Maine Technology Institute
John Eldredge is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in entrepreneurship and board leadership. Currently serving as Chairperson of the Board at Good To-Go since November 2023, Eldredge is also an Entrepreneur-in-residence at the Maine Technology Institute, where responsibilities include advising portfolio companies and evaluating funding applications. As a Partner at Innovative Natural Products Group, expertise is brought to early-stage companies in optimizing product lines and marketing strategies. Past roles include Director of Merchandising at Emery-Waterhouse, Director of Brand & Business Development at Ahold Delhaize, and President & Owner of Warmheart Designs. Eldredge co-founded Concordia Partners LLC and served as COO at Global Health Alternatives, further showcasing a diverse background in management and marketing. Eldredge's educational credentials include an AB in Psychology and an MBA in Marketing from Dartmouth College and The Tuck School of Business, respectively.
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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.