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Rick Turoczy

Weekly stories, events, and jobs in the Portland, Oregon, startup community #pdx

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Silicon Florist 🌹 Startup World Cup & TAO winners 🏆

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Navigating the latest “transitional period” for Oregon startups

As you may have — or may not have — heard, Business Oregon is looking to do a halfway report on the Oregon Innovation Plan, a plan designed to...

10 days ago
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Silicon Florist 🌹 $140M for Panthalassa, Startup Week 2026 is nigh 🚀

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Panthalassa $140M Series B

I have a habit of asking around about startups in town. Who should I be tracking…? Who is the most underrated startup…? What’s going to be the most impactful startup…? And time and...

17 days ago
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Silicon Florist 🌹 Waymo in Portland, Startup Week 2026 🗓️

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Waymo is coming to Portland

You’ve probably heard rumblings about this. But now, it’s been confirmed by Waymo, the company whose fleet of autonomous vehicles carry folks around without a driver. Portland is...

24 days ago
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Silicon Florist 🌹 VC = Vicious Cycle, Panic's easter egg 🐣

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The vicious cycle of early stage capital — or lack thereof

Not a week goes by that I don’t have this conversation with a local founder. “Why is it so hard to raise early stage capital in Oregon…?” or “Why is...

a month ago
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Silicon Florist 🌹 New fund name, Portland VC tanks 📉

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Portland venture capital just hit a 10-year low. Good.

The latest Venture Monitor data from PitchBook and the NVCA shows Portland metro received “$69.7 million across 15 deals in Q1,” down nearly 65% year-ov...

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