After a series of semi-final pitch events around the state on Wednesday, eight entrepreneurs who participated in the Maine Center for Entrepreneurs’ Top Gun…
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Maine Center for Entrepreneurs picks seven companies for its food-focused business accelerator
The Maine Center for Entrepreneurs has picked seven Maine companies for its inaugural Cultivator Food, Beverage & Agriculture Accelerator program. As part of the…
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CEI Ventures invests $500k in Biddeford manufacturing startup
CEI Ventures has made a $500,000 seed investment in Junora Ltd., a manufacturing startup in Biddeford that is developing new technology for the global…
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Zephyrus Simulation wins Bangor region’s business-pitch contest
Zephyrus Simulation, a medical-device startup in Orono, on Tuesday evening won the final event of Big Gig, the Bangor region’s startup-pitch contest. Patrick Breeding, a…
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Vets First Choice to go public via merger, expected to become Maine’s largest publicly traded company
Vets First Choice, one of Maine’s most successful startups of the past decade, on Monday morning announced a merger deal that, if completed, is expected…
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Investors request entirety of Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit’s annual allocation in Q1
It’s only April, but investors have already claimed—pending approvals—the Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit program’s entire annual allocation of $5 million, an event that…
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MTI announces final $10.9M of grants from last year’s R&D bond
The Maine Technology Institute on Friday afternoon announced the final batch of grants, totaling $10.9 million, that were made available as part of the…
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Medical-device, agtech startups win 2018 UMaine Business Challenge
Two startups founded by UMaine students—one that’s developed a medical-education device and another that’s deploying agricultural technology to help farmers better monitor their crop storage—took…
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New startup looks to straddle Maine’s forest products and craft beer industries
A new Maine company has launched at the intersection of two of the state’s most talked about industries: forest products and craft beer. Maine…