Sea Bags, the iconic Maine brand of totes made from recycled sailcloth, is going "Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee." Read more »
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Portland banking app developer gets $2.6M in seed funding, rebrands
The company said it already has over 20,000 active users each month. Read more »
Cerahelix Tackles Water Conservation By Helping Industries Recycle It
Cerahelix is the second of five companies to be announced as a 2019 Startup to Watch. Maine Startups Insider is announcing one company per week throughout the month of September. Read more »
Waterville tech startup Eariously wins development pitch competition
The Waterville startup recently won a pitch prize from development company Turtle. Read more »
Gulf of Maine Research Institute launches climate center in Portland
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute, on Portland's waterfront, is launching a virtual climate center to support local, regional and global climate adaptation and resiliency. Read more »
CourseStorm Finds Traction as Interest in Continuing Education Grows
“It became apparent that there was just this massive demand [for online course-registration tools],” Rahill says. Read more »
Midcoast-based digital marketing firm is now also digital in the workforce sense
Dream Local Digital is a fast-growing national digital marketing agency based in midcoast Maine. Read more »
Grant to MDI Bio Lab will support research on stress
James Coffman, a developmental biologist and associate professor at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, received a grant to study chronic stress.
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GO Lab closes deal for Madison paper mill
Once fully operational, a local workforce of over 100 employees will process more than 200,000 tons of softwood chips annually in Madison, according to the release. Read more »
$20 million grant awarded for Maine Environmental DNA initiative to support coastal ecosystems
The resulting data can show where, when and how species and groups of organisms have interacted with each other and their coastal habitats. Read more »