A startup backed by Aetna Health, Cleveland Clinic and other major companies plans to use blockchain to lower administrative costs associated with transferring data between payers and providers.
Mass Innovation Nights, a Boston-based new product showcase powered by social media, has attracted $4 billion in funding for 1,500 entrepreneurs in the 12 years since its inception.
Now UpStart Maine, a coalition of entrepreneur-support programs and organizations in the Bangor area, will debut a showcase of its own, Maine Innovation Nights, on Sept. 14.
“We’re excited to bring Innovation Night to Maine and to the Greater Bangor region to help fuel entrepreneurship,” Kaitlynn Ronan, president of UpStart Maine, said Tuesday, during a virtual presentation that featured Bobbie Carlton, the founder of Mass Innovation Nights.
For more information and to apply, contact events@upstartmaine.org or click here.
A scene in hibernation
By Scott Kirsner Globe Correspondent,Updated December 15, 2020, 4:16 p.m.
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District Hall used to be one of the epicenters of the Boston startup ecosystem, with several events every week and usually a crowded coworking space as well.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
Even if you think you have no connection to Bostonâs startup ecosystem, the startup ecosystem is connected to you.
For about the last 75 years, Boston has been a pretty good place to start a company, get venture capital funding, hire people, and grow â whether youâre a Moderna making vaccines or a tech startup like Toast, making it possible for people to use their mobile phones to order take-out.