Case Studies
MTI Has Helped Maine Small Businesses Secure Millions of Dollars of Competitive Federal Funding
Mix medicinal plants with scientific research
Success is where inspiration, preparation and opportunity meet. –Edie Johnston, Founder & Owner of Eldertide, LLC Optimizing human health by integrating herbal traditions with scientific research. From the moment scientist Edie Johnston had the vision to use native elderberries for medicinal purposes, she knew she had to further explore the idea. Her initial…
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Enabling information access for everyone
“The majority of accessibility challenges faced by blind folks are due to information loss, not vision loss” says Giudice, who is himself congenitally blind, “what we are developing at UNAR will go a long way to solving these challenges.” Changing the lives of visually-impaired people by enabling digital information access Everyone should have…
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Peregrine Turbine Technologies, LLC
Making green energy a reality
Maine Technology Institute is the sole entity in the state of Maine whose purpose is to promote and advance the objectives of technology companies like Peregrine. MTI is a much needed and vital organization for the future health of technology companies in the state. –David Stapp, CEO and CTO, Peregrine Turbine…
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web-based team building games
MTI’s investment has helped to expand our product and feature offerings, increase our revenue, enter new markets and grow our team. MTI funding has given us time to better identify our product/market fit as well as try out numerous marketing strategies to more effectively target our market. –Daniel G. Stephens, CEO/founder GoodGames Combatting zoom…
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Made-in-Maine blast-proof military walls
MTI’s support led to the creation of new advanced manufacturing and engineering jobs in Brewer, Maine that never existed in the region. Throughout Compotech’s journey, MTI played a key role in awarding multiple grants to support business development activities related to R&D proposal preparation, equipment purchase, and international sales. –Paul Melrose, co-founder, Compotech Manufacturing…
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Diversified seaweed products
MTI provides a unique range of funding opportunities that have enabled investments in essential infrastructure, research, development, new partnerships, and non-profit educational and training efforts to accelerate the development of seaweed aquaculture in Maine and beyond. –Andrea “Trey” Angera, General Counsel, Springtide Seaweed, LLC Research and technology diversifies this seaweed business The ocean…
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Biofuel rockets
I’m not aware of other organizations in other states that are so open to innovation as MTI. –Sascha Deri, CEO, bluShift Aerospace Making Maine a space travel destination Sascha Deri was trying to get his aerospace company off the ground — literally and figuratively — but was having issues. At the time, he…
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Helping get pharmaceutical drugs to market faster
This innovation can literally save lives. Some people can’t wait an extra year or two for a treatment to be approved. They can’t afford to be on a clinical trial that fails. That’s what motivates us — and we wouldn’t be able to do any of it without the SBIR program and MTI….
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Developing clean energy solutions
The Maine Technology Institute has been incredibly helpful to Pika, and in fact were a big part of why we felt comfortable building the company here in Maine. –Ben Polito, President and Co-Founder From energy startup to industry innovator For generations, Mainers have made a living from the rich abundance of natural resources…
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Leveraging federal funding to fast track R&D
Know your market as well as you know your technology. One of the common reasons companies fall short is they are focused too much on the technology and not nearly enough on the market. –Robin Goodwin, CEO Web Tension Control Leads Beyond Maine The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business…
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