A food-ordering mobile app for local restaurants and virtual-reality software for people with disabilities were the two business ideas that won the 5th annual…
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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0Dechra wastes no time cutting jobs at Putney
Dechra Pharmaceuticals, which closed its $200 million acquisition of Putney Inc. at midnight on Thursday, has laid off nearly one-third of the Portland company’s 60…
LePage sends $50 million R&D bond to voters
Gov. Paul LePage signed a bill on April 15 that will give voters a chance to approve a $50 million bond that would provide…
Maine Technology Institute awards $108,000 to nine companies in March
The Maine Technology Institute awarded roughly $108,000 in grants to nine Maine companies in March 2016. This round of funding includes six TechStart grants totaling $28,063,…
Two student-run tech startups win Colby College’s entrepreneurship competition
Two student-run tech startups will each receive $7,500 after sharing first place in Colby College’s sixth annual business competition. Seven startups participated in the competition, which…
Maine companies raise nearly $4M in VC during first quarter
Venture capitalists invested nearly $4 million in Maine companies during the first quarter of 2016, according to a new national report.
Matt Lauzon joins Portland-area startup
Matt Lauzon, a well-known entrepreneur in Boston’s tech community, has moved back to his home state of Maine and taken a job as Head…
Yarmouth startup, a TurboTax for divorce, near to closing $1M seed round
X2X Inc., a legal tech startup in Yarmouth that bills itself as the TurboTax for divorce, is close to wrapping up a $1 million…
UNE senior wins Student Innovation Challenge for a device to assist visually impaired children
The University of New England on April 2 held its second annual Student Innovation Challenge, a competition for full-time UNE students with idea-stage enterprises.…
After leaving MCED, Gooding plans ‘to spend a bit more time living rather than working’
Don Gooding, who’s giving up the top job at the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development (a fact Maine Startups Insider revealed on Tuesday), won’t be straying…