Accelerating Maine Innovation
MTI offers grants, loans, equity investments, and services to businesses, organizations, and entrepreneurs to support Maine’s innovation economy.
NEW: MTI Office Hours!
Have questions about MTI funding or programs? Curious to know what we fund?
MTI Office Hours give entrepreneurs and businesses a chance to connect with the MTI team, learn about business innovation funding and other programs, what we fund, and what we are looking for from applicants as well as ask questions specific to their business — without submitting an interest form first.
Come with questions. Leave with a clearer sense of your next step with MTI.
Office Hours Schedule
11/06/2026 – 08/06/2027
Two opportunities to join us virtually via Zoom each month. Register for each session you wish to attend. Sign up for an upcoming session.
Register here for a 10AM first Friday of the month session.
Register here for a 12PM third Wednesday of the month session.
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Innovator Spotlight
Discover how Maine innovators are changing the world with MTI’s help.
Building Fast, Reliable PFAS Testing to Support Critical Decisions
The major advantage to opening a business in Maine is that the small business community is extremely supportive. Once you ask for help, you will find there are several different resources you could tap into for that help. –Katie Richards, CEO, Maine Laboratories LLC Founded in 2022, Maine Laboratories has quickly become a…
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Fishermen have told us they’re grateful that we’re offering a solution-oriented, respectful approach to diversification instead of the doom and gloom that defines so many news stories about the lobstering industry. –Charlie Walsh, Co-founder & CTO, Seascale For generations, Maine’s lobster fishermen have been the backbone of the state’s coastal economy. Yet as the…
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The Maine start-up ecosystem is absolutely on fire! It’s super-dynamic and brings together like-minded people who simply want to help grow the Maine economy and workforce while solving some important problems. –Tim Seavey, CEO, WellSort Tackling the Wellbeing Crisis with a Ground-Up Solution Mental health challenges have reached critical levels among students and employees…
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MTI’s resources allowed us to develop a clear product vision, improve our marketing and financial strategy, and prepare for larger funding opportunities. –Kachina Miller, Founder/CEO From Kitchen Chaos to Creative Community When Kachina Miller tried to plan meals for her busy family, she found herself juggling spreadsheets, screenshots, and text threads full of…
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MTI’s Recent Updates
MTI November Updates: Innovation Milestones and What’s Ahead
After an extended stretch of summer-like weather, it seems November has returned us to fall. I am excited to announce some staff promotions here at MTI starting with Bianca Kowal who has been promoted to Director of Operations, a position which runs MTI’s day-to-day functions (marketing, office management, vendor and consultant relationships, and internal processes),…
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Maine has a wealth of programs and resources—MTI included—that really make it possible for first time entrepreneurs and small businesses to go from an idea to a fully fledged commercial business.
–Joel Alex, Founder, Blue Ox Malthouse