The Portland company, called Minnow, produces high-tech food order pickup kiosks for restaurants. : Minnow, a Portland-based startup that sells automated “smart” kiosks for managing restaurant take-out orders, has closed on a $1.2 million round of venture capital funding. The company said Monday in a news release that the round of seed capital funding was led by Portland, Oregon-based Elevate Capital. The funds will be used to accelerate product development, marketing and sales efforts, as well as to open an office in Portland, Oregon, it said.