Try Matching the Names of 15 Portland Startups with the Tech They Make

Do you know what SkyHook makes? What about lotas?

By Julia Comnes

This month, Portland startup BabyBit launched a crowdfunding campaign for its flagship product. Guess what that product is.

Give up? BabyBit makes a wearable sensor that sends push notifications to parents' smartphones when their infant is crying, sleeping or being handed from one caregiver to another.

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That name makes intuitive sense. But the monikers of many Portland startups are more mysterious, even confounding. Don't believe us? Try matching the names of 15 startups with the tech they make.

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