PRESS RELEASES & MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
— 2023 — MEMBERS IN THE NEWS —
March 8, 2023 – RFPIO Sets Sights on Dramatic Growth, Adds New Exec Role
February 23, 2023 – TiE Oregon Selects New President
February 21, 2023 – Here’s the Six Startups Lined up for Westside Pitch 2023
February 13, 2023 – 5 Startups Land $870,000 at Pitch Oregon 2023
February 7, 2023 — Meet the winners of PitchBlack 2023
February 2, 2023 — Pitch Oregon 2023 Finalists Announced
February 2, 2023 — Portlander to Lead All Raise’s Work Supporting Women and Nonbinary People in Tech
January 19, 2023 — Software maker Zapproved sold to Exterro
January 20, 2023 — Exterro Acquires Zapproved, Combining Two Oregon-based Legal Tech Companies
January 30, 2023 – – REMINDER: Idea-to-Business Lab 2023 Applications are Due Today
January 30, 2023 — Survey Seeks Founder Input on Creating a Portland Regional Innovation Hub
January 20, 2023 — Buy Local: Zapproved Acquired by Exterro
January 12, 2023 — Getting that Itch to Pitch? Well if You’re on the Westside, You’re in Luck
–2022 — MEMBERS IN THE NEWS —
December 15, 2022 – 13 Portland Startups You Should Know in 2023
November 21, 2022 – Inno Under 25: Oregon Entrepreneur’s ‘Multiple Disabilities’ Spark Invention to Help Students Thrive
November 8, 2022 – Rock Paper Coin Snags $2.3M Seed Round for Wedding Industry Software
September 20, 2022 – With $15M in Series A Funding, TrovaTrip Expands to Make Group Travel Easier for Creators and Their Communities
September 16, 2022 – Closing the Gap: The Importance of Diversity in Capital Funding
September 7, 2022 – ToolBelt Snags Tech Vet as COO, Plots Nationwide Expansion
September 7, 2022 – Printers Row Founder on What she Learned from Investor Jason Calacanis
September 2022 – The Top Women Entrepreneurs of the Year Inc.
August 16, 2022 – RFPIO Recognized on the 2022 Inc. 5000 Annual List
August 16, 2022 – The Dyrt Recognized on 2022 Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Companies
August 10, 2022 – Unosquare founder Mike Barrett takes over as CEO of Cozera
August 1, 2022 – Business Oregon awards Gap Fund management to Elevate Capita
July 25, 2022 – Tender response processes start-up to hire 500 people
July 8, 2022 – Looking for low-cost space for your early stage startup…?
July 6, 2022 – Portland startup takes its ‘Airbnb-meets-WeWork’ concept to new city
June 30, 2022 – RFPIO Partners with Seismic for Seamless Sales Enablement Integration
June 15, 2022 – Joining the fold: This ‘Uber for laundry’ startup just raised cash from an early Uber investor
May 10, 2022 – Venture For ClimateTech Announces the Second Cohort of Entrepreneurs Addressing Climate Chang
May 8, 2022 – Hemex Health announces breakthrough measurement capability for clinicians monitoring sickle cell disease therapy
April 27, 2022 – How Oregon Entrepreneurs are Moving Forward After the Pandemic Shock
April 13, 2022 – Oregon 3D Health Technology Startup Raises $6M
April 6, 2022 – 21 companies up for Oregon Technology Awards
March 25, 2022 – Portland Founder on His Big Sale: ‘I Want This to be Bigger Than Me’
March 24, 2022 – Portland Extended Reality Startup Acquired by Bay Area Software Maker
March 22, 2022 – A Pair of Big Portland Names to Receive Tech Association Awards
March 22, 2022 – Meet the Winners of the Westside Pitch
February 14, 2022 – Meet Pitch Oregon’s Startup Winners
February 9, 2022 – Portland company seeks FDA approval for 15-minute Covid test
January 7, 2022 – CES 2022: Minnow Shows Off Pickup Pod, an Unattended Cubby System Designed for Food Delivery
January 5, 2022 – 3 Well-known Founders Land Top Honors from TiE Oregon
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—-2021 – MEMBERS IN THE NEWS—-
December 8, 2021 – Here’s Who is Pitching at the Next Pitch Oregon
November 9, 2021 – Column: Hillsboro Startup Takes Aim at Next Gen VR
November 5, 2021 – Makers and Manufacturers 2021: Hue Noir
November 5, 2021 – Makers and Manufacturers 2021: Lazarus 3D
November 5, 2021 – How Oregon Works: Hue Noir Founder on Managing Rising Costs
October 28, 2021 – Next Gen Investing
October 19, 2021 – Elevate Capital Talks Results and Lessons from Commercialization Gap Fund I
October 8, 2021 – Frosch, Tripgrid Team Up to Serve Showbiz Sector
October 7, 2021 – OEN Award Finalists Announced
September 30, 2021 – The PBJ’s Private 100 2021: No. 7, RFPIO
September 27, 2021 – See 55 Great Small Employers in Oregon and SW Washington: Top Workplaces 2021
September 22, 2021 – The Dyrt Exceeds Tech Industry Norms with 50-Percent Female Workforce
September 21, 2021 – CEO: RFP360’s Narrowed Focus Creates Big Potential
September 14, 2021 – Bend Venture Conference Reveals Semi-Finalist Competing to Take the Stage
August 20, 2021 – Healthiest Employers in Oregon, 100-499 Employees
August 17, 2021 – TrovaTrip Lands $5M to Help Influencers Travel with their Audience
August 16, 2012 – Hubb, an Elevate Capital Portfolio Company, is Acquired by Intrado Digital Media
August 9, 2021 – MyLab, Hemex Health Partner to Develop POC Dx Tests
August 3, 2021 – In First Acquisition, Fast-growing RFPIO Scoops Up Kansas-based Rival
July 29, 2021 – Mentorschip Aims to Gamify the Scholarship Scene
July 8, 2021 – A Social Network Startup that Won’t Sell You Out
June 15, 2021 — ToolBelt Raises $2.5M for Hooking up Builders
June 7, 2021 — EY Announces Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 Pacific Northwest Region Finalists
June 7, 2021 — The Pitch: SheShatters is Here to Help Women Fight Burnout
June 3, 2021 — A Single Startup Exit Creates Two Firsts for the Portland Seed Fund
May 21, 2021 — Construction Recruitment App ToolBelt Snags $2.5M
May 26, 2021 – ToolBelt Secures $2.5 Million in a Series Seed 2 Round
May 3, 2021 — Portland startup The Wild raises $2M
April 28, 2021 — Investors hooked on Minnow: Seattle startup raises $3M for its contactless food ‘Pickup Pods’
April 28, 2021 — Meet the finalists of AOTech Who Will Take the Stage at TechFestNW
April 23, 2021 — Resilient Oregon: ZibaHub Founder on Bouncing Back After 2020’s Curveball
April 20, 2021 — Elevate Capital Receives Investment from Bank of America’s $1.25B Commitment to Advance Racial Equality
April 6, 2021 — DiCarloExecs from Zapproved, PacStar win Oregon Tech Awards, Plus a Lifetime Achievement Winner with Early Apple Ties
April 5, 2021 — 2021 Sam Blackman Award Honoree Announced – Monica Enand
April 5, 2021 — Eddie Bauer is into The Dyrt
March 31, 2021 — Hillsboro Entrepreneurs Invited to Skills Boot Camp
February 24 ,2021 — Portland’s The Wild had a Big 2020, Makes First Acquisition
February 9, 2021 — Portland Startup Glory Joins Sephora Business Accelerator
February 5, 2021 — TiE Oregon Appoints First Black Board Member, First in US
February 5, 2021 — TiE Oregon and the TiE Oregon Foundation Add New Members to its Board of Directors
February 1, 2021 — Bend VR Startup Creates Courses for Employer Covid-19 Training
January 28, 2021 — 2020 Tested, Tech Looks Ahead
January 28, 2021 — SheerID Opens London Office, Expands European Reach
January 26, 2021 — Elevate Capital Secures $26M of Fund II, Makes 6 Investments
January 26, 2021 — Fund Brings Returns From Diverse Portfolio
January 25, 2021 — Oyster Podcast Season 2 Episode 6: Nitin Rai, Managing Director, Elevate Capital
—-2020 – MEMBERS IN THE NEWS—-
December 24, 2020 — Depoe Bay Resident Expanding ‘Great Life’ Business
December 11, 2020 – Oregon’s Most Admired Companies 2020
December 4, 2020 — TiE Oregon Awards $7,500 in Prize Money at Pitch Oregon 2020 Competition
November 16, 2020 — Shop Local at Built Oregon Marketplace
October 20, 2020 – Meet the Portland Region’s 100 Fastest-growing Companies
October 16, 2020 — Announcing the Winners of the 17th Annual Bend Venture Conference (Members — Biomotum and Masa)
October 7, 2020 — EY Announces Winners for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2020 Pacific Northwest Region Award (Ganesh Shankar, RFPIO)
September 17, 2020 — PBJ Makers and Manufacturers of the Year Awards (Sustainability category): Looptworks
September 16, 2020 — Aerodyme Technologies Wins TiE University Global Pitch Competition 2020
September 15, 2020 — Former Contractor Builds a Software Startup Called ToolBelt to Help Connect Skilled Labor to Projects
September 11, 2020 — Camping Startup The Dyrt Raising $4M to Boost Growth of New Pro Product
September 4, 2020 — Entrepreneurs’ Organization teams with MESO on small business mentorship
September 2020 — The Industry Show – an Interview with RFPIO Founder, Ganesh Shankar
August 21, 2020 — TiE Oregon Announced Finalists for First Women’s Pitch Competition
August 11,2020 — Pop-up Coalition Rallies Support for Underserved Small Businesses
August 4, 2020 — Minnow Raises $2.2M to Roll Out Contactless Food Delivery Pickup Stations
July 22, 2020 — Software Maker RFPIO Growing Despite Economic Uncertainty
June 15, 2020 — Untethered Raises Funds and Unites Events Industry
June 10, 2020 — Act-On Software’s New Features Find Urgency in a Covid-19 Economy
June 8, 2020 — How a Vancouver Startup is Taking Events into the Virtual World
May 31, 2020 — Lincoln High School Students Win Local TYE State Competition
May 23, 2020 — Extreme Social Distancing: Why Camping is Poised for a ‘Huge Jump in Popularity,’ Fueled by Technology
May 19, 2020 — MESO launches forgivable loan for small businesses
May 14, 2020 — As Covid-19 rattles retail, Portland Skin Care Startup Shifts to Subscription Boxes
May 14, 2020 — Portland Travel Startup Raises $1.5M despite Covid-19 Travel Turmoil
April 16, 2020 — From Cosmetics to Hand Sanitizer, Cosmetics Maker Pivots to Meet Community Need
April 15, 2020 — Portland, Seattle Biotech Partners Ready a Rapid COVID-19 Test
April 9, 2020 — The Innovation Spread: How Analytics, Low-Cost Access And Telemedicine Could Shape A Post-COVID19 World
April 8, 2020 — Simple’s co-founder raises $7.7 million for new Portland banking startup, Sila
April 2, 2020 — Silicon Valley Bank offers debt relief, loans to tech-heavy client base in Oregon
March 30, 2020 — Portland’s 3-D printers answer the PPE call
March 30, 2020 — Two Oregon Digital Health Companies Team Up with HP to Fight COVID-19
March 30, 2020 – Beaverton Company Nabs $1million Investment on ‘Shark Tank’
March 4, 2020 — TiE Oregon Adds Familiar Names to Board
March 3, 2020 — Venture Capital Firm Targets $40M Second Fund, Adds Partners
February 26, 2020 — What to Know About the Mysterious New Food Hall in Southeast Portland
February 20, 2020 — Inside the Sale of Garden Bar
February 20, 2020 — Empowering Young Entrepreneurs with Intellectual Property Education
February 11, 2020 –– Raising An Inclusive Fund Was The Hardest Thing This Portland Entrepreneur Ever Did
February 11, 2020 — From A Simple, Boring Bank To Tanzanian Financial Apps
January 26, 2020 — Zapproved Headed for New Headquarters as it Grows Staff and Customer Base
January 19, 2020 — 2020 Best Tech Startups in Vancouver Washington (Hubb)
January 17, 2020 — Sharon Richardson Howell Elected to TiE Global Board of Trustees
January 15, 2020 — Hubb, Event Tech Designed to Streamline Conference Management
—-2019 – MEMBERS IN THE NEWS—-
December 4, 2019 — A Portland Startup Looks to Prevent Repetitive Motion-related Back Pain
November 19, 2019 — Ana Chaud Talks Garden Bar and Her Next Act
November 18, 2019 — TiE Global Launches TiE Women; Raises $70,000 During Two Days of TGS4
November 13, 2019 — A Portland ID Verification Company Lands $64M
November 6, 2019 — Those Who Give – Investing in the Future of Business with Nitin Rai
November 5, 2019 — Portland Teen Comes Through on ‘Jeopardy’ Pledge, and Then Some
November, 2019 –– Oregon Bio Names Winning Bio-science Companies and Life Science Researchers
October 8, 2019 — Active Portland investor raises new $100M Pacific Northwest fund
September 24, 2019 — Bigleaf Networks Snags $21M from Investors
September 19, 2019 –– Software maker Monsoon changes course with new CEO
September 4, 2019 — TiE Oregon raises $20,000 to support TiE Young Entrepreneurs
August 28, 2019 —Ruby’s new CEO talks career, culture and competition
August 28, 2019 — Elevate Capital Portfolio Company, Garden Bar, Joins Forces with Evergreens to Form a Stronger Pacific Northwest Brand
August 27, 2019 — A popular Portland lunch spot is acquired by a Seattle partner
August 15, 2019 — THE BUILDERS: For Portland tech startup CEO, her success hasn’t come easy
August 14, 2019 — To Portland startup, ‘extended reality’ is the future of collaboration
August 9, 2019 — Portlander Creates Free Stock Photo Library Featuring Plus-Size Models
August 6, 2019 — Trestle wants to help consumers make better online buying choices
July 30, 2019 — Portland Seed Fund closes third fund
July 23, 2019 — Portland venture capital investment plummets in Q2 — but it’s not time to panic
June 12, 2019 — First Black Business Summit sells out, second event announced
May 31, 2019 — Opinion: Why should Oregon companies care about California’s privacy law?
May 20, 2019 — Local startup Make It Hapin helps create the closet of your dreams on KPTV
May 2, 2019 — Semiconductor startup opens Beaverton office led by ex-Intel exec
May 1, 2019 — Portland’s Cura Partners agrees to nearly $1B acquisition
April 11, 2019 — Textile Artist Trish Langman Gives Batik Dying Lesson on KGW.
April 3, 2019 — Ruby Receptionists Founder and CEO to Retire
April 1, 2019 — Tyfone Brings Credit Unions the Digital Tools Members Want
April 1, 2019 — How Can The Tech World Better Prioritize Equity? Find Out at TechfestNW
March 26, 2019 — Curious about Coworking? Test drive CENTRL Office and Remote.ly for Free During Portland Startup Week
March 6, 2019 — TiE Oregon Partners with The Lemelson Foundation to Support Entrepreneurs Across Oregon and Beyond
February 22, 2019 — BMW and Daimler will Invest $1B in New Joint Venture that Brings Car2go and ReachNow Under One Roof
February 21, 2019 — Moovel’s Nat Parker wins TiE Oregon’s Entrepreneur of the Year for his Leadership Skills
February 6, 2019 — TiE Oregon names moovel North America CEO Entrepreneur of the Year
January 30 – Miles Haladay’s 10 Branch LLC partners with Centrl Office to manage coworking space in new development
January 28, 2019 — Monica’s Enand’s Zapproved awards the honor of Distinguished Honor
January 23 2019 — TechfestNW Announces the Second Round of Accepted Startups for PitchfestNW
January 8, 2019 — A Women’s Sex Toy Won an Award From CES, Until they Stole it Back
January 3, 2019 — TechfestNW Announces the First 75 Startups Accepted for PitchfestNW
—-2018 – MEMBERS IN THE NEWS—-
December 27, 2018 – Miles Haladay and 10 Branch LLC’s beacon of downtown Lake Oswego is taking shape
December 19, 2018 – Consumer products and health tech win Pitch Oregon 2018
December 13, 2018 – Key Oregon Angels reveal $3M fund, expand investment scope
December 11, 2018 – Nitin Rai, TiE Global Board President talks to Forbes about the startup scene in India
December 1, 2018 – Changewear is featured in December issue of The Costco Connection
November 17, 2018 – Zapproved appears on Deloitte’s 2018 Technology Fast 500 List for third year in a row
November 16, 2018 – Zapproved adds three new executives to leadership
November 13, 2018 – Angela Jackson and other high-profile investors talk to the Portland Journal about what’s next for Oregon’s Investors
October 19, 2018 – Elevate Capital invests $300k in Hood River startup at Bend Venture Conference
October 19, 2018 – Jill Nelson, Founder of Ruby Receptionist to give keynote address at Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week
October 16, 2018 – TiE Oregon Portfolio Company Hubb raises $6.3 million in Funding
October 15, 2018 – Nitin Rai pens opinion piece on investing in under-represented and under-served communities for The Oregonian
October 14, 2018 – The Portland Tribune interviews Robin Jones on cryptocurrency
October 14, 2018 – Elevate Inclusive Fund and Nitin Rai make headlines for RFPIO exit
October 11, 2018 – Nearly 300 Minority Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Inclusion Supporters sign up for the first annual Elevate Inclusion Summit
October 4, 2018 – Siva Narendra’s Tyfone and Prisma Campaigns Team up to Offer Omnichannel Marketing Solutions to Institutions
October 2, 2018 – Fintech Entrepreneur, Shamir Karkal, is back with a new Startup in Portland
October 2, 2018 – Moovel of Portland partners with FASTLinkDTLA to launch new Rideshare option in LA
September 28, 2018 – Miles Haladay awes with new Lake Oswego project
September 27, 2018 – Snap2Insights plans to double in size, putting Beaverton startups in the news again
September 26, 2018 – Elevate Capital Announces Speaker List for Elevate Inclusion Summit 2018
September 18, 2018 – GeekWire Showcases Over 50 Female VCs and Angel Investors Backing Female Entrepreneurs in Seattle and Portland.
September 18, 2018 – Robins Jones, COO of Public Market talks about third-party merchants to the Portland Tribune
September 13, 2018 – Robin Jones and Blockchain in Portland are in the news
August 10, 2018 – Voot’s Sharing is Caring mission makes headlines again
August 1, 2018 – Female run Beaverton startup, Voot, aims to ease the burden of group payments.
July 30, 2018 – TiE Oregon Angels, Bend Venture Conference Fund and Elevate Capital make headlines with record-breaking ROI in the Beaverton-based startup, RFPIO
July 25, 2018 – Growth is on the horizon for Oregon startup, RFPIO, after raising $25 million in funding
July 4, 2018– TiE Oregon’s TYE team Melaknow invented an app that can assist in early detection of skin cancer and wins TYE Globals
June 27, 2018 – TiE Charter Member & Developer Miles Haladay, discusses novel ideas for the future of the LO-to-Portland rail corridor
June 25, 2018 – TYE Oregon’s Team Melaknow takes first place at TiE Globals
June 22, 2018 – $2.6M investment will help Portland camping tech company blaze new trails
June 20, 2018 – An Oregon startup resource gets a new look
June 4, 2018 – Nat Parker talks about the future of Micro-Transit in Portland
May 30, 2018 – Nat Parker of Moovel, talks with Forbes at SXSW about Daimler’s Diverse Mobility Investments
May 21, 2018 – Babies and Blockchain: The Society of Physician Entrepreneurs is safeguarding our children
May 2, 2018 – Equity Capital Options For Entrepreneurs
April 30, 2018 – Digital Trends names Chris Carlson as COO
April 11, 2018 – Craig Reinhart weighs in on how the city of Portland has changed over the last three decades –
April 5, 2018 – Monica Enand accepts the Inaugural Sam Blackman Award for Civic Engagement at TechfestNW
April 2, 2018 – Charter Members and a Portfolio company make the list in Inc Magazine
March 27, 2018 – TAO Honors Angela Jackson with 2018 Tech Champion Award
March 14, 2018 – Nat Parker talks about the future of Smart Transit
February 1, 2018 – TYE Team Melaknow wins Congressional App Challenge
January 25, 2018 – Nitin Rai named TiE Global Chairman
—-2017 – MEMBERS IN THE NEWS—-
December 19, 2017 – Why a Portland software outsourcing firm sees opportunity in outsourcing sales
December 8, 2017 – Pitch Oregon 2017 introduces 10 new startups (Photos)
Nov 22, 2017 – TiE takes entrepreneurship to Portland classrooms
Nov 21, 2017 – Exclusive: How TiE Oregon is taking its success global
Nov 6, 2017 – TiE Oregon honors 2 well-known Portland tech leaders
Nov 4, 2017 – Hemex Health Raises over $600,000 in investment from TiE Global Angels
Oct 4, 2017 – Sam Blackman receives OEN Lifetime Achievement Award
Sep 29, 2017 – RFPIO to Support QAD’s Global RFP Management Efforts
Sep 13, 2017 – TiE road show aims to impact 450 Indian women entrepreneurs in small towns
Sept 2, 2017 – Meet the 17 Finalists for the 2016 OEN Awards
Sep 1, 2017 – Katharine Nester, CTO @ Ruby Receptionists on the Mobile First Podcast
Aug 31, 2017 – Another PitchBlack is in the books, but the winner is on YouTube
AUG 31, 2017 – Inclusive Fund Benefits TiE Oregon Members
Aug 29, 2017 – In $100M-plus deal, Vancouver’s DiscoverOrg buys its biggest competitor
Aug 28, 2017 – Wildfang completes $2.3M round of funding, looks to open NY and LA locations
Aug 28, 2017 – The storied career of AWS Elemental’s Sam Blackman
AUG 13, 2017 – These 13 Portland companies are hiring like crazy
Aug 3, 2017 – Snowledge Looking for Investors Through SeedInvest Fundraising Drive
July 31, 2017 – How To Overcome The Anxiety Of Change With Organizational Empathy
July 21, 2017 – Sightbox raises $2.4M to grow contact lens and eye exam membership program
July 26, 2017 – Ruby Receptionists Welcomes Stephanie Copeland Weber Senior Vice President of Operations
July 18, 2017 – Act-On Wins 2017 ROI Award
July 24, 2017 – JLL Income Property Trust Purchases Jory Trail at the Grove Apartments in Portland for $75M
July 18, 2017 – AWS Elemental Encodes BT Football Match for 4K, VR
July 17, 2017 – Bright.md raises $8M for AI-powered remote healthcare service with ‘virtual physician assistant’
July 7, 2017– Winners From International Student Startup Competition Nab $10,000 in Prize Money
June 26, 2017 – TYE GLOBAL 2017
June 9, 2017 – PBJ 100 2017: Here are Oregon’s fastest-growing private companies (ranked)
June 7, 2017 – SureID in crisis – several top executives out
May 31, 2017 – Act-On and Evergage Partner to Bring the Power of Omnichannel Personalization to the Adaptive Journeys™ Experience
May 30, 2017 – RFPIO gathers local investors and customers as it keeps growing
May 30, 2017 – Zapproved’s value boosted following Vista investment
May 30, 2017 – PayRange Takes the “Coin” out of Coin Laundry
May 23, 2017 – Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Marketing Departments?
May 22, 2017 – TiECon 2017 – Here is what some who attended are saying
May 9, 2017 – Forty under 40 2017: Meet this year’s class (Unlocked)
May 3, 2017 – New HealthSparq and MedSavvy Partnership Gives People the Missing Pieces to the Health Care Puzzle
April 26, 2017 – 6 Portland entrepreneurs vie for top EY regional award
April 25, 2017 – Software company Unosquare to create 100 new jobs in Belfast
April 20, 2017 – Frontier Tunes in Amazon Web Services Unit for Video Service
April 19, 2017 – What the Mastercard deal means for PayRange
April 19, 2017 – Mastercard And PayRange Partner To Make Vending Cashless
April 18, 2017 – PayRange to be Available on Japanese Vending Machines
April 18, 2017 – Elemental Technologies changes name to AWS Elemental to reflect acquisition by Amazon
April 10, 2017 – Innovative Bone Healing Technology Wins Over $700,000, from TiE at the Rice Business Plan Competition
April 4, 2017 – Poachedjobs.com Announces National Launch
April 4, 2017 – Former Act-On CTO lands at Moovel North America
April 4, 2017 – Meet 2017’s Women of Influence (Photos)
March 7, 2017 — Gilly Vending Goes All In With PayRange Mobile Payment & Marketing Solution
March 7, 2017 – Moovel CEO Discusses Urban Mobility Solutions
February 22, 2017 – SureID, Inc. Launches Universal Identity Solution Direct to Coaches and Volunteers Nationwide
February 21, 2017 – Outdoor Project, Portland digital media startup, raises $2 million
February 21, 2017 – Briefs: Elemental Technologies, MobiTV, Harmonic, Momentum Telecom, NCTC
February 8, 2017 – Cable Onda Employs Full Suite of Elemental Solutions to Power Unified Headend
January 30, 2017 – TiE Global, Workshop on entrepreneurship for women from Feb 21-23
January 27, 2017 – Executives of the Year 2016: Nitin Rai, Elevate Capital
January 11, 2017 – PDC shifts strategy as startup services surge
January 5, 2017 – Moovel’s new Portland office restores 125-year-old fixture in Old Town Chinatown
—-2016 – MEMBERS IN THE NEWS—-
October 27, 2016 — TiE Members Win Big at 2016 Holce Awards
October 27, 2016 – Benefits of Bend Venture Conference by Ganesh
October 24, 2016 – Michelle Huff, Act-On in CIO Mag
October 18, 2016 – Moovel Featured in Fortune Mag
September 29, 2016 – Cartogram featured in American Geographical Society
September 14, 2016 – Don’t Shave the Superman by Nitin Rai
September 1, 2016 — Elevate Capital closes First Round of Investment
August 29, 2016 — Act-On Software Named it one of the 25 fastest Growing Cloud Companies
August 10, 2016 – Angel Capital Association Elects New Board Directors
August 17, 2016– Two Influencers in Portland’s Startup Community Join RFPIO as Advisors
—-2020 – MEMBERS IN THE NEWS—-
September 17, 2020 — PBJ Makers and Manufacturers of the Year Awards (Sustainability category): Looptworks
September 16, 2020 — Aerodyme Technologies Wins TiE University Global Pitch Competition 2020
September 15, 2020 — Former Contractor Builds a Software Startup Called ToolBelt to Help Connect Skilled Labor to Projects
September 11, 2020 — Camping Startup The Dyrt Raising $4M to Boost Growth of New Pro Product
September 4, 2020 — Entrepreneurs’ Organization teams with MESO on small business mentorship
August 21, 2020 — TiE Oregon Announced Finalists for First Women’s Pitch Competition
August 11,2020 — Pop-up Coalition Rallies Support for Underserved Small Businesses
July 22, 2020 — Software Maker RFPIO Growing Despite Economic Uncertainty
June 10, 2020 — Act-On Software’s New Features Find Urgency in a Covid-19 Economy
June 8, 2020 — How a Vancouver Startup is Taking Events into the Virtual World
May 31, 2020 — Lincoln High School Students Win Local TYE State Competition
May 23, 2020 — Extreme Social Distancing: Why Camping is Poised for a ‘Huge Jump in Popularity,’ Fueled by Technology
May 19, 2020 — MESO launches forgivable loan for small businesses
May 14, 2020 — As Covid-19 rattles retail, Portland Skin Care Startup Shifts to Subscription Boxes
May 14, 2020 — Portland Travel Startup Raises $1.5M despite Covid-19 Travel Turmoil
April 16, 2020 — From Cosmetics to Hand Sanitizer, Cosmetics Maker Pivots to Meet Community Need
April 15, 2020 — Portland, Seattle Biotech Partners Ready a Rapid COVID-19 Test
April 9, 2020 — The Innovation Spread: How Analytics, Low-Cost Access And Telemedicine Could Shape A Post-COVID19 World
April 8, 2020 — Simple’s co-founder raises $7.7 million for new Portland banking startup, Sila
April 2, 2020 — Silicon Valley Bank offers debt relief, loans to tech-heavy client base in Oregon
March 30, 2020 — Portland’s 3-D printers answer the PPE call
March 30, 2020 — Two Oregon Digital Health Companies Team Up with HP to Fight COVID-19
March 4, 2020 — TiE Oregon Adds Familiar Names to Board
March 3, 2020 — Venture Capital Firm Targets $40M Second Fund, Adds Partners
February 26, 2020 — What to Know About the Mysterious New Food Hall in Southeast Portland
February 20, 2020 — Inside the Sale of Garden Bar
February 20, 2020 — Empowering Young Entrepreneurs with Intellectual Property Education
February 11, 2020 –– Raising An Inclusive Fund Was The Hardest Thing This Portland Entrepreneur Ever Did
February 11, 2020 — From A Simple, Boring Bank To Tanzanian Financial Apps
January 26, 2020 — Zapproved Headed for New Headquarters as it Grows Staff and Customer Base
January 17, 2020 — Sharon Richardson Howell Elected to TiE Global Board of Trustees
—-2019 – MEMBERS IN THE NEWS—-
December 4, 2019 — A Portland Startup Looks to Prevent Repetitive Motion-related Back Pain
November 19, 2019 — Ana Chaud Talks Garden Bar and Her Next Act
November 18, 2019 — TiE Global Launches TiE Women; Raises $70,000 During Two Days of TGS4
November 13, 2019 — A Portland ID Verification Company Lands $64M
November 6, 2019 — Those Who Give – Investing in the Future of Business with Nitin Rai
November 5, 2019 — Portland Teen Comes Through on ‘Jeopardy’ Pledge, and Then Some
November, 2019 –– Oregon Bio Names Winning Bio-science Companies and Life Science Researchers
October 8, 2019 — Active Portland investor raises new $100M Pacific Northwest fund
September 24, 2019 — Bigleaf Networks Snags $21M from Investors
September 19, 2019 –– Software maker Monsoon changes course with new CEO
September 4, 2019 — TiE Oregon raises $20,000 to support TiE Young Entrepreneurs
August 28, 2019 —Ruby’s new CEO talks career, culture and competition
August 28, 2019 — Elevate Capital Portfolio Company, Garden Bar, Joins Forces with Evergreens to Form a Stronger Pacific Northwest Brand
August 27, 2019 — A popular Portland lunch spot is acquired by a Seattle partner
August 15, 2019 — THE BUILDERS: For Portland tech startup CEO, her success hasn’t come easy
August 14, 2019 — To Portland startup, ‘extended reality’ is the future of collaboration
August 9, 2019 — Portlander Creates Free Stock Photo Library Featuring Plus-Size Models
August 6, 2019 — Trestle wants to help consumers make better online buying choices
July 30, 2019 — Portland Seed Fund closes third fund
July 23, 2019 — Portland venture capital investment plummets in Q2 — but it’s not time to panic
June 12, 2019 — First Black Business Summit sells out, second event announced
May 31, 2019 — Opinion: Why should Oregon companies care about California’s privacy law?
May 20, 2019 — Local startup Make It Hapin helps create the closet of your dreams on KPTV
May 2, 2019 — Semiconductor startup opens Beaverton office led by ex-Intel exec
May 1, 2019 — Portland’s Cura Partners agrees to nearly $1B acquisition
April 11, 2019 — Textile Artist Trish Langman Gives Batik Dying Lesson on KGW.
April 3, 2019 — Ruby Receptionists Founder and CEO to Retire
April 1, 2019 — Tyfone Brings Credit Unions the Digital Tools Members Want
April 1, 2019 — How Can The Tech World Better Prioritize Equity? Find Out at TechfestNW
March 26, 2019 — Curious about Coworking? Test drive CENTRL Office and Remote.ly for Free During Portland Startup Week
March 6, 2019 — TiE Oregon Partners with The Lemelson Foundation to Support Entrepreneurs Across Oregon and Beyond
February 22, 2019 — BMW and Daimler will Invest $1B in New Joint Venture that Brings Car2go and ReachNow Under One Roof
February 21, 2019 — Moovel’s Nat Parker wins TiE Oregon’s Entrepreneur of the Year for his Leadership Skills
February 6, 2019 — TiE Oregon names moovel North America CEO Entrepreneur of the Year
January 30 – Miles Haladay’s 10 Branch LLC partners with Centrl Office to manage coworking space in new development
January 28, 2019 — Monica’s Enand’s Zapproved awards the honor of Distinguished Honor
January 23 2019 — TechfestNW Announces the Second Round of Accepted Startups for PitchfestNW
January 8, 2019 — A Women’s Sex Toy Won an Award From CES, Until they Stole it Back
January 3, 2019 — TechfestNW Announces the First 75 Startups Accepted for PitchfestNW
—-2018 – MEMBERS IN THE NEWS—-
December 27, 2018 – Miles Haladay and 10 Branch LLC’s beacon of downtown Lake Oswego is taking shape
December 19, 2018 – Consumer products and health tech win Pitch Oregon 2018
December 13, 2018 – Key Oregon Angels reveal $3M fund, expand investment scope
December 11, 2018 – Nitin Rai, TiE Global Board President talks to Forbes about the startup scene in India
December 1, 2018 – Changewear is featured in December issue of The Costco Connection
November 17, 2018 – Zapproved appears on Deloitte’s 2018 Technology Fast 500 List for third year in a row
November 16, 2018 – Zapproved adds three new executives to leadership
November 13, 2018 – Angela Jackson and other high-profile investors talk to the Portland Journal about what’s next for Oregon’s Investors
October 19, 2018 – Elevate Capital invests $300k in Hood River startup at Bend Venture Conference
October 19, 2018 – Jill Nelson, Founder of Ruby Receptionist to give keynote address at Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week
October 16, 2018 – TiE Oregon Portfolio Company Hubb raises $6.3 million in Funding
October 15, 2018 – Nitin Rai pens opinion piece on investing in under-represented and under-served communities for The Oregonian
October 14, 2018 – The Portland Tribune interviews Robin Jones on cryptocurrency
October 14, 2018 – Elevate Inclusive Fund and Nitin Rai make headlines for RFPIO exit
October 11, 2018 – Nearly 300 Minority Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Inclusion Supporters sign up for the first annual Elevate Inclusion Summit
October 4, 2018 – Siva Narendra’s Tyfone and Prisma Campaigns Team up to Offer Omnichannel Marketing Solutions to Institutions
October 2, 2018 – Fintech Entrepreneur, Shamir Karkal, is back with a new Startup in Portland
October 2, 2018 – Moovel of Portland partners with FASTLinkDTLA to launch new Rideshare option in LA
September 28, 2018 – Miles Haladay awes with new Lake Oswego project
September 27, 2018 – Snap2Insights plans to double in size, putting Beaverton startups in the news again
September 26, 2018 – Elevate Capital Announces Speaker List for Elevate Inclusion Summit 2018
September 18, 2018 – GeekWire Showcases Over 50 Female VCs and Angel Investors Backing Female Entrepreneurs in Seattle and Portland.
September 18, 2018 – Robins Jones, COO of Public Market talks about third-party merchants to the Portland Tribune
September 13, 2018 – Robin Jones and Blockchain in Portland are in the news
August 10, 2018 – Voot’s Sharing is Caring mission makes headlines again
August 1, 2018 – Female run Beaverton startup, Voot, aims to ease the burden of group payments.
July 30, 2018 – TiE Oregon Angels, Bend Venture Conference Fund and Elevate Capital make headlines with record-breaking ROI in the Beaverton-based startup, RFPIO
July 25, 2018 – Growth is on the horizon for Oregon startup, RFPIO, after raising $25 million in funding
July 4, 2018– TiE Oregon’s TYE team Melaknow invented an app that can assist in early detection of skin cancer and wins TYE Globals
June 27, 2018 – TiE Charter Member & Developer Miles Haladay, discusses novel ideas for the future of the LO-to-Portland rail corridor
June 25, 2018 – TYE Oregon’s Team Melaknow takes first place at TiE Globals
June 22, 2018 – $2.6M investment will help Portland camping tech company blaze new trails
June 20, 2018 – An Oregon startup resource gets a new look
June 4, 2018 – Nat Parker talks about the future of Micro-Transit in Portland
May 30, 2018 – Nat Parker of Moovel, talks with Forbes at SXSW about Daimler’s Diverse Mobility Investments
May 21, 2018 – Babies and Blockchain: The Society of Physician Entrepreneurs is safeguarding our children
May 2, 2018 – Equity Capital Options For Entrepreneurs
April 30, 2018 – Digital Trends names Chris Carlson as COO
April 11, 2018 – Craig Reinhart weighs in on how the city of Portland has changed over the last three decades –
April 5, 2018 – Monica Enand accepts the Inaugural Sam Blackman Award for Civic Engagement at TechfestNW
April 2, 2018 – Charter Members and a Portfolio company make the list in Inc Magazine
March 27, 2018 – TAO Honors Angela Jackson with 2018 Tech Champion Award
March 14, 2018 – Nat Parker talks about the future of Smart Transit
February 1, 2018 – TYE Team Melaknow wins Congressional App Challenge
January 25, 2018 – Nitin Rai named TiE Global Chairman
—-2017 – MEMBERS IN THE NEWS—-
December 19, 2017 – Why a Portland software outsourcing firm sees opportunity in outsourcing sales
December 8, 2017 – Pitch Oregon 2017 introduces 10 new startups (Photos)
Nov 22, 2017 – TiE takes entrepreneurship to Portland classrooms
Nov 21, 2017 – Exclusive: How TiE Oregon is taking its success global
Nov 6, 2017 – TiE Oregon honors 2 well-known Portland tech leaders
Nov 4, 2017 – Hemex Health Raises over $600,000 in investment from TiE Global Angels
Oct 4, 2017 – Sam Blackman receives OEN Lifetime Achievement Award
Sep 29, 2017 – RFPIO to Support QAD’s Global RFP Management Efforts
Sep 13, 2017 – TiE road show aims to impact 450 Indian women entrepreneurs in small towns
Sept 2, 2017 – Meet the 17 Finalists for the 2016 OEN Awards
Sep 1, 2017 – Katharine Nester, CTO @ Ruby Receptionists on the Mobile First Podcast
Aug 31, 2017 – Another PitchBlack is in the books, but the winner is on YouTube
AUG 31, 2017 – Inclusive Fund Benefits TiE Oregon Members
Aug 29, 2017 – In $100M-plus deal, Vancouver’s DiscoverOrg buys its biggest competitor
Aug 28, 2017 – Wildfang completes $2.3M round of funding, looks to open NY and LA locations
Aug 28, 2017 – The storied career of AWS Elemental’s Sam Blackman
AUG 13, 2017 – These 13 Portland companies are hiring like crazy
Aug 3, 2017 – Snowledge Looking for Investors Through SeedInvest Fundraising Drive
July 31, 2017 – How To Overcome The Anxiety Of Change With Organizational Empathy
July 21, 2017 – Sightbox raises $2.4M to grow contact lens and eye exam membership program
July 26, 2017 – Ruby Receptionists Welcomes Stephanie Copeland Weber Senior Vice President of Operations
July 18, 2017 – Act-On Wins 2017 ROI Award
July 24, 2017 – JLL Income Property Trust Purchases Jory Trail at the Grove Apartments in Portland for $75M
July 18, 2017 – AWS Elemental Encodes BT Football Match for 4K, VR
July 17, 2017 – Bright.md raises $8M for AI-powered remote healthcare service with ‘virtual physician assistant’
July 7, 2017– Winners From International Student Startup Competition Nab $10,000 in Prize Money
June 26, 2017 – TYE GLOBAL 2017
June 9, 2017 – PBJ 100 2017: Here are Oregon’s fastest-growing private companies (ranked)
June 7, 2017 – SureID in crisis – several top executives out
May 31, 2017 – Act-On and Evergage Partner to Bring the Power of Omnichannel Personalization to the Adaptive Journeys™ Experience
May 30, 2017 – RFPIO gathers local investors and customers as it keeps growing
May 30, 2017 – Zapproved’s value boosted following Vista investment
May 30, 2017 – PayRange Takes the “Coin” out of Coin Laundry
May 23, 2017 – Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Marketing Departments?
May 22, 2017 – TiECon 2017 – Here is what some who attended are saying
May 9, 2017 – Forty under 40 2017: Meet this year’s class (Unlocked)
May 3, 2017 – New HealthSparq and MedSavvy Partnership Gives People the Missing Pieces to the Health Care Puzzle
April 26, 2017 – 6 Portland entrepreneurs vie for top EY regional award
April 25, 2017 – Software company Unosquare to create 100 new jobs in Belfast
April 20, 2017 – Frontier Tunes in Amazon Web Services Unit for Video Service
April 19, 2017 – What the Mastercard deal means for PayRange
April 19, 2017 – Mastercard And PayRange Partner To Make Vending Cashless
April 18, 2017 – PayRange to be Available on Japanese Vending Machines
April 18, 2017 – Elemental Technologies changes name to AWS Elemental to reflect acquisition by Amazon
April 10, 2017 – Innovative Bone Healing Technology Wins Over $700,000, from TiE at the Rice Business Plan Competition
April 4, 2017 – Poachedjobs.com Announces National Launch
April 4, 2017 – Former Act-On CTO lands at Moovel North America
April 4, 2017 – Meet 2017’s Women of Influence (Photos)
March 7, 2017 — Gilly Vending Goes All In With PayRange Mobile Payment & Marketing Solution
March 7, 2017 – Moovel CEO Discusses Urban Mobility Solutions
February 22, 2017 – SureID, Inc. Launches Universal Identity Solution Direct to Coaches and Volunteers Nationwide
February 21, 2017 – Outdoor Project, Portland digital media startup, raises $2 million
February 21, 2017 – Briefs: Elemental Technologies, MobiTV, Harmonic, Momentum Telecom, NCTC
February 8, 2017 – Cable Onda Employs Full Suite of Elemental Solutions to Power Unified Headend
January 30, 2017 – TiE Global, Workshop on entrepreneurship for women from Feb 21-23
January 27, 2017 – Executives of the Year 2016: Nitin Rai, Elevate Capital
January 11, 2017 – PDC shifts strategy as startup services surge
January 5, 2017 – Moovel’s new Portland office restores 125-year-old fixture in Old Town Chinatown
—-2016 – MEMBERS IN THE NEWS—-
October 27, 2016 — TiE Members Win Big at 2016 Holce Awards
October 27, 2016 – Benefits of Bend Venture Conference by Ganesh
October 24, 2016 – Michelle Huff, Act-On in CIO Mag
October 18, 2016 – Moovel Featured in Fortune Mag
September 29, 2016 – Cartogram featured in American Geographical Society
September 14, 2016 – Don’t Shave the Superman by Nitin Rai
September 1, 2016 — Elevate Capital closes First Round of Investment
August 29, 2016 — Act-On Software Named it one of the 25 fastest Growing Cloud Companies
August 10, 2016 – Angel Capital Association Elects New Board Directors
August 17, 2016– Two Influencers in Portland’s Startup Community Join RFPIO as Advisors