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V O L . X X X I I N O. I V F E B R UA R Y 2 3 , 2 0 2 6 26 T H E L I S T Venture capital deals in Maine Ranked by funding amount 1 Company Industry/ products and services Funding amount/ type/ transaction date Select investors Top executive 1 Conductor AI Corp. Biddeford conductorai.co Software Automation of government approvals $ 15,000,000 Series A April 2025 Lux Capital, Sunflower Capital Partners, Humba Ventures, Haystack Ventures, Forward Deployed Venture Capital, Altman Capital, Also Capital, Abstract Zach Long CEO & co-founder 2 Prowler Inc. Sargentville prowler.com Information technology Open cloud security platform $ 6,500,000 Seed April 2025 Decibel Partners Casey Rosenthal co-founder & CEO 3 Howie Washington County howie.ai Software, artificial intelligence Email-based scheduling assistant $ 6,000,000 Seed Sept. 2025 True Ventures, Roo Capital, Resolute Ventures Austin Petesmith CEO 4 Synergy CHC Westbrook synergychc.com Consumer health & beauty Supplements $ 4,375,000 Post-IPO equity Aug. 2025 N/A Jack Ross chairman & CEO 5 Atlantic Sea Farms Biddeford atlanticseafarms.com Food and beverage Cultivation of regenerative kelp on open ocean sea farms $ 3,800,000 Venture - series unknown Jan. 2025 True Wealth Ventures, Third Nature Ventures, Builders Bridge Mikel Durham CEO 6 Nest Veterinary Portland nestveterinary.com Health care Preventative care solutions for pets $ 3,449,998 Series A Sept. 2025 N/A Ishani Gujral Jacob Davis co-founders 7 Reconnect Cumberland reconnect.io Information technology Technologies to improve recidivism, incarceration and addiction $ 3,317,278 Venture - series unknown Sept. 2025 N/A Pete Andrews CEO 8 Defendify Inc. Portland defendify.com Information technology Cybersecurity solutions $ 2,466,176 Venture - series unknown Feb. 2025 N/A Rob Simopoulos co-founder 9 Kinotek Inc. Portland kinotek.com Education, Health Functional movement assessment system $ 2,000,000 Seed Jan. 2026 Maine Venture Fund Pat Panaia CEO 10 Accelera Inc. Biddeford accelara.us Health care Electronic health records $ 1,575,959 Venture - series unknown Oct. 2025 N/A Matthias Loening CEO 11 Kinotek Inc. Portland kinotek.com Health care Digital health platform for musculoskeletal treatment & care $ 1,570,289 Venture - series unknown June 2025 N/A Pat Panaia CEO 12 BlueTrace Catine blue-trace.com Aquaculture, AgTech SaaS for the seafood industry $ 1,314,996 Seed Feb. 2026 N/A Chip Terry founder & CEO 13 Alivo South Portland alivo.ai Software Artificial intelligence agents for roofers $ 1,110,000 Venture - series unknown Jan. 2025 N/A Max Meade CEO & co-founder 14 Dynamic Grid Portland dynamicgrid.ai Software Software for distributed energy sources $ 1,095,610 Seed March 2025 N/A Kay Aikin CEO & co-founder SOURCE: Crunchbase 1 Deals completed from Jan. 1, 2025 to Feb. 6, 2026 were considered for this list. - This list was compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher and published in the Feb. 23, 2026 issue of Mainebiz. C O M P I L E D B Y S T E P H A N I E M E A G H E R C O M P I L E D B Y S T E P H A N I E M E A G H E R PR ES ENTI NG S PONS OR W E D N E S D AY, M A R C H 1 1 / 4 – 6 P M / 3 1 7 M A I N C O M M U N I T Y M U S I C C E N T E R HORS D'OEUVRES / CASH BAR / NETWORKING WITH AREA BUSINESS EXECUTIVES S PACE IS S PACE IS L IMITED L IMITED, BE S URE TO , BE S URE TO R EG IS TER! R EG IS TER! Please register ahead at mainebiz.biz/event/otr-yarmouth REGIONAL SP ONSORS YARMOUTH 1 Deals completed from Jan. 1, 2025 to Feb. 6, 2026 were considered for this list. S O U R C E : Crunchbase Access this list and more at mainebiz.biz/data @ Venture capital deals in Maine Ranked by funding amount 1