New Enterprise Forum (NEF) recently announced the winners of its annual Entrepreneurship Awards. These awards are given in recognition of entrepreneurs’ achievements during the past year.
Announcements, Tech Events
Save the Date for Ohio’s New Tech Summit
OhioX has just announced a new tech summit for Ohio, bringing together some of the top speakers from growing startups in the region. As we’ve covered in recent articles, the Columbus area in particular has made a name for itself in the last few years as a hub of insurtech and healthtech startups. If you’re in that space or want to stay connected to the startup and funding scene in the Midwest, details are below to register.
Announcements, Funding, Uncategorized
Boomerang Catapult Invests in Uru Sports of Traverse City, a Global Athlete Networking Service
Boomerang Catapult has just announced a significant investment in Uru Sports, a Traverse City, Michigan, startup that has created a global digital network connecting athletes to resources, opportunities, and one another. Boomerang adds Uru Sports to its portfolio of high-potential, Traverse City-based companies.
Announcements, Leadership
Pocketnest Finds Employee Benefits Application for SaaS Financial Wellness Platform
Formerly Ann Arbor-based fintech startup Pocketnest, now headquartered in Detroit, has announced recently that the startup is continuing to grow into a successful B2B2C SaaS financial wellness provider, with the following milestones:
Announcements, Funding, News
Midwest High Growth Tech Startups to Watch 2022: Columbus
Ever since Drive Capital was founded by a partnership between local and Silicon Valley VCs, Columbus has taken off as a center for insurtech and healthtech startups. Forbes now calls it “the #1 city for startups and the top remerging city for venture capital.” The traditional presence of insurance companies in the region has even encouraged many healthtech startups to move headquarters to the region. Columbus has experienced tremendous growth in 2021 and is earning its own star on the map as a tech ecosystem.
Advanced Manufacturing, Announcements, Software
Eoxs Pivots to Analytics Software for Steel
Eoxs has been one of the most popular stories we’ve covered on Cronicle. The startup disrupted steel buying technology by providing an e-commerce solution for steel buyers to create their own marketplaces online within one day. The industry was interested in the technology, but reportedly didn’t want marketplaces killing off retail competition, as can happen sometimes. Eoxs founder Rajat Jain says he also didn’t want to be in steel but to focus his efforts in software. So, the startup pivoted quickly to offer cloud-based reporting software for the steel industry–another low-hanging fruit in an industry still using basic reporting and analytics tools.
Announcements, Environmental Tech, Funding, University of Michigan
Students Launch New Venture Fund for Climate Tech Startups
University of Michigan students and faculty have just launched a student-run investment fund focused on supporting early-stage climate tech companies.
Announcements, News
FastTrack: SE Michigan’s Fastest Growing Companies in 2021
Ann Arbor SPARK’s a2tech360 FastTrack Awards were held tonight to celebrate the fastest growing startups coming out of Washtenaw and Livingston counties in Southeast Michigan. These “gazelles” are startups with rapid year over year growth defined as 20% increased average revenue for 3 years starting from a base of $100,000. These awards do not include metro Detroit or other areas of Michigan, so this is not a comprehensive list of the fastest growing companies in Michigan overall.
Announcements, Tech Events
Michigan Venture Capital Awards Winners 2021
This week, the Michigan Venture Capital Association (MVCA) announced the awardees of the 2021 MVCA Annual Awards Dinner. MVCA announced awards recognizing the capital events that are fueling the growth of Michigan’s companies, the significant investment milestones enabling companies to grow and excel in Michigan, the companies that are producing groundbreaking solutions in their sectors, and the organizations working to engage with their communities and enrich their local economies.
Announcements, Mobility Tech
Ann Arbor Launches A2Go Driverless Shuttle
Want a chance to check out driverless shuttles? If you’re in Ann Arbor, you can check out the new A2Go shuttle during a2tech360’s A2 Zero Green Fair tomorrow, October 1. The shuttle launches to the public October 12 and runs downtown.
