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
282
VC / investors
7
Companies
271
Universities
4
Known For
Software
Cleantech
Health — Venture Capital
Silicon Forest