Accelerating Maine Innovation
MTI offers grants, loans, equity investments, and services to businesses, organizations, and entrepreneurs to support Maine’s innovation economy.
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Innovator Spotlight
Discover how Maine innovators are changing the world with MTI’s help.
A Cleaner Solution for a Better Planet
Reporting is clear and manageable – something that’s often a pain point with grants – but MTI strikes a great balance by keeping things streamlined while still maintaining strong oversight and due diligence. MTI is truly fantastic to work with! –Katie Weiler, Founder & CEO, Viable Gear With almost 400 million metric tons…
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MTI is one of the friendliest investors that a Maine company can hope to work with. –Tony Paine, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, HighByte Inside HighByte: Helping Manufacturers Make Sense of Their Data In many manufacturing environments, important data is spread across machines, systems, and software that don’t easily work together. When teams can’t…
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By turning complex data into clear, decision-ready intelligence, Apriqot is strengthening Maine’s public health system, enabling faster, more coordinated, and more effective responses across agencies and communities. –Ken Shapiro, CEO, Apriqot Turning Fragmented Data Into Actionable Insight Apriqot is reshaping how public health leaders understand and respond to community needs. Founded in 2023, the…
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Maine has not only supported our development — it has embraced our vision and positioned us to scale globally from right here in the state. – Michael Odokara-Okigbo, CEO, ESM Global Productions / NKENNE Turning a Cultural Gap Into a Scalable Solution ESM Global, a Maine-based IT consultancy, saw a gap that few others…
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MTI’s Recent Updates
Spring Updates: Startup Maine Week, Life Sciences Center Updates, and More
As the saying goes about March weather – in like a lion out like a lamb – and that certainly seems to be the trend and a most welcome one at that! March also happens to be busy with events and opportunities. First and foremost, we are excited to announce we will once again partner…
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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