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Ocean Approved raises $2M on plans to reinvent seaweed for a retail consumer

(Reprint from Maine Startups Insider 1/19/2019) – Ocean Approved, a Saco-based company that has for several years farmed, processed and sold kelp to restaurants and wholesale distributors, has raised $2 million on plans to scale up and enter the retail market with a new line of kelp products. Read more here.

CLYNK’s Vanderhoof targets 20% annual growth for the tech-driven recycling firm

(Reprint from Mainebiz 1/21/2019) – Alison Vanderhoof is president and CEO of CLYNK, a technology-driven bottle-and-can redemption and recycling company based in South Portland with more than $10 million in annual revenues. She succeeded founder Clayton Kyle in October. Read more here.

Eel aquaculture business gets approval to build facility in midcoast town

(Reprint from Bangor Daily News 1/17/2019) – The Waldoboro Planning Board signed off on an entrepreneur’s plan to build a 27,000-square-foot facility for her eel aquaculture business at the Waldoboro Business Park on Wednesday, Jan. 9. Read more here.

Maine Technology Institute (MTI) Issues Request for Proposals for Emerging Technology Challenge for Maine’s Forest Resources

BRUNSWICK, Maine, December 14, 2018 – The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has announced a request for responses to the Emerging Technology Challenge for Maine’s Forest Resources. The goal of the challenge is to deploy a forest industry technology in Maine, preferably co-located at an existing industrial facility, where forest biomass is used in the production…