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The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) Awards $1.5 Million in its Emerging Technology Challenge for Maine’s Forest Resources
Two Innovative Companies will Bring Much-Needed Jobs to Madison and Bucksport Regions Read more »
Portland founder sells one company, turns attention to startup
“There are roughly 50,000 cities and towns in the U.S. so we have barely scraped the surface,” Nonni told Maine Startups Insider. Read more »
Maine designers and Lyman-Morse win top international award for yacht
The yacht's interior was designed by Martha Coolidge Design of Rockland. Read more »
90-year-old Portland company raises $670K in VC to pursue new SaaS product
It was the first outside capital the company has raised in its 90-year history. Read more »
Ocean’s Balance, KinoTek win $125k on Greenlight Maine
“This was a team effort,” said Ocean’s Balance CEO Mitchell Lench. Read more »
Boatbuilding is Focus of Maine Composites Center
The 23-year-old UMaine Composites Center is home to 70 full-time engineers. Read more »
Sea Bags seaseide strategy, growth leads to five store openings
Sea Bags new store in Rehoboth Beach, Del., opens today. It's one of five new stores the Portland-based company is opening in the coming months. Read more »
Gulf of Maine Research Institute receives $790K grant to study impact of warming ocean on key species
The grant will fund research on the impact of a warming climate on the growth and population patters in cod and lobster in the Gulf of Maine. Read more »
UMaine-led team discovers protein, lipid connection that could aid new influenza therapies
"Our findings show for the first time a connection between the influenza virus surface protein HA (the H in H1N1) and the host cell lipid PIP2," says UMaine professor of physics Samuel Hess, the team's lead scientist. Read more »