Gorham Savings Bank has begun accepting applications for its eighth annual LaunchPad small business competition. The competition, which the bank has held since 2013,…
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Friday.app looks outside Maine to raise $450K
Friday.app, a Portland-based startup that is developing software tools to help distributed teams better communicate, has raised $450,000 in a pre-seed round from investors,…
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MIT brings 3-week startup training program to Maine
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, home to the New England Innovation Corps Node, is partnering with some local organizations to offer a free three-week training program…
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Defendify raises $2M seed round to continue to scale
Defendify, a Portland-based cybersecurity software startup, has raised a $2 million seed round. Co-founded in 2017 by Rob Simopoulos and Andrew Rinaldi, the company…
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David Roux invests $100M to launch high-tech grad school and research institute in Portland
David Roux, a Maine native who made his fortune as an entrepreneur and investor in Silicon Valley, announced this morning that he and his…
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HighByte releases first software product to help companies adopt ‘smart’ manufacturing
HighByte, a Portland-based software startup, last week reached a milestone when it released its first product—software that seeks to address the next-generation data architecture…
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San Francisco-based Grove Collaborative expands Portland office
Grove Collaborative, the San Francisco-based e-commerce startup that opened its first East Coast office in Portland in 2018, is expanding its footprint in the Forest…
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Two Maine startups among finalists to compete for $250,000 at ASU GSV Summit
Friday and Nearpeer, both Portland-based tech startups, have each been selected as finalists to compete for a chance at $250,000 in cash at the…
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Nearpeer raises $400,000 to fuel growth
Nearpeer, a Portland-based edtech startup that aims to improve student retention and graduation, recently closed a $400,000 financing round. The company reported the financing…