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Blueprint Intelligence / Specialized Pathways / Maine SSBCI venture capital, direct equity, fund equity, and recycled funds
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Maine deployed its SSBCI equity through partner organizations into both companies and funds, and FAME says the initial tranches are winding down into recycled investments.
FAME and its partners deployed Maine’s SSBCI capital through loans, direct business equity and fund investments. For equity, identify whether the applicant is a company or a fund manager. The original source check also found the initial tranches moving toward recycled investments, so confirm present availability before planning an approach.
FAME reports direct loans of $34,032,918, direct equity of $26,200,000, and fund equity investments of $2,000,000. Equity was the larger share of the two investment mechanisms by a wide margin, and fund-level investment the smallest of the three.
Direct equity goes into a business. Fund equity goes into a fund that then invests on its own account. A manager reading this page is looking at the second line and a company at the first.
The equity investments were managed by Maine Venture Fund, Maine Technology Institute, and CEI Ventures rather than by FAME directly. The partner, not the authority, is the counterparty for an equity conversation.
Maine Venture Fund invests in dynamic businesses with the potential for significant growth and impact in Maine. Since 1997 more than $20 million has been invested in Maine companies from that fund, which operates as a revolving evergreen fund. That description is the fund's own and is not specific to SSBCI capital.
FAME states that now that the initial tranches of SSBCI funds are winding down, it and its partner organizations will begin to redeploy returned SSBCI funds into new SSBCI-compliant investments as recycled funds. That is a statement about capital returning and being reinvested, not a statement that applications are open.
Investments made with recycled funds must still meet the 3:1 leverage and 20% PCAR requirements, meaning each dollar of SSBCI capital requires three dollars of private capital from other sources. Businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals may qualify for reduced rates and a 1:1 leverage requirement instead of 3:1.
Anyone planning around Maine should confirm the current position with FAME or the relevant partner rather than treating the recycling sentence as an invitation.
Maine's SSBCI equity is past its first deployment. FAME says the initial tranches are winding down and returned funds will be redeployed as recycled capital, still subject to the 3:1 leverage and 20% PCAR requirements.
Source check recorded: August 2, 2026.
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