The Portland Seed Fund graduated its first class of eight startups this week.
The Portland Seed Fund graduated its first class of eight startups this week.
Clad in jeans and T-shirts, the entrepreneurs spoke of comic books and social media, smartphones and snowboards. The seed fund provided each startup with $25,000 to get started, and hopes to put in more if the companies find market traction and larger investors.
The seed fund is already preparing to sign up its next class — applications are due in January — and hopes to repeat the process at least twice more after that.
Read more at OregonLive.com.
Read an in-depth profile of the Portland Seed Fund from Oregon Business.
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