Mei Wu-Fergus

Founded in 2007, the Oregon Venture Fund is a community supported, professionally managed, collaborative venture capital fund backed by the leaders of the regions business, technology, and entrepreneurial communities. Pitchbook consistently places OVF in the top 25% of all global venture funds (2025). OVF invests $15-20 million annually in the most promising startups and growth companies, regardless of stage or sector, in Oregon and Southern Washington. Learn more about OVF in our quick overview video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxiH6O4BEp0 Over 6500+ jobs have been created by the 90 companies in the portfolio. Some of OVF’s largest investors include the State of Oregon, Oregon Community Foundation, and Meyer Memorial Trust. In 2023, the group launched Oregon Venture Fund XV, to accommodate additional institutional investors and family offices. The $25M+ fund has a 5-year investing period and invests alongside each annual Oregon Venture Fund in the same portfolio. OVF receives generous support from Tonkon Torp LLP, Geffen Mesher & Co., and Stoel Rives.

Speak Technologies is revolutionizing meeting productivity and increasing the visibility of outcomes for participants, stakeholders and executives alike. The product Albi is a time-saving productivity tool that uses A.I. to follow-up on meetings by automatically capturing notes, key decisions and action items. By authenticating Albi with your calendar you can quickly and easily review your days meetings and select which meetings to include Albi in. At the end of each meeting Albi can transcribe, process, create key moments, and deliver action items to your team automatically. Once complete, these items can be reviewed and adjusted to improve Albi’s A.I. accuracy, personalizing Albi for you. In addition Albi provides the ability to easily email stakeholders the details of your meeting, keeping everyone in the loop. According to Harvard Business Review, 65% of senior managers say their meetings keep them from completing their work and 71% say meetings are unproductive and inefficient. Like you, we recognize the fact that we all spend too much time in meetings and often come out of them with an inconsistent message and even worse, inconsistent work. We have created Albi to rethink the way we approach meetings helping you and your team focus on collaboration and performance all while driving towards actionable outcomes. Get back to enjoying your work, get creative, skip the notes, and take action. Leave the busy work to Albi.

Founded in 2007, the Oregon Venture Fund is a community supported, professionally managed, collaborative venture capital fund backed by the leaders of the regions business, technology, and entrepreneurial communities. Pitchbook consistently places OVF in the top 25% of all global venture funds (2025). OVF invests $15-20 million annually in the most promising startups and growth companies, regardless of stage or sector, in Oregon and Southern Washington. Learn more about OVF in our quick overview video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxiH6O4BEp0 Over 6500+ jobs have been created by the 90 companies in the portfolio. Some of OVF’s largest investors include the State of Oregon, Oregon Community Foundation, and Meyer Memorial Trust. In 2023, the group launched Oregon Venture Fund XV, to accommodate additional institutional investors and family offices. The $25M+ fund has a 5-year investing period and invests alongside each annual Oregon Venture Fund in the same portfolio. OVF receives generous support from Tonkon Torp LLP, Geffen Mesher & Co., and Stoel Rives.

SmartRG enables service providers to manage, monitor and monetize the connected home through the design and production of reliable and highly interoperable CPE. As an early innovator in TR-069 remote management technology, SmartRG products leverage various broadband access technologies and are outfitted with highly customizable software, meeting diverse service provider requirements. Based in the USA, SmartRG provides local, proactive software development and customer support. In a rapidly evolving broadband market, SmartRG helps service providers keep their businesses on the cutting edge, leveraging the very latest in broadband access and home networking technologies. SmartRG solutions enable service providers to improve their bottom line by reducing service costs and increasing customer satisfaction.