Dirigo Labs in Waterville this week announced the 12 startup teams it has selected to participate in its inaugural accelerator class. Startup teams were…
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BluShift Aerospace turns its focus from Maine to Florida for next launch
bluShift Aerospace has abandoned its months-long effort to secure a launch site in Jonesport after facing community resistance and instead has shifted its focus…
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UMaine picks four teams for commercialization accelerator
The University of Maine’s Foster Center for Innovation has selected four faculty-led teams to participate in an accelerator program designed to help them turn…
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Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator opens applications for 2022 cohort
The Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator has opened applications for early-stage companies that want to join its next cohort, scheduled to begin in September. The…
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Gorham Savings Bank opens applications for LaunchPad 2022
Gorham Savings Bank has begun accepting applications for its 10th annual LaunchPad small business pitch competition. The competition, which the bank has held since…
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Waterville accelerator opens applications for inaugural cohort
Dirigo Labs, the new startup accelerator in Waterville, has opened applications for startups that want to join its inaugural cohort. The 12-week accelerator program,…
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Esports startup Omnic Data raises $750K in seed funding
Omnic Data Inc., a Brunswick-based startup building an artificial intelligence platform and performance-analytics tools for the booming esports industry, has raised $750,000 in seed…
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Flip, a NFT marketplace aggregator, raises $6.5M seed round
Flip, a startup building a marketplace aggregator in the burgeoning NFT space, has raised a $6.5 million seed round. While the company is based…
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Roux Institute accepts five companies for its 2022 Founder Residency program
The Roux Institute has selected five companies for its 2022 Founder Residency, a program designed to support first-time founders and founders from under-represented groups…
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