Silicon Florist 🌹 Paxton CTO moves on, Orca acquires Opus 🐳

Issue 800

May 17, 2025

Paxton founding CTO moves on to something new

It’s always nice to see founders continuing to pursue startup ideas — especially in an industry that can burn so many people out. That’s why I was really happy to hear that, even though Michael Ulin was leaving his role as the founding CTO at Paxton, he was already considering his next pursuit… More

Orca acquires Opus

While it’s common for acquisitions to involve Portland startups, more often than not, a Portland startup tends to be the acquired entity rather than the acquirer. But this time, it’s Portland startup Orca Security that is acquiring New York startup Opus… More

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Celebrating AANHPI startup founders and community leaders

Remember that amazing founder you saw on stage a few years ago? Where are they now? We want you to know. That’s why Built Oregon, Latino Founders, Pitch Black, Pitch Latino, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment), and Vanport Studio are partnering to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) founders and community leaders by learning more about their journeys… More

Demolicious heads north to Seattle

It’s common for Portland to test drive events and programs that have worked elsewhere. What’s less common is Portland exporting an event format to other locations. Pitch Black and Pitch Latino are two examples of something created here that’s been successfully exported to other startup communities. And now, Portland’s Demolicious is joining the ranks — with an upcoming Seattle event… More

Inside a reimagined NedSpace

It's Portland Startup Week and as the city’s startup community has begun coming out of a pandemic-era hibernation, one of its foundational organizations is also reemerging. I’m talking about NedSpace. Ostensibly it’s a co-working space and at 16 years old it bills itself as the oldest co-working space in town. But more than the desk space it offers, it has a community that has already been built around the members… More

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