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We're glad you're here! Our goal is to provide updates on the impact of Oregon Venture Fund (OVF) portfolio companies and venture capital in our region.

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FUND + TEAM NEWS 

Welcome Gray Family Foundation!

Established by John and Betty Gray, The Gray Family Foundation is furthering its deep commitment to Oregon's economic future by investing in Oregon Venture Fund’s XV Fund. The Gray Family Foundation's mission and values align well with OVF’s, as both organizations strive to ensure our region offers abundant economic opportunities and remains an attractive and compelling place to work and live for generations to come.

Learn more about the Gray Family Foundation and their impact on our perspectives page.

What's Missing from your Compensation Strategy?

OVF works hard to open doors and support our portfolio companies - while also knowing when to staying out of their way. As a learning organization, OVF organizes regular workshops for the fund's portfolio execs and venture partners on topics of critical interest. Our recent compensation and talent workshop with OVF venture partner Susy Dunn [pictured] focused on designing effective compensation programs, hybrid work realities and strategies, and leading high-performance teams. See if anything is missing from your compensation strategy by checking out the overview on our perspectives page.

OCF + OVF Friend-raising in Bend

Thank you to the Central Oregon venture community for the warm welcome last week! We enjoyed catching up with dozens of entrepreneurs, investors, and community partners at the amazing Mountain Burger and beautiful Tetherow Pavilion in conjunction with our friends at Oregon Community Foundation (OCF). OCF has invested in every OVF fund since 2012 and together we work to improve the economic vitality of this great region by investing in local companies, supporting entrepreneurs, and building wealth that can benefit more Oregonians. Entrepreneurs or accredited investors: if we missed you, we'd still love to connect.

• Entrepreneurs: please contact Jon Maroney jon@oregonventurefund.com
• Investors: please contact Melissa Freeman melissa@oregonventurefund.com

PORTFOLIO NEWS

Changing the Game: Wildfang founder talks with CBS on the power of self-expression

Check out Wildfang CEO Emma McIlroy on CBS Morning as they highlight women who are making a difference now and for future generations.

Emma discusses why she founded gender-fluid fashion brand Wildfang in 2013, and why it's so important today. She also talks about the origin of the brand name. Good choice on guests, CBS! Thrilled to have Wildfang and Emma as part of the OVF community.

How Oregon Works: Poached Jobs

Founded and led by Kirk Thornby [pictured], OVF portfolio company, Poached, has grown to become the nation's largest job board for the hospitality industry. Poached solves a big problem for restaurants and staff by offering permanent and flexible staffing solutions in one place. They currently have over 6,500 nationwide open positions listed so everyone can find a good fit. Portland Business Journal Innovation lead Malia Spencer recently chatted with Kirk on how Oregon works. Check out Malia's interview with Kirk in the Portland Business Journal.

OVF Venture Partners Make List of Execs of Year!

Last month we were excited to congratulate OVF portfolio company CEO Kim Malek [Salt & Straw] for being selected as one of the Portland Business Journal's Executives of the Year. But, there are a few of our very own venture partners who made the list too! Congratulations to:

Cathy Myers, President and COO, SSOE Group,

Peter Bragdon, CAO and GC, Columbia Sportswear and

Bobby Balachandran [pictured], CEO Exterro.

Check out the full Portland Business Journal article including who else won.

Hyrdolix raises $20M Series A

We are proud to continue to support Marty Kagan [pictured] and the Hydrolix team as we contribute to Hydrolix's $20M raise. OVF provided follow-on funding alongside Nava Ventures. The funding will allow Marty and team to build out the data storage company's enterprise sales and marketing functions. Congrats to all!

Marty spoke with Portland Business Journal's Malia Spencer recently on the path to raising funds in the current environment.

Fastest Growing Private Companies

Congrats to two of our portfolio companies for making the list! gearUP Sports and Customer.io were listed among the Portland Business Journal's 100 fastest growing private companies in our region. #notsurprised The publication looked at revenue as well as number of employees to determine the finalists.

See the full list in the Portland Business Journal.

JOBS

Looking for a new gig? Know someone who is? Below are a few of the open positions at a our portfolio companies. Please check them out and pass them along. Thanks!

Digital Marketing Manager - Opal

Customer Success Manager - Megh Computing

Chief Financial Officer - TrovaTrip

Global Sales Manager - Lumencor

Check out the OVF job board for the complete, up-to-date list of all 60+ openings.

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Since its founding, OVF and its investors have invested $169M in 73 companies that have created over 5,400 jobs. 36% of our portfolio companies are founded or led by a woman and 24% by an entrepreneur of color.

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Disclosure: This newsletter is intended to provide general information regarding OVFs investments and impact and not for the purpose of soliciting investors for any fund. Under no circumstances should the information provided be considered an offer to sell, or a solicitation to buy, any security. Such offer or solicitation may only be made to accredited investors and qualified purchasers pursuant to the current offering documents of the relevant OVF Fund. The information provided may not be reproduced or disseminated to any third parties without the written consent of OVF. The past performance of previous OVF Funds and portfolio companies is not necessarily indicative of future results. Investors in OVF Funds may lose investment capital. There can be no assurance that any future OVF Funds or portfolio companies will achieve comparable results.