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The 4 Best Cities In America For Startups

YoungUpstarts

Today, institutions like the Launch Pad University and Americas Venture Capital Conference mean that a city is a hot place for startups to get financed. If you’re able to make a trend catch on in Portland, it’s often much easier to spread the word beyond your own homestead. This city is probably best known for its trendsetting nature.

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Willamette Angel Conference Invests More than $450K

Up and Running

Yesterday’s Willamette Angel Conference (WAC) 2013 event invested more than $465,000 in four Oregon startups, highlighted by more than $250,000 in Portland-based Sonivate , which has developed a fingertip-mounted ultrasound probe that enables imaging while leaving both hands free to do work with simultaneous tactile feedback. .

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Beginner Finance: Features of Starter Checking Accounts

The Startup Magazine

When it comes to their finances, mobile and online banking will be much easier and more convenient for them. Whether you’re opening an account for yourself or someone else and you’re in the Portland area, Rivermark Community Credit Union has great starter checking account options. Online Tools and Resources.

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A Look at What’s Fueling Startup Investments in Colombia

ReadWriteStart

Colombia has a few industries with massive potential for disruptive transformation , in particular, health and finance. They’ve raised $14M from US-based VCs Portland Private Equity and Endeavor. The eCommerce industry is growing steadily, with a 24% increase in the number of digital transactions from 2016 to 2017. Industry gaps.

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Who Just Raised A $225 Million Financing in North Carolina?

Feld Thoughts

Last Tuesday, while I was enjoying a week off the grid, AvidXchange announced they had raised a $225 million financing led by Bain Capital Ventures. This was an atypical investment for us as we participated in the financing through our Foundry Group Select fund. The post Who Just Raised A $225 Million Financing in North Carolina?

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Q3 2022 Portfolio in Review

Version One Ventures

Lolli was honoured by Fast Company as one of the best-designed finance apps of 2022, as chosen by Fast Company editors and an expert jury of design professionals as part of Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards. Booster rolled out a fleet of its mobile fueling trucks to three new cities : Portland, Ore., Boston, and Philly.

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What’s an SBDC and Why You Want to Know

Up and Running

For a class on bookkeeping, marketing, business planning, getting financed, call your nearest SBDC. And about 100 miles north of us, near Portland, Clackamas SBDC director Tim Shea offers his Small Business Greenhouse class, three hours on Tuesday nights from September to February, including books and software. for $49-$99.

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