BEND, OR -- Applications are being accepted for the 17th annual Bend Venture Conference in mid-October. Brian Vierra at Economic Development for Central Oregon says this year’s conference will include both live and virtual events due to COVID-19. Vierra says over the last 17 years 45 companies have received more than 12-million dollars. He says those same companies received nearly 700-million additional dollars in follow-up investments. Applications for the Bend Venture Conference are due no later than August 13th
