Recently Funded Startups in Maine
Updated Sep 2026
There are 80 funded startups in Maine in the FundedIQ database, each with its funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Maine, along with the 80 most recently funded startups there.
Startups in Maine closed 29 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 16 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $121M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $1.8M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.0M and $3.4M. Financial Services, Food and Beverage and Agriculture and Farming hold the most companies by sector. Portland and South Portland hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in Maine.
Financial Services leads a mix that leans heavily into Food and Beverage and Agriculture and Farming. This concentration in Portland and South Portland means the region acts as a specialized cluster. Filtering by Seed or Series A stages helps separate early bets from scaled ventures. The presence of Education and Health Care firms adds unexpected breadth to a segment otherwise defined by traditional industries.
Maine funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Jun 2026.
80 most recently funded startups in Maine
80 shownOrdered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
Maine startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Maine closed 29 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 16 of them in the last 12, adding up to $121M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $1.8M, with the middle half running from $1.0M to $3.4M. 22 of 29 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Financial Services, Food and Beverage and Agriculture and Farming hold the most companies, led by Financial Services at 8. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Industries with the most funded startups in Maine
Sector counts across all 80 tracked companies in Maine. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded startups located in Maine?
Where funded startups in Maine are based, by the city on the company record.
About the FundedIQ Maine startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 80 funded startups in Maine currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (7 of 29 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Maine is dated Jun 2026.
The table above shows the 80 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in Maine?
FundedIQ tracks 80 funded startups in Maine. This page lists the 80 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in Maine raised?
Startups in Maine tracked by FundedIQ have raised $121M in disclosed capital across 29 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 16 rounds in the last 12 months. 22 of those 29 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Maine?
Financial Services has the most, with 8 companies, followed by Food and Beverage (8), Agriculture and Farming (6) and Education (6). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded startups in Maine?
Portland leads with 34 companies, then South Portland (6), Mexico (5) and Biddeford (4).
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Maine?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $1.8M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.0M and $3.4M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the Maine startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in Maine is dated Jun 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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