Portland Seed Fund

Portland Seed Fund

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Investment Firm

Overview

The Portland Seed Fund invest in pre-seed and seed-stage companies across the Pacific Northwest. The majority of investments are in Oregon, with 10-20% of investments in other parts of the Northwest. Typical initial investment size of $50,000-$100,000 with participation in multiple follow on rounds. Sector agnostic - the largest sector is B2B software / SaaS with investments in data center infrastructure, AR/VR, health care IT, direct-to-consumer, e-commerce, mobile, cleantech, food, and apparel. 10-20 investments per year. Now investing out of third fund with more than $20 million AUM. Since 20011 PSF has invested $8 million in more than 90 companies who have gone on to raise more than $370 million from other sources. More than half of PSF companies have a female or person of color on the founding team, and more than a third have a female CEO.

Highlights

Founded

2011

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

1-10

Investment

209

Lead Investment

4

Exits

28

Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Portland Seed Fund, established in 2011 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture investments across Enterprise Software, File Sharing, Location Based Services, Developer APIs, Open Source, Social Media, Social Network, Online Portals, Financial Services, Finance. The organization boasts a portfolio of 209 investments, with an average round size of $2.5M and 28 successful exits. Their recent investments include Geoloqi, Vizify, Techstars, AudioName, Hively. The highest investment round they participated in was $18.7B. Among their most notable exits are Geoloqi and Vizify. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Jim Huston

Co-Managing Director

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Angela Jackson

Co-Managing Director

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Jenn Lynch

Co-Managing Partner

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Himalaya Rao-Potlapally

Venture Capital Consultant

Investment portfolio

Portland Seed Fund has made 209 investments. Their most recent investment was on Apr 24, 2024, when Trace raised $2.0M.

Portland Seed Fund has made 72 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on May 07, 2024, when Backpack Healthcare raised $14.0M.

investments

209

Diversity investments

72

Lead investments

4

Number of exits

28

Investments

209

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jan 25, 2024
Digs Digs
Artificial Intelligence (AI)7.0M
Apr 10, 2024
PUG ai PUG ai
Information Technologynull
Apr 24, 2024
Trace Trace
Augmented Reality2.0M
May 07, 2024
Backpack Healthcare Backpack Healthcare
Health Care14.0M

Exits

28

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

209

Investors

1

Funds

5

Funding Rounds

209

Portland Seed Fund has raised 209 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on May 07, 2024 from a Series A - Backpack Healthcare round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jan 25, 2024
Seed Round - Digs Seed Round - Digs
-7.0M-
Apr 10, 2024
Pre Seed Round - PUG ai Pre Seed Round - PUG ai
-0-
Apr 24, 2024
Pre Seed Round - Trace Pre Seed Round - Trace
-2.0M-
May 07, 2024
Series A - Backpack Healthcare Series A - Backpack Healthcare
-14.0M-

Investors

1

Portland Seed Fund is funded by 1 investor(s). Keiretsu Forum Northwest Kantor is the most recent investors.

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
Keiretsu Forum Northwest Keiretsu Forum Northwest
No
Venture Round - Portland Seed Fund
0

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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