Portland Startups List

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ID 25782

Angela Jackson

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Managing Dir./Fund Manager Bridge City Ventures-Portland Seed Fund

ID 62191

Rich Schmelzer

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Founder @geopalz, @jibbitz-for-crocs • Investor @precog, @simple-energy, Fellow @nike-accelerator, Founder @iparchive,

ID 39079

Jason Seats

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Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)

ID 82904

Tom Sperry

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Founder @rogue-venture-partners

ID 40363

Wade Brooks

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Exec. Dir. Willamette Angel Fund, Prof. at Willamette MBA, serial entrepreneur. My mission is to make entrepreneurs.

ID 227761

Daniel Weller

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20 Yr Silicon Valley veteran, Founder / Cofounder of Lean Startups - Remedy Corporation ($1.5M to $1B), Helpstream/Pathworks. Founding CEO Concept to Series A (4 on 6M) with top-tier VC, Deep Engineering Background with Startup Executive Experience.

ID 8124

John Vanhara

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Founder @shipito, @fazole-cz • Worked at @eastbiz-corporation

ID 4073

Merrick

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Founder, @music-impacts. General Partner, @merrickhanna-ventures. Chairman, @tangible-worldwide. Worked w/ Mosaic, Flash, Urchin, and top ad agencies.
http://medium.com/@MayorRock

ID 103979

Jenn Lynch

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Venture Partner at @portlandseedfund, founder & partner at @upstart-labs, formerly of @kronos-incorporated and @yahoo. @columbia-business-school School 2003.

ID 73727

Pete Grillo

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CEO @iterasi. Past:Co-founded 3 startups, Successful exit on the first 2 & the 3rd (@iterasi) is growing nicely. On the Boards of a few Portland-area startups.

ID 85759

Eric Doebele

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Seed and growth stage investor, advisor, and board member.

ID 81728

Don Spear

President & CEO, @opensesame Inc.

ID 8182

Peter Kirwan

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CEO of Collexion, Inc., Entrepreneur in Res. at @neustar. CSO of @webmetrics, sold to @neustar. Founder @servercast, Sold to CMGi/Navisite, CTO through IPO.

ID 156842

Scott Kveton

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ID 478

Drew Smith

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Angel Investor. Extensive investing, corporate development, and strategy experience in senior roles at @intel-capital, McKinsey, and Tripwire.

ID 44042

Nitin Khanna

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Nitin is CEO of MergerTech an investment bank focused on $5MM - $100MM IT M&A. Prior to that he founded @saber in 1997 and sold it to @eds for $460MM in 2007.
http://about.me/nkhanna

ID 4371

Jesse Thomas

Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com

ID 624

Robert Kapela

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Robert is a serial entrepreneur and active Angel investor. Recent investments; @starsightings, @connect-me, Valant Medical, Revel, @nfluence, etc..

ID 230392

Ran Raviv

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Founder @from-estee-s-kitchen • Worked at @iberdrola, @ormat-technologies • Studied at @mit-sloan-school-of-management, @university-of-buckingham

ID 9588

Drew Bernard

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Founder and CEO @actionsprout; Independent Angel; Oregon Angel Fund 2009-2013.

ID 21536

Alex Payne

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Former CTO of @simple, Platform Lead and early employee at @twitter. I do technical consulting for early-stage startups, write, and travel.
https://al3x.net/

ID 40783

Matt Haughey

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Founder, @metafilter Network, Inc.

ID 120377

Dave Savage

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Working hard to innovate with mobile technology. Founded SmartReply and solid it to Soundbite + Purchased mSnap and solid to Marketron and now reinventing the mortgage experience with Mortgage Coach

ID 2461

Daniel Reeves

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Investor in @appjet aka Etherpad. Cofounder of @beeminder (Portland Seed Fund company).
http://messymatters.com

ID 214740

Joshua Sams

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Founder @geniusly (500 Startups) • Investor @engager • CTO @collegefrog • CEO @sprowtt-marketplace (TechCrunch 50) • @harvard-university University

ID 219551

Anarghya Vardhana

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Shifting paradigms, building & providing access to socially responsible tech, helping startups grow. Product manager, investor, entrepreneur.

ID 81695

Jamie Beckland

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Digital Roustabout

ID 203700

Brian Vierra

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Founder @phat-tire-ventures, @embers-asia • Investor @netriver

ID 10894

Nick Farina

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Founder, @meridian and @spotlightmobile. Webby Award-winning designer/developer of mobile apps. Computer Science+HCI, Cornell.
http://nfarina.com

ID 142087

Lauren Wallace

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Worked at @apple, @microsoft • Investor @glider-acquired-by-fpx

ID 129306

David Liebreich

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Founded @imobile-inc, @ehealthcare-inc. Owner @imobile, President @ehealthcare, Brand Manager @procter-gamble

ID 210665

Steve Giannini

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Software executive & entrepreneur • President @opal-1 • Founder @alliance-network-group, @alliance-pr • Worked at @cnet-networks, @kpmg, @kpmg Consulting LLC

ID 16881

Bob Greenberg

@pixelworks co-founder and former CTO [NASDAQ: PXLW]. Angel investor with Oregon Angel Fund (OAF) and Tech Coast Angels.

ID 637813

Allen Alley

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We spend our lives turning dreams into memories. At the end, we will audit our lives based on the memories we make. We help you make memories.

ID 183665

R. Scott Doan

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Accomplished sales leader. Worked at @janrain, @knowledgeadvisors @skillsoft • Studied at @oregon-state-university

ID 27109

Richard Sass

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Founder/CEO iSense (sold to Bayer), Founder/CEO MicroHelix (sold to St. Jude), Founder CWF

ID 82133

Eli Rubel

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Co-Founder & CEO @glider-acquired-by-fpx (Acq., Feb. 2014). Coffee enthusiast, motorcyclist. Now VP of Products and Innovation at FPX.

ID 67810

Scott Krager

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Competitive SEO for 7 years. Speaker at SMX, Affiliate Summit. Contributor to Search Engine Journal.
https://blog.serps.com

ID 40154

David Moser

Retired high tech executive (Tektronix, ESI, @axian). @massachusetts-institute-of-technology Aerospace 1972. Market analysis and angel investing.

ID 67409

Patrick Lightbody

Founder of @browsermob (acquired by @neustar) and @hostedqa (acquired by Compuware/Gomez). Eye towards enterprise and productivity software. CS @ @university-of-california-san-diego.

ID 59251

Ken Brown

Investor in @hygeia-personal-care-products.

ID 57414

Graham McFarland

A practicing entrepreneur, knee deep in his fifth start-up. Successfully built, funded and exited multiple companies ranging from $10K to over $10M in sales.
http://cinegif.wordpress.com/

ID 135106

Henry Nothhaft, Jr.

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Founder, Board Director & Chief Product Officer @ Trapit

ID 96612

Scott Grout

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Scott is former Pres. & CEO of RadiSys, a $400M, 1,200 person, publicly traded co. that develops SW/HW platforms for telecom and mil/aero mkts. MBA MIT Sloan.

ID 467014

Robby Russell

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Founding partner of Planet Argon, a web design and development agency in Portland, Oregon.

ID 118052

Jeff Curl

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CFO / COO at Summit Benefit & Actuarial Services, Inc.

ID 506648

Nick LaFond

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Connecting great Ideas with Money.. @WasteLessLiving @Empress_Secret VC @nlfventures | Investor | Entrepreneur | Startup Advisor | War Veteran | Thought Leader

ID 229919

JoAnn Huff

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ID 79925

Steve Davis

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Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

ID 305892

Naveen Valeti

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Founded and managing VRN JOBS LLC, a technology & management consulting firm based in Portland Oregon. I bring around 9 years of tech & mgmt consulting experience.

ID 38659

Jason White

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Managing Director, Wieden + Kennedy Shanghai. Former Nike Global Account Director at W+K Portland.

ID 222150

Alex Rosati

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ID 80964

Pinky Gonzales

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Founder and investor in multiple tech startups ranging from entertainment industry to education. Advisor @ LinkedIn and multi-year mentor at PIE PDX.

ID 331554

Kevin Eagan

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Serial corporate entrepreneur, advisor, investor. Co-founder Sidewalk.com (sold to Ticketmaster), eHome (merged with Windows Division), MS Online Stores.

ID 7529

Ricky Engelberg

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Sr. Experience Director for Nike+

ID 131081

Brian Batchelder

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Technology geek. One of first 5000 iOS developers. 30 years of software development experience.
http://briansbrain.biz

ID 34805

Gene Anderson

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Gene brings 10+ years of experience as CEO, team leader, and digital strategist, as well as high level management expertise.
http://exploringopportunity.blogspot.com/

ID 184021

Huston Hedinger

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Founder Wikisway • Studied at @university-of-oregon, @monterey-institute-of-international-studies, background in Private Equity. Active Angel investor @ newworldinnovation.com

ID 25392

Louis Doctor

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CEO and founder of Golfclubs.com, a fast growing specialty retailer. Company revenues will reach $8M in 2012, the second full year of operation.

ID 20569

Ron Groenendaal

Founder of Bridge9, COO of Ionx, COO of Zfone, co-founder of Yonja, COO of Everyday, and COO of Get2Net.

ID 184291

Rodney Trepess

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Investor @vemm • Studied at @university-of-washington, @bastyr-university

ID 677681

Jakob Knightly

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founded rikimu

ID 34223

Tim Barkow

Product-focused, entrepreneurial UI/UX designer and front-end developer. Co-founder @smith-magazine storytelling communities. Currently at @goldstar helping to improve our members happiness.
http://robotloveskitten.com

ID 295150

Michael Long

Serial Entrepreneur

ID 257420

Gavin White

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Big, playful presence. Clarity. Purpose. Vision. Well-connected. Knows things about stuff. Solves problems.

ID 439776

Jay Peterson

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Founder of a quant hedge fund & computer-assisted drug design lab. AI. Making sense of information in a chaotic world. San Francisco, Portland, Seattle.

ID 399794

Paul Reiter

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Enterprise SaaS-based IT sales for 8 yrs, former record label owner, marketing/PR agency experience as well.

ID 489306

Duane Bietz

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Retired Cardio Thoracic surgeon. Consultant to Regence Blue Cross, Holland America Line and Portlandd Adventist Medical Center.

ID 33467

Alex Salazar


ID 53821

Kevin Savetz

CEO of Savetz Publishing. Been online since 300 baud, baby.

ID 638246

Hunter Young

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Worked as a business banker / commercial lender. Started private practice audiology company. Started real estate investment company. Looking to diversify.

ID 18984

Glenn Smith

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Portland Venture Group

ID 61744

Stephen Saltzman

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Investor in @jajah, @aeroscout, @ozmo-devices, @invisage, @airmagnet.

ID 372903

Bruce Kerr

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A founder of The Partners Group, Bruce exemplifies dedication to clients, employees, family and community. His leadership extends beyond The Partners Group into many worthwhile organizations. He is president of the Down Syndrome Network Oregon Board and s

ID 254923

Nathan McDonald

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CEO @keiretsu-capital President @keiretsu-forum-northwest with over 300 angel investor members. Studied @university-of-washington, President @university-of-washington Entre Alumni Net

ID 230319

Glen Myers

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ID 131107

Dennis Powers

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ID 489504

Dr. Timothy Clark

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Entrepreneur, NEXT-certified entrepreneurship trainer, and author whose books have sold half a million copies in 26 languages.

ID 666343

David Allen

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Working technologist and consultant to investors and early stage entrepreneurs. 3 successful exits working with one of the hottest startups in the valley.

ID 94387

David Officer

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Investor, HR Leader, and talent scout.

ID 219742

Sunil Jain

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Sr Mgr @ Intel, Co-Chair @ NFC Forum SIG, ex-Founder/CEO Span. Innovation & passion drive me. To me action is eloquence and perseverance is genius
http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2012/10/26/three-nfc-news-items-caught-my-attention-periodicals-by-sunil-1-0

ID 261097

Ryan Cooper

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Proven leader in the interactive entertainment space. Executive Producer at Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft. Adviser to @dash.

ID 495020

Dot Williams

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Worked at @unilever, @jonathan-product-llc • Investor @brickstr • Studied at @university-of-oregon

ID 117120

Haren Myneni

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ID 204701

Maziar Mahboubian

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MBA @willamette-university University

ID 320019

Beth Mercante

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Founder Over 40 Females, @ludian-llc • Worked at @grubb-ellis, @aig-investments • Investor @over-40-females • Studied at @university-of-washington

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