2014

December

Tripwire Acquired by Belden for $710 Million

• www.tripwire.com/company/belden-to-acquire-tripwire/
• siliconflorist.com/2014/12/12/insanelyand-historicallyimportant-week-portland-startup-scene/
• www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/techflash/2014/12/after-710m-sale-tripwire-to-boost-r-d-in-portland.html

New Relic Goes Public

• siliconflorist.com/2014/12/12/insanelyand-historicallyimportant-week-portland-startup-scene/
• ir.newrelic.com/press-releases/Press-Release-Details/2014/New-Relic-Announces-Pricing-of-Initial-Public-Offering/default.aspx

September

ShopIgniter Acquired by Mixpo

• www.shopigniter.com/blog/2014/09/03/shopigniter-acquired-online-advertising-leader-mixpo/

June

Measureful Acquired by Chirpify

• blog.measureful.com/2014/06/measureful-joins-chirpify-2/
• siliconflorist.com/2014/06/04/buy-chirpify-acquires-measureful/

April

Glider Acquired by FPX

• www.geekwire.com/2014/portland-startup-techstars-seattle-grad-glider-acquired-fpx/

March

Vizify Acquired by Yahoo!

• www.vizify.com/yahoo#transition
• techcrunch.com/2014/03/05/yahoo-buys-social-data-visualization-firm-vizify-will-shut-it-down/
• www.engadget.com/2014/03/05/yahoo-buys-vizify/
• www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2014/03/do-exits-come-in-3s-8-portland.html

February

Simple Acquired for $117 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2014/02/20/portland-startup-simple-acquired-bbva-117-million-ramping-hiring/
• www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bbva-acquires-simple-to-accelerate-digital-banking-expansion-246350411.html
• www.simple.com/blog/the-next-chapter/

Little Bird Raises $1.7 Million

• getlittlebird.com/2014/02/little-bird-levels-up-with-new-funding-and-senior-hires/
• siliconflorist.com/2014/02/14/chirp-bird-announces-addition-seasoned-executive-leadership/

January

ShopIgniter Raises $1.5 Million

• www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2014/01/shopigniter-raises-15m-opens-sf-and.html
• http://siliconflorist.com/2014/01/28/portlands-opensesame-shopigniter-vendscreen-land-funding/

VendScreen Raises $17.8 Million

• www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2014/01/vendscreen-raises-178m-in-financing.html
• siliconflorist.com/2014/01/28/portlands-opensesame-shopigniter-vendscreen-land-funding/

OpenSesame Raises $8 Million

• www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2014/01/what-is-opensesame-going-to-do-with-8m.html
• siliconflorist.com/2014/01/28/portlands-opensesame-shopigniter-vendscreen-land-funding/

OnTheGo Platforms Raises $700,000

• siliconflorist.com/2014/01/06/foundry-group-fg-angels-angellist-syndicate-leads-700000-seed-onthego-platforms/
• www.otgplatforms.com/blog/2014/01/otg-raises-seed-round/

2013

November

ShiftWise Acquired by AMN Healthcare

• www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2013/11/amn-healthcare-acquires-shiftwise.html

Househappy Raises $1.5 Million

• www.oregonlive.com/front-porch/index.ssf/2013/11/portland-based_househappyorg_l.html

October

Perka Acquired by First Data for $30 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2013/10/31/perk-perka-acquired-data-estimated-30-million/
• techcrunch.com/2013/10/29/payment-processing-giant-first-data-buys-mobile-loyalty-startup-perka-for-30m-to-help-it-compete-with-square-and-paypal/

AthletePath Raises $1 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2013/10/31/run-race-run-athletepath-lands-1-million-additional-funding/
• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/10/athletepath_raises_close_to_1.html

Cozy Raises $5 Million

• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/10/cozy_lands_5_million_venture_r.html
• siliconflorist.com/2013/10/15/cozier-portland-san-francisco-based-startup-cozy-lands-5-million-doubles-triples-pdx-office/

September

MobileRQ Raises $800,000

• siliconflorist.com/2013/09/10/portlands-mobilerq-receives-800000-investment-led-verizon-ventures/

BrandLive Raises $1.6 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2013/09/09/good-brandlive-lands-gopro-16-million-led-oregon-angel-fund/

August

EdCaliber Raises $500,000

• siliconflorist.com/2013/08/29/teachers-dirty-edcaliber-lands-500000-educators-meet-state-standards/
• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/08/edcaliber_portland_education_s.html

Jama Software Raises $13 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2013/08/19/big-day-jama-software-news-13-million-investment-draws-attention/
• www.marketwatch.com/story/jama-software-raises-13-million-in-round-led-by-trinity-ventures-to-accelerate-leadership-in-product-delivery-solutions-for-the-enterprise-2013-08-19
• techcrunch.com/2013/08/19/jama-software-13m/
• www.geekwire.com/2013/portlands-jama-software-lands-13m-trinity-madrona/
• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/08/jama_software_raises_13_millio.html
• www.katu.com/news/business/Jamas-first-major-VC-round-is-a-doozy-13M-220278921.html

Lytics Raises $2.2 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2013/08/09/crossing-streams-lytics-lands-22-million-rembrandt-voyager/
• www.marketwire.com/press-release/next-generation-customer-intelligence-platform-lytics-secures-22m-in-seed-funding-1819501.htm
• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/08/portland_startup_lytics_raises.html

July

Chirpify Raises $4 Million

• techcrunch.com/2013/07/31/chirpify-a-service-that-lets-you-shop-by-replying-buy-on-social-media-raises-6m-series-a/
• thenextweb.com/insider/2013/07/31/chirpify-closes-6m-series-a-round-to-help-bring-its-social-commerce-platform-to-live-events-and-tv/
• vator.tv/news/2013-07-31-chirpify-raises-another-4m-in-series-a-funding

PIE Announces 2013 Class

• www.wweek.com/portland/blog-30471-portland_incubator_e.html
  • Carrot, a Eugene-based company whose program posts users' experiences with a smartphone app to the users' Facebook page.
  • Orchestrate, a service that aims to help developers of web and smartphone apps by managing databases and offering features such as recommendations and location search.
  • Splash, the California-based creators of a smartphone-only social network app.
  • Smart Mocha, Portland designers of a wireless sensor that physically connects to a server and feeds a pre-programmed batch of information (inventory changes, spikes in traffic, etc.) to another computer.
  • Switchboard, a college-specific Craigslist-like board for current and former students, administrators and parents, created by Reed College alums.
  • Stand In, a Photoshop plugin that allows designers/developers to cook up an iPhone or iPad app without having to be experts in coding.
  • FX Serve, a local group developing software to allow designers to insert dynamic content into videos.

June

AppFog Acquired by CenturyLink

• techcrunch.com/2013/06/13/centurylink-acquring-appfog-to-move-into-platform-as-a-service-market/

Nike+ Accelerator Launches 10 New Startups

• siliconflorist.com/2013/06/11/making-count-nike-accelerator-powered-techstars-launches-10-nike-fuelband-focused-startups/
  • CoachBase - A platform modernizing the coach’s clipboard with an interactive digital playbook together with digital training and instruction.
  • Chroma - An active gaming studio that creates virtual worlds tied to real-world activity.
  • FitCause - A social giving platform giving people the opportunity to turn movement into a charitable donation.
  • FitDeck - Digital decks of exercise playing cards that deliver workouts for fitness and sports.
  • HighFive - A mobile rewards platform that gives users rewards for physical activity and healthy choices.
  • GeoPalz - A gaming peripheral that captures kids physical activity and converts it into digital coins game tokens and rewards.
  • GoRecess - A one-stop destination that helps people find, book and review fitness classes and activities.
  • NextStep.io - A dashboard that simplified the connection between the quantified self and the rest of your life.
  • Sprout - An enterprise app that inspired employees to get fit and give employers the tools to managed measure wellness.
  • Totem - A new way to discover and share adventures.

May

Orchestrate Raises $3 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2013/05/21/playing-tune-portlands-orchestrate-lands-3-million-seed/
• www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2013/05/20/orchestrate-raises-3-million-seed-round.html
• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/05/orchestrateio_a_portland_cloud.html
• gigaom.com/2013/05/21/orchestrate-io-gets-3m-to-crunch-many-kinds-of-data-in-the-cloud/
• venturebeat.com/2013/05/21/who-needs-databases-orchestrate-closes-massive-3m-seed-round-to-turn-nosql-into-nodb/
• siliconangle.com/blog/2013/05/21/live-orchestrate-ios-3m-seed-round-proves-demand-for-api-scaling/
• allthingsd.com/20130521/orchestrate-io-closes-3-million-seed-round/?refcat=news

Lucky Sort Acquired by Twitter

• siliconflorist.com/2013/05/13/portland-startup-lucky-sort-acquired-twitter/
• twitter.com/noahmp/status/334032020181233664

Glider Raises $1 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2013/05/03/glider-launches-techcrunch-disrupt-ny-announces-1-million-funding-led-true-ventures/
• techcrunch.com/2013/04/29/glider-launches-at-disrupt-ny-with-saas-that-automates-approving-and-signing-contracts-adds-intelligence-to-deal-flow/

April

Chirpify Raises $2 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2013/04/23/fo-shizzle-chirpify-adds-snoop-dogg-err-lion-2-million-series/

Treehouse Raises $7 Million

• techcrunch.com/2013/04/09/treehouse-lands-7m-from-kaplan-socialcapital-to-help-you-learn-to-code/

March

Globe Sherpa Raises $1.3 Million

• thenextweb.com/insider/2013/03/05/mobile-ticketing-service-globesherpa-raises-1-3m-led-by-the-oregon-angel-fund-to-expand-service/

February

Celly Raises $1.4 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2013/02/19/dialing-dollars-celly-lands-14-million/
• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/02/celly_which_enables_spontaneou.html

Urban Airship Raises $25 Million

• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/02/urban_airship_raises_another_2.html
• siliconflorist.com/2013/02/06/high-urban-airship-lands-25-million-funding-led-august-capital/
• allthingsd.com/20130206/urban-airship-nabs-25-million-in-additional-funding/

New Relic Raises $80 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2013/02/05/celebrate-portland-lunch-20-relic-lands-80-million-funding/
• blog.newrelic.com/2013/02/05/why-new-relic-is-raising-80-million-now/

January

Puppet Labs Raises $30 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2013/01/23/puppet-labs-lands-30-million-investment-vmware/
• puppetlabs.com/blog/vmware-invests-30-million-in-puppet-labs/

Janrain Raises $33 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2013/01/14/bulking-800-lbs-gorilla-social-login-juggernaut-janrain-lands-33-million-accelerate-growth/
• techcrunch.com/2013/01/14/janrain-raises-33m-from-salesforce-and-others-for-social-log-in-management-platform/
• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/01/janrain_confirms_33_million_ve.html
• www.forbes.com/sites/tomtaulli/2013/01/14/janrain-raises-33-million-to-supercharge-social-media/

Giftango Acquired by InComm

• siliconflorist.com/2013/01/08/late-buy-gifts-incomm-acquires-portland-startup-giftango/
• www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/incomm-acquires-giftango-corporation-expands-digital-gifting-solution-186011982.html
• www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2013/01/digital-gift-card-startup-giftango.html

2012

December

Urban Airship Opens London Office

• siliconflorist.com/2012/12/19/brilliant-urban-airship-floats-pond-open-london-office/
• thenextweb.com/insider/2012/12/19/push-messaging-expert-urban-airship-opens-new-office-in-london-and-hires-new-managing-director/

Tindie Raises $500,000

• siliconflorist.com/2012/12/17/making-stuff-makers-funded-portland-startup-tindie-aims-etsy-hardware-hackers/
• www.crashdev.com/2012/12/pdx-tindie-maker-movement.html

GetListed Acquired by SEOmoz

• siliconflorist.com/2012/12/04/portland-getlisted-acquired-seattle-seomoz/
• www.seomoz.org/blog/announcing-our-acquisition-of-getlisted-plans-to-help-local-marketers-seos

Urban Airship Acquires Tello and opens Palo Alto Office

• siliconflorist.com/2012/12/04/portlands-urban-airship-picks-company-tello-adds-palo-alto-list-offices/
• urbanairship.com/blog/2012/12/04/hello-tello-welcome-aboard/

October

Geoloqi Acquired by Esri

• techcrunch.com/2012/10/15/esri-acquires-location-platform-geoloqi-plans-to-launch-alternative-ios-mapping-library-soon/
• www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/10/15/amber-case-on-geoloqi-esri-acquistion-esri-is-a-beautiful-match/
• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2012/10/portland_startup_geoloqi_acqui.html

September

Portland Seed Fund Announces Third Class

• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2012/09/portland_seed_fund_announces_t.html
  • Brandlive: Visually engaging product communication for social commerce and remote collaboration.
  • bubL: Location-based social platform introducing mobile users to relevant people, advertising, commerce, and information nearby within their personal "bubble."
  • CoCollage: Social media combined with electronic signs.
  • InGrid Solutions: Streamlines the day-to-day business processes of construction trade contractors.
  • Mobilitus: Mobile commerce
  • Tellagence: Brand networking and analysis.
  • Vadio: Video distributed via radio stations.
  • Wikisway: Finding connections between people, places and things.

August

Kryptic Acquired by Surescripts

• siliconflorist.com/2012/08/31/electronic-healthcare-startup-kryptiq-snapped-surescripts/
• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2012/08/kryptiq_sells_business_to_sure.html

AppFog Acquires Nodester

• blog.nodester.com/post/30434216604/nodester-joins-appfog
• blog.appfog.com/appfog-acquires-nodester-shares-love-for-node-devs/
• siliconflorist.com/2012/08/28/nodester-portland-appfog-acquires-open-source-nodejs-platform/

July

Cloudability Raises $8.7 Million

• blog.cloudability.com/on-cloud-nine-8-7m-series-a/
• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2012/07/cloudability_raises_87_million.html

June

CrowdCompass Acquired for $10 Million

• www.crowdcompass.com/blog/cvent-acquires-crowdcompass/
• siliconflorist.com/2012/06/19/charting-direction-crowdcompass-acquired-10-million/

Indow Windows Raises $1.3 Million

• www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/06/indow_windows_completes_13_mil.html

May

Elemental Technologies Raises $13 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2012/05/08/broadway-bound-elemental-technologies-adds-13-million-funding/
• www.elementaltechnologies.com/newsroom/press-releases/elemental-secures-series-c-to-ignite-business-expansion

April

Chirpify Raises $1.3 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2012/04/24/chirpify-funding/
• chirpify.com/news/series-a/
• thenextweb.com/insider/2012/04/24/chirpify-raises-1-3m-from-hootsuite-facebook-vets-to-build-twitter-platform-for-digital-commerce/

March

Portland Seed Fund Announces Second Class

• www.oregonlive.com/small-business/index.ssf/2012/03/portland_seed_fund_names_secon.html
  • Beeminder: goal progress tracker
  • Gliph: safe online connections
  • Globe Sherpa: mobile transit ticketing platform
  • Good Works Now: cloud-based nonprofit tools
  • Indow Windows: thermal window inserts
  • SERPs: cloud search engine optimization software
  • Showkicker: Crowd-booking platform for live music
  • Tell it in 10: Web-based photo stories

Feburary

SweetSpot Acquired for $8.5 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2012/02/23/breaking-sweetspot-acquired-8-5-million/

LuckySort Raises $500,000

• siliconflorist.com/2012/02/20/add-successful-reed-entrepreneur-list-lucky-sort-lands-500000-funding/

Elevation Dock Raises $1.5 Million on Kickstarter

• www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop/elevation-dock-the-best-dock-for-iphone
• siliconflorist.com/2012/02/11/aptly-named-elevation-iphone-dock-takes-kickstarter-1-million-heights/

January

VendScreen Raises $12 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2012/01/18/vendscreen-reinvents-vending-machine-android-lands-12-million-funding/
• www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2012/01/17/portland-startup-vendscreen-raises-12m.html

4-Tell Raises $1 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2012/01/11/foretold-portland-seed-fund-alum-4tell-snags-1-million/
• siliconflorist.com/2012/02/01/keiretsu-forum-investment-4tell-crowdcompass/
• www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2012/01/11/portland-startup-4-tell-closes-1m.html

Vizify Raises $1.2 Million

• techcrunch.com/2012/01/03/vizify-raises-1-2-million-to-help-you-make-a-great-first-impression-online/
• siliconflorist.com/2012/01/03/portland-seed-fund-techstars-seattle-alum-vizify-lands-1-2-million/

Small Society Acquired by Walmart Labs

• siliconflorist.com/2012/01/04/quintessential-portland-ios-shop-small-society-acquired-walmart-labs/
• www.semaphoria.com/smalmartlabs.html
• raven.me/2012/01/04/walmart/
• walmartlabs.blogspot.com/2012/01/small-is-new-big_04.html

Elevation Dock Raises $500k on Kickstarter

• siliconflorist.com/2012/01/04/500000-kickstarter-counting-elevation-iphone-dock-portland-casey-hopkins/

2011

December

Crowd Compass Raises $1.3 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2011/12/08/finding-funding-crowdcompass-lands-13-million-oregon-angel-fund-contributing/

Jive Software IPO at $12 per Share

• siliconflorist.com/2011/12/12/rumor-jive-software-ipo-slated-tuesday-december-13/

Upstart Labs Launches New Incubator

• siliconflorist.com/2011/12/20/upstart-labs-startup/

Agilyx Raises $25 Million

• www.finsmes.com/2011/12/agilyx-corporation-raises-25m-series-funding.html

Cloudability Raises $1.1 Million

• www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2011/12/cloudability-lands-11m-venture-round.html?page=all
• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2011/12/two_pie_members_land_investmen.html
• techcrunch.com/2011/12/22/cloudability-raises-1-1m-to-help-businesses-manage-and-monitor-cloud-costs/

AthletePath Raises $300k

• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2011/12/two_pie_members_land_investmen.html
• www.bizjournals.com/portland/print-edition/2012/01/06/athletepath-is-off-and-running.html

November

Keeping It Realtime Conference

• siliconflorist.com/2011/10/25/interested-real-time-web-keeping-realtime-conference-nov-7-8/

Marshall Kirkpatrick Annouces Plexus Engine

• siliconflorist.com/2011/11/11/marshall-kirkpatrick-writing-startups-anymore-building/

Urban Airship Raises $15.1 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2011/11/11/trick-urban-airship-secures-15-1-million-led-salesforce-verizon/

Meridian Raises $1 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2011/11/14/oregon-angel-fund-invests-local-mobile-meridian-lands-1-million-seed-funding/
• www.readwriteweb.com/archives/meridian_ready_to_take_on_world_with_map-based_app.php
• www.geekwire.com/2011/northwest-angel-groups-bankroll-portland-mobile-location-startup

New Relic Raises $15 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2011/11/16/startup-20-people-portland-15-million-funding-new-relic-hiring/

Puppet Labs Raises $8.5 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2011/11/29/puppet-labs-landed-85-million-funding-google-cisco-vmware-portland-investor/

October

NetPayment Raises $1.1 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2011/10/11/netpayment-nets-1-1-million-funding-led-intuit/

Startup Weekend Launches 14 New Ideas

• siliconflorist.com/2011/10/18/startup-weekend-portland-launches-14-companies-wild/
  • Clear Memorial: Simplifying funeral planning (formerly Memorial Footprints)
  • Digischool.me: Aggregating all learning content across the Web to help you find the training and education you want at the level you need.
  • Good Works Now: Basecamp-ish and Highrise-esque service for nonprofit fundraising. CRM for small charities to recruit contributors.
  • Guru Signal: A bat signal to help folks find tech assistance from a network of local contractors. Trying to disrupt Geeksquad.
  • Hear Here: A RADAR for colleagues. Figure out who is where in your office using existing bluetooth and wifi technology.
  • Launch to Five: An interactive assessment system to analyze startup plans. Like a personality test for startups or, as OpenSesame’s Josh Blank put it, “Moneyball for businesses.”
  • MyGlobeDoc: Verifying trusted physicians for travelers who need medical care abroad.
  • Park it: Making monthly parking easy. Parking management for companies with open lots (like churches) to lease unused spaces to consumers.
  • Red Hot Tomato: Garden plot planning that provides planting management throughout the year and year-over-year.
  • Renters.com: Your source for renting anything and everything. (The team lead bought URL for six figures years ago. Now, he’s ready to do something with it—besides serving ads.)
  • Return Guru: Quick and easy receipt management coupled with price alerts. It’s like Shoeboxed or Tripit for personal shopping receipts.
  • Skill Hero: Nonprofit. Match skilled pre-screened professionals with volunteer opportunities. Verify volunteered time for corporations.
  • Tell it in 10: Weave photos together to share your visual history. How would you tell your story in 10 photos?
  • What’s Crowded: What if you tell the size of the crowd before you show up? Event, post office. Heat map via cell towers. Like What Spot Now

Urban Airship Acquires SF-based SimpleGeo

• siliconflorist.com/2011/10/31/urban-airship-acquires-simplegeo-combining-push-notifications-geolocation-nonstop-flight/

September

OpenSesame Raises $2 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2011/09/12/opensesame-unlocks-2-million-funding/

August

Janrain Raises $15.5 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2011/08/03/dream-openid-alive-portland-janrain-lands-15-5-million-funding/

Cedexis Raises $6 Million

• www.geekwire.com/2011/portlandsportlands-cedexis-scores-cash-madrona-web-sites-boost-performance
• www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2011/08/cloud_computing_startup_cedexis_raises_6_million_i.html

BankSimple Raises $10 Million and moves HQ to Portland

• siliconflorist.com/2011/08/11/banksimple-banks-10-million-additional-funding/
• siliconflorist.com/2011/08/24/banking-portland-banksimple-consolidates-offices-rose-city/

PHPFog Raises $8 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2011/08/15/php-fog-8-million-appfog/

July

PIE Announces Formal Incubator Program

• siliconflorist.com/2011/07/06/pie-portland-incubator-experiment-side-project-startup/
• www.rennygleeson.com/2011/06/30/portland_incubator_experiement_pie-2-0/

Geoloqi Raises $350k

• www.readwriteweb.com/archives/futuristic_location_platform_geoloqi_will_live_lan.php

Portland Seed Fund Announces First Class

• www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/07/portland_seed_fund_to_unveil_i.html
• siliconflorist.com/2011/07/19/portland-seed-fund-inaugural-funding-portfolio-class/
  • 4-Tell: Personalized product recommendations.
  • Audioname: Embeds audio recordings in digital signatures as a pronunciation guide. Won a $10,000 grant at the Bend Venture Conference last month.
  • Comic Rocket (formerly Zinofile): Digitizes comic book publishers' back catalogs.
  • Geoloqi: Tools for location tracking using smartphone GPS technology. Raised $300,000 in addition to the seed fund's backing.
  • Hively: Real-time customer product feedback and other marketing tools.
  • Homeschool Snowboarding: "Breathable" apparel for snowboarders.
  • LaunchSide: (Formerly InvestorInMe): Marketing tools to connect companies with customers. The startup's team abandoned its original concept, automated financial advice, after discovering regulatory obstacles.
  • Vizify: Collects various social media profiles in one place as an online introduction for job-seekers and others. Also participating in TechStars Seattle, but has committed to remain in Portland.

OSCON Conference

• siliconflorist.com/2010/09/23/official-oscon-2011-held-portland-open-source/
• en.oreilly.com/oscon
• www.oscon.com/oscon2011/public/schedule/proceedings

June

Act-On Raises $10 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2011/06/01/beaverton-startup-act-on-lands-10-million-funding-cloud-based-marketing-automation/

RNA Networks Acquired by Dell

• siliconflorist.com/2011/06/20/portland-startup-rna-networks-acquired-dell/

Open Source Bridge Conference

• siliconflorist.com/2011/06/22/open-source-bridge-party-mozilla-emma-hosting-cleaners/

The Clymb Raises $2 Million

• www.xconomy.com/seattle/2011/06/29/the-clymb-obtains-2000000-series-a-funding/

May

COLOURlovers Raises $1 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2011/05/03/million-reasons-love-colourlovers-1-million-funding/

ShopIgniter Raises $8 Million

• [http://siliconflorist.com/2011/05/25/facebook-storefront-shopigniter-secures-8-million-venture-funding/ ]

April

StartupWeekend Launches 11 New Startup Ideas

• siliconflorist.com/2011/04/06/startup-weekend-portland-iv-launches-11-startup-ideas/
  • Winner: AudioName acts as an audio avatar, giving people the correct pronunciation of your name in your voice
  • Biznab offers a super simple CRM targeted at contractors and other service industry folks
  • GoodPursuits makes supporting charities a clue-driven game
  • Grepic allows individuals and companies to tag Facebook photos, providing a more rich information set for viewers
  • KidInk makes it easy for kids and parents to share kids’ artwork online
  • MyReplayLive gives everyone a highlight reel by broadcasting amateur sporting events
  • Play Academy helps children and parents manage growth and development around math
  • SellHappLee allows powersellers to easily post items to eBay, Amazon, and other similar storefront sites
  • Skitterlist tells you what restaurants and bars you’ll like based on people with similar habits and interests
  • Spotzie allows you to rent out your driveway as a parking spot
  • Ulysses Pact enables you to enlist the help of friends and family in achieving your goals

March

GigaPan Raises $1 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2011/03/22/picture-funding-gigapan-systems-lands-1-million-angel/

Agilyx Raises $22 Million

• techcrunch.com/2011/04/01/agilyx-22-million-seriesb/

Meridian Launches Powell's App

• siliconflorist.com/2011/03/22/iphone-meridian-app-lost-powells-books/

January

PHPFog Raises $1.8 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2011/01/11/portland-funding-cloudy-foggy-madrona-leads-18-million-investment-php-fog/

2010

December

eBay Acquires Critical Path

• siliconflorist.com/2010/12/15/ebay-hits-buy-button-critical-path-joins-portland-mobile-development-scene/

Powered (StepChange) acquired by Dachis Group

• blog.stepchangegroup.com/2010/12/stepchange-is-now-a-part-of-dachis-group/
• techcrunch.com/2010/12/21/dachis-group-powered/
• siliconflorist.com/2011/01/05/dachis-group-30-million-funding-relates-portland-oregon/

Amber Case speaks at TED

• siliconflorist.com/2010/12/13/cyborg-anthropology-interview-portland-amber-case-tedwomen/

November

Urban Airship Raises $5.4 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2010/11/03/urban-airship-lands-5-4-million-25000-square-feet-office-space/

October

CyborgCamp Conference and Hackathon

• portland.cyborgcamp.com/
• geoloqi.com/blog/2010/09/geosketching-cyborgs-are-mapping-portland/
• siliconflorist.com/2010/10/02/cyborg-sunday-hacking-open-government-data-cyborgcamp-portland-2010/
• siliconflorist.com/2010/09/30/expose-art-creativecares-beer-blog-cyborgcamp-gps-art-show/

September

SweetSpot Raises Funding

• siliconflorist.com/2010/09/07/sweetspot-hits-um-secures-seed-funding-diabetes-data-services/

Linus Torvalds Secures US Citizenship

• siliconflorist.com/2010/09/14/linus-torvalds-portland-open-source-guru-us-citizen/

Urban Airship Announces Partnership with Verizon

• siliconflorist.com/2010/09/21/hear-urban-airship-partners-verizon-wireless-provide-push-notification-services-developers/
• urbanairship.com/blog/2010/09/21/verizon-wireless-picks-urban-airship-for-push-notifications/

August

Instantiations Acquired by Google

• techcrunch.com/2010/08/04/google-instantiations/

Bill DeRouchey Joins BankSimple from Ziba Design

• siliconflorist.com/2010/08/16/portlander-plans-revolutionize-banking-bill-derouchey-joins-banksimple/

Adam DuVander Publishes Map Scripting 101

• siliconflorist.com/2010/08/17/paperbacking-portland-geogeeking-adam-duvander-releases-map-scripting-101/

July

Puppet Labs Raises $5 Million

• www.undertheradarblog.com/blog/puppet-labs-raises-8-5-million-and-still-has-time-for-coffee/
• puppetlabs.com/blog/company/vmware-google-and-cisco-invest-in-puppet-labs/
• techcrunch.com/2010/07/19/puppet-labs/

Jive Raises $30 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2010/07/21/jive-software-lands-additional-30-million-bringing-kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers-money-portland/

Elemental Technologies Raises $7.5 Million

• www.elementaltechnologies.com/newsroom/press-releases/elemental-technologies-secures-75-million-series-b-financing-leading-investo

June

Small Society Releases iPhone App for Democratic National Committee

• siliconflorist.com/2010/06/24/kicking-ass-portland-small-society-urban-airship-democratic-national-committee-iphone-ipad-app/

April

EMME Raises $2.8 Million

• www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2010/04/emme_raises_28_million_for_fresh_start_in_energy_management.html

March

ShopIgniter Raises $3 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2010/03/03/ignition-portland-shopigniter-secures-3-million-venture-capital-snags-ceo-lead-investor-madrona/

ActiveTrak (formerly GadgetTrak) Raises Funding

• siliconflorist.com/2010/03/09/activetrak-gadgettrak-lands-funding-thief-nabbing-technology/

SecondPorch Raises $1 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2010/03/18/second-porch-finds-home-1-million-investment-oregon-angel-fund/

February

Urban Airship Raises $1.1 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2010/02/16/urban-airship-rapidly-ascends-11-million-funding/

ngmoco Raises $25 Million

• techcrunch.com/2010/02/22/ngmoco-25-million-series-c-buys-freeverse/
• siliconflorist.com/2010/02/25/memepdx-026-jive-software-ceo-dawn-foster-joins-meego-open-source-bridge-yahoo-twitter-ngmoco-raises-25-million/

January

Jive Acquires Boulder-based Filtrbox

• siliconflorist.com/2010/01/07/portlandbased-jive-software-acquires-boulderbased-filtrbox/

Unthirsty Acquired

• siliconflorist.com/2010/01/22/raise-your-glass-to-more-acquisitions-portland-unthirsty-gets-acquired/
• twitter.com/#!/jasonglaspey/status/8044739695

StepChange acquired by Powered

• blog.stepchangegroup.com/2010/01/stepchange-has-powered-up/

2009

December

JanRain Raises $3.25 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2009/12/07/janrain-secures-3-25-million-series-a-funding/

October

Jive Software Raises $12 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2009/10/20/portland-jive-software-secures-12-million-venture-capital-sequoia/

January

AboutUs Raises $5 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2009/01/09/aboutus-secures-5-million-in-funding-and-they-could-be-hiring-soon-too/

2008

July

Elemental Technologies Raises $7.1 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2008/07/17/elemental-technologies-sparks-71-million-investment/

March

iovation Raises $15 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2008/03/27/iovation-secures-15-million/

SplashCast Raises $4 Million

siliconflorist.com/2008/03/20/splashcast-social-advertising-tees-up-4-million/

2007

December

MyStrands Raises $24 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2007/12/05/mystrands-lands-24-million-in-funding/

November

iovation Raises $10 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2007/11/08/iovation-lands-10-million-from-intel-capital/

August

Jive Raises $15 Million

• siliconflorist.com/2007/08/17/jive-software-secures-15-million-and-moves-blog-to-clearspace/