$86M raised and lots of events - Portland startup news (Apr 4, 2025)

More than $86M raised in three VC funding rounds announced this week and whole bunch of Portland startup events to cover from AI in Bend to incubators in Vancouver Washington and everything in between. Let's get into it.

PORTLAND STARTUP LINKS
- Travel Oregon ads
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doVV1a7XgyQ
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIC-XmyEfhI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4fGPPPmGA
- Speaker Skills https://speakerskillsacademy.com/creative-lab
- AI in the West https://aiwestconf.com/
- Portland Startup Week 2025 https://lu.ma/pdxstartupweek
- Dayo launch party https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dayo-launch-party-90s-dance-jam-tickets-1295003964719
- Beeminder https://www.beeminder.com/
- Rick Turoczy at @tedxportland9371 https://youtu.be/Cj98mr_wUA0

PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS
00:00 Portland startup news intro
01:16 Thanks so much for the comments!
01:43 Hydrolix raises $80 million
04:45 OpenAI imagery reminded me of Travel Oregon ads from @wiedenkennedy
06:10 Sturdy.ai raises $6 million
08:40 Prophetic raises Seed round
10:39 TEDxPortland adjacent speaker coaching workshop
14:08 AI in the West
16:00 Portland Startup Week
20:15 Portland startup community gathering
25:45 Vancouver Washington Startup Incubator

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- https://patreon.com/turoczy
- https://linkedin.com/in/turoczy
- https://bsky.app/profile/turoczy.bsky.social
- https://siliconflorist.substack.com/
- https://pdxslack.com

ABOUT 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.

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