BVC Funds

Each year, a new BVC Growth Fund is raised to invest in the most promising growth-stage startup or startups that compete at the annual Bend Venture Conference in October. In the weeks preceding the conference, investors meet with finalist companies at a series of in-person pitch meetings and narrow the companies to a list of finalists. These finalists present on stage at the annual Bend Venture Conference event in October, at which time the investor group votes to select one or more winners to receive an investment from the fund.

Since 2007, hundreds of growth stage companies have applied to pitch and present at the Bend Venture Conference. Applicants are narrowed based on the strength of their business, the quality of their investment opportunity, and their ability to fully participate in the Bend Venture Conference process. Companies are sourced from Central Oregon, around the state of Oregon, and throughout the West Coast. The fund frequently co-invests alongside Pacific Northwest venture capital funds such as Cascade Seed Fund, Portland Seed Fund, Oregon Venture Fund, Elevate Capital, and Seven Peaks Ventures.