Vermont venture capital firm founded 2000 by Cairn Cross and Charlie Kireker, Shelburne VT

Vermont's statewide electric transmission grid operator — first transmission-only utility in the US (1956); ~740 mi of line; assets held by Vermont Transco LLC.

Third-generation, family-owned media company headquartered in Portland, Maine, running global trade shows, conferences, and publications across seafood, foodservice, and other industries.

Health insurer; a CVS Health company that retained its own corporate HQ in Hartford.

Oldest mutual insurer of automobiles in the US, headquartered in Lincoln, Rhode Island, founded in 1907.

Hydroponic greenhouse tomato grower operating a 42-acre facility in Madison, Maine, supplying vine-ripened tomatoes across the Northeast under owner Mastronardi Produce.

Publicly traded (NYSE American: BHB) bank holding company headquartered in Bar Harbor, Maine, parent of Bar Harbor Bank & Trust.

US Navy shipbuilder (General Dynamics subsidiary); lead yard for Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers; ~6,500 jobs, ~12% of Maine manufacturing. Founded 1884.

Iconic ice cream maker headquartered in South Burlington, Vermont with its original factory in Waterbury, founded in Burlington in 1978; operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Unilever with an independent board.

Vermont-area startup, portfolio company of Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies

Beta Technologies is a South Burlington, Vermont-based aerospace manufacturer developing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) and electric conventional takeoff and landing aircraft for cargo, medical, passenger, and military aviation. Founded in 2017 by Kyle Clark.

Business payments and cash-management software company headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, taken private by Thoma Bravo in a 2022 $2.6 billion acquisition.

Dominant Maine hydro owner (~90% of state hydropower) — Harris Station (largest ME dam) + Wyman Dam on the upper Kennebec. Brookfield Renewable subsidiary. Selling 4 lower-Kennebec dams to The Nature Conservancy for removal (2025).

Snowboard and outerwear company headquartered in Burlington, Vermont, founded by Jake Burton Carpenter in 1977 and still the dominant name in snowboarding.

Dairy farmer cooperative headquartered in Waitsfield, Vermont, producing Cabot-brand cheese and butter, owned by Agri-Mark since 1992.

Vermont-area startup, portfolio company of FreshTracks Capital

Bicycle manufacturer founded in 1971 in Wilton, Connecticut — named for the local Metro-North station — known for lightweight aluminum and performance bikes. Headquartered in Wilton with engineering offices in Freiburg, Germany; part of Pon Holdings.

100% employee-owned, B Corp-certified manufacturer of high-precision optical filters headquartered in Bellows Falls, Vermont, serving microscopy and life-sciences instrument makers worldwide.

100% employee-owned heavy civil, industrial, and energy construction firm headquartered in Pittsfield, Maine, operating across more than 40 states.