UMaine mentioned in Mainebiz article on Top Gun Showcase winners

Mainebiz reported on the final competition in this year’s Top Gun Showcase. The Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development, along with its partners, the University of Maine, MaineStream Finance and the Lewiston/Auburn Economic Growth Council, announced the winners of this year’s Top Gun Showcase, June 7 in Portland. Eight participants from the Bangor, Rockport, Lewiston/Auburn and Portland Top Gun classes, representing the first- and second-place finishers from their respective regional pitch-off events, competed for the $10,000 cash prize, according to the article. Thrivant Health won the grand prize, while Grojo Inc. won an in-kind prize from Microsoft valued at over $120,000 as the highest-scoring tech company, Mainebiz reported. In the Bangor region, the Top Gun program is hosted and organized by UMaine in partnership with the MCED, and involves many local business sponsors, program advisers and mentors.