Archive for the Category ‘StartUps’

ActiveTrak Takes Round of Funding, Continues Push to Secure Personal Electronics

ActiveTrak Takes Round of Funding, Continues Push to Secure Personal Electronics

Portland based ActiveTrak, formerly known as GadgetTrak, has announced a round of funding this week. Rick from Silicon Florist has the story:
One of the most interesting boostrapped companies I’ve followed during my tenure here on Silicon Florist has to be ActiveTrak (the startup formerly known as GadgetTrak). And honestly, I always saw them as a [...]

Startup Weekend Portland Launches 9 Companies

Startup Weekend Portland Launches 9 Companies

Former Oregonian Andrew Hyde started Startup Weekend in Boulder, Colorado in 2007. Little did he know then that his own startup business would soon turn into an international phenomenon. Held in over 50 cities and 12 countries around the world, Startup Weekend has helped launch projects and companies that have gone on to do everything [...]

Angel Oregon Finalists Named

Angel Oregon Finalists Named

The Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) today announced six Launch Stage companies were chosen as finalists to present at OEN’s Angel Oregon 2010, to be held at The Nines in Portland on March 5, 2010. The eight Seed Stage companies were selected and announced earlier in February.
Finalists for OEN’s Angel Oregon were chosen from nearly 50 [...]

Intel to Invest $200 Million in US Companies, Encourage Hiring

Intel to Invest $200 Million in US Companies, Encourage Hiring

From Official Intel Press Release:

Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini today announced a $3.5 billion initiative to support investment in U.S.-based growth-oriented industries and detailed a commitment to significantly increase jobs available this year for recent college graduates.
Otellini announced these initiatives in a speech titled “Rebuilding the Foundations of American Growth,” delivered at The Brookings [...]

Jive Software Makes CEO Change, Likely Preparing for an IPO

Jive Software Makes CEO Change, Likely Preparing for an IPO

From TechCrunch.com:
There’s a changing of the guard taking place at social software company Jive. Co-founder and CEO Dave Hersh will be stepping down from the role to allow board member Tony Zingale to take over as interim CEO. Hersh will continue at Jive as chairman of the company’s board of directors.
Zingale was most recently the [...]

Portland Mobile Software Firm Takes $1.1m in Funding

Portland Mobile Software Firm Takes $1.1m in Funding

Portland mobile software startup Urban Airship announced today that they took $1.1m in venture funding to help grow their young but successful business. The company provides backend software for iPhone developers which allows for great application functionality.
Here is an expert from the report on SiliconFlorist.com:
…I couldn’t be more ecstatic to finally announce that Urban Airship—the [...]

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