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Portland venture capital & startups
Portland, Oregon climate, cybersecurity, and AI infra — OVF, Elevate, PSF, Rogue VP, plus Hydrolix, ConductorOne, Eclypsium, Distributional, Panthalassa.
Oregon Portland (not Maine) now has four local fund profiles (Oregon Venture Fund, Elevate Capital, Portland Seed Fund, Rogue Venture Partners) and six curated startups spanning AI eval (Distributional), ocean compute (Panthalassa), identity security (ConductorOne), observability (Hydrolix), firmware security (Eclypsium), and climate hardware (Skip Technology).
Aliases: portland, or; beaverton; hillsboro. Excludes Portland, Maine.
Venture firms in Portland
Matched from fund headquarters in our directory (alias-based). Dual-HQ firms may appear in more than one city.
| Firm | HQ (directory) | Leads |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon Venture Fund | Portland, OR | Seed, Series A |
| Elevate Capital | Portland, OR | Pre-Seed, Seed |
| Portland Seed Fund | Portland, OR | Pre-Seed, Seed |
| Rogue Venture Partners | Portland, OR | Pre-Seed, Seed |
| Andreessen Horowitz | Menlo Park, CA | Series A, Series B+ |
| Greycroft | New York, NY | Seed, Series A, Series B+ |
| Founders Fund | New York, NY | Series A, Series B+ |
| Two Sigma Ventures | 100 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013 | Seed, Series A |
Startups we cover in Portland
Matched from startup hq fields. Many profiles still lack HQ — curated lists
in editorial notes fill gaps when verified.
| Startup | One-liner | HQ |
|---|---|---|
| Distributional | AI evaluation platform measuring production ML model quality, drift, and reliability. | Portland, Oregon |
| Panthalassa | Portland public-benefit corp building wave-powered floating nodes that run AI inference at sea, transmitting tokens via satellite. | Portland, Oregon, USA |
| Skip Technology | Energy storage technology company developing advanced battery/flow systems (Portland). | Portland, OR |
| Hydrolix | Streaming data lake platform that cuts log-data storage cost and speeds analytics at terabyte scale. | Portland, OR |
| ConductorOne | AI-native identity security platform for access governance across human and non-human identities. | Portland, OR |
| Eclypsium | Portland firmware and supply-chain security platform for enterprise hardware, AI infrastructure, and edge devices. | Portland, OR |
Coverage gaps
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Hillsboro semiconductor tools
Intel/Analog corridor suppliers still thin in HQ-tagged startup JSON — fab-adjacent names pending verification
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Torq / Sparrow Pharmaceuticals
Large Portland rounds in press — not yet profiled as /startup/ pages
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Endeavour Capital
Portland growth PE — different product than seed VC; optional future /fund/ coverage
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