# Portland Seed Fund

> Portland Seed Fund is a VC fund in Portland backing Software and SaaS. See 165 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portland, United States
- Total investments: 165
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 2%
- Last fund: Mar 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/portland-seed-fund
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/pdxseedfund
- Website: http://portlandseedfund.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/portlandseedfund

Portland Seed Fund is a VC fund in Portland focused on Software and SaaS. The Portland Seed Fund invest in pre-seed and seed-stage companies across the Pacific Northwest. The majority of investments are in Oregon, with 10-20% of investments in other parts of the Northwest. Typical initial investment size of $50,000-$100,000 with participation in multiple follow on rounds. Sector agnostic - the largest sector is B2Bsoftware / SaaS with investments in data center infrastructure, AR/VR, health care IT, direct-to-consumer, e-commerce, mobile, cleantech, food, and apparel. 10-20 investments per year. Now investing out of third fund with more than $20 million AUM. Since 20011 PSF has invested $8 million in more than 90 companies who have gone on to raise more than $370 million from other sources. More than half of PSF companies have a female or person of color on the founding team, and more than a third have a female CEO.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $50k–$4M |
| Series A | $1.5M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 32 | 19% |
| SaaS | 11 | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 11 | 7% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 5% |
| Mobile | 8 | 5% |

178 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 53 | 32% |
| Series A | 21 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 19 | 12% |
| Convertible Note | 16 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 9 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 85 | 52% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Himalaya Rao-Potlapally | Venture Capital Consultant | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/himalaya-rao-potlapally |
| Jim Huston | Co-Managing Director | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-huston |
| Zachary Litchfield | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zachary-litchfield |
| Angela Jackson | Co-Managing Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angela-jackson |
| Josh Gray | Angel Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-gray-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Panthalassa | Panthalassa is a technology company focused on developing renewable energy systems in the ocean, particularly to power computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company works on harnessing wave energy to generate electricity at sea, which can then be used to run offshore data centers or converted into fuels that are transported backto land. | $140M | Series B | May 04, 2026 |  |
| GetWhys | GetWhys is a SaaS company that helps software buyers make better decisions, faster. | $5.2M | Seed | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| Digs | Digs provides easy-to-use solutions that enhance residential home builders existing processes. | $5M | Seed | Nov 06, 2025 |  |
| SurgiVance Inc. | SurgiVance Inc. is developing a confocal microscopy -based imager that produces rapid, high-resolution, digitally-colored images of biopsied tissue specimens. It is designed to supplant hematoxilin and eosin (H&E) staining – a labor-intensive, almost universal process considered the gold-standard for tissue preparation in advance of examinationby a pathologist under a standard light-field microscope. Revolutionizing the workflow from biopsy to histopathological image will allow physicians to make faster clinical decisions, delivering significant time and cost savings for the clinic and an enhanced patient experience. SurgiVance’s images can integrate into electronic medical records and be instantly shared with other healthcare providers, including remote pathologists, or input into third-party diagnostic AIs. The SurgiVance product is engineered to be smaller, simpler, lower-cost, and more broadly useful than competing products. Our initial target market will be Mohs surgery practices, where skin cancers are excised in multiple stages. | $2.2M | Grant | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| Rapta | Rapta Supercharges US Manufacturing with an Agentic AI Platform that eliminates errors in real time and automates tasks 30x faster. The Platform eliminates errors in real time with cameras and sensor data to augment human expertise for smarter factory operations. - 100% customer generated content - 98% of errors prevented - Scales across anyprecision factory - Automate workflows 30x faster - Works with humans & robots | $2.7M | Seed | Jun 06, 2025 |  |
| Reperio Health | Reperio is the first and only company in the world to bring lab quality access for preventative screenings into the home. Their patented technology using our current screening kit gives users real-time, instant access to their Blood Pressure, Resting Heart Rate, BMI, Relative Fat Mass, Total Cholesterol, HDL, LDL, Triglycerides and Glucose. ThroughReperioCare, they are also a licensed medical practice that follows up these screenings with an on-demand, AI-assisted virtual visit with a licensed medical professional. | $14M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 19, 2025 |  |
| AscendArc | AscendArc develops and manufactures small geostationary communication satellites for commercial and military applications | $3.5M | Seed | Jan 29, 2025 |  |
| OpConnect | OpConnect is a technology company dedicated to the reduction of greenhouse gases through the electrification of transportation. They provide turnkey EV fueling solutions that consist of charging infrastructure. Their cloud-based software platform provides payment processing, energy management, a reservation system, and maintenance tickets for thechargers. In addition to selling and operating EV charging stations under contract with the charging station owners, they also license their charging management software platform, including web portals and mobile apps for drivers, to fueling solution providers throughout the world so that they can easily set up their own charging networks for their local drivers. | $5.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 11, 2024 |  |
| Backpack Healthcare | Youme Healthcare is a digital mental health company that focuses on youth, family behavioral, and mental healthcare. | $14M | Series A | May 07, 2024 |  |
| Trace | Trace is the Canva for AR. The simplest way ever to make AR recordings and experiences for brands, retail, training and more. Partners include teams at Qualcomm, Deutsche Telekom, Lenovo, Telefonica and other fortune 500 companies. Contact us to work together or learn more. Info@Trace3d.app | $2M | Pre-Seed | Apr 24, 2024 |  |

10 of 165 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Oregon Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oregon-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 21 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Portland Seed Fund invest in?

Portland Seed Fund invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 165 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Portland Seed Fund's check size?

Portland Seed Fund typically joins rounds of $50k–$4M at Seed and $1.5M–$14M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Portland Seed Fund participates in.

### How do I contact Portland Seed Fund?

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### Who are the partners at Portland Seed Fund?

The team at Portland Seed Fund includes Himalaya Rao-Potlapally (Venture Capital Consultant), Jim Huston (Co-Managing Director) and Zachary Litchfield (CFO), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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