| 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 |
