# PIE

> PIE is a VC fund in Portland backing Cloud Computing and Internet. See 10 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Nov 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portland, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Nov 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pie-portland-incubator-experiment-/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/piepdx
- Website: http://www.piepdx.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/piepdx

PIE is a VC fund in Portland focused on Cloud Computing and Internet. We’ll give you $20,000 and office space to spend up to nine months -- three months of the program plus a potential six additional months rent-free -- with us in beautiful Portland, Oregon. You and other promising cofounders will learn from our startups-in-residence, successful alumni, Wieden+Kennedy, and our mentor network. Not to mention we'll connect you with thought leaders from some of the world’s most successful brands.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for PIE. Shizune tracks 6 team members at PIE. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/pie?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $18k–$118k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cloud Computing | 3 | 30% |
| Internet | 2 | 20% |
| Software | 2 | 20% |
| Analytics | 2 | 20% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 20% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 50% |
| Colombia | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rick Turoczy | Co-Founder & General Manager | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rick-turoczy |
| Jason Glaspey | Co-founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-glaspey |
| Renny Gleeson | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/renny-gleeson |
| Scott Kveton | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-kveton |
| Shahrzad Vossoughi | Mentor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shahrzad-vossoughi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Walden | Market insights, data and intelligence platform for the global outdoor industry. |  | Seed | Aug 15, 2024 | http://waldeninsight.com |
| Vendscreen | VendScreen personalizes the vending experience while utilizing the intuitive ‘Touch & Swipe’ user interface already familiar to millions of people using smartphones and other touch screen devices every day, so our users gain rich information and interactive services without the hassle of a new learning curve.VendScreen wirelessly deliversnutrition data and advertising to displays mounted on vending machines while collecting real-time, point-of-sale information for analytics tracking. We give users the ability to review nutrition information prior to purchase while providing operators a seamless and automatic system to comply with the new calorie disclosure law. We offer advertisers uncluttered access to a two-way connection with consumers in a manner previously not possible – at the vending machine at the very moment of the purchase decision!VendScreen is a complete vending solution with patents pending on the following:* Device hardware with a one-of-a-kind user interface, which can be installed on new machines or retrofitted onto almost every existing vending machine* Innovative sync technology, which seamlessly keeps data on the device updated with product and inventory information without any user interaction* Cloud-based server with rich data processingOur device and services will add great value to existing and new vending machines, including:* Nutrition information (soon to be required by law)Promotions and advertising* Cashless payment (credit, loyalty and online accounts)Analytical data* DEX data upload for third-party dynamic route scheduling and pre-kittingIn short, we equip vending machines with an Android-based smart device, connect it to the Internet wirelessly, then leverage the setup for a variety of applications, which build value for users, operators and advertisers. | $32M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 25, 2016 | http://www.vendscreen.com |
| Fleck - The Bigger Picture | Daily, curated inspiration from a global community of artists, designers and makers. Free for iOS at getfleck.com/download | $20K | Seed | Oct 11, 2013 | http://getfleck.com |
| Cloneless | Cloneless Media LLC enables designers and developers to create visual content. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Portland, Oregon. | $20K | Seed | Oct 11, 2013 | http://cloneless.com |
| Smart Mocha | Smart Mocha is committed to creating the simplest to deploy, most useful, and most resilient remote monitoring solutions. Our mission is to improve knowledge of the world through sensor data. With decades of combined experience from organizations such as MIT, Motorola, Sun Microsystems, Orange, Remedy and HP, Smart Mocha has the team to deliver on the promise that technology should enrich our lives, get out of our way, and make our jobs easier. | $18K | Seed | Oct 11, 2013 | https://smartmocha.com |
| Stand In | Stand In redefines how apps are designed. With our software, designers can craft amazing user experiences for the wide range of devices that we interact with every day. |  | Seed | Oct 11, 2013 | http://standin.io |
| Switchboard | Switchboard is founded on the notion that colleges, universities, independent schools, and organizations need strong communities to help students and alumni succeed. Switchboard helps schools and other organizations create responsive, caring networks where members of their community can find and share transformative opportunities. Their communityplatform, consulting, and professional development offerings help teams and institutions engage their communities.Switchboard's engagement platform generates meaningful, lasting engagement for dozens of alumni, nonprofit, and industry communities. The company was founded by Mara Zepeda and Sean Lerner in 2012 and is based in Portland, OR, USA. | $20K | Seed | Oct 11, 2013 | http://www.switchboardhq.com |
| Teak | Teak is marketing automation by game developers, for game developers. Their unified platform offers industry-leading ease of integration, and unparalleled reliability and effectiveness for multi-channel campaigns. | $20K | Seed | Oct 11, 2013 | http://teak.io |
| Orchestrate | Orchestrate provides a simple RESTful API service that eliminates the need for developers to operate their own databases in production. Powered by best-of-breed NoSQL databases, it unifies full-text search, social graph, activity feed, key/value document and time-ordered event queries in a single interface, eliminating the operational andfinancial burden of deploying databases when both building new applications and adding new features to existing ones. Behind the scenes, Orchestrate handles the complex task of building, operating, and scaling a high performance, fault tolerant data layer. | $20K | Seed | Jul 23, 2013 | http://orchestrate.io |
| Cloudability | Cloudability is a financial management tool for monitoring and analyzing cloud expenses across any organization. Its platform aggregates expenditures into accessible and comprehensive reports that identify and allocate cloud costs using accurate, precise data in real-time using enterprise-scale analysis and machine learning that enables IT,finance, and other business teams to get a real-time understanding of cloud spending, down to the penny, and continual optimization of cloud costs.Cloudability was established in 2011 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. | $118K | Seed | Jan 20, 2012 | http://cloudability.com |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- merrickhanna ventures — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Portland Seed Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portland-seed-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Techstars Cloud — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does PIE invest in?

PIE invests primarily in Cloud Computing, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What round sizes does PIE invest in?

PIE typically joins rounds of $18k–$118k at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not PIE's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds PIE took part in.

### How do I contact PIE?

Public channels for PIE include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at PIE?

The team at PIE includes Rick Turoczy (Co-Founder & General Manager), Jason Glaspey (Co-founder) and Renny Gleeson (Co-Founder), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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