For the second year in a row, the Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit has been depleted on the first business day of the year.…
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Top Gun accelerator names 44 companies for 2020 cohort
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The Maine Center for Entrepreneurs has selected 44 companies to participate in its 2020 Top Gun startup-training program. Top Gun, which launched in 2009…
Changes at Certify: Bob Neveu steps down as CEO, company rebrands as Emburse
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Bob Neveu, who founded the expense-management software company Certify with his brother Alan in 2008 and grew it into one of Portland’s most successful…
ORPC Names New CEO
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Ocean Renewable Power Co. this week announced that is has hired investor and current board member Stuart Davies to succeed Chris Sauer as the…
Top 15 Maine Startup Stories of 2019
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As we near the end of 2019, it’s a good time to look back at the Maine startup stories that attracted the most attention…
Chris Sauer, pioneer in marine renewable energy technology, plans to step down as CEO of ORPC
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Ocean Renewable Power Co. recently announced that its CEO and co-founder, Chris Sauer, plans to retire on Jan. 17, 2020. Sauer and two others…
Freeport Metrics, local software dev shop, closes Portland office
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Correction (12/16/19): This article previously misspelled Andrew Gauvin’s name in a number of places. We regret the error. Freeport Metrics, a local software development…
DAVO Technologies expands team with new hires
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DAVO Technologies, a fintech startup based in Westbrook focused on automating the sales tax process for retailers and restaurateurs, has recently expanded its team…
MedRhythms secures patent for its digital therapeutics platform
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MedRhythms Inc., a digital therapeutics and medical-device startup in Portland, announced this week that it has secured a U.S. patent for its digital therapeutics…