This page provides resources for entrepreneurs seeking funding, education, and mentors.

 

Please contact Caroline Cummings to either submit or request additional entrepreneurial/investor resources.

Funding Resources

Loan Programs:

• City of Eugene Loan Programs – click on “Business Development Fund” on the right of the page
• Small Business Loans, State of Oregon

Angel and VC Groups in Oregon:

Eugene Area Angels and VCs

• Southern Willamette Angel Network (SWAN) | Eugene Chamber of Commerce

Corvallis Area Angels and VCs

• Contact John Sechrest for investor resources in Corvallis.

Portland Angels and VCs

• Women Investment’s Network (WIN) | Part of OEN
• Portland Angel Network (PAN) | Part of OEN
  
• Oregon Angel Fund (OAF) | Part of OEN
• Portland Venture Group, contact Glenn Smith
• Oregon Venture Partners (OVP)
• Equilibrium Capital
• Pleiad Capital (wellness focused)
• Pivotal Investments (sustainability focused)
• Montlake Capital
• Capybara Ventures

 

Business Plan Competitions:

Corvallis/Eugene Areas

• Willamette Angel Conference (rotates ea. yr. between Corvallis and Eugene)

Portland

• Seed Oregon (path to Angel Oregon)
• Angel Oregon, Every year in March

 

Bend

• Bend Venture Conference

 

Presentation Resources

• Power Point Guidelines

• How to Give A Successful Ignite Pitch

• Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint

• OEN’s Entrepreneurs’ Library

• Pitch Development, by Ravi Sinha | New venture structuring and due diligence (PSU)

• Pitching Your Company, by Christopher Klemm, Ph.D. | Austen Entrepreneurship Program (OSU)

 

Business Development Resources

 

Small and Micro Business Development:

• eDev (formerly Lane Micro Business)
• Lane Business Development Center

 

University Resources:

• Innovate | Collaborate | Oregon (a portal featuring innovations and opportunities from 4 of Oregon’s premier research institutions – Oregon Health & Science, OSU, PSU and UO).

 

NOTE:  We are working on building this page to provide various resources for your start-up – including educational links – and where to get different types of funding (friends/family, angels, VCs, loans, grants, etc.). Please let us know if there are specific topics you’d like further assistance with. E-mail any ideas or suggestions to Caroline Cummings.