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Cumberland tech startup that's aiming to change criminal justice now changes CEOs
October 21, 2021Pete Andrews, formerly vice president of sales at Reconnect Inc., now serves as CEO of the company. It develops electronic supervision devices to replace the bulky ankle monitors often used in the criminal justice system.
October 21, 2021
Portland relaunches small business grant programs
October 12, 2021The city of Portland is relaunching its Business Assistance Grant Program for Job Creation, with $300,000 available in the newest round of funding. In addition, the city's Microenterprise Grant Program is expanding its eligibility for grants up to $
October 12, 2021
New bookstore opens in Presque Isle, bucking industry trends
Updated: October 8, 2021Brick-and-mortar bookstores might be on the decline. But in Presque Isle, one new bookstore owner wants to share her love of books in a market where she’s already experiencing success.
Updated: October 8, 2021
Portland's Fork Food Lab agrees to buy bigger space as membership strains capacity
Updated: October 7, 2021Due diligence is in progress for the purchase of two buildings in South Portland that would give the shared commercial kitchen and business incubator eight times the space it has now in Portland.
Updated: October 7, 2021
Portland digital health startup KinoTek raises $2.1M in VC funding
Updated: October 7, 2021The company, which has developed a digital health platform for body-motion assessment and currently employs a dozen people, says it plans to used the funding to scale and serve a wider range of movement-clinician markets.
Updated: October 7, 2021
With grant, Maine hopes to reignite interest in coworking and collaborative workspaces
October 1, 2021Coworking and collaborative workspaces were growing in popularity across the state in 2019, but interest slumped in 2020. This week the state launched a grant program to create more spaces and support entrepreneurship.
October 1, 2021
Gulf of Maine Research Institute will use $750K grant to expand region's 'blue economy'
October 1, 2021GMRI’s Blue Economy Initiative envisions a “Gulf of Maine corridor” from Maine to Boston as a global hub of innovation. The grant aims to enhance the region’s seafood industry, create high-quality jobs, and generate blue economy entrepreneurship.
October 1, 2021
Next: It's been a year of adaptation for Luke Holden, founder of Luke’s Lobster
Updated: October 4, 2021When overseas business nose-dived and the pandemic shuttered restaurants, Holden expanded the company’s branded grocery line and created an online seafood market to help fishermen have a place to sell their harvest.
Updated: October 4, 2021
Next: Amy VanHaren's ‘fem-tech’ startup provides innovative breastfeeding support platform
Updated: October 4, 2021In 2015, VanHaren launched pumpspotting, an app designed to connect parents with each other and with breastfeeding, pumping and postpartum support services. The platform now has a virtual community of over 40,000 parents.
Updated: October 4, 2021
Next: Mike Mwenedata, founder of Rwanda Bean Co., is a coffee entrepreneur with a cause
Updated: October 4, 2021Originally from Rwanda, Mwenedata is expanding his business in southern Maine, and giving back half of the company's profits to coffee growers in the country of his birth.
Updated: October 4, 2021
Next: Sascha Deri, rocket scientist aiming high — really high
Updated: October 4, 2021After launching one successful company, Deri set his sights even higher. His Brunswick startup, bluShift Aerospace, is now building commercial rockets aimed at bringing nanosatellites into orbit, as far as 400 miles above the Earth.
Updated: October 4, 2021
Next: Trevor Kenkel, aquaponics farmer, grows produce, fish and a business
Updated: October 4, 2021Since Kenkel started Springworks Farm in 2014, it's sprung to employ nearly 40 Mainers, and now sells organic lettuce and herbs throughout New England. A third greenhouse, representing a $4 million investment, is on the way.
Updated: October 4, 2021
On the Record: 2018 Next List honorees Brian Harris, Owen McCarthy talk about what's next now
Updated: October 4, 2021The two Nexters, who founded MedRhythms Inc., a Portland startup whose digital therapeutics may someday help restore nervous system functioning, discuss the growth of the business and what changes lie ahead.
Updated: October 4, 2021
World's largest recording label teams with Portland startup MedRhythms on 'prescription music'
Updated: September 29, 2021An agreement will allow MedRhythms to use Universal Music Group's millions of recordings for the MedRhythms digital therapeutics platform, which combines music, software and clinical sensors to help restore neurological function in patients.
Updated: September 29, 2021
Q&A: Seafood industry expert sees lots of potential in food accelerator program
September 13, 2021A long-time seafood industry expert is working with Maine-based seafood and aquaculture businesses interested in scaling up profitability and market reach. The goal is to expand the industry and create jobs.
September 13, 2021
SCORE Maine names 2021 business award winners
September 9, 2021Nancy Strojny, assistant director of SCORE Maine and a longtime mentor to businesses from Flowfold to the Holy Donut, said the awards "are a testament to the innovation, diligence and dedication of small business's owners."
September 9, 2021
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