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If you’re looking for a reason to head to Bend next month… Today at 1pm, the last Blockbuster is opening up the opportunity to book a sleepover inside their store:

Last week, Inc published their list of the 5,000 fastest growing companies in the country. There were ~190 PNW companies on the list, which feels low, but most of the companies aren’t really “startups,” so it’s not as West Coast..

Here are the PNW startups that announced new fundraising rounds in the month of June. These 23 companies raised more than $500M last month!

Cool project from Portland entrepreneur, Mark Grimes, who is challenging himself to launch 31 startups over 31 days in the month of August.

One of my pandemic hobbies is browsing Redfin and Zillow to see what kind of house I could buy if I didn’t live in downtown Seattle. Of course, everyone else had that idea, too, so home sales are going through the roof.

I’ve been at Madrona for five years now, which means I’ve finally reached a kindergarten-level understanding of startups and investing! 🥳 In celebration, here’s a look back at how the PNW startup market has changed over those fiv

OK, so what could make the PNW tech ecosystem even hotter? Microsoft acquiring TikTok! Lots of interesting details came out about this deal over the weekend:

Another one! Last week, Remitly announced an $85M Series F that valued the company at $1.5B, making Remitly the 38th PNW unicorn! In case you don’t know much about the company, here’s a quick summary:

To help address the problem of how concentrated Amazon’s power is, Tim Bray wrote a PRFAQ describing how Amazon might spin off their AWS business. If you’ve ever wondered what an Amazon PRFAQ doc looks like, check it out.

Hope you all tuned in to a fantastic virtual GeekWire Awards last week! Congrats to…