James Hottensen

The Portland Seed Fund is a microventure capital firm that invests in seed and early stage ventures. Founded in 2010 by Angela Jackson at Portland, Oregon, it invests on pre-seed and seed-stage companies in the Pacific NorthwestPacific Northwest. The majority of these investments are in Oregon while 10-20% are in other parts of the Northwest. The company typically invests $50,000 to $100,000 with participation in multiple follow on rounds in any business sector. Most of these investments are in the B2B software / SaaS sector with focus on data infrastructure, healthcare IT, direct-to-consumer services, e commerce, mobile, cleantech, food, and apparel.

PeakSpan Capital is a growth stage venture capital firm in California that focuses on disruptive B2B software companies. Founded 2015 in Burlingame, CaliforniaBurlingame, California, United States by Brian Mulvey, Matt Melymuka and Philip Dur, it focuses on early stage ventures. It focuses on companies that serve consumers of small and large enterprises. Its portfolio companies include Qwil, Luma Health, Stylitics, JRNI, XOi Technologies, Fuel50, Cognism, ReviewTrackers, MindBridge AI and Zingle. The firm usually invests in Series B, Series C and other ventures.

Donald Hoffman is a professor of cognitive sciences at the University of California, Irvine. His research interests span visual perception, artificial intelligence, evolutionary psychology and the hard problem of consciousness. His most book on human perception, The Cast Against Reality, iswas published in August 20192019.His previous work include Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See and co-author of Observer Mechanic: A Formal Theory Of Perception..

He received the Troland Research Prize of the US National Academy of Sciences and the Early Career Award of the American Psychological Association.

Donald Hoffman is a professor of cognitive sciences at the University of California, Irvine. His research interests span visual perception, artificial intelligence, evolutionary psychology and the hard problem of consciousness. His book on human perception, The Cast Against Reality, is published in August 2019.

Concentric develops ground-breaking agtech advancements that are safe for people, protect our natural resources and increase agriculture's potential to feed the world.

Concentric helps close the global food supply gap, improve farmers' livelihoods and reduce the environmental impact of crop management practices.

Concentric's high-performance specialty biological products contain synergistic combinations of naturally occurring microbes and biomolecules that improve crop yields and replenish soils.

Concentric's high-performance specialty biological products contain synergistic combinations of naturally occurring microbes and biomolecules that improve crop yields and replenish soils.

Adatos uses Artificial Intelligence to improve the yield of existing agricultural land.

Adatos uses Artificial Intelligence to improve the yield of existing agricultural land.