Mainebiz Advances Top Gun ‘Matchmaking’ Event
Mainebiz reported Top Gun entrepreneurs from 35 companies plan to meet with potential funders from across the state in a “speed dating” format at the new TechPlace startup incubator at Brunswick Landing. The event is organized by the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development, along with the Target Technology Incubator in Orono and the University of Maine Foster Center for Student Innovation, according to the report. The group plans to bring in companies from Top Gun classes in Portland, Rockland and Orono. The Top Gun program is offered by MCED and UMaine’s Target Technology Incubator as part of the Blackstone Accelerates Growth initiative. It began in 2009 to initiative growth among entrepreneurs in the state.