After a successful two-year run that brought more than a dozen early-stage technology companies to Portland, as well as global awareness to the city’s…
The Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator
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Google backs Eskuad with $100K award
Google yesterday selected Eskuad, a Portland-based startup that’s built a mobile-first data platform for businesses that have employees in field operations, as one of…
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Maine Venture Fund to invest up to $750K in startups at the Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator
Maine Venture Fund, a state-sponsored venture capital fund, has committed to invest up to $750,000 over the next three years in startups that graduate…
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Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator opens applications for 2022 cohort
The Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator has opened applications for early-stage companies that want to join its next cohort, scheduled to begin in September. The…
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Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator kicks off, announces 2021 cohort
[Editor’s Note: In full disclosure, I am working with Techstars to coordinate PR and communications for the Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator.] The Roux Institute…
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Five Questions for Lars Perkins, the inaugural director of The Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator
Techstars in late April picked Lars Perkins, founder of Picasa and a former exec at Google, to become the inaugural director of the Roux…