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Opus Ventures, a Portland-based private capital and investment firm, and the Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation have created the Western Maine Venture Fund to support early-stage companies in central and western Maine.
Maine has reached a settlement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. following an investigation that determined the investment firm steered some Mainers' NextGen college savings into a higher-fee plan that was better suited for shorter
The former owners of the organic potato farm Wood Prairie Family Farm in Bridgewater have filed for bankruptcy protection.
Fifteen small businesses, including North Spore Mushroom Co., Two Fat Cats Bakery and Tito Masonry & Construction recently participated in a new five-part workshop series offered by Gorham Savings Bank to help southern Maine entrepreneurs better
Kimberly Twitchell is Maine regional president for NBT Bank, whose parent company, NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ: NBTB), is headquartered in Norwich, N.Y., and has more than $9 billion in assets. NBT has been in Maine since 2014.
Erica Schmitz, founder of the Portland startup MyBodyModel, is the winner of the $25,000 cash prize awarded Thursday night at the Top Gun Showcase finals held at the University of Southern Maine's Hannaford Hall.
Eastern Maine Development Corp. learned earlier this month that three of its affiliates have become certified as Community Development Entities, a federal designation that allows them to participate either directly or indirectly in the New Markets
Coastal Enterprises Inc. has created a new microloan product that's intended to help small businesses that need capital quickly to address needs ranging from equipment breakdowns to scaling up operations in order to take advantage of unique
The Maine Credit Union League has given its website a makeover, updating both its look and content.
Due to the high volume of entries the deadline for submissions for Season 4 of Greenlight Maine has been extended to June 1 at 11:59 p.m.
Gorham Savings Bank announced on Thursday the five Maine businesses selected as the finalists of its annual LaunchPad small business competition.
Front Street Shipyard in Belfast announced Friday that it has finalized the financing it needed to begin construction of a new facility adjacent to its existing yard on the Belfast waterfront.
Androscoggin Bank, which has $955 million in assets and 15 offices, has brought on several key hires to oversee the bank's lending operations.
The Maine Center for Entrepreneurs and its partners — the University of Maine, The Lewiston Auburn Economic Growth Council and Gulf of Maine Research Institute — named 10 winners of the 2018 Top Gun Program's semi-final pitch events.
The seeds of community economic development sown by CEI since its founding 40 years ago by Ron Phillips have multiplied hundredfold, with more than 2,700 businesses financed, almost 38,000 full-time jobs created and roughly 56,000 people receiving
CEI Ventures Inc., a for-profit subsidiary of CEI that has made over $28 million in direct investments in 55 companies since its founding in 1994, announced today that it has closed on a $500,000 minority investment in a Biddeford startup.