Active Chest Tube Drainage System Clears the Way for Better Patient Care Cardiothoracic surgeon Edward Boyle was a man on a mission when he partnered with Cleveland Clinic heart surgeon Marc Gillinov to establish Clear Catheter Systems Inc. (Bend, OR). After years of observing clogs and blood clots form in chest tubes and their resulting […]

May 30, 2011 The Bulletin If conventional business models say high-tech companies will spend their first year struggling to define their products and attract customers, then Bend-based Manzama is bucking convention. Since its official launch in January, Manzama’s founders say they have signed up 25 law firms for the company’s Web-based social media search service […]

Elemental, Flir and Jive Software win Oregon Tech Awards TechAmerica Oregon, the trade group representing the state’s technology industry, held its annual awards dinner downtown tonight. In the Rising Star Company of the Year… http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2011/05/elemental_flir_and_jive_softwa.html

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Angel fund boosts fortunes, economy http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/96-february-2011/4738-angel-fund-boosts-fortunes-economy

February 2011 Oregon Business Magazine Link to story: http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/96-february-2011/4738-angel-fund-boosts-fortunes-economy BY BEN JACKLET In 2005, a group of 23 investors put $5,000 each into a modestpool with the goal of backing some of the most promising young companies in Oregon. Throughcollective intelligence and collaborative decision-making, they winnowed 50good companies down to three great ones: Clackamas-based pet […]

Elemental Technologies adds new investment, board member … The unspecified new investment comes from Citrix Systems, a virtual computing specialist. http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2011/01/elemental_technologies_adds_ne.html

Oregon venture capital enjoyed renaissance in 2010 But Sam Blackman, CEO of Portland video encoding startup Elemental Technologies, said investors will remain interested in Oregon for the simple reason that … Jan 20, 2011 http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2011/01/diversification_and_hot_techno.html

January 20, 2011 The Oregonian http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2011/01/diversification_and_hot_techno.html Oregon venture capital enjoyed renaissance in 2010 Published: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 9:10 PM     Updated: Monday, April 11, 2011,11:10 AM By Mike Rogoway, The Oregonian Oregon enjoyed a welcomeboost of enthusiasm from venture capitalists last year, with startups attractingnearly twice as much outside investment as they did in […]

Elemental Technologies aims to capitalize on Intel’s new … Elemental’s video encoding software, which currently runs just on Nvidia processors, will expand to run on Intel chips. http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2011/01/elemental_technologies_aims_to.html