Greenlight Maine names 44 quarterfinalists to vie for $100,000 prize in entrepreneur contest
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Greenlight Maine, an upcoming weekly TV show in which Maine entrepreneurs can vie to win a minimum prize of $100,000, said it has named 44 quarterfinalists that will compete to move on to the next stage of the competition, where they will be pared to 26 semifinalists.
“The applicants were really high quality and there were a really high number of them for a short period,” Jess Knox, founder of Maine Startup & Create Week, told Mainebiz. “We’re really excited about the geographic reach of the companies, from Kittery and Berwick to Madawaska and Caribou.” Entrants had to be Maine residents, he said.
Knox told Mainebiz earlier that the quarterfinalists will pitch in person on June 27 in Portland during Maine Startup & Create Week, which started Monday.
The final 26 will then move on to the TV show, which will be in a format similar to ABC's "Shark Tank." It will launch on WCSH6 and WLBZ2 on Sept. 12 and run through 2016.
Among the quarterfinalists is Portland-based Rapport IO, a sustainability software company that recently won the Top Gun Showcase $10,000 prize and was selected as a semifinalist in a regional cleantech business competition.
There were 86 total entries, Knox said. The entries came via initial registration on GreenlightMaine.com and subsequent online and live casting call events.
Greenlight Maine partnered with Knox, Blackstone Accelerates Growth and Don Gooding, executive director of Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development, for the initial selection process.
Greenlight Maine is the brainchild of Portland Media Group, a custom content and production company founded by Brian Corcoran, who also is president of Shamrock Sports & Entertainment; Nat Thompson, former president of Maine Radio and Television Co. and former owner/producer at WCSH6; and Con Fullam, an executive TV producer and music composer.
Here is Greenlight Maine's list of 44 quarterfinalists:
Beltane Solar, founded by Steve Musica, Brunswick
Bevy, founded by Greg Thayer, Portland
Bixby & Co., founded by Kate McAleer, Rockland
Blue Ox Malthouse, founded by Joel Alex, Lisbon Falls
Casco Bay Butter, founded by Alicia Menard and Jennell Carter, Scarborough
Cerahelix, founded by Susan MacKay, Orono
Chimani, founded by Kerry Gallivan, Portland
Composimold, founded by Stan Farrell, Manchester
Course Storm, founded by Matt James, Orono
Cupie, founded by Bill Ernst, Camden
DemerBox, founded by James Demer and Jayson Lobozzo, Portland
Double Blue Sports Analytics, founded by Dan Kerluke, Orono
Downeast Dayboat, founded by Togue Brawn, Portland
Eagre Interactive, founded by Chuck Carter, Orono
Easy Buckle, founded by Michael Doyle, Falmouth
Finest Kind Tea, founded by Jay Lombard, Portland
Flow Fold, founded by Charley Friedman, Portland
Fluid Farms, founded by Tyler Gaudet and Jackson McLeod, Portland
Garbage to Garden, founded by Kendall Hinkley, Portland
Gimme Shelter, founded by Rosie Curtis, Camden
Good To-Go, founded by Jennifer Scism, Kittery
Hot-Tubes, founded by Bill Zelman, South Portland
KindHarvest, founded by Michael Duffy, South Portland
Lakonia Greek Products, founded by Melissa Rioux, from Saco
Mad Gabs, founded by Gabrielle Melchionda, Westbrook
Maine Makers Crate, founded by Nicole Crandall, Portland
MedRhythms, founded by Owen McCarthy, from Cape Elizabeth
Memory Lane, founded by Alban Maino, Portland
Mingle Analytics, founded by Daniel Mingle, Paris
Northern Maine Distilling Co., founded by Scott Galbiati, Brewer
PakPod, founded by Steve Underwood, Orono
Pemaquid Mussel Farm, founded by Carter Newell, Damariscotta
Rapport IO, founded by John Rooks, Portland
Revolution Research, founded by Alexander Chasse, Orono
RockStep Solutions, founded by Chuck Donnelly, Bar Harbor
Saco River Dyehouse, founded by Claudia Raessler, Biddeford
Sensible Smiles, founded by Joann Moulton, Hanover
Sephone Interactive Media, founded by Kelly Cotiaux, Bangor
STARC Systems, founded by Chris MacKenzie, Brunswick
Team AR, founded by Chuck Benton, Brunswick
Tip Whip, founded by Spencer Wood, Old Town
Wanu, founded by Jordan Nathan, (location unspecified)
Wicked Water Graphics, founded by Dave Kelso, Madawaska
Zeomatrix, led by Emma Wilson, Orono
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