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CEI Ventures, Inc. Announces Final Closing of Coastal Ventures V LP, the “Good Jobs Fund,” at $21.5 Million
August 3, 2022 (Brunswick, ME) – CEI Ventures, Inc. completed the final closing of its fifth fund on July 15, 2022, with a total capital raise of $21.5 million from 46 accredited investors. Known as “The Good Jobs Fund,” it is the largest fund in CEI Ventures’ 26-year history.
NBT Bank and CEI-BOULOS Capital Management Launch High-Impact Real Estate Equity Investment Fund
2022 Maine Small Business Awards
Last week, the CEI Women’s Business Center was honored to host the 2022 Maine Small Business Awards, we were especially proud to support the numerous winners who are current or former CEI Clients or Borrowers.
CEI Discloses Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Its Small Business Lending Portfolio
Maine community development leader joins two peers to create a guide for CDFIs to apply greenhouse gas accounting methodology from Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)
Bub ‘n Mutha’s Wins Downeast Business Bootcamp Pitch Off
April 6, 2022 (Ellsworth, ME) – Founder John Fuhrman of Bub ‘n Mutha’s in Winter Harbor took home the judge’s prize for top contender in the second annual Downeast Business Bootcamp Pitch Off held on March 25th.
CEI Women’s Business Center Launches Portland Office to Serve Southern Maine’s Diverse Female Entrepreneurs
Caption: Sarah Guerette, Director, CEI Women’s Business Centers; Diane Sturgeon, District Director for the Maine District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration; Betsy Biemann, CEO, Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI); Grace Mo-Phillips, Program Director, CEI Women’s Business Center South celebrate the grand opening of the CEI Women’s Business Center South at CEI’s office at the Marine Trade Center in Portland, Maine. March 15, 2022 (Portland, ME) – The CEI Women’s Business Center (WBC) announces the grand opening of the CEI Women’s Business Center South (CEI WBC South), CEI’s third center focused on female and femme/feminine-identifying entrepreneurs* who want to start or grow their own business in Maine.
Good Jobs as a Stepping Stone to an Equitable Economic Future
The CEI Good Jobs Framework The pandemic jolted the U.S. economy, which today is 5.7 million jobs smaller in size than at its peak in February 2020. Employers are recruiting and retaining workers in a changed landscape, where in addition to the virus, the quality of jobs is driving decisions to stay at or return to a place of employment.
Investing in Culturally Sensitive Medical Care: How Mission-Based Financing Fills a Gap
Community development financial institutions helped develop financing solutions for healthcare facilities in rural America.
Testimony in support of LD 1626, An Act Implementing the Recommendations of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act
2/15/2022
Applications Now Open for CEI’s Child Care Business Lab
Training for people who want to start a child care business in rural Maine