This week in Oregon startup news, Customer.io hits a major milestone, @BendVC reveals 2025 winners, The Information reveals an @AgilityRobotics offer, Oregon Venture Fund looks for new angels, and more. Let's get into it…OREGON STARTUP STORIES00:00 Oregon startup news intro03:55 Customer.io hits $100M ARR07:44 Bend Venture Conference 2025 winners09:50 Oregon Venture Fund is open for investing11:43 Oregon Startup Center reboots13:34 North Bank Innovations accepting residents15:40 SecretsOREGON STARTUP LINKS- Customer.io https://customer.io/learn/announcements/customerio-crossed-100m-note-from-ceo- Duncan Miller on VC https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/startup-lottery-why-vc-money-can-curse-duncan-miller-vrd0c/- Paul O'Brien on VC https://paulobrien.substack.com/p/the-customer-of-venture-capital-isnt- Oregon Venture Fund https://www.oregonventurefund.com/perspectives/investing-with-ovf-is-a-treat-not-a-trick- The Long Con https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6QlEb7IK8PiYks2dbwKgTm- Interested in being interviewed…? https://forms.gle/rDfiGjuW3ETwsPPv5FIND RICK TUROCZY ON THE INTERNET AT…- https://patreon.com/turoczy- https://linkedin.com/in/turoczy- Portland startup news on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/portland-oregon-startup-news-silicon-florist/id1711294699- Portland startup news Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2cmLDH8wrPdNMS2qtTnhcy?si=H627wrGOTvStxxKWRlRGLQ- The Long Con on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-long-con/id1810923457- The Long Con on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/48oglyT5JNKxVH5lnWTYKA- https://bsky.app/profile/turoczy.bsky.social- https://siliconflorist.substack.com/- https://pdxslack.comABOUT SILICON FLORIST ----------For nearly two decades, Rick Turoczy has published Silicon Florist, a blog, newsletter, and podcast that covers entrepreneurs, founders, startups, entrepreneurship, tech, news, and events in the Portland, Oregon, startup community. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a startup or tech enthusiast, or simply intrigued by Portland's startup culture, Silicon Florist is your go-to source for the latest news, events, jobs, and opportunities in Portland Oregon's flourishing tech and startup scene. Join us in exploring the innovative world of startups in Portland, where creativity and collaboration meet.ABOUT RICK TUROCZY ----------Rick Turoczy has been working in, on, and around the Portland, Oregon, startup community for nearly 30 years. He has been recognized as one of the “OG”s of startup ecosystem building by the Kauffman Foundation. And he has been humbled by any number of opportunities to speak on stages from SXSW to INBOUND and from Kobe, Japan, to Muscat, Oman, including an opportunity to share his views on community building on the TEDxPortland stage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj98mr_wUA0). All because of a blog. Weird.https://siliconflorist.com#pdx #portland #oregon #startup #entrepreneur