Maine Technology Institute

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

• $3.0M

  Somerset Economic Development Corporation · Skowhegan, ME · 2024

  Somerset Forest Recovery Program.

• $990,000

  Stratton Lumber · Stratton, ME · 2024

  Hurst Boiler, Grinder and Auto-wrapper.

• $990,000

  Hancock Lumber Company · Casco, ME · 2024

  Bethel Value Added.

• $560,000

  Roux Institute · Portland, ME · 2024

  BioIN Incubator and BioPILOT Lab, a collaboration between the Northeastern/Roux Institute and the University of Southern Maine.; Future of Healthcare Founder Residency; Life Science Impact Forum; Startup Solutions: Immi… read allBioIN Incubator and BioPILOT Lab, a collaboration between the Northeastern/Roux Institute and the University of Southern Maine.; Future of Healthcare Founder Residency; Life Science Impact Forum; Startup Solutions: Immigrant Welcome Center; The Maine Summer Accelerator at the Roux Institute. less
• $500,000

  Eme Biofuels Llc · Woodstock, VT · 2024

  EME Biofuels.

• $499,317

  Tanbark Molded Fiber Products · Portland, ME · 2024

  Electricity Upgrade to expand Production Capacity Video Production for Marketing Assets.

• $495,000

  Sappi North America · Westbrook, ME · 2024

  Improvement of pulp and paper mill productivity when softwood chip ratio increases beyond 15% during the Copulp process at Somerset mill.

• $495,000

  Robbins Lumber East Baldwin Llc · Searsmont, ME · 2024

  Better Utilization of the Eastern White Pine Resource through Implementation of Value-based Scanning.

• $490,000

  Godfrey Forest Arizona Llc · Marblehead, MA · 2024

  Godfrey Forest Maine OSB Mill.

• $450,000

  T&D Wood Energy Llc · Sanford, ME · 2024

  Acquiring two shuttered facilities and expanding existing facility to meet rapidly increasing demand.

• $426,413

  Maine Space Corporation · Augusta, ME · 2024

  Building Maines Space Knowledge Cluster in Space Applications.

• $339,617

  Opal Build Llc (Dba Notchsb) · Belfast, ME · 2024

  Creating Resiliency in Residential Housing Construction; OPAL Build - Unlocking Affordable Housing through Sustainability.

• $273,285

  Maine Plywood USA · Bingham, ME · 2024

  LEGAL COUNCIL: To determine whether or not to continue as an LLC or become a C-corp. In addition with the oncoming USDA loan and advising on raising money from Equity partners; Maine Plywood; Powering the next generatio… read allLEGAL COUNCIL: To determine whether or not to continue as an LLC or become a C-corp. In addition with the oncoming USDA loan and advising on raising money from Equity partners; Maine Plywood; Powering the next generation of sustainable plywood for Maine. less
• $255,000

  Nautical Farms Llc · Machias, ME · 2024

  Digital Marketing & E-Commerce; Nautical Farms LLC Expansion.

• $250,000

  The Good Crust Llc · Canaan, ME · 2024

  Good Crust Builds Resilience with Infrastructure Expansion to Serve Schools.

• $250,000

  Great Northern Salmon · Millinocket, ME · 2024

  Implementation of critical path initiatives to ensure construction start on schedule.

• $250,000

  Looma Llc · South Portland, ME · 2024

  Addition of Volume Manufacturing to Looma's Services.

• $250,000

  Maine Canned Fish · Topsham, ME · 2024

  Maine Canned Fish Startup.

• $250,000

  Washburn & Doughty Associates · Boothbay, ME · 2024

  Hiring Initiatives: Human Resources Director, Project Manager and Hybrid Support Engineers; Purchase and Implementation of ERP System.

• $250,000

  Grandy Organics Llc · Hiram, ME · 2024

  Build out management team and automate production to make Grandy Organics a more resilient business.

• $250,000

  Maine Electric Boat Company Llc · Biddeford, ME · 2024

  Electric Propulsion Workforce Training.

• $250,000

  Maine Grains · Skowhegan, ME · 2024

  Building capacity to manufacture upcycled nutritious grain cereals and snacks at Maine Grains.

• $250,000

  Eagle Point Energy Center Llc · Orrington, ME · 2024

  Eagle Point Phase II Process Upgrade.

• $238,150

  Short Creek Meats Llc · Kennebunk, ME · 2024

  Mechanizing Short Creek Meats' Plant Operations to Address Labor Shortages.

• $234,382

  Maine Center for Enterprise Development · Portland, ME · 2024

  2024 Maine Food Producers Showcase and Golden Fork Awards; FoodTech Maine; MOU.

• $214,577

  University of Maine System · Orono, ME · 2024

  2nd Annual Maine Artificial Intelligence Conference; Maine Blue Economy Innovation Summit; Piloting Innovation in Wild Blueberry: Reducing harvest "shrink; The Windstorm Challenge; UMaine Student Symposium: Research and… read all2nd Annual Maine Artificial Intelligence Conference; Maine Blue Economy Innovation Summit; Piloting Innovation in Wild Blueberry: Reducing harvest "shrink; The Windstorm Challenge; UMaine Student Symposium: Research and Creative Activity; Vision & Roadmap for Maine's Forest Sector.; Venturing Forth - Hybrid Project. less
• $214,106

  Southpaw Packing Company · Windham, ME · 2024

  Southpaws Enrichment Project.

• $200,000

  Sea Meadow Marine Foundation · Yarmouth, ME · 2024

  Development and Management of Working Waterfront Support Programs; Working Waterfront Support Programs. Infrastructure and Organizational Sustainability Improvement.

• $200,000

  Zero Energy Homes Llc · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2024

  Zero Energy Homes: Investing in a New Forest Product for Maine.

• $170,000

  Nearpeer · Portland, ME · 2024

  Accelerating Nearpeer's growth with improves marketing positioning, messaging, and go-to-market materials.; Fueling Nearpeers national growth and Maine economic impact.

• $160,000

  Blushift Aerospace · Brunswick, ME · 2024

  Commercial Launch Licensing; bluShift Aerospace Fractional CFO and Financial Model Forecasting Independent Contractor.

• $159,000

  Wild Ocean Aquaculture · Portland, ME · 2024

  Innovation, Automation, and Diversification in a Regenerative Maine Aquaculture Company Wild Ocean Aquaculture, LLC - Fractional CFO resources - DWedick Financial Services, LLC.

• $150,000

  Vetro · Portland, ME · 2024

  The VETRO Workforce Development Project.

• $150,000

  Medrhythms · Portland, ME · 2024

  General Support

• $150,000

  Defendify · Portland, ME · 2024

  24/7 Global Cybersecurity Operations Center in Maine.

• $150,000

  Genotyping Center of America · Waterville, ME · 2024

  Quality Systems Improvement and Revenue Acceleration Project.

• $150,000

  Biofine Developments Northeast · Portland, ME · 2024

  Lincoln Biorefinery Financing Package Development.

• $150,000

  Island Institute · Rockland, ME · 2024

  Sea Change: Electric Propulsion for Maine's Working Waterfronts.

• $150,000

  Kinotek · Portland, ME · 2024

  Kinotek - Continued Innovation and Expansion.

• $150,000

  Lyman Morse Technologies Llc · Camden, ME · 2024

  Advanced Manufacturing and Training Center.

• $150,000

  Mingle Healthcare Solutions · South Paris, ME · 2024

  Mingle Health COVID Recovery.

• $150,000

  Turning Acquisitions Llc · Buckfield, ME · 2024

  Expand WWTF's Reach with New Products and New Technology.

• $150,000

  Springworks Farm Maine · Lisbon, ME · 2024

  Springworks Farm; Phase I Expansion.

• $150,000

  Our People · Portland, ME · 2024

  OurPeople Answers AI.

• $129,064

  Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center · Portland, ME · 2024

  Business Foundations Bootcamp Maine Immigrant Business Accelerator.

• $127,970

  Wr Allen · Orland, ME · 2024

  IQF Wild Blueberry Bagging System.

• $126,853

  Regenerate Energy Holdings Llc · Stratton, ME · 2024

  Biochar Production.

• $122,393

  Maine Laboratories Llc · Norridgewock, ME · 2024

  Maine Laboratories Doubles in size to Support National PFAS Testing Backlog.

• $120,000

  Mm Platform Co · Rockland, ME · 2024

  Roamr - Accelerating a new economy of movement; Roamr Self-Service Administration Website.

• $114,000

  Upstart Maine · Orono, ME · 2024

  Strengthening the Bangor Region's Agri-Food Tech Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.

• $110,000

  Huston and Company Wood Design · Arundel, ME · 2024

  Outreach & Upgrades.

• $110,000

  Sbd Technologies · Freeport, ME · 2024

  Formation of SBD Technology Inc Help creating a solid business case including financial modeling and position us to achieve the multi-year roadmap outlined.; SBD Technologies Product Launch.

• $108,228

  Kingsbury Family Farm Llc · Mars Hill, ME · 2024

  Optical Sorter software upgrades and implementation of drone sprayers ILO ground rigs.

• $106,500

  Bluesonde Technologies · Portland, ME · 2024

  Marketing assistance to establish brand identity and customer facing content for bluesonde technologies.; Market Research and Minimum Viable Product (MVP).; Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Development and Build.; Monitorin… read allMarketing assistance to establish brand identity and customer facing content for bluesonde technologies.; Market Research and Minimum Viable Product (MVP).; Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Development and Build.; Monitoring Buoy Fleet Development. less
• $106,000

  Even Keel · Portland, ME · 2024

  Building the Even Keel Way of Selling.

• $105,000

  Central Maine Growth Council · Portland, ME · 2024

  Dirigo Labs: Fostering Innovation & Collaboratively Supporting Maine-based Entrepreneurs; The Better Maine Conference.

• $100,000

  Iron Digital · Portland, ME · 2024

  Iron app.

• $100,000

  Maine Ocean Farms Llc · Brunswick, ME · 2024

  Maine Oyster Farm Electric Workboat Pilot Project.

• $100,000

  Entrepreneurship for All · Lowell, MA · 2024

  Establishing EforAll in Maine.

• $100,000

  Active Intelligence Llc · Rockland, ME · 2024

  Drones Advancing Maine Agriculture.

• $100,000

  Connective Health Strategies Llc · Portland, ME · 2024

  Connective C-Suite Platform.

• $97,500

  Carver Shellfish · Beals, ME · 2024

  Shellfish Wet Storage & Mussel Processing Equipment.

• $90,000

  Graze Llc · Northport, ME · 2024

  Graze 2025 Facility and Employee Expansion Plan.

• $90,000

  Emtech Care Labs · Cambridge, ME · 2024

  Product Piloting and Marketing.

• $85,000

  Defco Group Llc · Portland, ME · 2024

  Maine's Cloud Services.

• $82,500

  Maine Crisp Company · Winsolw, ME · 2024

  Strengthening Maine Crisp Co. Inc. Resilience With Manufacturing Innovation.

• $82,500

  Maine Outdoor Brands · Portland, ME · 2024

  Maine Outdoor Brands Financial Planning; Outdoor Industry Cluster Development.

• $80,000

  Point Pickleball Llc · Camden, ME · 2024

  Brand development & packaging design; Ecomm Website Development; Innovative & Sustainable Shoe Manufacturing.

• $76,667

  Nkenne · Portland, ME · 2024

  NKENNEAi: Providing Somali, Amharic, and Swahili AI Language Translations with TTT, STT, and TTS Technologies.

• $75,433

  Kind Mind · Falmouth, ME · 2024

  Kind Mind Team and Product 2025; Kind Mind: An evidence-based emotional learning program in Maine.

• $75,000

  Alivo · South Portland, ME · 2024

  Grant award for hybrid grant/loan request: Accelerating Alivo's Growth Through Strategic Investment in Customer Acquisition.

• $75,000

  Sebasticook Lumber · St Albans, ME · 2024

  Installation of a Gang Edger to increase low value log usage and price.

• $75,000

  Dirigo Sea Farm · Freeport, ME · 2024

  Biodegradable Laundry Pods crafted from Maine kelp Dirigo Sea Farm production research and customer pilot.

• $75,000

  Oak Llc · Brunswick, ME · 2024

  vibeCheck Beta Ship & Ramp.

• $75,000

  Wellsort · Kennebunk, ME · 2024

  WellSort 2.0.

• $75,000

  Grantx · Street Portland, ME · 2024

  GRASP Maine: Accelerating Grant Discovery and AI Innovation; MVP Development Project.

• $75,000

  Stokedplastics · Kennebunk, ME · 2024

  StokedPlastics: Pioneering Plastic Recycling for a Greener Future.

• $69,097

  Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority · Brunswick, ME · 2024

  TechPlace Incubator Economic Impact Upgrades Project.

• $67,000

  Coursestorm · Orono, ME · 2024

  Multi-channel sales increase.

• $66,875

  Literacytech · Lewiston, ME · 2024

  ReMo's Data Storytelling Project; ReMo's Read More! Initiative.

• $66,770

  Black Owned Maine · Portland, ME · 2024

  Black Business Visibility and Marketing Support; Technology Adoption and Innovation in the Black Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.

• $65,000

  Coastal Enterprises · Brunswick, ME · 2024

  CEI Women's Business Center Propeller III and Automate IT.

• $62,500

  Greenlight Maine Fund · North Yarmouth, ME · 2024

  Greenlight Maine/Greenlight Maine College Edition/Elevating Voices.

• $57,870

  Paquin Holdings Inc Dba Cinder Wood Products · Ellsworth, ME · 2024

  CWP Equipment and Capital Purchases & Video Production for Marketing; New Web Design and Development.

• $56,750

  Heiwa Tofu · Camden, ME · 2024

  Architectural and Engineering Support for Facility Expansion and Heiwa Tofu; Three Phase Upgrade at Heiwa Tofu.

• $56,300

  Bijou Corp · Camden, ME · 2024

  Bijou Build Market Expansion Initiative: U.S. Growth & Entry into Australia and UK.; Public Relations consultants.

• $55,000

  Unitegps Llc · South Portland, ME · 2024

  AI-Powered Bus Routing: Transforming Student Transportation; Fundraising Preparation & Support.

• $50,000

  Service Corps of Retired Executives Association · Portland, ME · 2024

  Mou fy2024-2025.

• $50,000

  Intripid · Cape Elizabeth, ME · 2024

  Partner Onboarding & Management for Intripid Go-To-Market.

• $50,000

  Nurturetalk · Langdon, NH · 2024

  Mother of Fact: Leading the Future of Equitable and Trusted Nutrition Care for Maternal Health.

• $50,000

  Sea Potential Llc · Portland, ME · 2024

  Fresh water from waves.

• $50,000

  Viable Gear · Portland, ME · 2024

  Viable Gear & MTI Range 3.

• $50,000

  Reform Composites Engineering Llc · Brunswick, ME · 2024

  Establishing Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic (CFRTP) Composite Engineering & Manufacturing Capabilities in Maine.

• $50,000

  Thruhike · New Castle, DE · 2024

  General Support

• $50,000

  Deepcharge · Biddeford, ME · 2024

  Charging Forward: Pioneering Sustainable Energy Tech in Maine with MTI.

• $50,000

  Deer Isle Oyster Company · Stonington, ME · 2024

  Plastic-Free Farming: Designing Sustainable Solutions for Aquaculture.

• $50,000

  Strong Technologies Llc · Thomaston, ME · 2024

  Speak AI.

• $50,000

  Gel Hydration Technologies · Bangor, ME · 2024

  Palatability and beta testing of gel hydration products.

• $50,000

  Apogee Medical · Blue Hill, ME · 2024

  Apogee Medical Inc.

• $50,000

  Boundless Diagnostics · Brewer, ME · 2024

  Boundless Diagnostic Advances In Veterinary Care.