Three early-stage Maine companies have been accepted into this year’s Cleantech Open, a national startup accelerator program and business-pitch competition for companies working to…
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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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Culture and access need to change for Maine’s startup community to reach its full potential
[Editor’s Note: Kerem Durdag is an entrepreneur who currently serves as president and COO of GWI Inc.; he’s also founder of the Indus Fund,…
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HighByte, in a ‘tech talent war,’ wins $50K LaunchPad award
HighByte, a Portland-based developer of industrial data ops software, has won the 2021 LaunchPad business pitch competition and its $50,000 first-place cash prize. A…
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VETRO Inc. raises $12M to scale broadband mapping SaaS platform
VETRO Inc., the Portland-based developer of cloud-based broadband mapping and fiber management software for the telecommunications industry, has raised a $12 million round as…
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The Cubby, an online marketplace for student artists, wins Top Gun and its $25K prize
The Cubby, a startup out of Colby College that has launched an online marketplace for student artists to sell their work, has won the…
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Forager raises new round to scale software platform connecting local farms and grocers
Forager, the Portland-based startup that has built an online marketplace to connect grocers and local farms, has raised $625,000 of an $800,000 offering to…
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Colby College startup gains traction with online marketplace for student artists
A new startup out of Colby College, The Cubby, has launched an online marketplace to help student artists and makers get exposure and sell…
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Justin Hafner, KinoTek CEO, makes national list of rising stars in the sports business
Justin Hafner, co-founder and CEO of KinoTek, a Portland-based digital health technology company, has been named to a prestigious list of rising stars in…
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Maine Venture Fund taps Joe Powers to be its next managing director
Maine Venture Fund, the state’s quasi-governmental venture capital fund, announced this week that it has chosen its internal candidate, Joe Powers, to be its…
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