Success Stories

Mainers have always been inventive, clever, resourceful, and creative. We have a name for it: Yankee ingenuity. Without question, Maine workers and entrepreneurs enjoy a well-earned reputation for originality, and possess an unrivaled and legendary work-ethic.

Since 1999, MTI has worked with these Maine pioneers and innovators to help grow world-renowned research organizations like Jackson Laboratory, Bigelow Laboratory, and Mount Desert Island Biological Labs and have funded diverse projects leading to innovations in gene sequencing and ocean microbial systems, guitar and surf board manufacturing, vodka from Maine potatoes, algae cultivation and eel aquaculture, to name a few.

Our programs help innovators accelerate progress to the market, leverage additional private and public investment, and ultimately, expand their economic impact in Maine.

Please check out these examples of MTI success stories

SimKit MERC success

SimKit

Portable medical simulation training

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Diggables

Healthy Savory Snacks from Maine

Roots Up

Self-Soothing Tools for Children

Bixby Chocolate

Bixby & Co

Bean to bar chocolate in Maine

SledTRX

SledTRX

Mapping snowmobile and ATV paths

Shaw & Tenney

Shaw & Tenney

Traditionally crafted oars since 1858

Eldertide

Eldertide, LLC

Integrating medicinal plants with scientific research

ReMo

ReMo

Empowering literacy educators

Blue Ox success story

Blue Ox Malthouse

Innovative malting keeps brews local

Juneberry

Juneberry

Smokeless, all-natural campfires

Revidia Therapeutics

Revidia Therapeutics, Inc.

Unlocking our innate regenerative powers

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Reconnect, Inc

Technology for treatment programs and courts

UNAR Labs

UNAR Labs

Enabling information access for everyone

Hussey Seating Company

Hussey Seating Company

Innovating manufacturing in Southern Maine

North Spore LLC

North Spore LLC

Grow food from wood

Peregrine Turbine

Peregrine Turbine Technologies, LLC

Making green energy a reality

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GoodGames

web-based team building games

Acadian Composite Materials

Acadian Composite Materials

Revolutionary building material system

Maine Center for Entrepreneurs

Maine Center for Entrepreneurs

Empowering Maine entrepreneurs

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Covetrus

Innovative global animal health company

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Bookclubs

A better book club experience

Maine Space Grant

Maine Space Grant Consortium

Helping Maine join the new space economy

Nyle Systems

Nyle Systems, LLC

Heat pump-driven, energy-saving products

Pumpspotting

Innovative support for breastfeeding mothers

Bourgeois Guitars, LLC

High-end acoustic guitars

DuraBike

DuraBike

Durable police bikes

Peaks Renewables Cow

Peaks Renewables

Renewable Natural Gas Facility

SingingPastures

Singing Pastures

Pasture-raised pork and meat sticks

Huga heat

Hüga Heat

Rechargeable heated cushions

Compotech

Compotech

Made-in-Maine blast-proof military walls

All-in-one cybersecurity platform

Defendify

All-in-one cybersecurity platform

Standard Biocarbo

Standard Biocarbon

Converting forestry waste into Biochar

Lyman Morse Boat builder

Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding

Innovating boatbuilding craftsmanship

Springtide Seaweed

Springtide Seaweed

Diversified seaweed products

American Unagi

American Unagi

Maine’s first land-based eel aquaculture facility

Springworks

Springworks Farm

Aquaponic lettuce farming

HighByte

HighByte

Industrial DataOps Software

Marin Skincare

Skincare products

Blushift Aerospace

bluShift Aerospace

Biofuel rockets

Jennifer Scism

Good To-Go

Gourmet meals for the great outdoors

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Fresh Chemistry

Skincare made with fresh ingredients

Remo

LiteracyTech

Data management for educators

Running Tide

Running Tide

Carbon sequestration

Monoclonals

Improving rapid testing for rare diseases

Maine Grain Alliance

Maine Grain Alliance

Building small, local grain economies

medrhythms

MedRhythms

Pioneering the treatment for brain injuries

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Flowfold

Innovating to help during COVID

Rockstep Solutions

RockStep Solutions

Helping get pharmaceutical drugs to market faster

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Tilson

Improving our information infrastructure

MousamValleyMushrooms

Mousam Valley Mushrooms

Technology to help small farms compete