At a recent energy summit organized by the U.S. Energy Department, a company from Maine displayed an innovative submersible generator that effectively harvests power from shallow rivers and tidal currents. Read more »
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The ascent of Flowfold, a once-obscure wallet company now partnering with L.L.Bean
The Maine-based startup that has quickly risen to become a technical backpack maker set out for Mt. Kilimanjaro for the ultimate gear test at end of February, beginning of March. Read more »
Maine Technology Institute Helps Six Maine Companies Win More than $6 Million in Federal Grant Awards
MTI Provided Advice and Assistance as well as Critical Funding to Help the Companies Secure the Highly Competitive Funds Read more »
Wiscasset company gets $2.2M to expand, commercialize high-tech turbine engine
Peregrine Turbine Technologies is gearing up for what CEO David Stapp calls a “disruptive” technology that creates electricity efficiently from fossil fuels or biomass pellets. Read more »
Orono high-tech filter maker attracts $2M to expand
The investment is being led by PureTerra Ventures, a Shanghai, China, venture capital fund with Dutch management that focuses on water technologies. Also investing are the Maine Venture Fund and Propel(x), a San Francisco angel investment group. Read more »
Portland Startup Makes Music Therapy App to Help Stroke Survivors Walk Again
A Portland-based startup tech company is developing a new device that’s designed to improve mobility in people who’ve had strokes by retraining the brain to walk again, using the music of their choice. Read more »
Emily Sharood planned on doing graphic design, but organic mushroom farming drew her in
The seed was first planted when she began a permaculture project with her brother; today, Sharood and her family move 3,000 pounds of mushrooms a week. Read more »
Bigelow lab to study future of kelp in rapidly changing Gulf of Maine
The East Boothbay laboratory reported that the study is designed in part to determine which kelp species are growing best in a rapidly changing Gulf of Maine and what amount of wild harvest is sustainable. Read more »
UNE, CVS Health partner in specialty pharmacy residency program
The fastest-growing segment of the pharmacy industry, specialty pharmacy focuses on high-cost, high-touch medication therapy for patients with complex diseases and conditions. Read more »
Ready Seafood to help fund key lobster study
Ready Seafood of Portland is kicking in $75,000 a year to continue a University of Maine lobster larvae settlement study. Read more »