Maine Technology Institute
Emily Braley serves as the Maine Entrepreneurial Resource Corps (MERC) Coordinator at the Maine Technology Institute since May 2022. In addition, Emily has been an International Ambassador for PISC-Nepal since June 2021, contributing to socio-economic development in Nepal through various strategic initiatives. Emily previously interned at USAID, where research and a gender analysis were conducted to guide significant programming efforts for USAID missions in Mongolia and the Philippines. Prior experience includes customer service at Rainbow Toys from May 2015 to December 2017. Emily holds a master's degree in Economics and two bachelor's degrees in Economics and Religion/Religious Studies from the University of Florida.
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The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) is an industry-led, publicly-funded, nonprofit corporation that offers early-stage capital and commercialization assistance in the form of competitive grants, loans and equity investment for the research, development and application of technologies that create new products, processes and services, generating high-quality jobs across Maine. The Maine Technology Institute was established by the Maine State Legislature in 1999. MTI, working with partners across the state, “shall encourage, promote, stimulate and support research and development activity leading to the commercialization of new products and services in the State's technology-intensive industrial sectors to enhance the competitive position of those sectors and increase the likelihood that one or more of the sectors will support clusters of industrial activity and to create new jobs for Maine people.” MTI is one element of the State's economic development strategy to contribute to the long-term development of a statewide research, development and product deployment infrastructure. See full statute. Every $1 of MTI funds received generates an additional $14 in non-MTI funding. MTI funded companies say that MTI funding has been critical to their commercial success. Since 2000, MTI has funded 1,295 technology projects in Maine, a financial commitment of $106 million that has leveraged over $173 million in additional funding for a total of $280 million.