Starve Ups

What they do

Starve Ups is a founder-led startup accelerator and scale-up community based in Oregon, focused on supporting startup founders from inception to acquisition through peer mentoring. It serves as Oregon's first startup accelerator and only scaleator, providing an end-to-end accelerator model for membership companies across multiple industries. The organization consists solely of startup founders and their companies, leveraging a large peer network, strategic partnerships, direct investment connections, and startup resources to help members survive, strive, and thrive. Since its founding in 2000, it has accelerated hundreds of startups primarily from Oregon and Southwest Washington.

What they look for

Starve Ups focuses on accelerating innovative and disruptive startups from inception to acquisition through a peer mentoring model, primarily supporting companies based in Oregon and Southwest Washington. It targets startups across approximately 20 industries, emphasizing long-term, end-to-end support rather than a specific funding stage.

Stage

Seed, Series A, Series B+

Sectors

Consumer, SaaS, Food and agriculture, Healthcare, Media

Based

Portland, US