MedRhythms, a digital therapeutics startup in Portland, announced Wednesday that it has raised a $25 million Series B as it prepares to commercialize its…
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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0Maine Venture Fund names Dr. Brien Walton as next Board Chair
The Maine Venture Fund announced on Tuesday that Brien Walton, CEO of Acadia Capital Management and a nationally recognized social impact investment strategist, has…
RockStep Solutions raises $2M in equity financing
RockStep Solutions, an early-stage company in Portland developing laboratory-management software, recently raised $2 million in a priced equity financing round. The company’s software product,…
Gulf of Maine Research Institute sells first incubated startup
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute on Wednesday announced it had sold New England Marine Monitoring, the first startup it had launched and incubated…
Oyster Tracker changes name to BlueTrace as company outgrows original focus
Oyster Tracker, the startup behind a software platform that helps oyster farmers more efficiently manage their farms, has changed its name to BlueTrace. The…
UpStart Maine launches new entrepreneurship programs for the Bangor area
UpStart Maine, a coalition of entrepreneur-support programs and organizations in the greater Bangor region, has announced it will launch two new entrepreneurship programs it…
Cleantech accelerator accepts three Maine startups
Three early-stage Maine companies have been accepted into this year’s Cleantech Open, a national startup accelerator program and business-pitch competition for companies working to…
HighByte, in a ‘tech talent war,’ wins $50K LaunchPad award
HighByte, a Portland-based developer of industrial data ops software, has won the 2021 LaunchPad business pitch competition and its $50,000 first-place cash prize. A…
VETRO Inc. raises $12M to scale broadband mapping SaaS platform
VETRO Inc., the Portland-based developer of cloud-based broadband mapping and fiber management software for the telecommunications industry, has raised a $12 million round as…
The Cubby, an online marketplace for student artists, wins Top Gun and its $25K prize
The Cubby, a startup out of Colby College that has launched an online marketplace for student artists to sell their work, has won the…