The four startups will be:
True North Beauty (Milo, Maine) a skincare products company.Herbal Revolution (Lincolnville, Maine) produces herbal tonics and elixirs.Parkupine (Norfolk, VA) a mobile app that allows parking-space owners to rent their spaces to other drivers.Sofia Fima (Lewiston, ME) a handbag designer based in Lewiston.
Founder Dianna Pozdniakov, founder of Sofia Fima, and Katheryn Langelier, founder of Herbal Revolution, both participated in the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development’s Top Gun program this year and both made it to the final Showcase event. Scratchpad launched in Bangor in 2015 and worked with a single cohort of four startups before taking a two-year hiatus. In August, it announced that it would relaunch this fall with a new focus on female entrepreneurs, which will be a first in Maine. Participants in Scratchpad will have access to up to $1 million in perks and in-kind services through the Global Accelerator Network. Read more about emerging startups in Maine at TechCo The post Scratchpad Accelerator names cohort of female-owned companies appeared first on Maine Startups Insider.
