Recent developments highlight the opportunities Maine has to benefit from the burgeoning space industry. Here’s a recap. On Thursday, a legislative committee in Augusta…
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Microsoft partners with Portland startup KinoTek in $100K deal
KinoTek, a Portland-based software startup, announced this week that it will have Microsoft in its corner as it prepares the beta launch of its first…
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Bob Neveu’s next act: Investor, startup advisor
Bob Neveu, an entrepreneur who’s built two successful technology companies in Portland over the last 20 years, has settled into his new role as…
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Gorham Savings Bank opens application process for LaunchPad 2020
Gorham Savings Bank has begun accepting applications for its eighth annual LaunchPad small business competition. The competition, which the bank has held since 2013,…
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Friday.app looks outside Maine to raise $450K
Friday.app, a Portland-based startup that is developing software tools to help distributed teams better communicate, has raised $450,000 in a pre-seed round from investors,…
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Founder Forum: Alex Jones of Farmhand Automation
[Editor’s Note: Founder Forum, a series featuring Q&As with local startup founders, is sponsored by the Maine Technology Institute. Read more about MSI’s sponsored-content strategy here.]…
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MIT brings 3-week startup training program to Maine
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, home to the New England Innovation Corps Node, is partnering with some local organizations to offer a free three-week training program…
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Defendify raises $2M seed round to continue to scale
Defendify, a Portland-based cybersecurity software startup, has raised a $2 million seed round. Co-founded in 2017 by Rob Simopoulos and Andrew Rinaldi, the company…
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David Roux invests $100M to launch high-tech grad school and research institute in Portland
David Roux, a Maine native who made his fortune as an entrepreneur and investor in Silicon Valley, announced this morning that he and his…
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