Resources to Support Inclusive Growth
We Build Green Cities offers connections to resources for companies seeking to locate in Portland and those already here looking at expansion or relocation. Check out the list below for regular or reoccurring programs. For help navigating the resources, contact the Green Cities Liaison and sign up for our newsletter to be alerted to new resources and opportunities.
Funding Support
- Vertuelab Federal Funding Navigation
- Vertuelab SBIR/STTR Assistance
- Business Oregon SBIR & STTR application support & matching grants
Angel and Venture Funding
- Vertuelab Climate Impact Fund
- TiE Angels
- Portland Seed Fund
- Oregon Venture Fund
- Rogue Venture Partners
- Cascade Seed Fund
Loans
- Craft3
- Enduring Planet
- Prosper Portland Loans
- Contact your Business Oregon Regional Development Officer to learn about Business Oregon Loans
- Climate careers community networking: Climate Curious
- Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE) Oregon Chapter
- Oregon Solar + Storage Industry Association (OSSIA)
- Wave Energy and Off-Shore Wind Energy: Pacific Ocean Energy Trust (POET)
- Grid Innovation: Grid Forward
- Renewable Hydrogen Alliance (RHA)
- Renewable Energy Sector: Renewable NW
- Oregon Mass Timber Coalition
- Electric Mobility: Forth
- Lean Manufacturing Matching Grants with Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership (OMEP)
- Matching tenant improvement grants for eligible projects: Prosperity Investment Program
- Metro Investment and Innovation Grants
- See also Vertuelab SBIR/STTR Support under FUNDING & FINANCING SUPPORT
Technology & Product Startups
- Portland Business Development Group (PBDG)
- Latinobuilt
- Livelihood NW
- National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) Oregon
- Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs (OAME)
- Microenterprise Services of Oregon (MESO)
- Oregon Native American Chamber (ONAC)
- Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber (HMC)
- Certification for Business Inclusion and Diversity (COBID)
- Government Contracting Assistance Partnership (GCAP)
- Green Cities Liaison & Prosper Portland Programs
- Portland Enterprise Zone
- Greater Portland Inc
- Contact the Business Oregon Regional Development Officer to learn about state incentive and loan programs.
- Opportunity Zones