Just a little update.
On Tuesday, I got the notice from the IRS that OCARI is a tax deductible public charity. So any donations (including services), dating back to August 11th 2014, are tax deductible. That should help with fund raising efforts.
On another front, in conjunction with the Portland Section of the American Chemical Society I'm starting work on putting together a science start-up symposium focused on start-ups in Oregon and Southern Washington. It will be combination of poster session, short presentations (~30 minutes), and maybe workshops. Now this would be fairly pointless without investors present, so I intend to invite OEN, OAF, PSF (the obvious Oregon investment groups) as well as VC from out of state - how many and from how far away will depend on how many start-ups attend. I'll post updates about this as things move along.
