The Portland Business Journal reported this week that UXcomm is now Virtugo Software (they recently acquired the assets of a company with that name). The name that reflects the company’s focus on virtualization. They also closed a $4M investment round from OVP, Foundation Capital and a private investor.
Monthly Archive for June, 2007
The Business Journal reported this week that according to a study by SpeedMatters.org, Oregon is #12 on the list of state Internet bandwidth. Get the complete study at the SpeedMatters.org website. Some examples:
U.S. overall 1.2 mbps
Rhode Island 5.011 mbps
Oregon 2.39 bps
Alaska .545 mbps
But compare us to some other parts of the world:
Japan 61 mbps
South Korea 45 mbps
France 17 mbps
Canada 7 mbps
Wow. Suddenly my 5 mbps fiber connection doesn’t seem so fast.
The Orange County Register reported that Luis Villalobos, the founder of Tech Coast Angels,gave his sixth annual assessment of equity investing last week to the
Harvard Business School Association of Orange County. Less than 20 percent of the VC investments went to companies in their early
stages in 2006, compared to 40 percent in 1995.
According to the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley sees lots of opportunity in China’s energy market.
From The Oregonian: Ron Pernick, co-founder of Portland-based Clean Edge, sees
the development of renewable energy technologies such as
those associated with wind, wave, and solar power as
"the largest wealth creation opportunity in a
generation."
The Oregonian reported that Santa Clara, Calif.-based Solaicx announced plans
for a silicon wafer-making plant in Portland, handing Oregon
public officials another win in efforts to make the state a
hotbed of clean tech development.
An Oregonian article Sunday described the entrepreneurship programs at some of the state’s universities.
The Portland Business Journal reported that Portland-area startup Daverci closed a $3 million dollar investment round.
According to The Politico, over the past two years, regulators have changed from regarding the
secretive industry with caution to giving it minimal oversight.
