Gorham Savings Bank on Friday announced the five companies that will compete for $50,000 at its 2019 LaunchPad business-pitch contest, being held next month…
Whit Richardson
Hi, there. I'm a journalist and writer based in Portland, Maine, who's been covering the Maine business landscape for more than a decade. I did my fair share of covering paper mills and lobsters, but naturally gravitated to stories about innovative companies that, while based in Maine, sought to serve national and global markets by leveraging technology.
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90-year-old Portland company raises $670K in VC to pursue new SaaS product
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Ocean’s Balance, KinoTek win $125k on Greenlight Maine
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