Articles about Oregon

Why this Seattle venture capitalist moved to a farm — and the startup lessons learned along the way

Aviel Ginzburg has been splitting time between taking calls from startup founders and tending to his farm. The software engineer,… Read More

Cascade Seed Fund closes $10M fund to invest in more Pacific Northwest startups

Bend, Ore.-based Cascade Seed Fund raised $10 million for its Cascade Seed Fund II. The firm will make about 25 investments of… Read More

Sumo and Pipeworks open new Vancouver-based game studio, Timbre Games, led by EA vet

The Eugene, Ore.-based video game developer Pipeworks announced on Tuesday that it’s expanded into Canada by opening a new studio… Read More

Washington, Oregon and California to coordinate on plan to re-open economies and fight COVID-19

West Coast states unveiled a unified approach to lifting lockdown orders and combating COVID-19 on Monday. The governors of Washington,… Read More

U.S. video game sales climb 18% in past year; Washington state third with 242 active studios

Video games generated $43.4 billion in overall sales in 2018 in the United States, growth of 18 percent over the… Read More

Seven Peaks Ventures raises $28M fund, will invest in 25 early stage startups across Pacific Northwest

Seven Peaks Ventures has raised $28 million for its second fund and will continue investing in early-stage startups across the… Read More

TLDR: Judge rules Trump can’t block critics on Twitter, backyard cottages & urban housing crisis, Russell Wilson’s new show on TraceMe

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

Oregon enacts net neutrality law as Pacific Northwest Trump resistance grows

Government agencies in Oregon will be prohibited from contracting with internet providers that don’t uphold net neutrality principles under a… Read More

Airbus’ Vahana venture shows off video of its flying car’s first test flight in Oregon

News brief: Vahana, the Airbus-backed venture that’s developing a fleet of electric-powered air taxis, shared the results of its first… Read More

Total eclipse dims the sun over the U.S., bringing delicious darkness

MADRAS, Ore. – The spectacle that skywatchers made years’ worth of plans to see finally happened today, darkening the sky… Read More

Solar eclipse traffic and weather: Oregon feels the calm before totality

MADRAS, Ore. – Traffic to Oregon’s total eclipse zone has been surprisingly light over the past couple of days, but… 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

DocuSign founder Tom Gonser joins Seven Peaks Ventures, looks to find the next ‘market-bending unicorn’

It’s been a long journey for entrepreneur Tom Gonser, who founded electronic signature and paperwork startup DocuSign in Seattle 13… Read More

Startup Spotlight: DroneSeed use drone and mapping technology to help replant forests

Forests provide essential resources, vast ecosystems, and remove carbon from the environment — they are essential for all life. But… Read More

Cascadia CleanTech Accelerator launches for Pacific Northwest startups

Pacific Northwest-based entrepreneurs building clean technology startups now have another option to help their companies accelerate growth. Oregon BEST and the… Read More

Apple buys 200 acres of land in Central Oregon to expand data center

Apple is growing its footprint in Central Oregon. The Silicon Valley tech giant paid $3.6 million for nearly 200 acres of… Read More

Heavily-funded Earth Class Mail files for bankruptcy, leaving Ignition as largest creditor

Earth Class Mail, a heavily-funded and highly-touted startup that digitizes postal mail for viewing on the go, has filed for… Read More

Mobile startup Urban Airship lands $9 million, names new execs

Urban Airship, the Portland startup that helps companies like Red Bull, Alaska Airlines, TMZ and Rhapsody deliver push notifications to… Read More

ActionSprout raises cash to help non-profits connect with supporters on Facebook

ActionSprout, which helps non-profit organizations better engage with supporters on Facebook, has raised $1.7 million from Oregon Angel Fund, Bellingham Angel… Read More

Amazon considers data center expansion in Oregon, lobbies to fix tax issue

Amazon.com continues to expand its data center footprint all over the world, and the online retailing and cloud computing powerhouse… Read More

Led by computer whiz Tsutomu Shimomura, Neofocal raises $9M for ‘smart LED’ technology

Two decades ago, Tsutomu Shimomura made headlines for helping the FBI track down computer hacker Kevin Mitnick. Today, Shimomura is… Read More

How one determined mom got kids in her small community to code

Most of us in the technology industry are aware of a problem that’s currently plaguing the youth of America: Computer… Read More

A new type of house call: Bright.md dials up $1M to reduce primary care wait times

The common flu strikes down the best of us around this time of year. But imagine if you didn’t have… Read More

Can Bend become the next Boulder? This venture capitalist thinks so, and here’s why

BEND, Ore. — Venture capitalist Dino Vendetti is buzzing through his adopted hometown of Bend — showing off attractions that… Read More

Business intelligence startup Manzama raises $1.3M to help lawyers with info overload

Manzama started with a simple mission: Help attorneys deal with information overload. And now the Bend, Oregon startup — founded… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Nouvola helps developers prevent cloud deployment disasters

When asked to explain what her company does, Paola Moretto responds with a simple question: Would you test a bridge before having… Read More

Facebook fraud: Oregon politician sentenced to prison after fooling investors

Craig Berkman, an Oregon politician who ran for governor in 1994, was sentenced to six years in a federal prison… Read More

True Ventures’ VC Puneet Agarwal: The perception of Portland is very strong now

When Silicon Valley VC firm True Ventures first invested in Portland-based startups Puppet Labs and Urban Airship about four years ago, many had… Read More

No joke: Oregon Department of Education encourages cell phone use in class

I can’t count the number of times I heard teachers and professors tell us to put our phones away in… Read More