Blue Rabbit’s Merger with Wedgewood

Blue Rabbit is a leading provider of veterinary healthcare technology, pharmacy services, and care coordination solutions. Its 200 animal health professionals serve the veterinary community through a network of five pharmacies nationwide and a technology center in Portland. In 2021, Blue Rabbit sought and received MTI core funding to support the build out of its… Read more »

Algae-based Nutrients for Pets (and, soon, their People)

PhytoSmart founder Deena Sisitsky has always been a firm believer in “We are what we eat” and recognizing that life expectancy in America is decreasing in the 21st century, she began a search to explain the decline of our public health by looking to history for the answer. Drawing on her pharma background, interest in… Read more »

Celebrating Green Businesses – Happy Earth Day

It’s hard to believe with the recent snowfall and storms that Earth Day has arrived. Since 1970, Earth Day has marked a harbinger of change, inspiring first the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, then the Clean Air Act and, a few years later, the Clean Water Act. At MTI we have a long track… Read more »

SBIR News & Deadlines

The Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) programs are the largest source of early-stage, high-risk technology financing in the United States. Eleven federal agencies participate in this program to provide over $4 billion for the early-stage research and development projects leading to commercialization of products, processes or services. The Small Business… Read more »