Accelerating Maine Innovation
MTI offers grants, loans, equity investments, and services to businesses, organizations, and entrepreneurs to support Maine’s innovation economy.
Don’t Miss: Startup Maine and MTI Portfolio Showcase Event (November 13 – Rockport)
Connect. Collaborate. Celebrate Maine innovation. Thursday, November 13, 2025 | 4:30–6:30 PM | Pascal Hall, 86 Pascal Ave, Rockport, ME
Join Maine Technology Institute and Startup Maine for an evening of networking, inspiration, and local flavor in the heart of Rockport. This free community event brings together entrepreneurs, innovators, and local business leaders to celebrate Maine’s vibrant startup ecosystem.
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Innovator Spotlight
Discover how Maine innovators are changing the world with MTI’s help.
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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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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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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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MTI’s support gave Kind Mind the ability to bootstrap while growing with intention. It allowed us to strengthen our product through real customer feedback, build a team to support our next phase of growth, and work with experienced mentors to develop a strategy in areas where we needed guidance but didn’t yet have…
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Meet John Karp: Helping Maine’s innovators reach new heights
From nuclear submarines to America’s Cup yachts to handcrafted guitars, John Karp’s career has spanned industries, continents, and technologies. Today, as Executive in Residence at the Maine Technology Institute (MTI), and Interim Executive Director of the Maine Space Corporation, Karp brings that same inventive spirit to helping entrepreneurs turn bright ideas into thriving Maine businesses….
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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