Vets First Choice on Thursday announced a new name and executive leadership team for the new standalone public company that will result from its previously…
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Climate-tech startup Running Tide quietly raises $54M to remove gigatons of carbon from oceans
September 28, 2023
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Pumpspotting, a breastfeeding-support app, raises another $2.2M to fund expansion
September 22, 2023
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Roux Institute picks 10 startups, including 5 from Maine, for next accelerator cohort
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California startup with Portland dev office raises $35M, plans to increase local headcount
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
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…
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Portland tech firm receives $2M grant from joint U.S.-Israeli foundation for clean energy project
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…
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NH-based software firm names former Kepware exec as new CEO, opens Portland office
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…
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Portland startup helps colleges reduce student ‘melt’ rates by using technology to combat isolation
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…
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Planet Dog acquired by private equity firm’s portfolio company
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.…
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Minnow raises $1.2M in oversubscribed seed round for its IoT-enabled food pods
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…
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Good To-Go expands facility, staff as it tries to keep up with demand
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…
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