The startup scene in United States

Portland has bioscience commercialization infrastructure in South Waterfront: OBI provides lab and mentoring infrastructure for bioscience startups, and reports more than 30 companies and more than 29,000 square feet of space. [29169] OTRADI describes a pathway connecting university science to bioscience startup formation and financing. [29170] OHSU offers licensing and commercialization support to inventors. [29168]

OHSU identifies ProMedix as an OHSU-founded startup developing circulation assessment technology for sepsis detection; the company won the $200,000 Growth Stage prize at the 2024 Bend Venture Conference. [29173,29174] OHSU also reports that Siloam Vision commercialized licensed OHSU technology in a handheld OCT system for retinopathy of prematurity and received a $1.25 million Air Force contract for AI-assisted retinal imaging. [29175,29176]

The 2025 Oregon Innovation Showcase in Portland brought together OHSU, Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, Portland State University, and Business Oregon. OHSU reported more than 300 attendees from 11 states, 88 startup tables, 27 partner exhibits, and 19 sponsors. [29172]

Startup Genome reports $15 billion in ecosystem value for its Portland profile for H2 2023–2025, using exits plus startup valuations and including active unicorns; it reports $507 million in Seed and Series A tech funding for the same period and $11 billion in exits for 2021–2025. [29177,29178,29179] These figures are attributed to Startup Genome and describe its Portland profile. [29177,29178,29179]