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WATERVILLE -- Dirigo Labs is pleased to announce the addition of Mufaddal Ali to its team as the project management specialist. In this new role, Mufaddal

WATERVILLE — Dirigo Labs has announced the 12 startups for its third cohort class. The accelerator program, hosted at the Hathaway Creative Center, will offer a newly expanded curriculum with an emphasis on financial modeling. Startup teams were carefully selected based on development stage, founder experience, potential to scale and industry relevance. Participating founders are […]

Central Maine Growth Council has received a one-year contract valued at nearly $112,000 from the Governor’s Energy Office. The contract is through the Clean Energy Partnership program to expand the council’s Dirigo Labs accelerator program. The contract and additions to the Dirigo Labs program will prioritize companies that are engaging in sub sectors such as […]

WATERVILLE — After successfully securing a $50,000 cash prize in May from the Small Business Development Administration Catalyst Phase I, Dirigo Labs was selected as a Phase II SBA Catalyst grantee to encourage ecosystem development throughout the state of Maine for rural and underserved entrepreneurs. In addition to the creation of partnerships with educational institutions […]

Prize to be awarded to top cohort company during Demo Day Event in Waterville  WATERVILLE --- Dirigo Labs is pleased to announce Skowhegan Savings Bank

This year's pitch-off, scheduled for May 4 at the Maine Film Center in downtown Waterville, features 11 startups in the program's second cohort.

Cohort members include Farm Drop, an online network of farmers markets, and the SledTRX interactive snowmobile app.

Jeremy Barron was hired as the Entrepreneur-In-Residence to help mentor new start-up companies.

WATERVILLE — Dirigo Labs, a central Maine accelerator program, plans to hold the Better Maine Conference: Building Inclusive Workplaces, a conference dedicated to educating, having conversations on, and taking actionable steps towards diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplaces. Building Inclusive Workplaces is the first in a series of yearly conferences hosted by Dirigo Labs dedicated […]

BluShift plans to raise $500,000 to $1 million by November to complete 20 or more engine tests for fine-tuning to flight grade performance.