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More than half of the graduates of the Roux Institute at Northeastern's inaugural class have jobs at Maine-based employers. Photo by Billie Weiss for Northeastern University

The future of Maine is now with first Roux Institute at Northeastern graduates

PORTLAND, Maine—The inaugural class of the Roux Institute at Northeastern walked the Commencement stage on Friday. President Joseph E. Aoun, as well as the institute’s founders, Maine’s governor, and Portland’s mayor, offered words of encouragement during a ceremony focused on the future of Maine and Northeastern’s entrepreneurial endeavors.

by Cody Mello-Klein June 10, 2022

A silhouette of two men shacking hands against the background of windows facing the ocean.

Maine Venture Fund makes three-year commitment to support startups at The Roux Institute

Maine’s largest state-sponsored venture capital firm is allocating as much as $250,000 annually over the next three years to invest in the businesses coming out of The Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator, an immersive entrepreneurship program that works with startups.

by Ian Thomsen March 29, 2022

The scene at the Roux Institute Demo Day.

Startups pitch high-tech baby bottle warmer, rent payment ideas, and more to investors

Ten startups pitched their services to more than 100 potential investors at the first annual Demo Day, a culmination of the inaugural Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator—an intensive entrepreneurship program that has been working with the companies at the Roux Institute at Northeastern University in Portland, Maine, for the past three months.

by Ian Thomsen December 10, 2021

Roux Institute teams up with Techstars to help incubate startups in Maine

Ten startup companies have moved into the headquarters of the Roux Institute in Portland, Maine, where they are engaging in an intensive 13-week partnership with Techstars that is designed to grow high-tech businesses that will attract investors and strengthen the regional economy.

by Ian Thomsen September 14, 2021

The Roux Institute is partnering with Techstars, a leading global network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Photo by Tim Greenway for Northeastern University

Northeastern’s Roux Institute launches an accelerator program in Portland, Maine

The Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator is an immersive entrepreneurship program to help startups grow their businesses, attract investors, build partnerships, and strengthen the regional economy. The Roux Institute is partnering with Techstars, a leading accelerator provider and global network that helps entrepreneurs succeed.

by Ian Thomsen February 22, 2021

picture of protestors clashing with federal agents in Portland in July

How 9/11 and the US Civil War provided the framework for federal agents in Portland

Reconstruction-era jurisdiction changes, coupled with national security legislation passed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks provide the framework for federal presence in Portland, Oregon and other U.S. cities, says Northeastern law professor Michael Meltsner.

by Molly Callahan July 31, 2020

Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern (right), joined with David and Barbara Roux, the visionaries behind the Roux Institute at Northeastern, on Monday at an opening presentation in Portland, Maine. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Introducing the Roux Institute at Northeastern University

PORTLAND, Maine—In a sun-splashed showroom of glass walls perched on the edge of a scenic pier from which, in another time, Mainers were ferried to Nova Scotia and back, Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern, and technology entrepreneur David Roux on Monday unveiled their vision of the future for Portland, Maine, and northern New England to a standing-room crowd of business, government, and education leaders.

by Ian Thomsen January 27, 2020

Portland, Maine. Edwin Remsberg / VWPics via AP Images

‘This is a big deal’

How will the future be shaped? Will it be driven by artificial intelligence? Life sciences? Entrepreneurs? Civic leaders? Academia? Now, think about all of them…

by Adam Fischer and Benjamin Bertsch January 27, 2020

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