We are bringing together the brightest minds in business, marketing, and technology to create the most interesting and engaging startups imaginable.
Join us. And make it.
What is PIE?
The Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE) is a partnership among leading brands, technology innovators, and Wieden+Kennedy — the largest privately held advertising and communications company in the world. It serves as a hub for community, entrepreneurship, and creative thinking.
It’s a collaborative center where brands, tech, and culture meet to explore and redefine brand experiences. And another example of how Wieden+Kennedy and its brand partners are continuously innovating on the edges of tech, culture, and brand experiences
What's in it for me?
We’ll give you capital and office space to spend nine months — a three-month program plus an additional six months of free office space — with us in beautiful Portland, Oregon. You and other promising cofounders will learn from our startups-in-residence, successful alumni, Wieden+Kennedy, investors, and our mentor network. Not to mention we'll connect you with thought leaders from some of the world’s most successful brands.
Mentors who have been there
In addition to mentors and thought leaders from leading brands, PIE has attracted some of the most inspiring thinkers in technology today. Our mentors are veterans of all flavors and stages of business from incubating, accelerating, fundraising, growing, sustaining, exiting — to crashing and burning. You can’t succeed without risking failure. Our mentors have scratches and lessons to share with you so that you're taking new risks — not repeating mistakes.
Our PIE family
PIE has helped host, accelerate, and mentor a number of successful startups. Each of these companies remains connected to the program as part of our mentor network. In addition to these companies, we serve as a home away from home for visiting tech folks, investors, and mentors from organizations around the world.
Coworking
- AppFog
- Automattic
- Bac'n (acquired)
- Bass Masta (acquired)
- COLOURlovers
- Creative Market
- Dovie
- Epipheo
- Geoloqi (acquired)
- Glider
- Here File, File
- Kickball
- LucentPDX
- Maurerville
- Mugasha
- Paleo Plan
- Refresh Media
- Showyou
- Simple
- Silicon Florist
- Sprintly
- Uncorked Studios
- Urban Airship
- VodPod (acquired)
What's PIE like?
Weathering the stress of an accelerator isn't for everyone. But if you choose to join us, you're sure to have an amazing experience. We can't quite put it into words — but one of our PIE alums, KS12, managed to capture it on film.
Industry leading partners
In addition to the wealth of talent in our mentor network, PIE is proud to collaborate with technology companies that provide resources and guidance to help PIE startups get the most out of industry leading platforms and services.
About Portland
Portland, Oregon, boasts more microbreweries, restaurants, food carts, batch distilleries, mobile startups, and open source user groups per capita than any city in the world. Some call it the most entrepreneurial city, ever. It's determined to be the most green, friendly, sustainable, bike commutable, soccer loving, and livable town you'll ever encounter. And if that's not good enough for you, it's 90 minutes from the ocean and 90 minutes from skiing and snowboarding, year round.
But most importantly, it's the best place in the world for you to build your startup dream into a reality. To make your startup work. To make it.
