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Portland industrial software startup HighByte raises $12M
Updated: April 23, 2024The Series A funding round brings the company's total to $16.5 million in equity raised since it was founded in 2018.
Updated: April 23, 2024
In Portland, a startup finds pent-up demand for pottery classes
Updated: April 17, 2024Once the website was up with class offerings, the owner of Handful Studios immediately started to field emails from people who wanted to sign up.
Updated: April 17, 2024
Bar Harbor bike shop and property change hands after 45 years
Updated: April 15, 2024Owners of the Bar Harbor Bicycle Shop sold the real estate to College of the Atlantic for housing, while the business itself was sold to customers and will operate as is.
Updated: April 15, 2024
On the Record: SBA’s Sturgeon urges small businesses to borrow wisely, make a plan
Updated: April 15, 2024Mainebiz caught up with the Maine district director for the U.S. Small Business Administration to find out more about her career path, and how her team helps small businesses across the state.
Updated: April 15, 2024
SCORE Maine helped nearly 4,300 small businesses last year
Updated: April 8, 2024With more than 110 volunteers in total, SCORE Maine is the state's largest active mentoring organization and works closely with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Updated: April 8, 2024Portland Buy Local shifts to free business directory listings, new strategic focus
April 2, 2024As part of its reorganization, Portland Buy Local has eliminated fees for listings in its local business directory and will now offer educational services for free.
April 2, 2024
Data expert joins Waterville startup accelerator
Updated: April 2, 2024Mufaddal Ali, a 2021 graduate of Colby College, aims to help cohort members achieve data-driven outcomes.
Updated: April 2, 2024
Yarmouth’s Sea Meadow Marine awarded $790K for working waterfront upgrades
Updated: April 1, 2024The money will go toward rebuilding a bulkhead and launch ramp and installing water and sewer systems. The improvements will make the site more usable for tenants and could help them expand their businesses.
Updated: April 1, 2024
$2M in USDA grants will help 17 Maine farms, rural businesses become more energy-efficient
Updated: April 1, 2024Maine grant recipients include Moorit Hill Farm in Troy, which received $64,950 to help pay for a roof-mounted solar array with enough clean energy to power nearly five homes.
Updated: April 1, 2024
With a new board and new ambitions, Startup Maine gears up for May conference
Updated: April 5, 2024Since its last conference five years ago, the nonprofit "champion of Maine’s entrepreneurial ecosystem" has been working to bring businesspeople together and to plan the organization's future.
Updated: April 5, 2024
Urban Farm Fermentory confirms: Yes, we're shutting down production
March 26, 2024A month after Urban Farm Fermentory announced the business would pour its last fermented drinks, patrons were left wondering about the fate of wholesale production.
March 26, 2024
Friday Food Insider: Maine sugarhouses are gearing up for Maple Sunday
March 22, 2024Sugarhouses are gearing up for Maine Maple Sunday, an annual weekend event that's critically important to the state's maple producers. But winter-like weather could pose a problem this year.
March 22, 2024
South Portland animal-health startup expands its leadership team
March 21, 2024ElleVet Sciences, which specializes in cannabis-based products for pets, has made a promotion and an outside hire.
March 21, 2024
Lewiston plans memorial to honor mass shooting victims, teams with chamber on new fund
Updated: March 20, 2024The new OneLewiston Resilience Fund is dedicated to supporting the creation of a memorial and to community events that help the city move forward from the murder of 18 people on Oct. 25.
Updated: March 20, 2024
Pen Bay Chamber appoints CEO it vows will have 'lasting, positive impact'
March 15, 2024Shannon Landwehr comes from a career in finance and economic development, with experience in operations, planning, marketing, budgeting and employee recruitment.
March 15, 2024
Lewiston startup accelerator for underserved entrepreneurs names starting lineup
Updated: March 15, 2024Out of more than 60 applicants, five were selected to participate in the inaugural Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) Maine cohort.
Updated: March 15, 2024
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