Bend Venture semifinalists

Two groups of companies are one step closer to pitching on the stage of the Tower Theatre during the Bend Venture Conference in October, Economic Development for Central Oregon announced Thursday.

Semifinalists for the Growth Stage are as follows: BAKERpedia of Portland; Caligoo of Bend; CommLoan Inc. of Scottsdale, Arizona; krowdsourced LLC of Portland; Liquid Wire of Beaverton; Stabilitas of Seattle; Tali of Portland; Talkoot Inc. of Hood River; TransformativeMed of Seattle; Walker Tracker Inc. of Portland.

Six other firms are semifinalists for the Impact Stage, which is for companies with a social or environmental mission: AlgoteK of Eugene; Allmade Apparel of Portland; Asarasi Inc. of Katonah, New York; Dweller Inc. of Portland; OCO Corporation of Vida and ROTBLOC of Bend.

— Staff report