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Garbage to Garden wins $100K Greenlight Maine purse
(Reprint from Mainebiz 6/27/2016 ) – The Portland-based curbside composting company Garbage to Garden bested a field of over 80 prospective startups to win the $100,000 top prize at the inaugural Greenlight Maine competition on Friday night in Portland. Read more here.
Read more »Maine original, CLYNK, expands into New York
(Reprint from Mainebiz 6/14/2016) – The South Portland-based bottle redemption company CLYNK has announced that it will be expanding its drop-off locations into 51 Hannaford supermarkets in New York — more than doubling its current operational footprint of 49 drop-off locations in Hannaford locations across Maine. Read more here.
Read more »Bixby founder wins Tory Burch Fellowship pitch competition, $100K grant
(Reprint from Mainebiz 6/13/2016) – Kate McAleer, the owner of the Rockland-based craft candy bar company Bixby & Co., has been named the winner of the inaugural Tory Burch Fellowship Program’s pitch competition, and was awarded a $100,000 grant investment for her business. Read more here.
Read more »MTI Funds $21,303 in 5 Awards to Maine Companies
BRUNSWICK, MAINE – The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) approved five new grant applications in May 2016, totaling $21,303 in awards to entrepreneurs from across Maine to advance new product and process development in aquaculture and marine technology, precision manufacturing, environmental technologies and information technology. This round of MTI awards leveraged $27,876 of matching contributions from…
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