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V O L . X X X I I N O. V I I I A P R I L 2 0 , 2 0 2 6 4 SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Ken Hanson ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Michelle Phillips EVENTS & MARKETING DIRECTOR Samantha Elliott OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER Allison Spies DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Leah Allen A division of New England Business Media LLC P R E S I D E N T / C E O Tom Curtin CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Andrea Tetzlaff DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY Buster, Claire, William HOSPITALITY EMERITUS M.J., Malcolm, Zoey PUBLISHER Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR Peter Van Allen DEPUTY EDITOR Renee Cordes DIGITAL EDITOR Alexis Wells SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Tina Fischer MAINEBIZ IS COMMITTED TO ACCURATE, FAIR AND IMPARTIAL COVERAGE OF BUSINESS NEWS IN THE STATE OF MAINE. C O N T E N T S Bold ventures Maine financiers take varied routes to backing startups 12 18 Banking on real estate Banks are retooling their real estate portfolios with acquisitions, sales and construction 23 Banks with the largest market share in Maine B A N K I N G / F I N A N C E / I N S U R A N C E F O C U S I N D U S T R Y T H U M B N A I L O N PA G E 1 1 ยป PERKS THAT PAY OFF. MUTUAL CHECKING ACCOUNT MUTUAL HIGH YIELD SAVINGS ACCOUNT View Our New Products P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y K E N N E B E C S AV I N G S B A N K P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R Kennebec Savings bought the former Maine State Grange building, next door at 146 State St. 26 18 Briana Warner, president of Oxbow Brewing Co., at the company's bottling facility and event space in Portland.