A family of ventures · Portland, Oregon
Useful ideas.
A personal
commitment.
We are a Portland family building businesses around the things we know, the needs we notice, and the communities we call home.
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One family. A shared approach.
Care is the common thread.
Some ideas begin with a problem close to home. Others grow from years spent building networks and designing the equipment that keeps them running.
Each reflects the same preference: make something useful, take responsibility for it, and keep improving. Johnson Family Ventures brings that work together under one family name.
Meet our familyOur current ventures
Different ideas.
The same care.
From a neighborhood pet wash to the connections and tools that help everyday life work a little better.
Neighborhood life
Park Ave Pet Wash
A bright self-service pet wash on Portland's Park Avenue, run by our entire family.
Local connectivity
Uncommon Broadband
Portland broadband built around privacy, careful installation, and local accountability.
Practical technology
Maven-Pm
AI project coordination through email, where the work is already being discussed.
Equipment & infrastructure
IOIOBox
Modular equipment enclosures, developed from the realities of building and operating broadband networks.
Culture & publishing
Showliner
Good-natured entertainment and fan culture, beginning with thattaylor.com.
Everyday tools
Pikselmark
A focused Android utility for saving printable pages as image files.
The work that brought us here
Experience carries forward.
Our earlier work remains part of the story. theWISP.net, Adam's Illinois broadband business, helped shape the practical approach behind the ventures that followed.
Explore our earlier workPartnerships & investment
A good conversation can
start something useful.
We welcome conversations with aligned investors and strategic partners about individual ventures. Tell us which venture interests you and how you would like to be involved.
hello@johnsonfamilyventures.com