Venture Capital Resources

Oregon Angel Investors News

EnerG2 Commences Construction at New FacilityTuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 3:00PMAlbany, Oregon Site Is World's First Commercial-Scale Manufacturing Plant for Nano-Engineered High-Performance Carbon Electrode Material

25+ Upcoming Social Media & Tech EventsMonday, June 21, 2010 @ 2:46PMIt’s Monday, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section .…

Self-clearing chest tube PleuraFlow works better than passive tubeTuesday, May 25, 2010 @ 2:34PMUpdated 7:35 p.m. A pre-clinical evaluation of a self-clearing chest tube developed by Clear Catheter Systems Inc. has demonstrated the tube that clears itself works better to drain the chest after surgery than a passive tube of the same size. The Cleveland Clinic spin-off based in Cleveland and Bend, Ore., is applying for U.S. and European market [...]

Local Entrepreneurs Compete for $165,000Thursday, May 13, 2010 @ 6:28PMA group of 33 angel investors dished out $165,000 to a new local business venture. read more

Second Porch Inc. Closes Series-A Funding To Expand Growing Social Vacation Home MarketplaceWednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 9:23AMPioneering social commerce startup seeks to harness two strong trends: the mainstreaming of social networking, and vacation home rentals, one of the fastest growing segments of online travel.Today Second Porch announced that it has closed a one million dollar Series-A investment, led by the Oregon Angel Fund. The investment will be used to continue the company's expansion into the vacation home ...

Second Porch rounds up to $1 million to fill out Series AWednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 7:40AMPortland-based Second Porch says this morning that it's completed its first investment round, raising $1 million altogether -- including $650,000 in previously announced backing from the Oregon Angel Fund.

Google Buys DocVerse, Madrona Backs ShopIgniter, ISB Gets Mystery Gift, & More Seattle-Area Deals NewsMonday, March 15, 2010 @ 5:01AMIn the week since Google's acquisition of Picnik, the Northwest deals scene came back to earth a little bit. But there was a decent amount of activity in software, Internet, mobile, and cleantech, much of it from Oregon-based companies. -Seattle's Institute for Systems Biology received a five-year, $6 million gift from a venture capitalist in California ...

Vancouver startup a finalist for $25KThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 10:23AMMy Home Details was the only Vancouver startup named last week among eight finalists in a competition for $25,000 in seed money from Angel Oregon. Vancouver resident Ty Stober pitched his idea for My Home, an online social network and information management service to help consumers navigate the custom-home building or remodeling process.

ZINO Green Companies Chosen to Vie for $50,000 FundFriday, February 12, 2010 @ 7:05PMFifteen Northwest companies have been selected to present their newest "Green" ideas, products and technology to a roomful of investors and business leaders at ZINO Society's ZINO Green Investment Forum on February 24 in Portland, and March 4 in Seattle.