The Oregonian - 12/8/11

Privately held CrowdCompass plans to announce today that it's completed an initial $1.3 million funding round, led by $600,000 from the Oregon Angel Fund.

The Southeast Portland company produces customized apps for conventions and other large events.

The Oregonian - 11/14/11

Meridian, whose apps help guide smartphone users through stores, stadiums and other large venues, is the latest Portland mobile developer to win investment backing.

The Oregonian - 7/25/11

Portland video processing specialist Elemental Technologies has won over another big customer, convincing Comcast to use Elemental's software to adapt its cable TV programming for the iPad and iPhone.

The Oregonian - 6/20/11

Founded in 2006, RNA spent three years in stealth mode before announcing its memory virtualization technology in 2009. It aimed to make data centers more efficient by getting the most out of existing hardware and reducing the need for pricey new servers.

The Oregonian - 5/11/11

After a fallow decade when deals were few and far between, Oregon tech companies are again demonstrating their appeal.

Portland startup Second Porch announced Wednesday that it's sold its business to an Austin company, HomeAway, for an undisclosed sum.

Portland Business Journal - 4/1/11

Portland-based open source software startup Collaborative Software Initiative Inc. has raised 3.7 million in new capital. The funds come from OVP Venture Partners and the Oregon Angel Fund according to Stuart Cohen, the company's CEO.

Oregon Business Magazine - 1/27/11

In 2005, a group of 23 investors put $5,000 each into a modest pool with the goal of backing some of the most promising young companies in Oregon. Through collective intelligence and collaborative decision-making, they winnowed 50 good companies down to three great ones...

The Oregonian - 1/5/11

Intel plans a major product introduction ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today, and Portland startup Elemental Technologies will be along for the ride.

Portland Business Journal - 12/13/10

Clear Catheter Systems Inc. announced Monday that its lead product has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Portland Business Journal - 11/24/10

The pre-revenue company, a subsidiary of Charlottesville, Va.-based Greenlight Energy Resources, was formed five years ago to commercialize wave buoy technology developed by Oregon State University researchers.

MassDevice - 10/8/10

Cleveland Clinic spinoff Clear Catheter Systems Inc. raised $1.2 million in equity to help support the launch of its lead product, PleuraFlow. The Bend, Ore.-based company's PleuraFlow active tube-clearance system uses magnets and a wire loop to keep catheters clear while draining blood and other fluids from the chest after heart or lung surgery. 

The Oregonian - 8/4/10

The popular coupon collection, peddled as a fundraiser by schools and nonprofits across the Northwest, has just launched an iPhone app as it adapts its old school business model to a new era.

The Oregonian - 8/24/10

ClearAccess has been named the fastest growing private telecommunications firm in the country by Inc. 500. The Vancouver, Wash., firm also landed No. 66 on the fastest growing private company list across all industries.

The Oregonian - 7/27/10

The video processing company plans to announce details today of $7.5 million in venture backing led by Steamboat Ventures, the venture capital arm of The Walt Disney Co. 

The Oregonian - 6/27/10

"You have to look at every lodging transaction as a risk-reward equation," says Brent Hieggelke, Second Porch co-founder. And his booming social-network-based business is built almost entirely on the premise of reducing that risk.

The Oregonian - 7/27/10

In the good old pre-Internet days, about the only way you were going to rent a private vacation home was if you or your friends knew the owners. And it was that old-fashioned concept that led to a brainstorm for Brent Hieggelke of Portland, co-founder of secondporch.com, an online vacation-rental site that takes advantage of the power of personal networking -- and may be revolutionizing a multibillion-dollar industry.

The Oregonian - 12/29/09

2009 was Darwinism on steroids for Portland startups. Fit companies -- those that could draw income despite the downturn, trim costs and attract investors -- thrived. Others foundered.

The Oregonian - 12/27/09

Eric Winquist started Jama Software in 2006 for one purpose: to create software that allows teams to collaborate as they develop new products. As it turns out, that software -- Contour -- is in high demand during an economic downturn.

The Oregonian - 12/27/09

Elemental Technologies Inc., a startup in Portland's Old Town that makes video-processing software, has raised $7.1 million since its 2006 launch by three former engineers of Tualatin-based Pixelworks Inc.

The Oregonian - 12/15/09

The Oregon Angel Fund voted last night to invest in two Northwest companies -- Old Town startup Second Porch and a small company in the Columbia River Gorge called Columbia PhytoTechnology.