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Company-Created Positions
Welcome
PROPEL YOUR COMPANY FORWARD WITH DYNAMIC RESOURCES, DIVERSE EXPERTISE, AND AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OF ENTREPRENEURS
The Portland State Business Accelerator (PSBA) supports and serves tech, bioscience, and green companies from their early stage through growth by providing facilities, programming, and mentors while activating and engaging relationships with each other, PSU, and the entrepreneur ecosystem.
The PSBA houses tech, bioscience and green companies in an entrepreneurial community like none other. PSBA companies are on a mission to bring game-changing innovations to market faster, bigger and bolder. The PSBA provides turnkey access to private and co-working office space, specialty facilities such as wetlabs and prototyping shops, and an impressive roster of mentors and investors. The secret sauce? Connectivity with PSU research, students, and community.
Propel PSU
Explore your ideas; expand your impact
Portland State University is on the frontline of developing new ideas, technologies and programming that focus on addressing the major issues of the 21st century. Propel PSU believes entrepreneurship and commercialization increase the impact of innovative ideas. That’s why we partner with students, faculty members and client companies--to provide the wrap-around resources and support that grow ideas into positive impacts that transform Portland and beyond.
Company Profiles
Innovating for Oxygen
Portland State spin-out company, AirOmatix explores how its innovative oxygen isolating and storage technology could impact a variety of industries, including healthcare, food storage, transportation, and sports.
Osram Opto
Portland State Business Accelerator resident company OSRAM Opto develops technologies that improve the quality of color of LED lights.
Stark Street Materials
Stark Street Materials develops bismuth-based technologies that enable the production of lighter-weight, more protective, and lower-toxicity radiation shielding materials.
In Calendar Year 2019
PSBA Companies
$12.5M
Companies Spent on Employees
$20M+
Economic Activity by Companies
$23M
Grants to Companies
20%
Job Growth by PSBA Companies
COVID-19 Update 8/20/2020
The Portland State Business Accelerator will continue to support and serve PSBA companies and the larger community during the COVID-19 situation. All in-person gatherings will be postponed until a later date. The PSBA staff will be working remotely and accessible for any questions or assistance needed.
If you have any questions, please email accelerator@pdx.edu and our staff will respond shortly.
PSBA Twitter
- Hiring Announcement! @SightLineApp, is hiring 2 positions: 1) Manufacturing Engineer; and 2) Shipping and Receiving Coordinator. Application...
- We are hosting a free online event: Difficult Conversations and Working Through Tensions, on Tuesday, April 27th at 12pm PT. All are welcome...
- #womeninbusiness. Learn about the process for certifying your woman-owned business. https://t.co/HKMPmf8Ewf
- RT @PSCBiotechCorp: @PSUAccelerator is hosting a Lunch & Learn on an excellent topic of "Difficult Conversations and Working Through Ten...
