MONTH | COMPANY (HQ) / LEADERSHIP | INVESTOR (HQ) | PRICE |
October | AVI BioPharma (Corvallis)/ Alan Timmins, president & COO | Charley’s Fund (MA) | $2.45m |
December | AVI BioPharma (Corvallis) / K. Michael Forrest, CEO | institutional investors | $20.3m |
June | Axial Vector Engine (Portland) / Raymond Brouzes, CEO | private lender | $250,000 |
November | Axial Vector Engine Corp. (Portland)/ Ahmed Khalifa, acting CEO | Emirates International Capital Advisory (UAE) | $2.5m |
September | Bioject Medical Technologies (Portland)/ Jerald S. Cobbs, chairman | Partners for Growth | $500,000 |
March | Calypte Biomedical Corporation (Lake Oswego) / Roger Gale, CEO | International investors | $5.2m |
October | Climax Portable Machine Tools (Newberg)/ Geoff Gilmore, CEO | State ECDD (Portland) | $5m |
November | Clinicient (Portland)/ Jim Plymale, CEO | Village Ventures (MA); Highway 12 Ventures (ID) | $5m |
April | Collaborative Software Initiative (Portland)/Stuart Cohen, CEO | OVP Venture Partners | ND |
June | Corrigo (Wilsonville) / Rick Michaux, CEO | Sierra Ventures | $10m |
June | Daverci Solutions Inc. (Hillsboro) / Marc Cameron, CEO | ND | $3m |
December | Elemental Technologies (Portland) / Sam Blackma, CEO | Oregon Angel Fund; Bend Venture Conference; Seattle Alliance of Angels (OR&WA) | $1.05m |
April | Ensequence (Portland)/Dalen Harrison, CEO | ND | $40m |
November | Evidence-Based Practice Center (Portland)/Mark Helfand, director | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | $10m |
October | Freeman Mnfg. (Newberg)/ Steve Freeman, owner | State ECDD (Portland) | $1.6m |
March | HemCon Medical Technologies (Portland) / John W. Morgan, president & CEO | Camden Partners Holdings LLC; Torch Hill Partners | $12m |
August | Integra Telecom (Portland)/ Dudley R. Slater, CEO | Warburg Pincus (NY) | $245m |
November | Iovation (Portland)/ Greg Pierson, CEO | Intel Capital (CA) | $15m |
April | iovation (Portland)/Greg Pierson, President, CEO & Founder | ND | ND |
August | Jive Software Inc. (Portland)/ Dave Hersh, CEO | Sequoia Capital | $15m |
October | Lundquist College of Business (Portland)/ Jim Bean, dean | private donors** | $2.5m |
June | MathStar (Hillsboro) / Doug Pihl, CEO | public offering | $32.4m |
August | Medical Teams Int. (Portland)/Global Relief Alliance/ Bas Vanderzalm, president | Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance | $1.4m |
December | MyStrands (Corvallis) / Francisco J. Martin, CEO | BBVA; Debaeque (Spain) | $24m |
June | MyStrands (Corvallis) / Francisco Martin, CEO | Antonio Asensio, CEO, Grupo Zeta | $25m |
March | Nike (Beaverton) / Nick Athanasakos, VP-supply chain | Illinois State Board of Investment | $27.6m |
June | Or. Investment Fund (Portland) / Michael Arpey, mang. director | Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund | $50m |
September | Oregon Community Health Information Network (Portland)/ Abby Sears, CEO | U.S. Department of Human Services | $4m |
July | Oregon Health & Science University (Portland) | Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation | $5.5m |
October | Oregon Public Broadcasting (Portland)/ Steven Bass, CEO | Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation (Portland) | $1.5m |
June | Oregon State University (Corvallis) / Edward Ray, President | Hallie Ford, co-founder, Ford Fnd. | $8m |
August | Oregon State University (Corvallis)/ Edward Ray, president | Patrick Stone, former CEO, Fidelity National Info. Solutions (CA) | $1.7m |
July | PacificStar Com. (Portland)/Robert Frisbee, CEO | Chart Venture Partners; Steelpoint Capital Prt. | $12.3m |
March | Platial (Portland) / Di-Ann Eisnor, co-founder & CEO | KeyNote Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers, Omidyar Network, Ram Shriram, Ron Conway | $2.4m |
August | PleuraFlow (Bend)/ Edward Boyle Jr., founder | BVC Investor; Cleveland Clinic | $1m |
March | ProteoGenix (Portland) / Don Mooney, president & CEO | NLV Partners (co-lead); TPG Growth (co-lead); Burrill & Company | $20m |
December | Provenance Hotels (Portland) / Gordon Sondland, President | undisclosed bank | $24m |
August | PSU (Portland)/ Daniel O. Bernstine, president | Lorry Lokey, founder, Business Wire (CA) | $1.5m |
November | Rose’s Restaurant and Bakery (Portland)/ Jeff Jetton, CEO | Aequitas Capital (Portland) | $5.2m |
March | Serveron Corporation (Hillsboro) / Bart Tichelman, CEO | El Dorado Investment Company; Nth Power; Cascadia Pacific Management; Oregon Life Sciences LLC; others | $5m |
September | Southwestern Oregon Community College (Coos Bay)/Judith M.L. Hansen, president | public bond offering | $9.99m |
June | Tektronix (Beaverton) / Rick Wills, CEO | private institutional investors | $354m |
July | Teseda Corporation (Portland)/ Armagan Akar, CEO | Interaction | $1.2m |
September | Tillamook Bay Community College (Tillamook)/ Jon Carnahan, president | public bond offering | $9.86m |
August | U of O (Eugene)/ Dave Frohnmayer, president | Phil Knight, founder, Nike (Beaverton) | $100m |
September | Umpqua Holdings (Portland)/ Raymond P. Davis, CEO | statutory trust/LaSalle Bank | $20m |
October | University of Oregon (Eugene)/ Dave Frohnmayer, president | Lorry I. Lokey, founder, BizWire (CA) | $74.5m |
September | University of Oregon (Eugene)/ Dave Frohnmayer, president | NSF & Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute | $480,000 |
March | Vesticon (Portland) / Dr. John Epley & Cathy Epley, co-founders | National Institutes of Health | $1.03m |
September | Virogenomics (Tigard)/ Jeff King, COO | National Institute of Standards and Technology (MD) | $1.9m |
June | Virtugo Software (Beaverton) | Foundation Cap.; OVP Venture Partners | $4m |
March | Wellpartner (Portland) / W. Michael Wright, CEO | 3i and Buerk Dale Victor (co-leads); Integra Ventures; Mediphase Venture Partners; Greenwoods Capital | $7.5m |
June | YMCA of Columbia-Willamette (Portland) / Bob Hall, CEO | Watumull Properties; Winkler Dev. | $9m |
November | Znomics(Portland)/ Roger Cone, CSO | ND | $4.88m |