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We're glad you're here! Our goal is to provide updates on the impact of Oregon Venture Fund portfolio companies and venture capital trends in our region. And, in case you or someone you know is looking for their next gig - you'll also find a few of the open positions at our portfolio companies.

Take a look around and let us know what you think. Thanks for being here.

FUND NEWS + PERSPECTIVES

Share Your Story as OVF Prepares for Its 20-Year Anniversary

Twenty years of innovation, collaboration, and community are worth celebrating! As OVF looks ahead to its next chapter, we are inviting the people who helped shape our first chapter to provide a short quote or short story about your experience with OVF. Additional details here.

How it all Began

Instead of competing with larger VCs, we asked a different question: How can we build a better fund for founders and investors? Let's go do that!

20 years ago, OVF pioneered several industry practices:

- An annual fund structure
- A regional focus in a 2^nd tier market
- A collaborative model involving 180 successful entrepreneurs who are both investors and venture partners.

While these ideas have since spread across the US and globe, OVF remains the only firm to celebrate a 10X fund return by offering investors and founders free ice cream and beer for life. How did it all start, and what challenges did we face along the way?

OVF 2027 Subscription Window

If you are an accredited investor and are interested in learning about investing in the top startups and growth companies with a presence in Oregon and Southern Washington, please let me know - I'd love to meet with you. Between now and December we can accommodate a finite number of new investors in the 2027 Oregon Venture Fund. With OVF you get to see the future and invest in it. 
More here from Melissa Freeman, director of investor relations. Melissa@OregonVentureFund.com

PORTFOLIO NEWS

NLM Photonics Deepens Its Bench of Deep Tech Investors

NLM Photonics recently added Pangaea Ventures and Mitsubishi Chemical's Diamond Edge Ventures to its cap table, with existing backers (including OVF) doubling down, too. The round fuels NLM's push to scale its organic photonics materials for AI data centers and next-gen optical interconnects. As OVF partner, Deepthi Madhava put it: "NLM has evolved from a promising technology into a business with real commercial momentum and world-class strategic partners." More in the press release.

Digs Secures Major Backing from Building Materials Leader

Vancouver-based Digs has landed a $25M growth financing, and this one's really notable because of who wrote the check: Builders FirstSource. The largest building materials supplier in the country is the sole Series A lead and is also entered into a 5-year commercial partnership to weave Digs' AI platform into its ecosystem for 140,000 homebuilder clients. Founder Ryan Fink [pictured right with co-founder Ty Frackiewicz] calls it a "CarFax for the home." The round brings the company's total funding past $47M as it plans to double headcount by year end.

JOBS

Looking for your next gig? Know someone who is? Below are just a few of the open positions at some of OVF's portfolio companies. Please take a look and pass them along.

Technical Support Engineer - C1

VP of Finance/Head of Finance - Source

Senior Software Engineer C++ Developer - Hydrolix

Materials Handler - GearUp

Account Executive--Inbound - Conveyor

Browse the OVF job board for a complete, up-to-date list of 110+ openings at a number of our portfolio companies.

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Since its founding, OVF has invested $217M in 89 companies which have created over 7,068 jobs. 37% of our portfolio companies are founded or led by women and 27% by entrepreneurs of color.

Pitchbook places OVFs total return in the top 25% of ALL global venture funds (1Q2026).

OVF's corporate partners share our passion for supporting local entrepreneurs:

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.