Portland's tech nickname comes from Intel's massive Oregon manufacturing presence, but Tektronix — an electronics and test-equipment company — was there first, decades earlier, and helped seed the engineering culture Intel later built on. Oregon Health & Science University anchors a health-tech side that runs alongside software and cleantech in the Willamette Valley.
Region Stats
Total firms
254
VC / investors
7
Companies
243
Universities
4
People
4
By Who For
Undetermined
77
Healthcare & Life Sciences
44
Consumer / Retail
30
Energy & Climate / Environment
24
Known For
Software
Cleantech
Health — Venture Capital
Silicon Forest