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Connect. Start. Scale.

Connect. Start. Scale.

Four days of founder-led programming across Maine's startup ecosystem.

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Startup Maine Week Kickoff

Opening Keynote with Kate Brodock: Building Locally Means Activating Globally

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The Roux Institute · Amphitheater Sarah Smith, Elena Brondolo, Kate Brodock

10 AM – 10:45 AM

From Idea to Your Series B: A Fireside Chat with JT White

The Roux Institute · Amphitheater JT White, Chris Wolfel

10:45 AM – 11:15 AM

BREAK

11:15 AM – 12:30 PM

National Security Innovation Panel

The Roux Institute · Amphitheater Mike Wisecup, Stephanie Usry Bellistri, Ben Fichter +2

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Startup Legal Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

Room 201 Matt Hyde, George Matelich, Bo Bergstrom +1

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

LUNCH

The Roux Institute · Room 132 - Lunch

12:45 PM – 1:30 PM

An Honest Conversation About AI, Opportunity, and What Comes Next

The Roux Institute · Amphitheater Trevor Gale, Ali Goldstein

12:45 PM – 1:30 PM

Term Sheets: What Matters?

Room 201 Helen Coburn, Ben Sampson

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

Never Stop Discovering

The Roux Institute · Room 138 Deb Mills-Scofield, Alexa McGovern, Frank Chen +1

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

Stronger Together: Building Maine-Canada Commercial Partnerships

The Roux Institute · Amphitheater Heather Sullivan, Colleen Craig, Alexandre Paris +2

Innovation Breakouts: Climate & Sustainability, Life Sciences & Health, National Security

The Roux Institute · Amphitheater, Room 132 + Cafe, Room 136, Room 137 Gerard Pozzi, Aidan Salisbury, Elena Brondolo +3

4 PM – 4:30 PM

BREAK

4:30 PM – 7 PM

Roux Pitch Fest & Opening Party

The Roux Institute · Amphitheater Santiago Zindel, Kellin Haley, Erin Knight +9

Maine Startup Ecosystem Partner Showcase & Morning Networking

The Maine Center · Living Room The Maine Center, Maine Technology Institute (MTI), Maine Tech Week +10

Registration & Check In Open

Morning Kickoff & Where We Stand: Maine’s Startup Ecosystem in 2026

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The Maine Center · Living Room Tom Kittredge

10 AM – 11:30 AM

Strengthening Maine's Startup Ecosystem: A Workshop to Build What Comes Next

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The Maine Center · Living Room Sarah Smith, Seth Goodall, Patrick Diamond

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

LUNCH

Financial Modeling Made Easy 4.0

The Maine Center · Room 221 Andrew Wood

Maine Accelerates Growth (MxG) Monthly Meetup

The Maine Center · Moot Court Tom Kittredge, Sarah Delmar, Ryan D'Wolff Munro +1

The Power of Network

The Maine Center · Living Room John Hill

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Funding the Future: How Early-Stage Startups Can Access Capital in Maine

The Maine Center · Moot Court Rob Simopoulos, Joe Powers, Lou Simms +3

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

The Corporate-Startup Relationship: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Table

The Maine Center · Room 221 David Klein, Nathan Sigworth, Donna Viera +1

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Connecting New England's Startup Ecosystems

The Maine Center · Room 221 Mark Michalski, Marie Rocha, Stephanie Roulic +1

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Founder-led Sales: When & How to Build Out a Sales Org

The Maine Center · Moot Court Ben Maitland-Lewis

4:30 PM – 6 PM

Maine Technology Institute Startup Maine Week Networking Event

The Maine Center · Living Room Katie Weiler, Brian Whitney, MTI Portfolio Companies

5:30 PM – 7 PM

Off-Site Evening Event: VC / Entrepreneurs Happy Hour - SVB & Whop - Hunt & Alpine

John Hill, Ben Maitland-Lewis

Nexus Maine Coffee Meetup

The Maine Center · Living Room Jimmy Haight, George Matelich

Registration & Check In Open

Surviving and Thriving in the Valley of Death

The Maine Center · Living Room Phil Coupe

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM

Maine’s remix economy: Building the new from the known

The Maine Center · Moot Court Rhiannon Hampson, Charlie Walsh, Joshua Scherz +1

10:30 AM – 12 PM

Ship it: from idea to live product in 90 minutes with AI

The Maine Center · Room 221 Emily Batt

11:15 AM – 12 PM

GMRI BlueTech Boost Startup Showcase

The Maine Center · Living Room Alex Birdsall, Trey Angera, Ireland Moro +1

LUNCH

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Student Entrepreneurship In Higher Education

The Maine Center · Moot Court Mike McQuillan, Lisa Herschbach, Lisa Noble +2

Demystifying Data for Startups

The Maine Center · Living Room Josh Humberston, Kevin McDonough, Scott Lemos +1

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

The Future of Healthcare Data: AI, Opportunity, and Who Captures the Value

The Maine Center · Moot Court Sarah Delmar, Barry Wark, Lizzy Mulcahy +2

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

What It Really Takes to Raise Series A & B

The Maine Center · Room 221 Chris Wolfel, David Anderson, Haley Israelson +1

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Building Beyond Cumberland County: The Startup Journey Across Maine

The Maine Center · Moot Court Brandon McDonald, Joe Henderson, Jake Daniele +1

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Operators Unite: Lessons from Inside Growing Startups

The Maine Center · Room 221 Torey Penrod-Cambra, Brian Bousquet-Smith

4:30 PM – 6 PM

Maine Startup Challenge Showcase: Celebrating Maine's next generation of founders

The Maine Center · Living Room Maine Venture Fund (MVF)

Maine Matriarchy Coffee Meetup

The Maine Center · Living Room Kellin Haley

Registration/Check In Open

9:15 AM – 10 AM

Scaling Companies Through Strategic Human Capital Management

The Maine Center · Living Room Chris Winslow, Ryan D'Wolff Munro

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM

From LaunchPad to Lift Off

The Maine Center · Moot Court Katie Grant, Hailey Lister, Devin McNeil +2

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

LUNCH

The Maine Center · Living Room

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

GTM in 2026: How Lean Teams Can Scale Execution Without Scaling Headcount

The Maine Center · Room 221 Cassandra Cattabriga

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

We Almost Failed. Then We Pivoted.

The Maine Center · Moot Court Rae Lambert, Ryan Lambert

Closing Keynote: Fundraising is broken…and AI’s not going to fix it

The Maine Center · Living Room Clarence Bethea, Sarah Smith

Startup Maine Week 2026 Wrap Party

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