Thursday, November 3, 2011

Portland Seed Fund Shows Graduates

The Portland Seed Fund program, the effort in Portland to help spur startup activity, said Wednesday that it had graduated its first crop of companies. The companies just went through a 90-day program on how to run a startup, and demonstrated their companies and products to investors yesterday. The new companies are: 4-Tell, in e-commerce recommendations; Audioname, providing audio in email signatures; Comic Rocket, a digital comics platform; Geoloqi, a location tracking app; Hively, customer satisfaction and feedback; Homeschool Snowboarding, activewear; LaunchSide, a company discovery service; and Vizify, which helps users create your own, visual and interactive profile online.