American Unagi has raised $10 million as it breaks ground on the country’s first indoor aquaculture facility to grow Maine glass eels to market…
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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
September 21, 2023Latest stories
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True Fin raises $1M in its first investment round
True Fin, one of the first businesses launched and stewarded through GMRI’s Gulf of Maine Ventures initiative, recently completed a fully subscribed raise of…
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MedRhythms raises $25M as it prepares to commercialize its flagship product
MedRhythms, a digital therapeutics startup in Portland, announced Wednesday that it has raised a $25 million Series B as it prepares to commercialize its…
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Maine Venture Fund names Dr. Brien Walton as next Board Chair
The Maine Venture Fund announced on Tuesday that Brien Walton, CEO of Acadia Capital Management and a nationally recognized social impact investment strategist, has…
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RockStep Solutions raises $2M in equity financing
RockStep Solutions, an early-stage company in Portland developing laboratory-management software, recently raised $2 million in a priced equity financing round. The company’s software product,…
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Gulf of Maine Research Institute sells first incubated startup
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute on Wednesday announced it had sold New England Marine Monitoring, the first startup it had launched and incubated…
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Gulf of Maine Research Institute launches ‘bluetech’ accelerator for startups
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute has launched an accelerator program for “bluetech” startups whose innovations could positively impact the Gulf of Maine. …
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Oyster Tracker changes name to BlueTrace as company outgrows original focus
Oyster Tracker, the startup behind a software platform that helps oyster farmers more efficiently manage their farms, has changed its name to BlueTrace. The…
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UpStart Maine launches new entrepreneurship programs for the Bangor area
UpStart Maine, a coalition of entrepreneur-support programs and organizations in the greater Bangor region, has announced it will launch two new entrepreneurship programs it…
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