Campus Ventures

Campus Ventures is a university-based commercialization accelerator program designed to assist Maine companies and university faculty commercialize technology and manufacturing projects. The program helps entrepreneurs and university faculty members advance technology-intensive projects and provides rich experiential learning opportunities for students. 

Campus Ventures supports innovation, economic development, and job creation in Maine. USM has partnered with the Maine Center for Enterprise Development (MCED) to create a dual track technology- and business-development incubator program to accelerate commercialization activity for both startups and faculty spin-off projects. The program also provides services to larger, more established companies in a fee-for-service arrangement. Campus Ventures is funded in part through a Maine Economic Improvement Fund (MEIF) grant, a Maine Technology Institute (MTI) Cluster Development Award, and by industry partners.