A local group is engaged in “active talks” to acquire Fork Food Lab from its New York-based parent company and save the kitchen incubator…
Funding
ORPC raising $10M to fund company’s next big push
Ocean Renewable Power Co., a Portland-based company focused on generating renewable energy from the world’s oceans and rivers, is in the process of raising…
News
Ten Maine companies make the 2018 Inc. 5,000 list
Inc. magazine’s 2018 list of the country’s 5,000 fastest growing privately held companies includes 10 businesses that call Maine home. Ten companies appearing on…
News
Idexx v. Vets First Choice is an important test case for the use of non-competes in Maine’s innovation ecosystem
Idexx Laboratories Inc. filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Portland on Aug. 3 alleging that two former employees “misappropriated” confidential and proprietary…
News
NYC-based owner places Fork Food Lab on the chopping block
Pilotworks, the New York City-based owner of Portland’s Fork Food Lab, informed its members on Monday that it was closing the kitchen-incubator space that…
News
Kadabra raises $1M, deploys next-gen, tech-enabled food ‘pod’
Kadabra, the Portland startup formerly known as Veebie that briefly tested its concept for a tech-enabled, self-serve food “pod” in downtown Portland last October,…
Funding
MedRhythms raises $5M Series A, adds board members
MedRhythms, a Portland-based healthcare startup, has raised $5 million as part of an oversubscribed Series A investment round and added two prominent names to…
News
North Spore wins $100k on Greenlight Maine
North Spore, the Westbrook-based mushroom farm, has won Greenlight Maine and its $100,000 top prize, just weeks after the company won the Launchpad business…
News
Maine Med ER doctor launches startup to improve the ER patient experience
Dr. Samir Haydar had his lightbulb moment while waiting for breakfast at a medical convention. Haydar, an ER doctor at Maine Medical Center in…
Commentary
More thoughts on the new VC firm, its ‘first-of-its-kind’ fund, and implications for the Seed Capital Tax Credit
Last week, I reported on Opus Ventures and the new VC fund it’s raising to invest in early-stage Maine companies. If you read about it the…