Guideline, a San Mateo, Calif.-based financial technology startup with a software development office in Portland, plans to double its local headcount from 20 to…
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New coalition wants CS education in every Maine K-12 classroom by 2025
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A new coalition has formed with the mission of getting computer science taught in every Maine K-12 classroom by 2025. Computer Science for Maine…
Portland tech firm receives $2M grant from joint U.S.-Israeli foundation for clean energy project
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Introspective Systems, a Portland-based startup working on cutting-edge artificial intelligence applications, has received a $2 million grant from a joint U.S.-Israeli foundation to develop and…
NH-based software firm names former Kepware exec as new CEO, opens Portland office
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Rapid Insight, a software company headquartered in Conway, N.H., has hired a prominent Portland tech executive as its new CEO and opened an office…
Portland startup helps colleges reduce student ‘melt’ rates by using technology to combat isolation
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Colleges and universities lose out on millions of dollars in tuition revenue each year as a certain percentage of incoming students never actually show up…
Planet Dog acquired by private equity firm’s portfolio company
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Planet Dog, the Westbrook-based dog-products company founded in 1997, has been acquired by Outward Hound, a portfolio company of a Boston-based private equity firm.…
Minnow raises $1.2M in oversubscribed seed round for its IoT-enabled food pods
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Minnow, the company formerly known as Kadabra (and Veebie before that), has officially closed on $1.2 million in seed funding, more than the initial…
Good To-Go expands facility, staff as it tries to keep up with demand
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Good To-Go, the Kittery-based company that makes dehydrated meals, ranging from Indian Vegetable Korma to Chicken Gumbo, designed to give hikers and other outdoor…
The 2018 gubernatorial candidates on fostering innovation, R&D spending, non-competes, the Seed Capital Tax Credit, and more
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(Update 10/29/18: Since publishing this article, Alan Caron has dropped out of the race.) As the candidates for Maine’s Blaine House attend debates and…