Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist

This week's recap: Panthalassa's $140M Series B for ocean-energy-powered AI compute and where it lands on the all-time Portland funding leaderboard. Plus the finalized Portland Startup Week 2026 lineup (including the AI events I punted on last week), Latino Founders' Next Wave Startup Lab Climate Edition opening apps for May 29–31, three founder podcast conversations, plus Startup Grind PDX rebooting and Creative Mornings Portland's Kaitlin Carpenter on The Awkward Handshake — plus a gentle PSA on the Oregon Innovation Showcase site situation. And the secrets, of course.CHAPTERS:00:00 Oregon startup news06:00 Panthalassa $140M12:00 Where $140M ranks17:45 Portland Startup Week 202621:10 Latino Founders Next Wave Climate Edition23:40 SecretsLINKS:Oregon Innovation Showcase (working URL) — https://socialenterprisesinc.swoogo.com/2026SNL: Clown Penis dot fart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWIlScfHwOUPanthalassa $140M Series B — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/04/quietly-raising-one-of-the-largest-rounds-in-portland-startup-history-panthalassa-140m-series-b/Panthalassa — https://panthalassa.com/How $140M stacks up — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/04/how-does-panthalassas-140m-stack-up-here-are-the-largest-oregon-rounds-covered-on-silicon-florist/Portland Startup Week 2026 Preview — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/04/portland-startup-week-2026-preview/Portland Startup Week — https://www.portlandstartupweek.com/Latino Founders Next Wave Climate Edition — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/05/apply-to-latino-founders-next-wave-startup-lab-climate-edition/Latino Founders — https://www.latinofounder.comDevin Gaffney conversation — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/04/devin-gaffney-talks-about-social-media-anger-and-more/Doctor Notes / TAO conversation — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/05/oregon-ai-accelerator-company-doctor-notes-sits-down-with-technology-association-of-oregon/Canopii on robotic farming — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/07/canopii-talks-the-future-of-robotic-farming/Startup Grind PDX reboot — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/07/startup-grind-pdx-reboot/Kaitlin Carpenter on The Awkward Handshake — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/08/creative-mornings-portland-organizer-kaitlin-carpenter-on-the-awkward-handshake/

A week that felt like everywhere-all-at-once. Waymo finally confirmed it's coming to Portland — they're driving manually for now, but they're here. Portland Startup Week 2026 dropped its schedule with 50+ events already and counting. And All Raise — a national organization doing some of the most important work in venture — has its CEO right here in Portland, and she's just getting started.CHAPTERS:00:00 Portland startup news06:00 All Raise09:45 Waymo Is Coming to Portland15:20 Portland Startup Week 202623:00 Roxxem Wins TiE Oregon Westside Pitch25:10 SecretsLINKS:Waymo Is Coming to Portland — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/04/28/waymo-is-coming-to-portland/Waymo Portland blog post — https://waymo.com/blog/shorts/waymo-in-portland/Portland Startup Week 2026 — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/04/30/portland-startup-week-2026-start-filling-up-your-calendar/Portland Startup Week — https://www.portlandstartupweek.com/Roxxem Wins Westside Pitch — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/04/28/roxxem-walks-away-with-the-tie-oregon-westside-pitch-2026-win/Roxxem — https://www.roxxem.com/Spork Bytes Spork Box — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/04/30/now-spork-bytes-offers-up-indie-meals-in-addition-to-family-style-catering-a-with-the-same-buy-local-ethos/Spork Bytes — https://www.sporkbytes.com/Seattle Flow Startup Day — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/04/29/reminder-seattle-flow-startup-day-2026-ticket-prices-increase-soon/Startup Day 2026 — https://startupday.seattleflow.org/Switchkraft Conversation — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/04/29/getting-creative-with-manufacturing-and-switchkraft/Switchkraft — https://switchkraft.zoneFIND RICK TUROCZY ON THE INTERNET AT…- https://patreon.com/turoczy- https://linkedin.com/in/turoczy- Portland Oregon startup news on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/portland-oregon-startup-news-silicon-florist/id1711294699- Portland Oregon startup news Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2cmLDH8wrPdNMS2qtTnhcy?si=H627wrGOTvStxxKWRlRGLQ- Startup Stories on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1Tk7bbzaNYowGouI9ucKC3- Startup Stories on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/startup-stories-with-silicon-florist/id1849468494- The Long Con on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-long-con/id1810923457- The Long Con on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/48oglyT5JNKxVH5lnWTYKA- https://bsky.app/profile/turoczy.bsky.social- https://siliconflorist.substack.com/- https://pdxslack.comABOUT SILICON FLORIST ----------For nearly two decades, Rick Turoczy has published Silicon Florist, a blog, newsletter, and podcast that covers entrepreneurs, founders, startups, entrepreneurship, tech, news, and events in the Portland, Oregon, startup community. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a startup or tech enthusiast, or simply intrigued by Portland's startup culture, Silicon Florist is your go-to source for the latest news, events, jobs, and opportunities in Portland Oregon's flourishing tech and startup scene. Join us in exploring the innovative world of startups in Portland, where creativity and collaboration meet.ABOUT RICK TUROCZY ----------Rick Turoczy has been working in, on, and around the Portland, Oregon, startup community for nearly 30 years. He has been recognized as one of the “OG”s of startup ecosystem building by the Kauffman Foundation. And he has been humbled by any number of opportunities to speak on stages from SXSW to INBOUND and from Kobe, Japan, to Muscat, Oman, including an opportunity to share his views on community building on the TEDxPortland stage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj98mr_wUA0). All because of a blog. Weird.https://siliconflorist.com#pdx #portland #oregon #startup #entrepreneur