Cascade Seed Fund

Bend, OR

As the year comes to a close, we are excited to share our top 8 highlights in 2018. We wanted to take this opportunity to thank our investors, entrepreneurs, and community partners. It takes a strong community of people to build a successful startup environment, and we are proud to be a part of it. 

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#1 The fifth Cascade Angels Fund is our first multi-year fund and the largest to date at $3 million. Read more here.  
Robert Selfie

#2 We increased our management team and welcomed Robert Pease as Fund Manager.
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#3 We announced seven investments in 2018 totaling over $1 million.

Tali (www.telltali.com) Outdoor Project (www.outdoorproject.com)
Rumpl (www.rumpl.com)
StarveUps (www.starveups.com)
Stabilitas (www.stabilitas.io)
Talkoot (www.talkoot.com)
Slumberkins (www.slumberkins.com)
Julie Award
#4 Julie won the ‘Bolstering Community’ award at the 12th annual Center for Women’s Leadership Power Lunch.
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#5 We announced  $400,000 of investment in two companies, Stabilitas
 and Talkoot, at the 2018 Bend Venture Conference. 
Annual Meeting

#6 In October, we hosted our Annual Meeting and heard updates from three of our portfolio companies: Rumpl, Investipro and
 Tali. 
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#7 We continue to be committed to diversity and inclusion.
25% of our portfolio companies have a female CEO
50% of our portfolio companies have either a female or minority on their executive team
Julie Selfie
#8 Julie continued her trend of selfies #julieselfie (pictured here with Kendall Clawson of Grantmakers).

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