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Grants paid by Maine Technology Institute, tax year 2023
EIN 01-0529871 · Portland, ME · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE B29
In tax year 2023, Maine Technology Institute (EIN 01-0529871) reported 243 grants paid totaling $30,692,143. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2023
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Standard Biocarbon Corporation Portland, ME | A | $934,300 | paid | Fund Request for Labor costs Associated with Narrow Project Start-Up Window Caused in Part by COVID related delays | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Defendify Portland, ME | A | $530,000 | paid | Defendify, Inc. Response Plan due to Negative Economic Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Springworks Farm Maine Inc Lisbon, ME | A | $530,000 | paid | At Springworks Farm, we believe Maine has the potential to become a leader in leafy greens production. To make this a reality, we are adding an additional 500,000 square feet of additional grow space over the next five years. The first phase of this expansion is Greenhouse #4, which will help us meet retail demand, create quality jobs, and increase access to organic local lettuce. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Nyle Systems LLC Brewer, ME | A | $449,167 | paid | Pandemic Recovery Plan | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Coursestorm Inc Orono, ME | A | $440,000 | paid | Investment made to accelerate growth and attract, upskill and retain staff. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Reconnect Inc Cumberland, ME | A | $437,467 | paid | Scaling and build foundation for our largest customer (the 3rd largest county in the U.S.) | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Highbyte Inc Portland, ME | A | $400,000 | paid | Retention and Recruitment Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | The Montalvo Corporation Gorham, ME | A | $396,667 | paid | COVID 19 Pandemic Recovery Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | North Spore LLC Portland, ME | A | $373,333 | paid | Infrastructure and supply chain improvements for post-pandemic resiliency | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | David Saunders Inc S Portland, ME | A | $373,333 | paid | Automation for process efficiencies and job creation/retention. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Caron Engineering Inc Wells, ME | A | $373,333 | paid | We plan to use these funds for four core initiatives at our company. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Deep Water Buoyancy Biddeford, ME | A | $366,667 | paid | high volume automated mixer purchase | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Auburn Manufacturing Inc Mechanic Falls, ME | A | $360,000 | paid | Upgrade of AMI facilities and add/improve its skilled workforce to meet Defense Industrial Base demand | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Origin Bjj LLC Farmington, ME | A | $360,000 | paid | Additional Hires: 2022 Year-End Headcount vs 2021 Year End Headcount: 30 x $50,000 Average Loaded Cost = $1,500,000Investments in New Processing Equipment: New looms to supplement/replace decades old machinery (quote provided) $159,825Automated fabric spreader (quote provided) $65,590Expansion of medical insurance program (to include dental and vision coverage) $24,390 | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Grover Gundilling LLC Oxford, ME | A | $346,667 | paid | COVID Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Arkatechture Inc Portland, ME | A | $346,667 | paid | Expand Hiring & Develop a New Training Program to Grow & Sustain Go-to-Market, Product Development & Delivery Capacity | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Yale Cordage Inc Saco, ME | A | $346,667 | paid | PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Polymer Laboratories & Solutions LLC Portland, ME | A | $333,333 | paid | Next Generation Polyurethane Molded Parts Production Equipment to Support US Army Warfighters | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | University of Maine Orono, ME | A | $328,605 | paid | Vision & Roadmap for Maine's Forest Sector | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Bookclubz Inc Camden, ME | A | $322,867 | paid | We plan to utilize this $200,000 grant to increase our ad sales revenue to 20% in the next 12 months and build the foundation for a 100% jump in ad sales revenue in 2023. Well use the funding as following:$150,000 (salary and benefits) to hire a full-time ad-sales director $25,000 (salary) to hire a part-time ad-ops manager $23,000 to give a 12% raise to our current sales manager and chief revenue officer $2,000 to establish a 401k program for all Bookclubz employees | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Brooklin Boat Yard Inc Brooklin, ME | A | $320,000 | paid | Brooklin Boat Yard Innovation Upgrade | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Competitive Energy Services LLC Portland, ME | A | $317,250 | paid | Energy & Sustainability Data Services | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Bourgeois Guitars LLC Lewiston, ME | A | $316,973 | paid | The PLEK is a specialized CNC machine designed to optimize every element that contributes to a guitars playability. Its functions include milling highly complex geometric fretboard surfaces, leveling and shaping frets, and calibrating the height of nut slots and saddle heights. Efficiencies gained by incorporating PLEK technology and other automations into our manufacturing system are critical to our growth plan of tripling revenue in the next 3 years and doubling our workforce to 60 full time, benefitted jobs by 2029. We are seeking MTI matching core grant funding to help us bring this technology to Maine. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Alakazam Inc Portland, ME | A | $310,000 | paid | Applicant has yet to launch their 3d web metaverse platform but has revenue through their consulting/professional services in the same field and provided two LOIs from potential customers for when their product launches. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Steel-Pro Inc Rockland, ME | A | $306,667 | paid | Production Optimization Purchase Heavy Duty Internal Seam Grinding System aka Polisher to increase output capacity of a specific product for the biopharmaceutical market sector. This equipment will allow us to dedicate a space to automate a task that is typically manual and requires a fair amount of skill and turn it into a task that requires less space and hands on involvement from our employees. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | The Baker Company Sanford, ME | A | $306,667 | paid | COVID 19 Pandemic Recovery Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Casco Bay Molding Ltd Sanford, ME | A | $306,667 | paid | Casco Bay Molding (Casco), started in Sanford in 2000, has grown into an FDA Registered, ISO 13485 Certified product development and manufacturing company specializing in silicone rubber and thermoplastic medical devices as well as consumer & industrial component parts and products. In 2015 we invested in a joint venture tool and mold shop and in 2021 reinvested in a mold only Casco owned mold shop enhancing our product development capabilities.In the 4th quarter of 2021, as the effects of the pandemic waned, its after effects of raw material (silicone) shortages, labor availability/rates and spike in raw material costs hit our profitability quite hard. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | North End Composites LLC Rockland, ME | A | $306,667 | paid | Pandemic Recovery Funding for Hiring and Retention and Manufacturing Efficiencies | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Hyperlite Mountain Gear Inc Biddeford, ME | A | $299,000 | paid | Marketing and R&D Enhancement | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Farming Fungi LLC Sanford, ME | A | $293,333 | paid | For COVID Pandemic Response Plan | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Dream Local Digital Ltd Thomaston, ME | A | $290,000 | paid | SkillsBuilder Marketing Coach program launch & New Market Development | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Maine Space Grant Consortium Augusta, ME | A | $283,749 | paid | In the current MTI Investment, we complete the strategic plan for the Maine Space Complex (see Attachment A). As the result of the planning effort, we identified additional work that would lead to a stronger foundation for the Complex, lead to more significant benefits to the state than what would not have been possible under the current strategic plan. This additional work would facilitate more opportunities and economic growth for the Complex and the state of Maine. The first need is to secure new business opportunities for industries in the new Space Economy and the Maine Space Complex. The second need is to continue engagement with communities and stakeholders in conversation regarding the Maine Space Complex to ensure that the value proposition is clear and moving toward adoption. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Ocean Renewable Power Company Portland, ME | A | $280,000 | paid | order the manufacturing and delivery of a generator and driveline to expedite the assembly/lead time in anticipation of upcoming closing agreements with a next-in-the-pipeline customer, a municipality in Patagonia, Chile. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory Salisbury Cove, ME | A | $280,000 | paid | Advancing Drug Discovery in Maine | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Lifethereal LLC Gorham, ME | A | $280,000 | paid | COVID Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Rockstep Solutions Inc Portland, ME | A | $280,000 | paid | STEM job opportunities for Maine | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Biddeford Internet Corp Biddeford, ME | A | $280,000 | paid | Metaswitch Project - Virtualize Entire Phone Switch Infrastructure | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Sea Bags Inc Portland, ME | A | $266,667 | paid | invest in additional equipment and staff to double our output in the next three years. Covid Pandemic Recovery | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Nbt Solutions Llcvetro Portland, ME | A | $266,667 | paid | Additional Hires and Enhanced compensation, benefits or training for existing employees | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Pk Floats Lincoln, ME | A | $260,000 | paid | Natural Resources Protection Aircraft Development | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Myhealthmath LLC Portland, ME | A | $260,000 | paid | Pandemic Recovery Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Constant Energy Capital Management Inc Falmouth, ME | A | $260,000 | paid | Fintech platform feature delivery and customer onboarding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Tis Brewer LLC Troy, NY | A | $260,000 | paid | High Definition Five Axis CNC Plasma Table | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Maine Wood Turning Inc New Vineyard, ME | A | $253,333 | paid | We plan to upgrade our bolter saw operation in our sawmill from 1970s technology to current. Included will be a Custom Resaw and Return system, gang saws, and conveyor systems in and out of the saw area. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Kennebec Technologies Augusta, ME | A | $250,000 | paid | COVID Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Roux Institute Boston, MA | A | $250,000 | paid | Future of Healthcare Founder Residency | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Maine Plywood USA Bingham, ME | A | $250,000 | paid | help put all this machinery back together and accelerate the start of the plywood plant. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Ready Seafood Co Saco, ME | A | $240,000 | paid | Power Delivery to a Rural Maine Lobster Business | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Kinotek LLC Portland, ME | A | $240,000 | paid | COVID Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Penobscot Mccrum LLC Washburn, ME | A | $238,000 | paid | Dual Fuel Boiler System purchase | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Hurricane Island Foundation Rockland, ME | A | $230,000 | paid | Completing Construction on Pen Bay's First Offshore Marine Research Facility | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Compotech Inc Brewer, ME | A | $230,000 | paid | Workforce Development for Composite Manufacturing | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | William M Lowe Inc Rockland, ME | A | $230,000 | paid | CNC Purchase & Employment Expansion | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Omnic Data Inc Brunswick, ME | A | $230,000 | paid | Forge Accelerated Rolout Project | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Esm Global Products LLC Portland, ME | A | $228,208 | paid | Elevating ESM Global IT services and Launching ESM's African Language Learning product, NKENNE | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | American Roots Wear Westbrook, ME | A | $226,667 | paid | Advancement Program for long-term sustainability | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Lyman Morse Boatbuilding Thomaston, ME | A | $226,667 | paid | Covid Pandemic Recovery Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Thermoformed Plastics of Ne LLC Biddeford, ME | A | $220,000 | paid | Invest in new molding machineOn our heavy gauge side of our business, we are quoting a 4 month plus lead time. Customers are barely accepting of those dates now but by the end of the year it would be unacceptable. They will find another vendor not as good but at least theyll get parts.We need a larger format molding machine that can pressure form (cost for machine, rigging and installation is estimated to be $240K).Promote our production coordinator to GMIn May 2021 we hired Kim Caldwell to be the GM so Paul could focus 80% on sales. Unfortunately just as Kim started, our production coordinator resigned for medical reasons. Kim assumed the production coordinator role and in early 2022 began taking on some of the GM responsibilities which has begun freeing Paul to focus on sales. Q1 2022 sales are up 53% over last year and net profit is up 144%. We want to continue the shift of moving Kim into the role of GM and Paul into sales.We recently gave Kim a $15K raise bringing h | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Atx Advisory LLC Biddeford, ME | A | $220,000 | paid | Caliper is a fully managed Business Analytics platform that delivers cutting edge analytics to middle market companies. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Muscongus Bay Aquaculture Inc Bremen, ME | A | $216,000 | paid | Funding to help Pandemic Recovery | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Robin a Crawford & Son Woods Co Inc Lincoln, ME | A | $216,000 | paid | ARPA Forestry Pandemic Recovery | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | T&d Wood Energy LLC Sanford, ME | A | $214,208 | paid | Securing raw material supply and attracting talent from outside Maine to double pellet production from pre-pandemic levels. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Hawkin Dynamics Inc Westbrook, ME | A | $210,000 | paid | COVID Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Historyit Inc South Portland, ME | A | $210,000 | paid | Employee Expansion & Retention, Supply Chain Assistance | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Global Secure Shipping Orono, ME | A | $210,000 | paid | Help with the Negative Economic Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Starc Systems Inc Brunswick, ME | A | $207,500 | paid | unbudgeted cash need due to COVID supply chain disruptions | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Zootility Co Portland, ME | A | $200,000 | paid | Scaling Precision Manufacturing by Using Software Automation and Hiring Laser Technicians | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Tide Mill Organic Farm LLC Edmunds Twp, ME | A | $200,000 | paid | Securing and expanding production, processing, and distribution channels for organic poultry in Downeast Maine. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Good to-Go LLC Kittery, ME | A | $195,000 | paid | At Good To-Go we create and manufacture all-natural, shelf-stable dehydrated meals. Sold in re-sealable pouches, all you need to do is add boiling water to the bag, wait a few minutes and then your meals are ready to eat. Our unique process, where we dry entire meals, not just ingredients, imparts the food with the intrinsic texture and flavor you would expect from a restaurant quality meal. Our dryers, originally designed for kiln drying for the lumber industry, are made in Maine by Nyle Systems. After extensive testing, we determined the dryer would be essential for our process. It slowly dries the food, blowing hot air over our trays and then directing the air over refrigeration coils. The coils allow the moisture in the air to condensate, rather than accumulating excess stream. We are seeking funding to increase our production capacity by purchasing more drying equipment. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Mobile Price Card Inc Bangor, ME | A | $193,333 | paid | funds to directly mitigate the damages caused by the pandemic over the last 2 years | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Senscio Systems Inc Harvard, MA | A | $192,467 | paid | Pandemic Recovery Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Mathematics and Problem Solving LLC Portland, ME | A | $190,000 | paid | Covid Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Quoddy Inc Lewiston, ME | A | $190,000 | paid | purchasing machinery, personnel and materials in order to move production of products currently made with a manufacturing partner within the Dominican Republic to our Lewiston facility as well as cover increases in volume expected in the remainder of 2022 and beyond. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Go Lab Inc Belfast, ME | A | $190,000 | paid | essential equipment investment and human resource development | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Blue Ox Malthouse LLC Lisbon Falls, ME | A | $186,667 | paid | Process Improvements and Capacity Expansion | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Nikel Precision Group LLC Biddeford, ME | A | $186,667 | paid | Development of a digital operator system program | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Genotyping Center of America LLC Ellsworth, ME | A | $186,667 | paid | Help with the Negative Economic Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Sawyer Enterprises LLC Cumberland, ME | A | $180,000 | paid | Investments in new processing equipment or labor-saving devices ; Additional hires ; Enhanced compensation, benefits or training for existing employees | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Circle B Farms LLC Caribou, ME | A | $173,333 | paid | Hydrocooler purchase | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Abierto Networks LLC York, ME | A | $173,333 | paid | Our innovative and added value service entails marketing and bringing value to a newly developed LG transparent LED thin film targeted at the digital display needs of convenience store retailers. The film is transparent from inside the store, yet provides a medium for dynamic and eye catching graphics which attract customers to visit the store and improves retailer sell through and profitability. This technology application will replace paper and stick on signs (a very large market) that are static and must be changed frequently. Abierto Networks, through an MOU which forms the basis for a contract in process, has the exclusive right to advance this technology to all major N. American convenience store retailers. Helping to enable this will be Abierto's dynamic content software engine and graphic design development expertise. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Talus Corporation Portland, ME | A | $173,333 | paid | COVID 19 Pandemic Recovery Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Herbal Revolution Farm & Apothecary Union, ME | A | $173,333 | paid | Development of a Farm to Medicine Project | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Medrhythms Inc Portland, ME | A | $170,000 | paid | Covid Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Maine Wood Heat Co Inc Skowhegan, ME | A | $166,667 | paid | While this growth has been steady, we have developed capabilities for far more value added products and services. To pursue these, we have formed Maine Metalcraft which can fabricate many highly advanced metal products of steel, iron and non ferrous metals such as stainless steel, brass, copper and aluminum. To effectively pursue this, we must hire six people over the project length of three years, and retain highly skilled workers by pay and benefit adjustments plus purchase the proper equipment to undertake more of this work as well as present work more efficiently. CNC sheet metal machines, automated welders and cutters are all on this list of needed equipment. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | The Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor LLC Boothbay Harbor, ME | A | $161,415 | paid | Composite construction for the Southport 30 | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Tiny Homes of Maine LLC Houlton, ME | A | $150,000 | paid | Funds will be used to purchase precision manufacturing equipment needed, hire and train employees. COVID 19 Pandemic Recovery Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Accelera Biddeford, ME | A | $150,000 | paid | A spectrum of random frequencies technology is the basis of the SR-100 wearable device. It delivers gentle, random vibrations to muscles to improve the wearers ability to control their movements. The SR-100, a signal is applied in the form of gentle mechanical stimuli (i.e., vibrations), which aids the body's proprioceptive and sensorimotor system due to the electrical nature of the information transfer in sensory neurons. Low-level electrical noise signals can cause small changes in receptor transmembrane potentials. Transmembrane potentials are vital for sending messages to and from the central nervous systems. This makes neurons more likely to fire an action potential in the presence of a weak signal, thus enabling the intended limb movement or action of the user. You can think of this as a step stool or pedestal to help you reach things on an upper shelf. The stimulation simply assists with the natural neurological function. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Downeast Institute for Applied Research Beals, ME | A | $148,895 | paid | Developing Hatchery Production of the Atlantic Sea Scallop, Placopecten magellanicus. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Nearpeer Inc Portland, ME | A | $146,667 | paid | Accelerating growth and increasing stability amid the pandemic's aftershocks | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Tjh Management Freeport, ME | A | $140,000 | paid | Talent Aquisition | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Blushift Aerospace Inc Brunswick, ME | A | $133,333 | paid | We are seeking funds to help maintain the current payroll, compensate for past and future additional teamshortages due to Covid, extreme delays by suppliers that caused bluShift to burn through cash in maintainingpayroll while awaiting critical components.We also need to increase our employees' pay to help retain our current employees in the current hot hiringmarket. Our employees are experiencing significant financial pressures due to inflation thats been sparked bythe epidemic. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Bixby & Co Belfast, ME | A | $126,667 | paid | Scaling up Bean to Bar Chocolate Manufacturing | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Kennebec River Biosciences Inc Richmond, ME | A | $126,667 | paid | COVID Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Theory and Principle LLC Portland, ME | A | $119,100 | paid | This project will focus on continued early revenue growth for Map Engine, as well as investments in new high-value automation features for the product. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Goodfocus LLC Freeport, ME | A | $110,000 | paid | SaaS Marketing Launch | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Running Tide Technologies Portland, ME | A | $106,667 | paid | Addressing Supply Chain Challenges and Strengthening Employee Experience | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Tree Free Heat LLC Waterville, ME | A | $106,233 | paid | Tree Free Fire manufactures and sells all-natural portable campfires that are easy-to-use, scentless, and made for good times. Over the course of 2022, demand for our portable campfire and fire pit kit has significantly increased. Access to funding will allow Tree Free Fire to increase production, grow national awareness, and fulfill the growing demand. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Fieldstack LLC Cumberland Foreside, ME | A | $100,000 | paid | The FieldStack Lean Retail Platform is a unified technology stack that provides point-of-sale, eCommerce, inventory management, warehouse management, customer relationship management, real-time data analytics, automation, and more. Our eCommerce solution is a critical component, unlocking our clients ability to provide a unified experience to their customers as they shop online and in stores. This project will expose all eCommerce functionality via an API for greater scalability and allow 3rd parties to develop mobile applications to strengthen our clients omni-channel capabilities. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Mountain Machine Works Auburn, ME | A | $100,000 | paid | Precision Equipment, ISO 9001, Increase Sales in New England | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Cape Partnership LLC Sanford, ME | A | $100,000 | paid | The Collapsible Aerosolized Particle Enclosure, (CAPE Isolation System) is a versatile isolation solution that provides added layers of protection to health care providers and patients at risk of exposure to infectious aerosols or droplets during care delivery. The CAPE offers a mobile negative pressure environment to acute care areas allowing for expanded isolation capacity and preservation of other personal protective equipment (PPE) resources that are routinely in short supply. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Central Maine Growth Council Waterville, ME | A | $100,000 | paid | As the major service and education provider between Bangor and Portland, mid-Maine is positioned to fill a key gap in the states entrepreneurship ecosystem. Dirigo Labs (DL) will stimulate the establishment and growth of technology-based start-ups in mid-Maine, focusing on Maine-based, high-growth industry sectors including: bioeconomy, information technology, financial services, and innovation within Maines legacy industries of precision manufacturing and blue economy, which extends to emerging environmental technologies in marine and aquaculture clusters. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Blue Rabbit Ventures Inc Portland, ME | A | $100,000 | paid | Blue Rabbit operates a disease management platform for pets and horses suffering from chronic disease. We partner with veterinary practices to help coordinate care for patients across medication dispensing, diagnostic services, custom therapeutic diets and supplements. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Katahdin Salmon Inc Cape Elizabeth, ME | A | $100,000 | paid | The company is developing a state-of-the-art RAS facility using lessons learned from successfully permitting two of the largest RAS projects in the US, and using the latest in technological developments and research to achieve a facility with higher ESG standards than any commercial-size farm in existence in the US today. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Genplex Inc Skowhegan, ME | A | $100,000 | paid | Equipment and Labor Expansion | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Circa Labs Inc Brunswick, ME | A | $92,467 | paid | Compensation and Travel expenses for sales and customer success | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Tanbark Molded Fiber Products Saco, ME | A | $90,833 | paid | Use the funds to hire a very key position, Director of Product Design, and accelerate our growth plan into the luxury packaging market and give a pay raise to a very key employee, our Director of Operations, to bring his pay to market rate: High end product designer/packaging engineer - $125K, plus health care stipend. Raise to Director of Operations to bring closer to market rate = $30K | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Vertical Harvest Maine L3c Portland, ME | A | $80,000 | paid | Development and operation of an indoor vertical farm located in downtown Westbrook as part of a master-planned project in partnership with the City of Westbrook. The Farm will grow produce (microgreens, petite greens and lettuce) at a commercial scale & year round. The Farm will have an inclusive labor policy employing adults with disabilities at a liveable wage. Social Finance has prepared an impact report documenting the social and environmental benefits/impacts of this Farm. The Farm is scheduled to commence construction September of 2021 and be operational first quarter of 2023. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Dimensional Timber LLC Winslow, ME | A | $80,000 | paid | Supply Chain and Fuel Cost Relief | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Grimburg Less Lethal LLC Fryeburg, ME | A | $78,680 | paid | The Grimburg Gavle less lethal launcher pistol is small, light weight, and comfortable to carry concealed. At 36 joules of energy it is a viable option for self defense, causing pain without severe injury. It is smaller and more powerful than our competitors' launcher pistols. We sold 200 pistols in 2022, as a successful beta test. We are seeking $58,600 in matched grant funding for this next production run. Well be improving manufacturing, updating the Gavle cosmetically, renewing our branding, lowering the production cost by redesigning some parts, bringing more production in house, and advertising with Leviathan Marketing, the premiere management company for firearm social media influencers. We will be advertising on million+ subscriber Youtube channel. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Tnt Road Company Inc Fort Kent, ME | A | $78,516 | paid | TIMBER HARVEST OPERATION ASSISTANCE COVID 19 Pandemic Recovery | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Mook Sea Farms Inc Walpole, ME | A | $76,000 | paid | Infrastructure improvements on an oyster farm for pandemic recovery and future resilience. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Croft L3c Croft Group Rockland, ME | A | $75,000 | paid | Facility Expansion | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Whole Trees LLC Madison, WI | A | $75,000 | paid | Bringing innovative inventory systems, sales strategy and production processes to existing Maine facility to meet proven East Coast demand for the Original Mass Timber. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Tissue Plus LLC Lynn, MA | A | $75,000 | paid | Due to the worldwide shortage in parent rolls of tissue and towel, it has become increasingly difficult to procure consistent or reasonably priced supplies of paper used to make finished good for both the At Home retail markets as well as Away from Home commercial markets. Therefore, a significant but highly competitive opportunity exists to contract convert for third party manufacturers. However, this initiative will require hiring a minimum of 6-18 machine operators to run 2-3 shifts on Tissue Pluss 5 current converting lines in the next 2-3 months. Hiring a plant manager, shift supervisors, an additional mechanic along with material handlers will also be necessary. The added employees will increase current payroll from approximately $23,000/mo to $75,000/mo. Considerable recruiting, training and technical support and infrastructure investment will be needed over the 2-3/mo startup period to transition back to a full scale, multi shift manufacturing site. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Stophazing Consulting LLC Orono, ME | A | $69,100 | paid | Increase staff and expand online hazing prevention training | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Biofine Developments Northeast Inc Brookline, MA | A | $66,600 | paid | Biorefinery Financing Development Package | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Stored Solar West Enfield LLC West Enfield, ME | A | $63,774 | paid | COVID 19 Pandemic Recovery Funding- Increase purchase price of biomass to have access to more available fuel required to operate the plant | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | William a Day Jr & Sons Inc Porter, ME | A | $63,000 | paid | Additional Employees and Equipment | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Clean Maine Carbon LLC Greenville, ME | A | $60,933 | paid | Biochar Plant | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Tootie's Tempeh Inc Biddeford, ME | A | $57,799 | paid | Vital processing equipment for tempeh-making business | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Northern Spent Grains LLC Diggables Yarmouth, ME | A | $52,767 | paid | Supply chain resilience for Maine-based sustainable snacks | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Turning Acquisitions LLC Buckfield, ME | A | $52,513 | paid | Rolling Pin Assembly Automation | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Pencilwrench LLC N Ft Myers, FL | A | $50,000 | paid | Development of Pencilwrench Usage Drive | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Bijou Corp Camden, ME | A | $50,000 | paid | Create space. Space for play, quiet, connection with the world's first collapsible play structure. Bijou is an adaptable play structure where we provide everything but the wood. The wood is purchased from your local hardware store and uses standard pressure treated 2x4s Funding would be used to launch a robust direct to consumer marketing campaign with a Maine based marketing firm. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Eme Biofuels LLC Augusta, ME | A | $50,000 | paid | The development of a wood waste facility | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | The Renewable Snowmaking Company Portland, ME | A | $50,000 | paid | Ski resorts are increasingly relying on snowmaking to combat the challenges of rising temperatures and less frequent snowfall. However, current snowmaking operations are costly, with upfront capital expenses for extensive piping and large water pumps, as well as high recurring operating costs, primarily due to labor and energy consumption. ReNewSnow offers a solution through our innovative SnowPod technology, which diverts water from man-made ditches and streams located throughout the mountain to nearby snow guns. The SnowPod system eliminates the need for costly high-pressure piping and large energy-intensive pumps. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | 40grid Inc Scarborough, ME | A | $50,000 | paid | 40grid develops and delivers the most effective business-process-automation SaaS solution for field-service businesses. While operating in stealth mode, 40grid signed several customers, including a few of the largest pest management companies in the United States, and its minimum viable product has been in production for some customers since 2020. Now, 40grid seeks additional funds to grow its Portland (ME)-based headquarters and add features to its SaaS solution in advance of its inaugural sales and marketing campaign. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Owl's Head Solutions Inc S Thomaston, ME | A | $50,000 | paid | Marketing and design can be a hard sell to the life sciences industryespecially pre-clinical stage innovators. They need to spend on R+D, and marketing and branding becomes an afterthought. To penetrate this market effectively, Owl's Head Solutions is developing a library of ADA friendly WordPress compatible blocks. These blocks allow for the rapid development of ADA compliant websites for life sciences clients at extremely competitive costs. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Maine Lee Technology Group LLC Portland, ME | A | $50,000 | paid | Maine-Lee Technology Group, LLC (MLTG) has designed a novel bifunctional, fluid management sleeve for surgical gowns that solves the well-recognized contamination problem at the glove-gown interface. This contamination can lead to dangerous and costly surgical site infections. The proprietary sleeve must gain pre-market 510(k) certification from the FDA to verify that it is as safe and effective, that is, substantially equivalent, to a legally marketed device that has already gained certification. This request will help to fund this mandatory 510(k) certification. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Brant & Cochran LLC S Portland, ME | A | $50,000 | paid | In order to meet overwhelming demand for its heirloom quality Maine wedge pattern axes, Brant & Cochran plans to triple production by introducing precision manufacturing and LEAN and green processes into its business. We seek funding to help design, build, install and train our team on an entirely new way of making our Maine pattern axes. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Amply Energy Inc Cumberland, ME | A | $50,000 | paid | Amply Energy (Amply) is developing a mobile app to streamline the process of electrifying residential homes, beginning with HVAC systems and heat pump installation. The Amply app will allow installers to quickly and accurately collect home data, design a right-sized system, prepare bids, process rebates, and then use the homes data to facilitate electrification of other home systems and appliances. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | The Boat Yard LLC New Gloucester, ME | A | $49,000 | paid | Development of Battery Powered Aquaculture Processing, Custom Hauling Equipment, and Compostable Boat Shrink Wrap | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Durabike LLC New Gloucester, ME | A | $47,281 | paid | Law enforcement and commuters require e-bikes. An ultra low maintenance e-bike solution is needed. With PRIME fund support, DuraBike will be able to partner with a gearbox and electronic motor companies to product the very first combined gearbox-motor and belt driven bike. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Canopy Farms L3c Brunswick, ME | A | $45,733 | paid | Fostering Sustainable Aquaculture Post Pandemic | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Casa Group Durham, ME | A | $44,100 | paid | 1.New hire: we will hire a full-time sales agent relationship manager to train, support and manage a growing pool of independent sales agents spread across the country. This position will be based in Maine and will offer benefits. This role is needed because we have determined, based on market feedback and early sales trials, that the large majority of sales will require a live person interacting in-person with the prospective customer at the closing portion of the sales process. Our pilot all remote model has not been successful, so we are adapting to utilize a commission only, independent sales agent network who we are currently recruiting to handle that final phase of the sales process. This group will need training in our product and service, troubleshooting and other support and active management to ensure correct reporting and to maximize their productivity. We estimate the fully loaded annual cost of this role (salary + benefits + on costs) to be $72,000 (exact cost wil | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Municipal Review Committee Inc Orono, ME | A | $42,467 | paid | MRCs plan is to re-open the Hampden waste facility as soon as possible to begin processing waste from its 115 member communities as well as from other commercial sources in the region. To do this, in addition to working through the real estate closing, MRC would immediately move to hire at least three positions to begin actively managing the facility. We will also need significant engineering and consultant support as we restart the facilitys equipment, which has been idle for two years. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Tardif Machining & Welding Frenchville, ME | A | $42,467 | paid | Hydraulics Room Construction | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | City of Ellsworth Ellsworth, ME | U | $41,666 | paid | Union River Center for Innovation: Graduating All Companies from the Incubator | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Blokhaus Builders Freeport, ME | A | $40,833 | paid | New Panel Production Facility | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | S P Holt Corporation Orono, ME | A | $40,000 | paid | Shaw & Tenney requests grant funding from MTI to support additional production capacity for their existing product lines of traditional solid wooden flat blade oars and spoon oars. This project will allow the company to pursue growth opportunities in the solid wooden oar market. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Cumberland Ironworks Durham, ME | A | $39,200 | paid | Manufacturing and Employee Expansion | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Dermarus Inc South Portland, ME | A | $39,200 | paid | Building Marketing Team and Inventory | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Singing Prairie Farms Newcastle, ME | A | $39,200 | paid | COVID 19 Pandemic Recovery Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Greisen Aerospace LLC Brunswick, ME | A | $39,200 | paid | Improving manufacturing capabilities in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Farmhand Automation Inc Biddeford, ME | A | $37,567 | paid | Covid Relief Recovery for Global Chip Shortage and Supply Chain Shocks | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Dewey Inc Yarmouth, ME | A | $37,567 | paid | 1) Hiring a part time Maine based intern to support our workplace marketing and sales efforts2) Running focus groups with HR and benefits leaders in the corporate space to discuss sales strategy, pricing and positioning3) Development of marketing materials and testing of campaigns based on focus group core messaging and pricing via outbound marketing via linkedin, CHIEF and social media. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Elevated Technologies LLC Portland, ME | A | $37,567 | paid | COVID Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Sparhawk Marketing LLC Yarmouth, ME | A | $35,933 | paid | COVID 19 Pandemic Recovery Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Salmonics LLC Brunswick, ME | A | $35,933 | paid | COVID 19 Pandemic Recovery Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Pumpspotting Inc Eliot, ME | A | $35,933 | paid | expanding Workplace Lactation Programs through sales and marketing investment | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Our People Inc Portland, ME | A | $35,933 | paid | hire back several employees and increase sales and customer support teams. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Kv Tooling Systems LLC Augusta, ME | A | $35,933 | paid | COVID Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Seachange LLC Yarmouth, ME | A | $35,933 | paid | Productivity enhancements to lower labor costs and increase profitability on a family sea farm | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Serpent Scale Systems LLC South Bristol, ME | A | $35,933 | paid | Advancing Composite Dock Solutions | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Ourshelves LLC Cumberland, ME | A | $35,933 | paid | Partnership Pilot to Grow Fulfillment Provider for OurShelves and Maine/New England | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Ararat Farms LLC Lincolnville, ME | A | $34,300 | paid | Ararat Farms Infrastructure and Processing Improvements | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Alizarin Inc Union, ME | A | $34,300 | paid | Production capacity expansion | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Forager1 LLC Portland, ME | A | $34,300 | paid | Development of Digital Local Food Pipeline | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Navitour S Portland, ME | A | $34,300 | paid | Pandemic Response Plan to assist in restoring the tour guiding business in Maine | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Rockport Technologies LLC Portland, ME | A | $34,300 | paid | Bringing Production Local | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Solve Finance Corp Portland, ME | A | $32,667 | paid | COVID 19 Pandemic Recovery Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | The Fragrance Farm Inc Appleton, ME | A | $32,667 | paid | focus with this grant is 4 fold, 1.Build our raw material base (glass bottles for our lotion, refresher, bug spray, hand sanitizer, body butters, distilled lavender oil) totaling $20k2.Build our raw material lotion and spay base totaling $18k3.One / Two additional new hires (June October) totaling $8k4.Our pay ranges from $15-$18 per hour today with the goal to increase to $17-$20 per hour this season totaling 3k | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Three Girls Fishing LLC S Portland, ME | A | $31,033 | paid | Leveraging marine technology and information technology to improve fuel efficiency and fishing performance | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Gel Hydration Technologies Inc Bangor, ME | A | $31,033 | paid | Help with the Negative Economic Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Muddy River Farm Aquaponics Topsham, ME | A | $31,033 | paid | Facility and Employee Benefits Development and Expansion | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Morris Logging Inc Fort Kent, ME | A | $30,890 | paid | Forestry grant for Pandemic Recovery | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Halo Med LLC Scarborough, ME | A | $30,842 | paid | SimKit Pandemic Recovery Project | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Berry Fruit Farm LLC Livermore, ME | A | $30,200 | paid | We will be using the requested funds for changes made in the marketing and distribution of some of our products to comply with COVID protocols. The funds will help us launch a new online e commerce platform for our company. Investments in new processing equipment and labor saving devices will help to keep our employees safe from repetative laborous tasks and keep our cost in check. This equipment includes a dough baller, convection oven, mechanized italian made potato harvester and energy efficent refridgeration. We are hoping to hire 2 full time employees to launch this new initiative. We also want to create an online training platform for our employees. The platform would host videos of the leaders in the company deminstrating how to do tasks in our company to comply with safety standards. The funds would be used to purchase a computer and A/V equipment. Finally, we need to build our inventory for boxes to mitigate future supply disruptions. We are working with J.S. McCarthy | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | The Humane Space Inc Rockland, ME | A | $30,000 | paid | The Humane Space is a lifestyle company that connects adults to curiosity, wonder, and awe, through a unique combination of education and wellness. Through various experiences, we encourage users to find their truest selves through a lifelong journey to knowledge. We do this in 3 ways: an app that promotes a daily practice of introspection, B2B internal communication channels (in Slack/Teams) that prompt creativity and community, and Humane Experiencesoff-app activities like walking tours (at hospitality properties) that bring the experience of wonder to life. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Orono Spectral Solutions Hermon, ME | A | $29,400 | paid | Accelerated Sales Growth | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Apple Creek Farm LLC Bowdoinham, ME | A | $29,400 | paid | Mitigating Future Challenges through On-Farm Investments | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Lockbqx LLC Portland, ME | A | $29,400 | paid | COVID Pandemic Response Funding New Hires and Product Development | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Wicked Wild LLC Lubec, ME | A | $27,867 | paid | Development of Wild Blueberry Farming in the 21st Century | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Huga Heat LLC Southport, ME | A | $27,767 | paid | COVID Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Wild Mountain Nursery LLC Greene, ME | A | $27,767 | paid | Bridging the COVID Gap for Resilient Fruit Tree Production in Maine | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Flying Goat Farm LLC New Gloucester, ME | A | $27,767 | paid | Development of Innovative Livestock Handling | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Codeweaving Inc Dresden, ME | A | $27,767 | paid | SlicPix Platform Development | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Generated Health LLC Harpswell, ME | A | $27,767 | paid | Development of an Intelligent messaging platform for better health | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Park Hill LLC Westbrook, ME | A | $27,767 | paid | Easy AC Screen - Keeps cold air in | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Viable Gear Portland, ME | A | $26,250 | paid | Viable Gear is a mission driven company reducing petroleum based plastics in the aquaculture and fishing industry by producing gear from seaweed-based bioplastics. Driving demand for more seaweed to be grown in the Gulf of Maine to capture carbon and reduce macroplastics in our ocean that breakdown in microplastics and get into our food system. Viable Gear products will biodegrade after their life cycle if they are left in the water, or can be composted on land. Viable Gear needs funding to drive materials research to accelerate getting a product to market. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Ocean Data Network Inc Portland, ME | A | $26,133 | paid | Coastal Ocean Data Resiliency Capacity Development | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Clamar Floats Inc Brunswick, ME | A | $26,133 | paid | Business Support | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Harvesting Good Yarmouth, ME | A | $26,133 | paid | COVID Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Sun Diagnostics LLC New Gloucester, ME | A | $25,971 | paid | Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is an important but undervalued cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor, found by several studies to be a significant, independent predictor of CVD. The available commercial assays are generally inaccurate due to the use of antibodies that recognize apo(a) kringle 4 type 2 repeats. We have developed antisera to human apo(a) specific peptides and a prototype immunoturbidimetric assay for Lp(a) that eliminates the bias associated with apo(a) isoform size polymorphisms and allows for accurate measurement of Lp(a) particle number concentration [Lp(a)-P]. We are requesting funding for a capital purchase (chemistry analyzer and water system) and to support the assay development and standardization process. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Twiyo Inc Brooklyn, NY | A | $25,000 | paid | This grant will help develop our oyster farm in Maine by funding the prototype for an innovative piece of gear. We hope our innovation will benefit oyster farms throughout the state. The gear prototype is a three-dimensional oyster-growing raft that incorporates automated, solar-powered, cleaning and tumbling of the oysters. We believe these rafts will allow us, and other farms who choose to use them, to lower production costs, produce more oysters with less space, and scale operations over a shorter period of time. All of these factors would create jobs by lowering the barrier of entry to new farmers, and allowing smaller farms to grow to profitability more quickly and efficiently. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Poseidon Research LLC Bangor, ME | A | $25,000 | paid | Poseidon Research, LLC seeks a $25,000 matching award through the MTI Range 1 program to finish the development of a series of novel absorbent materials. Poseidon will use the award for the development of a new polymer chemistry and bench-scale testing of plant extracts. The project will enable Poseidon to begin manufacturing and sales of a simple and safe kit for making essential oils, fragrances and homeopathic extracts from home and in the small business setting. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Maine Laboratories LLC Norridgewock, ME | A | $25,000 | paid | Enable PFAS testing in Maine | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Granite Mountain Industries LLC South Portland, ME | A | $25,000 | paid | 1. Develop and test a hydraulic breaching tool designed to quickly and reliably defeat SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility) doors commonly found in military and government facilities.2. Improve the battery powered hydraulic breach/rescue kit to withstand environmental extremes as defined in Mil-Std-810. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Ethiopaycenter LLC S Portland, ME | A | $25,000 | paid | EthioPay allows people to execute instant P2P fund transfers while also including the option to invest in the U.S. capital markets directly in the application. Our current and future suite of products address the financial services gap in this country, affecting new immigrants. With the assistance of MTI, we are able to fund the development of this platform and bring a solution to the market that addresses the pain points of millions of immigrants. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Nick Planson LLC New Gloucester, ME | A | $25,000 | paid | Shred Electric is developing a prototype suite of off-road vehicles and boat motors that use the same battery so customers can buy one battery that they use in an electric snowbike, boat, and utility terrain vehicle. We seek matching funds to rapidly develop prototype systems leveraging available vehicle chassis and partnerships with chassis and electric propulsion manufacturers. We have validated the technology availability, market demand, and investor interest, and have the team in place to execute effectively. We are also participating in the 2023 MCE Top Gun program, and will apply to CleanTech Open's 2023 cohort. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Election Bridge Inc Portland, ME | A | $25,000 | paid | Election Bridge will work with a local municipality in Maine for the duration of the project. The project will leverage local partnerships to explore the economic impact of increasing civic engagement across the state of Maine. We will do this by conducting focus groups with citizens, elected officials, and businesses across a selected municipality. Additionally, by utilizing the municipality's geospatial infrastructure we will create an innovative communication channel that encourages citizen participation. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Cutback Surf LLC Medford, MA | A | $25,000 | paid | Surfboard Production R&D | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Consortium for Environ Risk Mgmt Washington, DC | A | $25,000 | paid | Meeting the Needs of Industry with Advanced Toxicology Tools. The development of ToxExpress | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Efficient Surgical Apps Inc S Portland, ME | A | $25,000 | paid | Develop JotLogs Clinical Platform | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Farmdrop L3c Blue Hill, ME | A | $25,000 | paid | inventory management, marketing and distribution automations | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Intelli-Tex LLC Readfield, ME | A | $25,000 | paid | INTELLI-TEX LLC manufactures color-changing textile yarns and photovoltaic power-producing textile yarns that can be woven into consumer-grade products. Access to MTI funding will enable INTELLI-TEX to increase the commercial value of their smart materials technologies by improving prototype functionality. In addition, access to MTI funding will allow INTELLI-TEX to pursue further customer discovery and to develop strong business partnerships. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Gametiks LLC Belfast, ME | A | $25,000 | paid | GameTiks is (currently) a social media platform running on web and iOS that enables outdoor enthusiasts to connect and share experiences. Born from a simple logging, tallying and journaling system for hunters; the platform has since grown in scope, integrating several novel design innovations, and receiving high praise from users across the United States and around the world. The company is currently focused on monetization and user growth through a booking service MVP. In order to implement this service, we're raising funds to help with marketing, and put us on track for seed-stage funding rounds. We believe that with continued support from MTI, GameTiks, Inc. will become a global player in the outdoor recreation industry, providing quality high-paying jobs within Maine. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Di Manufacturing Solutions LLC Saco, ME | A | $25,000 | paid | UV LED HVAC Device Purchase | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Apriqot Inc Scarborough, ME | A | $24,985 | paid | Apriqot's innovation is a platform for public health practitioners. The problem we are addressing is that the vast majority of public health practitioners do not have access to community health estimates that match the problems they are trying to solve. We are addressing that problem with a platform that produces estimates that are dynamic, ready-on-demand, and integrable with local data. Our platform (Apriqot HD) provides our customers with a prebuilt, high-quality synthetic population for their community; including statistically accurate households, neighborhoods, schools, and demographic characteristics. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Visible Logic Inc Portland, ME | A | $24,675 | paid | Branding Compass development and marketing | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Postcards for Parents LLC Portland, ME | A | $24,500 | paid | Content, Marketing & Development | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Marine Solar Point LLC Biddeford, ME | A | $24,500 | paid | Development of clean water plan | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Maine Shellfish Developers LLC Brunswick, ME | A | $24,500 | paid | Completing the first truly on land closed-containment oyster farm | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Johnny's Selected Seeds Winslow, ME | A | $24,421 | paid | We aim to continue innovating and developing new products that can greatly improve the financial outlook of our company while positively impacting the agricultural industry with commercially superior USDA-certified organic (organic) seed varieties. We are currently planning to breed organic tomato varieties with improved foliar disease resistance. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Elizabeth Whelan Booklin, ME | A | $24,129 | paid | We have created a fabric that combines cushion comfort and material aesthetics into one product. It reduces manufacturing parts and is easy to install. It appeals to customer use by being durable, sustainable, breathable and beautiful. We are requesting funding to make high fidelity prototype for presentation and testing. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Abundance Works LLC Bar Harbor, ME | A | $22,867 | paid | Profit Decoder is a web app that gives entrepreneurs a grip on their profitability in minutes. We lead entrepreneurs through a guided process to understand their numbers, determine how to improve and create a growth plan. Profit Decoder shows the sales needed to be profitable and the key levers that change profitability. We give business owners plainspoken answers to questions that keep them up at night. Questions like: How will sales volume impact profitability? Should prices be raised or lowered? How will changing costs impact profits? What products and services generate profits? After prototyping Profit Decoder with over a hundred entrepreneurs, we have seen how Profit Decoder transforms peoples businesses and lives. Given the ravages of COVID-19, there has never been a more critical time to support small businesses that are the backbone of our communities. We seek funding to move from a prototype to fully operational web app. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Soul Being Lp Scarborough, ME | A | $22,867 | paid | Accelerated Maine-based Hires for Pandemic Recovery | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Tidal Bore Scarborough, ME | A | $21,233 | paid | Technology momentum step change COVID 19 Pandemic Recovery | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Ropeless Systems Inc Biddeford, ME | A | $21,233 | paid | The Ropeless Riser Demonstration and Design Iteration | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Maine Marine Composites LLC Portland, ME | A | $21,233 | paid | Ocean Engineering, Aquaculture and Offshore Research and Development | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Ocean Farm Supply LLC Brunswick, ME | A | $21,000 | paid | 2023 Ocean Farm Supply Marketing Campaign | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Edgeli Inc Portland, ME | A | $20,250 | paid | In 2021, over 1400 GW of electrical power projects, the majority of which were renewable energy projects, were stuck in the grid interconnection queues of utilities throughout the United States. Edgeli, through its cloud platform, hopes to help Distributed Energy Resource (DER) developers and electric utilities speed the time to DER project completion by identifying locations in the utilitys service area that are suitable for DER projects, determine the feasibility of a specific DER project to interconnect to the electrical grid, and the costs of any grid upgrades that are needed to interconnect the DER project. There are three (3) major elements to the Edgeli platform: (1) Data Aggregation; (2) Data Modeling; and (3) Data Visualization. The MTI grant funds that are being requested will be used to develop the architecture designs that would support the data aggregation and data modeling functions. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Shelter 7 Inc Lewiston, ME | A | $20,000 | paid | A cutting edge and exceptionally high performance, Green and affordable building shell system designed to serve most all real estate sectors in a very efficient and cost effective manner. This Lego Block style construction system delivers higher long term positive financial, physical, and environmental performance and value than the vast majority of other current building systems. It provides owners with what they need and deserve relative to the very high cost of new construction today. This is accomplished by providing them with an exceptionally high quality, rugged, fast assembly and lower ownership cost structure that is destined to provide a higher resale value and ROI. In addition to these unique benefits, the system performs in a very low energy and low maintenance manner, provides for unlimited interior layout and exterior designs, and accomplishes all of this within a small environmental footprint. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Ocean Approved Inc Biddeford, ME | A | $20,000 | paid | Investing in machinery to make the process more efficient, building our research capacity for new desirable species of seaweed to grow in the Gulf of Maine, and strengthening marketing staff to help support our retail product line, we will be able to better compete in the extremely competitive and dynamic retail market. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Prapela Inc Biddeford, ME | A | $19,600 | paid | develop a hospital incubator pad to improve the clinical treatment of apnea of prematurity | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Moorit Hill Farm Inc Troy, ME | A | $19,600 | paid | Development of On-Farm Fiber Mill for Processing Small Batch Local Wool | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Casco Marine LLC Brunswick, ME | A | $19,600 | paid | With increased labor and fuel cost we want try to utilize new technologies to increase our efficiencies and be more competitive in the sector. We would like to add an ROV to our operational services as this will allow us to greatly increase our site survey operations, and gear and hardware recovery. With increased efficiency over the course of a workday or project we will see savings in operational expenses. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Cox Machine Searsmont, ME | A | $19,600 | paid | replace inventory and repairs in building | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Nauti Sisters Sea Farm LLC Belfast, ME | A | $19,600 | paid | Receipt of requested funds will support purchasing additional equipment. This may include the FlipFarm oroyster cage system. Increasing the amount of oyster growing equipment achieves three main objectives:reduce labor for de-fouling, increase harvest efficiency, and increase scale in volume to improve the overalleconomic proposition of oyster farming. This may also increase safety in the workplace by decreasingstocking densities in equipment, making gear more easily managed. Increasing long term efficiency iscrucial to the viability and growth of the farm. Increased efficiency of labor is critical as we experiencedeclining labor force participation and increased nominal wages for employees. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Spring Point Solutions LLC Portland, ME | A | $19,000 | paid | The Spring Point Suite is offered in the Software as a Service (SaaS) model. Our customers are typically industrial repair, sales, and field service organizations, primarily in the electro-mechanical industry. We have developed a product (QM Wizard) that customers use within their shop. This MTI-funded project will be developing QM Wizard into an app, where customers can take jobs offline when cell or WIFI is not readily available. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Gulf of Maine Sashimi Portland, ME | A | $18,667 | paid | COVID Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Mount Desert 365 Northeast Harbor, ME | A | $18,000 | paid | The Hub is a response to Maines Economic Development Strategys (MEDS) call for hubs of excellence with conditions present for strong economic growth. The region from lower Penobscot County to the coastal areas of Hancock and Washington Counties includes assets, infrastructure, and activities already in place that define the Hub, including health, education, transportation, and cultural services. The focus on life sciences and technology encompasses enterprises representing all of MTIs targeted technology sectors. Our goal is to put this region on the map for life sciences and technology and to help companies within the region accelerate their growth through new connections and to attract outside investment and talent. The Hub seeks funding for professional services to create a marketing strategy, branding kit, and website as the tools leading to networking, collaboration, and deliberate brokering opportunities in the region, plus promotion outside Maine to recruit new talent, innova | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Xylogen Medical LLC Cape Elizabeth, ME | A | $17,967 | paid | Engineering design & specification for infrastructure investment to meet current market demand (IDEXX) | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Orion Technology Group LLC York, ME | A | $17,967 | paid | Orion AiM Artificial Intelligence Mission COVID Recovery ME | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Maine Float LLC Winthrop, ME | A | $17,967 | paid | Float business seeks funding for supply chain woes | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Northstate Machine Caribou, ME | A | $17,967 | paid | Shop Construction & Upgrades | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Dealpoint Corporation Kittery, ME | A | $17,575 | paid | DealPoint Digital Advertising Application for Small Businesses | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | The Midnight Corp LLC Portland, ME | A | $17,500 | paid | COVID 19 Pandemic Recovery Funding Integrations and Agility Plan | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | G R Logging Inc Van Buren, ME | A | $17,114 | paid | Funds used to find new employees and offer bonuses to help our business grow and we would also buy specific parts to have on hand if something happens to the equipment. There has been many parts unavailable to fix the equipment in a timely manner. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | American Unagi LLC Thomaston, ME | A | $17,000 | paid | Building Resilience with Eel Aquaculture | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Ethiopaycenter LLC S Portland, ME | A | $16,800 | paid | Our platform, EthioPay, is a peer-to-peer digital platform that empowers individuals to make secure and easy fund transfers. We are focused on providing investing opportunities for underserved communities in America. We are seeking funding and business advice to help us expand our reach and make a greater impact. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Lacasse & Weston Inc Portland, ME | A | $15,819 | paid | COVID Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Flip the Switch Education LLC South Berwick, ME | A | $15,750 | paid | Virtual Reality School Field Trips will bring immersive VR field trip modules to K-12 schools that align with curriculum standards and allow students to be immersed in and interact with environments that they could never do in real life. Each VR module along with all equipment will be brought to the classroom and delivered by an educator. The experiences can range from historical settings, future settings, current places and fictional locations. We require funding to purchase the equipment, finish software development and delivery of the modules to schools. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Big Papou's Kitchen Westbrook, ME | A | $15,500 | paid | FORMING & PANNING MACHINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 23,040 PATTIES PER HOUR. BASED ON MACHINE THAT BIG PAPOU'S KITCHEN NOW USES TO PRODUCE 2,000 PATTIES PER HOUR. MACHINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BURGERS AND SLIDERS AND CAN BE ADAPTED TO PRODUCE NEW PRODUCTS. MADE EXCLUSIVELY FOR BIG PAPOU'S KITCHEN LLC BY MARS PACKAGING OF NH. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Gypsy and the Gentleman LLC Augusta, ME | A | $15,000 | paid | G&G is in development of a modular camping system that nests into standard SUV and passenger vehicles. Making access to weekend trips or weeks-long travel simplified and accessible to those who aren't looking for a full tow-behind camper or off-road/"over-landing" style vehicle. We are seeking funding to continue development of our prototype build and continue our market discovery, brand identity development and to gain feedback from our target market. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Pair Technologies LLC Waterville, ME | A | $14,000 | paid | We at Pair Technologies have designed a new type of tablet mount that enables users to get more productivity and comfort out of their tablet usage experience, at an affordable price. Our innovative form factor is revolutionary offering great highest screen height and most viewing angles, as well as a detachable keyboard that allows for a less cramped typing experience. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Status Grow Learning LLC Portland, ME | A | $11,580 | paid | Status Grow Learning recently created an innovative team goal-tracking tool, the Small Wins Dashboard, for schools and districts. The Dashboard makes it easier for school leaders & their teams to track, share and celebrate small wins, while journey toward their big goals. The test of the no-code prototype in spring 2022 was highly successful and has already yielded the first paying customer for the 2022-2023 school year. Status Grow Learning seeks funding to develop the automated, web-based application during summer 2022. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Health Economy LLC Yarmouth, ME | A | $10,800 | paid | COVID Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Joind Health LLC Falmouth, ME | A | $10,500 | paid | Joind Health is developing a digital health application that will innovate the chronic disease management of osteoarthritis by integrating technology into the care pathway. This approach will provide patients the "daily" care that they need to improve pain and functional outcomes, reduce costs associated with episodic care and premature/unnecessary surgery, maintain consistent evidence-based treatment and provide a clinical decision support system for physicians. The Joind Health application will support this through a wearable technology interface for monitoring activity and function, an AI Chatbox to support individualized patient engagement with Education and Coaching through the digital platform, and a physician reporting tool that allow for meaningful, real-time clinical decision-making based on evidence-based guidelines and specific patient data. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Kind Mind LLC Falmouth, ME | A | $10,000 | paid | COVID Pandemic Response Funding | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Arbor Fuel Inc Lincoln, ME | A | $8,645 | paid | Arbor Fuels has biomass drying system that is able to dry and heat wood chips in a timely manner. Business and home owners will be able to use this in the future to heat their homes with a low fuel cost. MTI will help fund Arbor Fuel to be able to complete the necessary testing from UMaine. | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Real Time Reality Inc Bangor, ME | A | $7,500 | paid | Hired an Innovate for Maine intern- Acquired further 5-person app development team through UMaine Capstone program- Got additional mentors from U Maine- Slight pivot to focus on B2B contracting- Found that their technology offers a 10x cost and time savings for the Film and TV industry by providing an easy completely digital and automated process for filming high concept projects. - Letters of Intent have been acquired from 2 Hollywood studios to produce content for upcoming projects of theirs and have begun putting together a pilot program for which we are seeking funding.- App team was able to create a working porototype of technology | 202401939349300830 |
| 2023 | Caron Logging Fort Kent Mills, ME | A | $7,077 | paid | Logging Operation Assistance | 202401939349300830 |
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