This Portland startup wants to build the ‘most inclusive and the most diverse’ kids media brand

This Portland startup wants to build the ‘most inclusive and the most diverse’ kids media brand

Jelani Memory, Founder and CEO of A Kids Company About, with the book that started it all. (A child company via photo) There are the traditional ways to start, fund, and run a business and then there is the Jelani Memory approach. The CEO of A Kids Company About founded his Portland, Oregon-based company in … Read more

No pie in the sky: Portland pizza is best in U.S., Nathan Myhrvold says in latest epic cookbook

No pie in the sky: Portland pizza is best in U.S., Nathan Myhrvold says in latest epic cookbook

(Nathan Myhrvold Photo / The Cooking Lab) If you think New York is a blast as the best pizza town in the United States, then fuggedaboutit! According to Nathan Myhrvold and Francisco Migoya, co-authors of the upcoming Modernist Pizza, Portland, Oregon makes the best pizzas. Bloomberg reported this week that the authors came to this … Read more

Mental Health Match helps people find the right therapist, and finds a new home in Portland

Mental Health Match helps people find the right therapist, and finds a new home in Portland

New location of the startup: Mental Health Match, a startup helping people find the right therapist, has moved from Houston to Portland, Ore. The platform: Mental Health Match uses an online matching tool to guide users through choosing a therapist. More information on potential supervisors will be provided when they are identified as a match. … Read more

Portland startup ConductorOne raises $5M for platform to automate IT access requests

Portland startup ConductorOne raises $5M for platform to automate IT access requests

ConductorOne announced a $ 5 million seed round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel. Fuel Capital, Fathom Capital and Active Capital also participated. Founded late last year by veterans of the enterprise ID startup Okta, ConductorOne will use the funds to build a platform that enables IT pros to automate and manage employee … Read more