW startups Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — The Dyrt, the Portland, Ore.-based camping… Read More
On The Dyrt road: Co-founders of camping app gain valuable startup insight while living remote vanlife Caught up in the grind of running their startup for the past several years, Sarah Smith and Kevin Long lost… Read More
Seattle startup led by former K2 exec raises $950K to help you sleep better while camping Aaron Ambuske was tired of getting poor sleep while camping. As a longtime outdoor industry product developer, he began tinkering… Read More
Seattle startup Cabana pitches vanlife vacations as travel alternative during pandemic With summer around the corner, many Americans are considering what vacation will look like in 2020 with the coronavirus threat… Read More
Extreme social distancing: Why camping is poised for a ‘huge jump in popularity,’ fueled by technology After months confined in their homes, many people who would normally hop on an airplane or crowd into popular tourist… Read More
Oregon’s prime solar eclipse zone braces for the agony and the ecstasy of totality MADRAS, Ore. – If there’s one thing central Oregon has in abundance, it’s open space. And that’s a good thing for… Read More
Oregon offers 1,000 campsites in eclipse zone – and they’re gone in 90 minutes To accommodate overwhelming demand, Oregon state park officials freed up 1,000 campsites today for folks wanting to see a total… Read More
Why this Seattle startup moved to rural South Dakota — and what happened next Camp Native CEO David Woodbury describes Spearfish, S.D., as a place with “the least amount of tech startup activity in the… Read More
The Dyrt on campgrounds: Portland startup targets millennials, crowdsourcing reviews from the outdoors If the success of services like Yelp, Wikipedia, and YouTube prove one thing, it’s the power of user-generated content. But actually… Read More
