Digs raises an additional $5M with Oregon Venture Fund, Portland Seed Fund, Cascade Seed Fund, and Flying Fish Partners participating siliconflorist.com/2025/11/06/o...

Love that @vibes.diy is enabling people to build real solutions — regardless of their coding experience siliconflorist.com/2025/11/05/v...

For Portland's Expensify, it's nothing but net. What's that…? Oh. Oh I see. Sorry. I mean it's nothing but Nets. As in the @brooklynnets.bsky.social. siliconflorist.com/2025/11/05/p...

Thanks so much to the @overcommitted.dev podcast crew for inviting me for such a thoughtful interview. I always enjoy sharing Portland, Oregon, and startup insights with folks. Hopefully, I said something worthwhile in all of my jabbering. #ymmv www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhjE...

Excited to hear that Aaron Ward is building another startup in Portland. Meet Huckleberry. siliconflorist.com/2025/11/04/a...

Hot Oregon startup news. Literally. Thanks to Mazama Energy. siliconflorist.com/2025/10/28/t...

There may be something to this whole "AI" thing. ConductorOne just raised $79M led by Greycroft with Accel and Felicis taking part, among others. siliconflorist.com/2025/10/28/c...

Portland's LegitScript acquires Kompliant siliconflorist.com/2025/10/27/p...

Worried you missed some important Portland startup news, last week…? Hang in there. I've got you. youtu.be/o5m9cPzBM5U

Apparently, Oregon's Agility Robotics was a potential acquisition target siliconflorist.com/2025/10/23/s...

$100M ARR is an incredible milestone for any company. Portland startup Customer.io successfully achieved it. Hear from cofounder and CEO Colin Nederkoorn about what this means. siliconflorist.com/2025/10/23/p...

Oregon Startup Center is looking to reboot its presence for Westside entrepreneurs siliconflorist.com/2025/10/22/o...

North Bank Innovations coworking space at The VIC in Vancouver, Washington, is taking applications. siliconflorist.com/2025/10/21/l...

I shared some early returns last week about the Bend Venture Conference (BVC) 2025 winners. Now, I have the official list. And to save you a click, winners included Bold Reuse, MarineSitu, Photon Marine, Rapta, Inc., SokoLife, Toast Wear Inc., and Yak Tech. siliconflorist.com/2025/10/21/b...

Always appreciate our senior Senator's work around the Internet and protecting our freedoms. This time, it surrounds a recent partnership between Amazon Ring and Flock. siliconflorist.com/2025/10/17/u...

Another promising Portland startup to keep an eye on: Knapsack siliconflorist.com/2025/10/14/p...

Building a drone or drone-adjacent startup…? Oregon UAS Accelerator applications are open siliconflorist.com/2025/10/08/i...

If you've been waiting on the growth stage competitors for Bend Venture Conference (BVC) 2025, your wait is over siliconflorist.com/2025/10/06/b...

Trying something new. Recording and publishing the weekly recap on Friday evening. Will it work…? Stay tuned. #pdx #portland www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbH...

And if you still haven't managed to gain a command of the English language, then I'm right there with you.

If you're build a bootstrapped SaaS product in Portland, get ready to be happy siliconflorist.com/2025/10/03/m...

Caught a mention of this AI gathering from our friends at AI Portland siliconflorist.com/2025/10/02/i...

Which Oregon startups are trending on the GeekWire 200…? I'm glad you asked. siliconflorist.com/2025/10/02/1...

In case you were wondering… siliconflorist.com/2025/10/01/p...

Lots of startups taking multiple stages in Bend, this October siliconflorist.com/2025/09/30/a...

Another week. Another mess of Oregon startup news. And by "mess" I mean me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CppE...

It's almost time for Latino Founders' celebration of Latine led Portland area companies, Pitch Latino Portland siliconflorist.com/2025/09/25/p...

Love all of the events aligning for High Desert Innovation Week this October in Bend, Oregon siliconflorist.com/2025/09/24/l...

If you need a cup of coffee before you think about AI, get ready to be happy. @aipdx.bsky.social has both, this week. siliconflorist.com/2025/09/22/a...

This one gets kind of meta. No no. Not that one. youtu.be/0zn389FqGoE

Big news from two big companies with Oregon ties: Nvidia is investing in Intel siliconflorist.com/2025/09/18/t...

It's still early, but @vibes.diy — an implementation that demonstrates the power of the @fireproof.storage db concept — is definitely one to keep an eye on. siliconflorist.com/2025/09/18/h...

🎵 Glory days… Well, they'll pass you by… 🎵 siliconflorist.com/2025/09/17/c...

Meet a familiar Portland startup with a brand new name, Prelude Early Learning siliconflorist.com/2025/09/17/p...

There's always the hope that Intel layoffs — or the thread thereof — results in more startup activity around here siliconflorist.com/2025/09/17/m...

There are no longer competing pitch events on Thursday evening, this week siliconflorist.com/2025/09/16/f...

It’s been a tough week+ living in hell (aka Portland, OR), but at least we have handsome devils like Rick Turoczy of @siliconflorist.com to hang with. #siliconflorist #vibecoding 😈

1M subscribers on YouTube is a big deal. Vooks just crossed that threshold. siliconflorist.com/2025/09/15/p...

We're fully in the "post back to school, yet pre holiday" startup rush season. This week, more pitch events, a VC closes a $60M fund, and a key person in our startup ecosystem moves on. Let's get into it… youtu.be/EgLqu7_mioQ

Psyched to see what Launch Oregon is accomplishing on the University of Oregon campus — and throughout the state siliconflorist.com/2025/09/11/l...

Our friends at Field Day are organizing another 4K4Community fun run siliconflorist.com/2025/09/11/t...

Big news for @nextventures.bsky.social and startups building health and wellness solutions siliconflorist.com/2025/09/10/n...

For Jon Maroney, it's time to pursue something new siliconflorist.com/2025/09/09/j...

While every early stage company at Bend Venture Conference (BVC) will be from Oregon, this year, only one of the semifinalists is from Portland. siliconflorist.com/2025/09/09/m...

It's like a swear jar. But for working with AI. siliconflorist.com/2025/09/08/i...

TiE Oregon launches another startup pitch competition siliconflorist.com/2025/09/04/t...

Seems like a decent chunk of change for the fiveonefour crew to continue building something interesting siliconflorist.com/2025/09/04/p...

I love a good case study. Especially when it shows how a startup can have impact. Like this one from UrbanForm on their work with Yamhill County. siliconflorist.com/2025/09/03/i...

Howl at the Spoon @howlatthespoon.bsky.social won the regional TiE Women competition hosted by TiE Oregon. Now, they're off to the global competition. siliconflorist.com/2025/08/28/h...