2012 has been a bad year for venture activity in the city of Portland, which is just starting to step out of the shadows of northwest technology behemoths San Francisco and Seattle. Venture funding was down statewide in Oregon 55% so far in 2012.
This week the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center held its fifth annual Momentum Awards Dinner to honor entrepreneurial champions and give one Chicago startup the prestigious Merrick Momentum Award.
Chicago-based nonprofit Benevolent announced plans for national expansion during a forum on innovation in philanthropy sponsored by the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation in September.
This week grad student Gregory Keogh and professor Srdihar Condoor of SLU’s Parks College have have released a collection of successful entrepreneurial exercises in a free iBook.
ITEN, an open entrepreneurial network established by Innovate St. Louis, has unveiled a nifty infographic this week that highlights the growing advantages of rooting a company in the Midwest city’s growing startup community.
Portland-based personal data visualization startup Vizify rolled out real-time analytics and a redesigned mobile experience this week based on feedback from Vizify fans.
Portland-based Chirpify launched a new feature this week that allows people to monetize their Instagram feeds. Chirpify allows in-stream transactions by integrating with PayPal and taking 5% of each transaction.
This week Latino-focused startup New Futuro secured The People’s Choice Award at the Chicago Innovation Award ceremony for its recently-launched bilingual online community.
This week CORTEX, a growing technology district in St. Louis, has unveiled Phase II of its 20 year plan to become one of the largest tech hubs in the Midwest.
CrowdSource has been operating since mid-2011 to help businesses complete tasks with workers remotely over an internet connection and to date has completed 25 million various tasks for businesses.
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