Network / MarketplaceOR

Second Porch

Network / Marketplace , OR

Second Porch was a Portland, Oregon-based online marketplace for vacation home rentals. The company connected property owners with travelers seeking short-term accommodations and was acquired by HomeAway in May 2011.

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Oregon Venture Fund

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About Silicon Forest

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

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Software

Cleantech

Health — Venture Capital