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Silicon Forest

Software · Cleantech · Health — Venture Capital

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CompaniesSilicon Forest

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Network / Marketplace
TrovaTrip
● OR
TrovaTrip is a three-sided group travel marketplace that enables topic experts, creatives, and entrepreneurs to host curated trips around the globe for their communities. The platform connects hosts, travelers, and trip operators, allowing influencers and subject-matter experts to monetize travel experiences.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
True Lark
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TrueLark is an AI-powered scheduling and customer communications software company purpose-built for appointment-based and multi-location businesses in the dental, beauty, wellness, and fitness industries. The platform automatically handles missed calls, enables booking via text or website, and serves as an AI Control Center for front-desk operations. TrueLark offers dedicated integrations with practice management tools across its target verticals.
Media & Entertainment
Unthinkable Voices
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Unthinkable Voices is a B2B video production company that creates persuasive, one-minute videos to help sales teams build consensus, arm champions, and close deals faster. The company produces short-form video content designed to humanize the B2B sales story and overcome buyer objections, all delivered remotely.
Financial Services
Upwardli
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Upwardli is a financial technology company that provides credit-building tools designed specifically for immigrants, international students, visa-holders, and newcomers to U.S. financial services. Its Credit Builder product reports recurring payments to Experian, helping users establish a U.S. credit history without requiring an existing credit profile.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Veana
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Veana Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Portland, OR, focused on developing oral mitochondrial inhibitors to target cancer cells while sparing normal cells. The company is developing alpha-tocopheryloxyacetic acid-based treatments and has raised seed funding for its oncology pipeline.
AI Application
Vectorly
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Vectorly was a video technology startup founded at MIT that built AI-powered filters to upscale and enhance video quality on-device, allowing users to stream low-resolution video and view it in HD. The company pivoted multiple times — from online learning tools for West Africa to video compression to AI upscaling and virtual backgrounds — before being acquired by live events platform Hopin.
Enterprise SaaS
Veelo
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Veelo is a sales enablement platform that combines onboarding, training, and performance optimization in a single tool to support the full sales representative lifecycle. The company was acquired by Bigtincan in 2019, which cited Veelo's award-winning approach to predictively guiding sellers on what to know, say, and do.
Consumer / Retail
Venvee
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Venvee is a retail technology company that applies computer vision, spatial artificial intelligence, and digital twin reconstructions to understand shopper behavior in physical retail spaces. It provides audience enrichment and audience measurement services for retail media networks. The company partnered with Zitcha in 2024 to advance in-store retail media capabilities.
Operating Company
Versi
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Healthcare & Life Sciences
VitalFlo
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VitalFlo is a digital health company founded in Raleigh, NC in 2017, specializing in proactive respiratory care. Its software platform helps healthcare providers enhance respiratory outcomes through in-office spirometry, at-home monitoring, and data-driven decision support. VitalFlo was acquired by Doktorconnect in May 2025.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Wavely
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Wavely Diagnostics is a Seattle-based health tech company and University of Washington spinout that developed WavelyDx, an FDA-listed smartphone app using acoustic reflectometry to detect middle ear fluid and help diagnose ear infections remotely. The company raised $1.35 million in 2023 to advance its at-home ear infection detection technology.
Education
Wayfinder
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Wayfinder is a PreK-12 education technology company offering a purpose-driven learning platform that combines social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum, MTSS-ready resources, and real-time student insights. Originally developed at the Stanford University d.school, the company raised a $6.6 million Series A round in 2022 with backing from the Oregon Venture Fund.
AI Application
Wevo
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WEVO is an AI-powered user testing and UX research platform that delivers synthesized quantitative and qualitative insights for research, product, and marketing teams. The platform significantly reduces the time and cost of traditional user research, and is used by teams in Boston and beyond.
Operating Company
WILD
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Wild is a personal care company that manufactures refillable deodorants, lip balms, body washes, and hand washes formulated with over 94% natural ingredients and free from aluminum and parabens. The company sells products through a subscription refill model designed to eliminate single-use plastic packaging, with customers purchasing reusable cases and receiving plastic-free refills delivered on demand.
AI Application
WiseOx
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WiseOx is a platform for training and deploying purpose-built AI assistants—called Mascots—that businesses use to automate tasks and speed up access to information across HR, compliance, and sales functions. The company targets operators in industries such as senior living.
Network / Marketplace
Wripple
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Wripple is an on-demand talent platform focused exclusively on digital marketing and experience work, connecting companies with vetted freelance marketers matched to projects in real time. Founded by agency veterans, the platform enables clients to hire by role or assemble full project teams on demand.
Consumer / Retail
Zembula
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Zembula is an email personalization software platform for enterprise retailers that delivers fully automated, image-based personalization working seamlessly with existing email service providers. The company is built on the conviction that images in email are the most valuable real estate a brand owns in its email program.
Hardware Manufacturer
ZincFive
● Tualatin, OR
ZincFive is a privately held nickel-zinc battery and power solutions company headquartered in Tualatin, Oregon. The company manufactures safe, recyclable batteries that provide uninterruptible power across multiple industries. Its headquarters is located at 20050 SW 112th Ave, Tualatin, Oregon 97062.
Defense, Intelligence & Government
Zing Drones
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Zing Drone Solutions is a drone technology company that offers a platform enabling businesses to expand their reach via drone delivery, connecting them with licensed drone pilots. The company also provides drone detection tools for public safety and private security, along with regulatory compliance tools for pilots. Valued at $7.5 million, Zing holds two FAA-approved products.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
ZoomCare
● Portland, OR
ZoomCare is a healthcare company headquartered in Portland, Oregon that provides urgent care, primary care, specialty care, and emergency care at clinics across the Portland metro area. It offers same-day treatment for illness and injuries for all ages, with services delivered on the patient's schedule.