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Two Portland-ish Startups Raise $16M in One Week (Mar 13 2026) Oregon startup news

Much better mood this week. Depot — a YC alum with Portland roots — just raised a $10M Series A. Tower, co-founded by PIE alum Brad Heller, raised $6.4M. PDXWIT is rebooting. The Claude Code hackathon drew 120 people who built 52 projects in 3 hours. And the Silicon Forest Tech Summit is tomorrow. Plus: Seattle Startup Day, Founders Live returning to Portland, Bluesky's new CEO, and pie logistics. TIMECODES 00:00 Oregon startup news intro 08:30 Silicon Forest Tech Summit preview 10:30 Depot raises $10M Series A 14:00 Claude Code Hackathon 16:00 Secrets LINKS Tower raises $6.4M https://techfundingnews.com/tower-6-4... Depot $10M Series A Blog post: https://depot.dev/blog/depot-raises-s... SF post: https://siliconflorist.com/2026/03/12... QSBS / SB 1507 SF post: https://siliconflorist.com/2026/03/06... Axios Portland Oregon losing growth: https://www.axios.com/local/portland/... Small businesses struggling: https://www.axios.com/local/portland/... PDXWIT reboot SF post: https://siliconflorist.com/2026/01/26... Seattle Startup Day (May 15) Tickets / info: https://startupday.seattleflow.org/ SF post: https://siliconflorist.com/2026/03/12... Founders Live Build Portland (April 9) https://www.founderslive.com/events-l... Bluesky CEO change https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-09-... Silicon Forest Tech Summit 2026 Tickets / info: https://www.oregoncc.org/attend/event... SF post: https://siliconflorist.com/2026/03/05... Claude Code Hackathon recap (Sam Keane) Sam's recap: https://writing.alteredcraft.com/p/po... SF post: https://siliconflorist.com/2026/03/12... Decisio Startup Story SF post: https://siliconflorist.com/2026/03/11... FIND RICK TUROCZY ON THE INTERNET AT…   / turoczy     / turoczy   Portland Oregon startup news on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Portland Oregon startup news Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2cmLDH8... Startup Stories on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1Tk7bbz... Startup Stories on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... The Long Con on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... The Long Con on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/48oglyT... https://bsky.app/profile/turoczy.bsky... https://siliconflorist.substack.com/ https://pdxslack.com ABOUT SILICON FLORIST ---------- For nearly two decades, Rick Turoczy has published Silicon Florist, a blog, newsletter, and podcast that covers entrepreneurs, founders, startups, entrepreneurship, tech, news, and events in the Portland, Oregon, startup community. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a startup or tech enthusiast, or simply intrigued by Portland's startup culture, Silicon Florist is your go-to source for the latest news, events, jobs, and opportunities in Portland Oregon's flourishing tech and startup scene. Join us in exploring the innovative world of startups in Portland, where creativity and collaboration meet. ABOUT RICK TUROCZY ---------- Rick Turoczy has been working in, on, and around the Portland, Oregon, startup community for nearly 30 years. He has been recognized as one of the “OG”s of startup ecosystem building by the Kauffman Foundation. And he has been humbled by any number of opportunities to speak on stages from SXSW to INBOUND and from Kobe, Japan, to Muscat, Oman, including an opportunity to share his views on community building on the TEDxPortland stage (   • An introvert's guide to networking | Rick ...  ). All because of a blog. Weird. https://siliconflorist.com #pdx #portland #oregon #startup #entrepreneur