Maine technology institute
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PublishedAugust 25, 2022
Maine Voices: State grants, loans require a delicate balancing act
The Maine Technology Institute awards vital funding to businesses across the state – businesses like mine. Some of that information it can share, some it can’t.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2020
Ten projects share $2.2 million in awards from Maine Technology Institute
Coupled with nearly $32 million in matching funds, the innovative projects are expected to create or preserve 1,600 jobs in eight Maine counties.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2020
Saco company seeks to zap coronavirus with UV light
The prototype feeds potentially infected items through a 'Frankensteined' oven in which a conveyor belt runs under ultraviolet light.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2020
Local gadget-maker takes a crack at a better face mask
The founder of Portland-based Zootility Tools has come up with a design that requires no sewing, no elastic and no wires, and says glasses won't fog up because the mask fits so snugly.
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PublishedJune 17, 2020
Gorham textile designer wins $100,000 business prize
Erin Flett is this year's grand prize winner of $100,000 in Greenlight Maine, a television pitch competition in its fifth season.
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PublishedJune 16, 2020
ImmuCell receives $500,000 loan from Maine Technology Institute
The Portland-based animal health company will use the funds to help increase its production capacity for one product and complete the development of another.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2020
Portland’s Defendify raises $2 million to expand cybersecurity business
The company produces software especially for small businesses to protect their data in an increasingly complex information economy.
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PublishedMay 28, 2019
Maine company that supports startups by women gets $80,000
Bangor-based Scratchpad Accelerator says it will use the money to support companies founded by women, as well as institutional and academic spinoffs that help startups in Maine and Northern New England.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2019
Business cluster inside a Portland thrift store offers hope to budding entrepreneurs
The space, inside Threads of Hope thrift store, offers business development resources and below-market rents.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2018
Maine Technology Institute makes ‘seismic shift’ in the way it funds innovators
The investment authority's complicated system for awarding millions in taxpayer-financed grants to entrepreneurs is reworked to be faster and simpler.
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