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ABOUT MAINE ANGELS
Maine Startup Insider March 2022
Bangor Daily News: Dirigo Labs, Feb 2022
MaineBiz: Female Fundraising Nov 2021
MaineBiz: A Life Sciences Boon, August 2021
Maine Startup Insider: Blue Focus, June 2021
Maine Startup Insider: Female Investors, May 2021
Startup Maine: Maine Angels (April 2021, 1 hour)
MxG: Maine Angels (April 2021, Powerpoint)
Maine Startup Insider March 5, 2021: Ralph Nodine
Angel Invest Boston: Startup Success in Maine (Bill Hetzel, March 2021)
Grow Maine Show June 2020: Sam Fratoni (45 min podcast)
Follow: Maine Angels on LinkedIn
REFERENCES
Startup News and podcasts:
2022 Global Ecosystem for Women Entrepreneurs and Investors
ClimateWork Maine Jan 2022
Maine Aquaculture Association: Video of Mussel and Scallop Farming at Acadia Aqua Farms
The New York Times: Scallop Farming, August 23, 2021
The Guardian: Kelp Farming, August 2021
BDN: Bangor A Model for Maine June 14, 2021
Conscious Capitalism June 2021 Fortunat Mueller ESOPs, Neil Kiely
MSI: Culture and Access Need to Change June 2021 3-part series, K Durdag
March 2021:The Org: "Ten Startups from Maine To Know in 2021"
UMaine Innovation Annual Report
Angel Invest Boston: RockStep Solutions
Dec 2020 Forbes Unruly Studios
WSJ: Bain Capital $800MM Impact Fund
MTI Presents: What Greatness Looks Like: Entrepreneurship in Maine
Nov 1: Bloomberg: FocusMaine
Oct 22: The Boston Globe: Unruly Studios
Oct 6: PPH Harold Alfond $500MM
Sept 30: MaineBiz; Maine's Space Era
Sept 17: 2 Federal accelerator grants
Aug 26: SEC Accredited Investor updated definition
Maine Science Podcast: Marin Skincare
8/31/20 podlink Grow Maine Show: Sam Hotchkiss, Reconnect
Green Money: Investing philanthropic dollars
Maine Public: UMaine Offshore Wind $100MM
MaineBiz Fact Book: Katie Shorey
Island Institute: Let's talk lobster
How I Built This: Luke's Lobster
Grow Maine Show June 2020: Sam Fratoni
Fast Forward Maine: John Burns
July 10: Maine Startup Insider: Dirigo Angel Fund I
June 25: Yahoo Finance News: Reconnect $3.7M raise
May 24: PPH Source Awards
2019 Maine Startup Insider: Startup Maine
2015 Maine Mag: Entrepreneurship
Blue Economy and Sustainability
Maine Won't Wait (and Lead by Example)
FOR/Maine Nanocellulose Valley
Energy Grid of the Future, a Free Course by Fortunat Mueller
Portland Press Herald: Maine International Trade
Maine Biz Leadership podcast series: The Day that Changed Everything
New England Ocean Cluster: Entrepreneurship in the Blue Economy
Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Measuring Circularity
Air Miners YouTube (Bill Gross)
The Energy Gang Podcast (Donnell Baird)
The Curious Capitalist (Conscious Capitalism)
Ramboll: Maine & Denmark Aquaculture
IEA: Energy Technology Perspectives 2020
Namaste Solar: cooperative, lessons learned
RBF with Flexible Capital Fund panel
BlueSwell Webinar (SeaAhead, NE Aquarium)
Maine Climate Action Working Group recommendations
Clean Energy Prize $100K prize winner: Nitricity
Land-based Seaweed farming SeaKura webinar
The Economist: The Future of Seafood
Washington Maritime Blue Innovation
2020 Virtual Summit on Agtech @Dartmouth Tuck
Columbia Earth Institute: Sustain What Series
Subscribe to Sustain What newsletter
Greentown Lab: Early Stage ClimateTech Investor
Greentown Lab Leadership Series
eCornell: Clean Energy and Covid-19
Entrepreneur and Inclusiveness
Realize Impact, Africa Eats DAF
The Diversity Premium Sept 28, 2021
Founders Institute: Black American Startup Resources
https://www.beyondracialequity.com/
Feb 5, 2021: Tech Crunch: Inclusive VC
Maine Center for Entrepreneurs
July 2020 Kauffman.org
The Guardian: Media Stereotypes Women vs Men Investors
Brad Feld: (Techstars) animation
Kaufffman Foundation: Jenny Doan - Quilting a Community Together
Kauffman Foundation: Tale of Two Entrepreneurs
Alicia Robb podcast: ACA Severiens Prize winner
Jump Scale: The New Normal WOCStars
SaaS Founder Story: Lisa Calhoun interview
Startup Metrics to Raise a Seed Round
Next Wave Impact Founders of Color Showcase (ACA)
Social Venture Circle: NEXT Economy Live
Playbook for supporting black owned venture
Venture Cafe Global Thursdays
For Startups:
A Guide to Resources for Maine Entrepreneurs
(print version available upon request)
Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce newsletter
Forbes: What Angel Investors Want To Know
MAINE Based:
Strategic Plan for Maine: 10 year economic development plan
Startup Space: Maine Resource Compass
Maine Governor's Economic Recovery Committee
Maine Women's Investor Network
University of Maine Economic Impact Report 2020
MDF Women Transforming Leadership
Portland Press Herald: On Line Events Upcoming and Archives
Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce: On Line Events Upcoming and Archives
PRCC YouTube Subscription
UMaine Greater Good Webinar
Maine Law Racial Justice
The Third Place Building Maine’s Black Professional and Entrepreneurial Community
The Keystone Podcast: A Podcast for Ecosystem Builders: Portland Maine (Martha Bentley and Katie Shorey, starting at 5:24)
Greenlight Maine: Sundays 10 am
Island Institute: Commercial Currents Podcast
Consumer innovations:
Live and Work in Maine: This Is Maine
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Barton Seaver Sustainable Seafood (RouxBe Thursdays 2 pm)
Maine Center for Entrepreneurs Cultivator Accelerator
How VCs Judge your pitch (on Zoom)
Fast Forward Maine: What Owners Need to Know: Portland Public Library
Fast Forward Maine: Josh Broder
Inc: C. Mirabile: What Investors Mean by Due Diligence
Paul Silva's KISS DIY Accelerator
Kauffman Foundation: Capital Report
HBR: Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions
smallbusinessacademy@machiassavings.com
VOLUNTEER and FUND OPPORTUNITIES
Maine Center for Entrepreneurs (Top Gun)
Port land of opportunity. Mentor a foreign born professional. Seeking financial and logistical for 30 minute connector call. Portland Chamber of Commerce
Maine Venture Fund Co-Investment
The Indus Fund for Immigrants (cPort)
Evergreen Fund (Maine Medical)
Blue Angel Investment Group (SeaAhead)
Community Solar (ReVision Energy)
Equitable Economy Fund (Start.coop)
Four Directions Development Corporation (Tribal Business Ventures and native entrepreneurship)
Upstart Maine (Bangor)
Sustainability Lab: Fork Food Lab
Ongoing ACA remote education For Investors:
Angel Capital Association: Ways to Connect
Angel Capital Association Affinity and Peer Groups: Join the conversations
The Reality of Returns and J Curve, Gust Feb 2022
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