Northern Maine Distilling Company - Scott Galbiati and Jessica Jewell
Formed in 2006, the Northern Maine Distilling Company's purpose is to transform Aroostook County's potatoes into super-premium quality Twenty 2 Superior Vodka. LFF awarded a grant toward the purchase of equipment.

Apogee Creative Studio - Dean Merrill
Dean Merrill founded Apogee Creative Studio, which offers state of the art technical services in film and video. One of Dean's goals is to promote Maine as an affordable film industry alternative. LFF awarded a grant toward equipment and workshop studies.

Blue Reserve - Brandon Pollock and Nick Friedman
Blue Reserve, LLC is a company committed to offering businesses an economical and eco-friendly alternative to bottled water coolers. Their "bottle-less" water cooler purifies tap water and stores it for on-demand hot or cold consumption. LFF awarded a grant toward bringing the product to market.

Gradefly - Jeremy Usher
Jeremy Usher is Founder and Creative Director of Gradefly, which seeks to dramatically reduce the amount of time instructors spend grading by automating the process through an application capable of scoring documents transmitted by fax or email. LFF awarded a grant toward capital development.