News Category: Portfolio News
Beyond mushroom soup: Maine growers cultivate gourmet mushrooms
(Reprint from Mainebiz 7/10/2017) – Stop by the Brunswick Farmers’ Market on a given Saturday and you’re likely to see Emil Rivera, executive chef at the Sur Lie tapas-style restaurant in downtown Portland, “foraging” among the vendors for mushrooms, which he says have become a desired menu item. Read more here.
Read more »Founder Forum: Kate McAleer of Bixby & Co.
(Reprint from Maine Startups Insider 7/7/2017) – Kate McAleer, founder of Bixby & Co., which manufactures organic chocolate bars and other products out of its facility in Rockland, attributes a lot of her success to plain, old, get-your-hands-dirty-and-stop-complaining grit and perseverance. Read more here.
Read more »Portland mapping software co. raises seed round
(Reprint from Maine Startups Insider 6/29/2017) – NBT Solutions, a Portland-based developer of mapping software, has raised nearly a million dollars to drive growth of a cloud-based mapping platform it’s developed for the telecommunications industry. Read more here.
Read more »Kepware Awards $10,000 Grant Supporting Virtual Reality Program in Maine School
(Reprint from ITBusinessnet.com 6/22/2017) PORTLAND – Kepware, a PTC business developing industrial connectivity software, has awarded East Grand School in Danforth, Maine, a grant of $10,000 towards integrating a virtual reality (VR) program into its curriculum. Read more here.
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