What We Offer

Propel your startup forward with a community, resources, and expertise.

Residents prosper with startup-friendly amenities, programs & community

For the past five years, Accelerator companies raised more angel and venture capital than any other address in the State of Oregon. It takes a special recipe to serve and grow the state's top companies.

The Accelerator does not take any equity in companies it supports and serves.

INCLUDED AMENITIES:

Flexible terms: Rolling 6-month leases allow agility to upsize and downsize with base lease
Competitive rates: below average market rates for Class B office space in downtown Portland
Technology: high-speed internet, server room rack space and conference room wifi
Offices: a range of sizes and configurations to fit any budget, desks and chairs included
Meeting rooms: conference rooms with whiteboards, screens, projectors, wifi (residents reserve online)
Informal space: shared kitchenettes and break rooms
Parking: on-site garage offered through PSU's monthly rates; on-street city permit option
Eco-commute: bike racks (PSU monthly rates apply), on several transit routes
Access to check out books from PSU's Library
Secure: access controlled building
24/7 electronic ID access to building
Hassle-free janitorial service
Utilities included
Dog-friendly building

PROGRAMS:

PSU Connections: work with PSU students on capstone projects and as interns, learn about faculty research, tap into events happening at PSU
Monthly peer gatherings: CEO Council, Meetups
Lunch & Learns: timely topics such as IP law, raising capital, marketing, finance
PitchFests: gathering with investors, mentors, and peer companies, all giving feedback
Company Showcase
Pitch practice
Mentoring and office hours

COMMUNITY:

Our greatest asset is the 100+ people onsite who share wisdom, doubts and victories every day
Social and networking events
PSBA community-only website: resources on topics critical to startups
Private listservs for PSBA community
Community-wide charity projects

EXCLUSIVE BENEFITS (CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS APPLY TO BELOW OFFERINGS):

Airtable: $2,000 credit
Amazon Web Services Portfolio Package ($5,000 AWS Promotional Credit)
10% discount on the 1st year with Apify
Avodocs plans for 50% off for the 1st year of service
50% off for the first 6-months with Bonsai
15% off all Business Rocket services
Brex corporate credit card: card fees waived and 10,000 points
10% off annual plans and waived implementation fees with Carta
Clerky's "Company Lifetime Package" at the discounted rate of $699 ($4,781 value) and other deals
Access to 40% off the 1st year with Close
Cosmic offering of 50% off any of their products for the first 2 years
33% discount on hourly work for 6 months with Crowdbotics
Deel: $150 in credit when new customers hit the $15k payroll mark
Part of DigitalOcean Hatch startup program with $1k in infrastructure credit
Up to 90% savings on DocSend
Formspree: 1 year free on the Gold plan
40% savings on an annual membership to Foundersuite
20% Front plans for the first 12-months
3-months free on any of Gusto's plans
Part of HubSpot for Startups
Up to $120k in cloud credits with IBM
$100k in credits to Magic
Up to $120k in credits for Microsoft for Startups
Mixpanel for Startups program
$1,000 in credits with Notion
OpenPhone offer of 25% off for the first year
$500 in credits for Oracle for Startups
30% off PersistIQ plans
$100 credit toward business coaching at Pregame - including membership, business bootcamps, and the Kickoff Session
Enrolled members get 15% off software initiation fees, user license fees, and 10% off professional services with PSC Biotech
40-hours free access to PSU Electronics Prototyping Lab
Access to a Qualtrics Survey Software account
50% off first 6 months of Quickbooks
85% off Quickpage
$1,000 in credits for Retool
Free access to Segment's Startup Program
2 months free of ShipStation
Stripe: $20k in free payment processing
Up to $4k in credits for Toptal
Credits for Twilio & Twilio Sendgrid
Part of Zendesk for Startups

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CO-WORKING MEMBERS

Co-working members are part of the Accelerator community with a dedicated desk rental in a co-working suite. In addition to the desk, members gain access to the PSBA community of peers, mentorship and relevant programming, PSU connections and resources, as well as five hours of conference room space.

Apply to Become a Co-working Member