The Maine Center for Entrepreneurs has launched a new business accelerator program specifically for biotech, life sciences and medical device companies. The BioStartup program…
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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0IDEXX founder donates $500K to USM for creation of innovation fellowship
David Shaw, an entrepreneur and investor who founded IDEXX Laboratories in 1983, and his family have donated $500,000 to the University of Southern Maine…
Maine Angels grow membership, invest $3.3M in 2020
Despite the pandemic and the myriad challenges it presented, Maine Angels is reporting a positive year in terms of deals, membership, and overall health…
KinoTek raises $600K in pre-seed round
KinoTek Inc, a digital health technology company using AI and computer vision to improve movement analysis, has raised $600,000 in its first round of…
LaunchPad pitch competition back after year-long break due to COVID-19
Gorham Savings Bank has announced the return of the LaunchPad business pitch competition after being forced to cancel the 2020 competition due to COVID-19.…
Techstars partners with Roux Institute to launch accelerator in Portland
Techstars, an organization that runs dozens of startup accelerators all over the world, is teaming up with Northeastern University’s Roux Institute to launch a…
Roux Institute accepts six companies into its startup incubator
The Roux Institute at Northeastern University, a high-tech graduate education and research institute in Portland, recently announced the six companies that will join its…
Colby College launches Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence with $30M gift
Colby College announced Thursday the creation of the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, a new academic program that it expects will make the Waterville…