News & Events
Latest Chrysalix Clean Energy Tech Fund exceeds US$100 million with new investment by Credit Suisse AG
02/15/10
Chrysalix Energy, the global venture capital firm focused on early-stage clean energy technologies, announced today that its latest fund has increased to more than U.S.$100 million with an investment by the Oregon Investment Fund, LLC, an affiliate of Credit Suisse, one of the world’s leading financial services providers.
Chrysalix CEO Wal van Lierop said this new fund, named Chrysalix Energy Limited Partnership III (CELP III), is on target to reach U.S. $150 million by March 31, 2010.
Wellpartner is now among Oregon's leading companies
07/01/09
Wellpartner provides prescription medication distribution and outsourcing alternatives to commercial health plans and state Medicaid organizations. With an investment from OIF through Burke Dale Victor, Wellpartner is now among Oregon’s leading companies.
Oregon Investment Fund firms partner to focus on
small investments
04/27/09
Early-stage venture capital firm DFJ Frontier announced this morning that it has opened a Portland office, the third venture firm from outside Oregon to open a Portland outpost in the last year.
California-based DFJ is partnering with longtime Portland venture firm Capybara Ventures to focus on companies that need relatively small, initial investments to help launch their businesses.
Oregon Investment Fund Announces Big Idea Bash2
on April 29, 2009
04/09/09
The second annual Big Idea Bash is a social gathering created to connect entrepreneurs to the organizations that can help them flourish. This year the event will feature a speed pitching session, creating a unique opportunity to present new company ideas to a select group of Venture Capitalists who are funding emerging companies in Oregon.
Oregon Investment Fund Propels US$334 Million of Capital Investments in Oregon and Pacific Northwest Companies
03/10/09
The Oregon Investment Fund (OIF) entered 2009 with a healthy track record of both investments in Oregon and Pacific Northwest companies and jobs.
In 2008, The OIF increased investments in Oregon and Pacific Northwest companies by more than $81 million to approximately $139 million, thereby influencing over 3,088 Northwest jobs. As of December 31, 2008, the OIF committed $114 million to 12 funds and invested $5.5 million directly into three companies in Oregon.
Criterion Brock (OIF News, Vol 2)
01/12/09
The Oregon Investment Fund (OIF) was initiated by the Oregon legislature to create value by building and investing in successful, innovative enterprises for the benefit of the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (OPERF). As part of its investment strategy, OIF makes direct investments in companies that show promising return alongside an existing portfolio fund. One of its latest direct investments is in Criterion Brock, an Oregon-based company that supplies and installs floor coverings to multi-family housing units.
Walden Venture Capital
10/28/08
The Oregon Investment Fund (OIF) today announced it has made a commitment to Walden Venture Capital 2007 Fund, a San Francisco-based fund focused on early-stage investments in digital media, technology-enabled services and Internet commerce companies.
Wellparter Experiences Strong Growth (OIF News, Vol 1)
06/04/08
Credit Suisse, the manager of the Oregon Investment Fund (OIF), are now beginning to see some of the young companies that have received investments from OIF funds, start to bud and mature.
2008 New Year Start
03/27/08
The Oregon Investment Fund (OIF) has started the year with more than $94 million committed to ten venture, buyout and seed-stage funds. Within that group of ten investments, it has invested additional capital into Riverlake Partners, a Portland, Ore.-based private equity firm making control, growth investments in smaller profitable companies. The impact of these funds on jobs throughout the Pacific Northwest has positively affected more than 2,767 people, an increase of 35% over 2006. The year 2007 was also a record year for the OIF in that its portfolio funds invested $84 million in Pacific Northwest companies. In addition, outside investors invested another $45 million in those same companies, for a total of $129 million.
News & Events Archive
- Bend Venture Conference (10-16-08)
- Silicon Forest Forum (09-12-08)
- Voyager Capital Expands West Coast Franchise with Addition of Portland Office (08-13-08) (PDF)
- Wellpartner lands $16.1 million to fuel growth (07-29-08) (PDF)
- Reminder: The Big Idea Bash, Wednesday, January 30, 2008 (01-30-08)
- Startups Step Out Of The Shadows (11-02-07) (PDF)
- Investment Fund Officials Seek Ways to Strengthen Economy (08-31-07) (PDF)
- Biodiesel Distributor Raises $4.75M To Green Gas Stations (08-29-07) (PDF)
- Interview With David Almodovar, Oregon Investment Fund (08-24-07) (PDF)
- Collective Oregon: PERS Buys Hot Companies (08-10-07) (PDF)
- MSN Money: Oregon Fund Chooses New Investor (08-09-07) (PDF)
- OIF Adds DFJ Frontier, Makes Investment in ClearAccess (08-09-07) (PDF)
- Portland Business Journal: Oregon Fund Chooses New Investor (08-09-07) (PDF)
- State Fund Gains Fans and Critics (06-22-07) (PDF)
- Kryptiq's Machuca Says Health Care Plans Must Adapt (06-01-07) (PDF)
- Kryptiq Announces Major OEM Agreement with GE Healthcare (05-07-07) (PDF)
- Kryptiq CEO to Speak at World Health Care Congress (04-20-07) (PDF)
- Leading Energy VC Firms Invest Additional $5mm in Severon (03-16-07) (PDF)
- OHSU Startup Gets $20mm (03-16-07) (PDF)
- Kryptiq strengthens Blue Cross technology ties (03-02-07) (PDF)
- Oregon invests in two capital firms (02-12-07) (PDF)
- Oregon Investment Fund Commits Investments to Two Future Capital Firms (02-01-07) (PDF)
- Kryptiq Scores $6.57 million in venture capital (09-14-06) (PDF)
- Oregon Investment Fund Selects Kryptiq for First Direct Investment (09-14-06) (PDF)
- Simply Smashing: Evergreen Pacific Buys Demolition Co. Nuprecon (07-31-06) (PDF)
- Evergreen Pacific Relaxes With Gene Juarez Salon & Spas (07-11-06) (PDF)
- Commitments Push OIF to Midway Point (07-26-05) (PDF)
- Riverlake Partners Identifies Opportunity in Fluid Logic (07-26-05) (PDF)
- Oregon Targets Its Backyard (05-23-05) (PDF)
- State Investment Funds Stay Local (05-13-05) (PDF)
- PDX Update (05-13-05) (PDF)
- Money Flowing In Oregon (05-13-05) (PDF)
- Four Funds Receive State Money (05-12-05) (PDF)
- Oregon Business Activity (05-12-05) (PDF)
- Oregon Investment Fund Awards $34 Million In First Round (05-09-05) (PDF)
Credit Suisse and the OIF partnered with the Jefferson Grapevine for an educational entrepreneur event in Medford, Oregon. The event drew more than 60 entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders to learn more about getting investment capital for early seed stage companies.