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Good afternoon and welcome to the 224th edition of Maine Startups Insider. You are one of 2,222 subscribers receiving this email.

With today’s warm weather, we all remember what it’s like to shed the heavy jackets and feel the sun on our skin; it’s rejuvenating. We’re shedding more than heavy jackets, though. With the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine, we’re also shedding some of the fear and isolation that descended upon us almost exactly one year ago when our country and communities shut down, forcing people to sequester in their homes. What a year it’s been.

Personally, I look forward to getting back out in the community and meeting you for coffee or chatting about your startup’s latest development at an event. I hope MSI can play a part in getting some startup-related, in-person events on the calendar later in the year. Here’s to rejuvenation!

In the meantime, keep creating, keep innovating, keep curious.

-Whit Richardson

/ News

David Shaw gifts $500K to USM for innovation fellowship program

 

 
David Shaw, an entrepreneur and investor who founded IDEXX Laboratories in 1983, has donated $500,000 to the University of Southern Maine to support the creation of a fellowship program for graduate students pursuing research driven “by innovation, entrepreneurship and exploration.”

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MSI is sponsored by PretiFlaherty

 

 


 

Maine Center for Entrepreneurs launches biotech accelerator

 

 

The Maine Center for Entrepreneurs has launched a new business accelerator program specifically for biotech, life sciences and medical device companies.

Leading the accelerator is an entrepreneur and 20-year veteran of the biotech and life sciences industry. Applications for the 15-week program are due Tuesday.

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/ Briefly Mentioned

🌊 Ocean Renewable Power Co. (ORPC) in Portland will receive a $3.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office to build, test, and operate a modular current energy converter, according to a news release from U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree’s office.

 

 
 

MSI is sponsored by Gorham Savings Bank 

 


 

/ ICYMI

Here are some recent articles from Maine Startups Insider you may have missed:

Quick intermission to thank Maine Startups Insider’s newest Sustaining Member: Collins Dunn, who told me that MSI is “a must-read for me, as I am trying to figure out how to integrate my startup/VC experience with my life here in Maine.”

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/ Jobs

If you apply for a job you see here, let them know you saw the opportunity in Maine Startups Insider. 

+ MyHealthMath is hiring an Application Developer and Senior Application Developer.

+ Amplify Additive, a Scarborough-based company that designs and 3D prints titanium orthopedic implants, is hiring an Additive Manufacturing Project Engineer

+ Solve Finance, a remote-first fintech startup (though founders live in New York and Maine), is hiring a full stack engineer. If interested, email info@solve.finance.

+ Theory and Principle, a legal-tech product design and development startup in Portland, is hiring an agile project manager.

+ HighByte, an industrial software startup, is hiring a Software Quality Assurance Engineer and an Application Engineer.

+ CourseStorm, an education-related software firm in Orono, is hiring a customer success support representative and an onboarding specialist.

+ VETRO Inc., a SaaS company in Portland, is looking for an account executive, business development representative, and a sales and marketing coordinator.

+ Forerunner, developer of floodplain management software platform, is hiring a full-stack engineer and a sales development rep. This position is fully remote, but the company founder lives in Maine.

+ Guideline, the fintech company with offices in California, Texas, and Portland, is hiring for several software engineering positions.

+ Friday, a Portland-based company building a communication tool for remote teams, is hiring a Senior Front-end Engineer.

+ OurShelves, a Maine-based diverse children’s book box subscription service with members in all 50 states, is hiring a part-time Operations Lead.

+ Running Tide, a technology startup in the aquaculture space, is hiring software engineers and data scientists. If interested, email jobs@runningtide.com.

+ KinoTek, a Portland-based startup at the intersection of health and augmented reality, is looking for a software developer with experience with C++ unity integration. Those interested, email the company at contact@kinoteksoftware.com.

+ Farming robotics startup Farmhand Automation is hiring a software engineer.

+ AskGMS, a Portland-based company that provides benchmarking and data analysis tools to the insurance industry, is hiring a Full-Stack Developer.

+ Defendify, a cybersecurity startup in Portland, is hiring a senior full-stack developer and operations coordinator.

+ Arkatechture, a Portland-based company that provides business intelligence and data analytics services, is hiring a senior software engineer, AWS cloud engineer, among other positions.

+ Introspective Systems, in Portland, is looking for a lead software engineer and a software engineering intern.

Seeking a full-stack engineer? A technical co-founder? A sales or biz dev superstar? Send me your job postings to make this a great resource! 

/ Calendar

Application deadline for Innovate for Maine Fellows Program
March 12
Application deadline for both companies and students who want to participate in the internship program, Innovate for Maine Fellows Program. Learn more.

Women Who Empower ME
Fri., March 12, noon – 1 p.m. — Online
The Roux Institute and Northeastern University’s Women Who Empower host a panel discussion with a group of women about how their unique paths and roles are impacting Maine today. Panelists include Emily Dwinnels, director of the NASA- Maine Space Grant Consortium; Adria Horn, executive vice president of workforce at Tilson; Amara Ifeji, an undergraduate student at Northeastern and grassroots development coordinator at the Maine Environmental Education Association; and Katie Shorey of Live + Work in Maine and Startup Maine. Register here.

Application deadline for MCE’s BioStartup accelerator program
March 16
Application deadline for biotech, life sciences, and medical device companies that want to apply to join the Maine Center for Entrepreneur’s inaugural BioStartup bioscience business accelerator program. Learn more.

Entrepreneurs and Ecosystem Builders: Patrick Breeding
Tues., March 23, 8:30 a.m. — Online
Startup Maine hosts the next installment in its Entrepreneurs and Ecosystem Builders Speaker Series, this time with Patrick Breeding, CEO of Marin Skincare. Register here.

Please send me your event or calendar item for possible inclusion.