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What Will Happen With Tech Investing in 2024?

What Will Happen With Tech Investing in 2024?

What Will Happen With Tech Investing in 2024? As we step into 2024, the tech investing scene continues to evolve under the influence of…

What Will Happen With Tech Investing in 2024?

How VC Funding Is Advancing Life Sciences

How VC Funding Is Advancing Life Sciences

Venture Capital's Role in Advancing Life Sciences The life sciences sector has been a beacon of innovation and growth, underpinned by the…

How VC Funding Is Advancing Life Sciences

Startup Funding Shifts Industries

Startup Funding Shifts Industries

Shifting Tides in Startup Funding: From Software to Life Sciences The landscape of startup funding is undergoing a significant…

Startup Funding Shifts Industries

Funding Raise for Flexible Manufacturing

Funding Raise for Flexible Manufacturing

Machina Funding Raise for Advanced Manufacturing Flexibility Flexible advanced manufacturing is finally here. Traditionally, changing…

Funding Raise for Flexible Manufacturing

No More Big Funding Rounds for Startups?

No More Big Funding Rounds for Startups?

No More Big Funding Rounds? Once upon a time, it was a rarity to see startups bring in $100 million or more in a round of funding. These…

No More Big Funding Rounds for Startups?

Plymouth Funding News

Plymouth Funding News

Plymouth Raises New $125M Fund for Startups Plymouth Growth Partners, a growth equity firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has just announced…

Plymouth Funding News

FDIC Seizes Republic in Third Bank Failure of 2023

FDIC Seizes Republic in Third Bank Failure of 2023

Third Major Bank Failure of 2023 Republic Bank has been seized by the FDIC after the third major bank failure of 2023 in the U.S., following…

FDIC Seizes Republic in Third Bank Failure of 2023

Tech Startups Scramble After Silicon Valley Bank Collapse, Bank-to-Bank Bailout

Tech Startups Scramble After Silicon Valley Bank Collapse, Bank-to-Bank Bailout

The Silicon Valley Bank website has been taken over by "Silicon Valley Bridge Bank" to create a vehicle to serve existing SVB depositors via…

Tech Startups Scramble After Silicon Valley Bank Collapse, Bank-to-Bank Bailout

Immuta Inc. Gains Silicon Valley Investor, Valued at $1 billion

Immuta Inc. Gains Silicon Valley Investor, Valued at $1 billion

Immuta Inc., a newly minted unicorn tech startup in the Drive Capital LLC and Ohio Innovation Fund portfolios, has added a new publicly…

Immuta Inc. Gains Silicon Valley Investor, Valued at $1 billion

Forj raises $15 million and announces merger

Forj raises $15 million and announces merger

Startup Forj has just raised a $15 million-dollar Series A funding round and announced a merger with Web Courseworks that will come together…

Forj raises $15 million and announces merger

How to connect with Chicago's startup ecosystem

How to connect with Chicago's startup ecosystem

Desiree Vargas Wrigley runs TechRise and P33 Chicago, a startup community and pitch competition that supports women and BIPOC startup…

How to connect with Chicago's startup ecosystem

6 Ways to Secure Funding for Your Startup

6 Ways to Secure Funding for Your Startup

Image courtesy Pexels. This article is a guest post by contributor Dean Burgess of Excitepreneur.net. The opinions herein are the sole…

6 Ways to Secure Funding for Your Startup

QualSights raises just under $8 million for IoT AI consumer research platform

QualSights raises just under $8 million for IoT AI consumer research platform

QualSight's combination of research on consumer habits and IoT sensors allow brands to capture insights on product design and usage…

QualSights raises just under $8 million for IoT AI consumer research platform

Chicago's TechRise supports entrepreneurs with generous pitch competition grants

Chicago's TechRise supports entrepreneurs with generous pitch competition grants

Chicago is still growing as an emerging tech hub. Meet P33, an organization that is supporting entrepreneurs that are historically…

Chicago's TechRise supports entrepreneurs with generous pitch competition grants

How Is Your Company Weathering the Economic Shift? Send Us Your Tips.

How Is Your Company Weathering the Economic Shift? Send Us Your Tips.

Startups with a few years under their belt based in the Midwest might have an easier time than new startups (pictured above a May Mobility…

How Is Your Company Weathering the Economic Shift? Send Us Your Tips.

Chicago Startups Continue Fundraising Streak

Chicago Startups Continue Fundraising Streak

Salesforce Tower, Chicago, courtesy Salesforce. Built in Chicago reports this week that it has been another busy month for the windy city's…

Chicago Startups Continue Fundraising Streak

Chicago's Fly.io Closes $37 Million in Funding, Is Hiring

Chicago's Fly.io Closes $37 Million in Funding, Is Hiring

Chicago's Fly.io helps small companies launch and run applications with a global network of servers with low latency and affordable prices…

Chicago's Fly.io Closes $37 Million in Funding, Is Hiring

record-breaking VC investment draws 43x investment dollars to Michigan

record-breaking VC investment draws 43x investment dollars to Michigan

Michigan is a flyover state no longer. Even in the midst of a pandemic that shut down swaths of business, venture capital was still at work…

record-breaking VC investment draws 43x investment dollars to Michigan

Ford Cuts Jobs To Fund EV Investment

Ford Cuts Jobs To Fund EV Investment

A Ford F150 Lightning charging. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Co. In a cost-cutting move to assure the jump to an EV future, Ford Motor Co. is…

Ford Cuts Jobs To Fund EV Investment

Columbus's Branch Achieves Unicorn Status

Columbus's Branch Achieves Unicorn Status

Columbus insurtech startup Branch has achieved unicorn status with a total valuation of $1.05 billion with its Series C raise of $14…

Columbus's Branch Achieves Unicorn Status

Midwest Climate Tech Startups Find Funding through Evergreen

Midwest Climate Tech Startups Find Funding through Evergreen

Evergreen Climate Innovation’s 501vc Investment Fund now invests $200k - $300k in early-stage climate tech startups in the Greater Midwest…

Midwest Climate Tech Startups Find Funding through Evergreen

Wind Turbine Drone Inspection Startup SkySpecs Raises Record-Breaking $80M Round Led by Goldman Sachs

Wind Turbine Drone Inspection Startup SkySpecs Raises Record-Breaking $80M Round Led by Goldman Sachs

Ann Arbor-based renewable energy O&M solutions startup SkySpecs has just announced an $80 million strategic capital raise led by the…

Wind Turbine Drone Inspection Startup SkySpecs Raises Record-Breaking $80M Round Led by Goldman Sachs

Pitch Your Startup at 2022 Pitch @ WCC

Pitch Your Startup at 2022 Pitch @ WCC

The Washtenaw Community College Entrepreneurship Center's premier event of the year, Pitch @ WCC, is taking place this year in hybrid format…

Pitch Your Startup at 2022 Pitch @ WCC

Find Funding For Your Business with SPARK's Funding Stage Guide & Programs

Find Funding For Your Business with SPARK's Funding Stage Guide & Programs

Did you know that Michigan business incubator and support organization SPARK helps with guiding regional entrepreneurs through the startup…

Find Funding For Your Business with SPARK's Funding Stage Guide & Programs

Find Climate Business Funding with the CleanTech Funding Database

Find Climate Business Funding with the CleanTech Funding Database

The Clean Energy Business Network has created a database of funding opportunities for cleantech businesses. This helps pair eligible…

Find Climate Business Funding with the CleanTech Funding Database

Genomics AI startup Genomenon rapidly expands genomics data userbase, raises $20 million

Genomics AI startup Genomenon rapidly expands genomics data userbase, raises $20 million

Genomenon leadership Steve Schwartz, Mike Klein, Mark Kiel, and Candace Chapman at the startup's headquarters in Ann Arbor. Genomenon, Ann…

Genomics AI startup Genomenon rapidly expands genomics data userbase, raises $20 million

MedTech Startup MediView XR Raises $9.9M

MedTech Startup MediView XR Raises $9.9M

MediView XR, a Midwest-based medtech startup out of Cleveland, just announced they have raised a $9.9 million round of funding. This round…

MedTech Startup MediView XR Raises $9.9M

North Coast Ventures Raises $38M for Midwest SaaS Startups

North Coast Ventures Raises $38M for Midwest SaaS Startups

Cleveland's North Coast Ventures has raised another $38 million to invest in Midwest startup companies, after investing $60 million in 5…

North Coast Ventures Raises $38M for Midwest SaaS Startups

Investors Pour $2.8 Billion into Fastest Growing Global Hub Toronto

Investors Pour $2.8 Billion into Fastest Growing Global Hub Toronto

The world's fastest growing tech hub is now Toronto. The Waterloo Corridor around Toronto has finally achieved its goal of creating a tech…

Investors Pour $2.8 Billion into Fastest Growing Global Hub Toronto

May Mobility Raises $83 Million in Series C Supported by Toyota, BMW

May Mobility Raises $83 Million in Series C Supported by Toyota, BMW

May Mobility, one of Ann Arbor's top mobility startups that created a self-driving shuttle, just closed an $83 million Series C round of…

May Mobility Raises $83 Million in Series C Supported by Toyota, BMW

Lower AI Offers High-Yield Savings Match to Homebuyers, Grows by 1,000 Employees, Raises $100M

Lower AI Offers High-Yield Savings Match to Homebuyers, Grows by 1,000 Employees, Raises $100M

Columbus fintech Lower, launched in 2014, has had an amazing year, with nearly 1,000 employees added in 2021 and a Series A round raised of…

Lower AI Offers High-Yield Savings Match to Homebuyers, Grows by 1,000 Employees, Raises $100M

Boomerang Catapult Invests in Uru Sports of Traverse City, a Global Athlete Networking Service

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…

Boomerang Catapult Invests in Uru Sports of Traverse City, a Global Athlete Networking Service

Midwest High Growth Tech Startups to Watch 2022: Columbus

Midwest High Growth Tech Startups to Watch 2022: Columbus

Columbus has a number of partnerships pulling together various cities around the state to pool resources on building a tech ecosystem, and…

Midwest High Growth Tech Startups to Watch 2022: Columbus

Midwest High Growth Tech Startups to Watch 2022: Chicago

Midwest High Growth Tech Startups to Watch 2022: Chicago

Chicago mints a new unicorn company about once a month now. That's because the Windy City has become a center for tech startups ever since…

Midwest High Growth Tech Startups to Watch 2022: Chicago

Midwest High Growth Tech Startups To Watch 2022: Detroit

Midwest High Growth Tech Startups To Watch 2022: Detroit

Detroit is now chock full of incubators, startups, VCs hunting for dealflow in the Midwest, bootcamps, and career fairs. Photo credit the…

Midwest High Growth Tech Startups To Watch 2022: Detroit

Skykick Announces $130 Million in Funding, Detroit Expansion

Skykick has announced $130 million in funding, which will allow the IT no-code and low codes cloud automation software firm to expand to…

Benzinga Acquired by Beringer Capital, Valuing at $300 Million

Benzinga Acquired by Beringer Capital, Valuing at $300 Million

Beringer Capital, a private equity firm specializing in media, marketing services, and technology, announced it has acquired a majority…

Benzinga Acquired by Beringer Capital, Valuing at $300 Million

Students Launch New Venture Fund for Climate Tech Startups

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…

Students Launch New Venture Fund for Climate Tech Startups

Ann Arbor's 4th Mobility Summit Offers Behind the Scenes Look at How Mobility Investment Is Changing

Ann Arbor's 4th Mobility Summit Offers Behind the Scenes Look at How Mobility Investment Is Changing

At Ann Arbor's 4th annual Mobility Summit, the focus was on investment in the mobility space. PitchBook's Asad Hussein reported "a flurry of…

Ann Arbor's 4th Mobility Summit Offers Behind the Scenes Look at How Mobility Investment Is Changing

Ontario's Waterloo Region Raises Record Startup Funding

Ontario's Waterloo Region Raises Record Startup Funding

The Waterloo region is home to growing number of tech startups. Previously, Cronicle reported on Waterloo region startup Tauria, whose end…

Ontario's Waterloo Region Raises Record Startup Funding

Rivian Registers for IPO Hoping for $80 Billion Valuation

Rivian Registers for IPO Hoping for $80 Billion Valuation

Rivian, the Michigan-based EV pickup startup, has just filed for an IPO hoping for a roughly $80 billion valuation. Rivian said in a…

Rivian Registers for IPO Hoping for $80 Billion Valuation

Fontinalis Announced $104 Million Fund 3 To Invest in Mobility Startups

Fontinalis Announced $104 Million Fund 3 To Invest in Mobility Startups

The Michigan Venture Capital Association has just announced a partnership with Fontinalis Partners to create a $104 million Fund 3 to invest…

Fontinalis Announced $104 Million Fund 3 To Invest in Mobility Startups

Michigan Startup Funding News Roundup 2021

Michigan Startup Funding News Roundup 2021

It's been a busier than usual year for startup funding around Michigan's growing entrepreneurial ecosystems. While nearly half the VC-funded…

Michigan Startup Funding News Roundup 2021

2021 Ann Arbor Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: +64% High-Growth VC-Backed Startups in 7 Years

2021 Ann Arbor Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: +64% High-Growth VC-Backed Startups in 7 Years

Ann Arbor is home to nearly half of all high-tech startup in the state of Michigan. What's the state of Ann Arbor's entrepreneurial…

2021 Ann Arbor Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: +64% High-Growth VC-Backed Startups in 7 Years

Detroit SaaS Startup Algo Disrupts Supply Chain Management with Support of Plymouth Growth

Detroit SaaS Startup Algo Disrupts Supply Chain Management with Support of Plymouth Growth

Algo, a leading innovator in end-to-end supply chain optimization software based in the Detroit suburbs, announced recently that it received…

Detroit SaaS Startup Algo Disrupts Supply Chain Management with Support of Plymouth Growth

Who Are Chicago's 2021 Tech Unicorns? Meet Aeroseal.

Who Are Chicago's 2021 Tech Unicorns? Meet Aeroseal.

Tech startups have been growing in Chicago since big tech started building second headquarters in the region, including Salesforce's sales…

Who Are Chicago's 2021 Tech Unicorns? Meet Aeroseal.

Who Are The 2021 Chicago Tech Unicorns? Meet Amount.

Who Are The 2021 Chicago Tech Unicorns? Meet Amount.

Chicago minted no fewer than 8 unicorn startups already in 2021, and the year is only half over, easily doubling last year's count. Why is…

Who Are The 2021 Chicago Tech Unicorns? Meet Amount.

Biotech Leader Amgen Expands to Ohio, Investing $365 Million & Creating 400 Jobs

Leading biotechnology company Amgen announced recently that it plans to invest $365 million to build a new manufacturing facility in New…

Chicago Continues Historic Growth, Minting 8 Tech Startups Valued $1 Billion + in 2021

Chicago Continues Historic Growth, Minting 8 Tech Startups Valued $1 Billion + in 2021

The Windy City has boasted a growing number of tech startups and unicorns, or tech startups valued over $1 billion, since big tech started…

Chicago Continues Historic Growth, Minting 8 Tech Startups Valued $1 Billion + in 2021

State of Detroit's Entrepreneurial Community: $800 million, 333% Increase in Capital, Attracted by Tech Startups

State of Detroit's Entrepreneurial Community: $800 million, 333% Increase in Capital, Attracted by Tech Startups

Nonprofit research institution EntryPoint recently announced the release of its 2021 Detroit Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Report, which shows a…

State of Detroit's Entrepreneurial Community: $800 million, 333% Increase in Capital, Attracted by Tech Startups

Chicago's Latest of Five 2021 Tech Unicorns: G2 Software Marketplace

Chicago's Latest of Five 2021 Tech Unicorns: G2 Software Marketplace

Chicago has been minting unicorn companies, or startups valued at over $1 billion, at a brisk rate in 2021. New unicorn G2 is the fifth of…

Chicago's Latest of Five 2021 Tech Unicorns: G2 Software Marketplace

Michigan Midwest Startup Report (MVCA)

Michigan Midwest Startup Report (MVCA)

The 2021 MVCA Research Report has just been released, with more details available than our recent interview with Executive Director Ara…

Michigan Midwest Startup Report (MVCA)

State of the Startup: Trends in Startup Funding in Michigan 2021 (Pt 2)

State of the Startup: Trends in Startup Funding in Michigan 2021 (Pt 2)

Invest Detroit and ID Ventures invests in Detroit and Southeast Michigan startups, including Asalyxa Bio, Functional Fluidics, and Airspace…

State of the Startup: Trends in Startup Funding in Michigan 2021 (Pt 2)

The State of the Startup: What's Happening in Michigan Startup Funding? (Pt 1)

The State of the Startup: What's Happening in Michigan Startup Funding? (Pt 1)

The MVCA Board in Michigan. Michigan's economy has had a "K shaped recovery" as the COVID-19 pandemic had a disproportionate effect on…

The State of the Startup: What's Happening in Michigan Startup Funding? (Pt 1)

Ann Arbor's Asalyxa Bio Raises $2 Million To Start Clinical Trials for Neutrophil-Targeting Drug Delivery Tech

Ann Arbor's Asalyxa Bio Raises $2 Million To Start Clinical Trials for Neutrophil-Targeting Drug Delivery Tech

Asalyxa Bio, Inc., a biopharmaceutical startup developing nano-engineered, immune cell-targeted therapeutics, just announced the closing of…

Ann Arbor's Asalyxa Bio Raises $2 Million To Start Clinical Trials for Neutrophil-Targeting Drug Delivery Tech

3 Lansing LEAP Startups Land on Michigan Tech Startup Hotlist

3 Lansing LEAP Startups Land on Michigan Tech Startup Hotlist

Three Michigan startups supported by mid-Michigan's incubator Lansing LEAP have just been named to a Michigan list of 25 top startups, the…

3 Lansing LEAP Startups Land on Michigan Tech Startup Hotlist

Blumira Hires Veteran Jim Simpson as VP Product As Security Startup Doubles Hiring

Blumira Hires Veteran Jim Simpson as VP Product As Security Startup Doubles Hiring

The Blumira team has expanded during COVID, leaving them with a Zoom compilation for a company photo. How does someone build a career in…

Blumira Hires Veteran Jim Simpson as VP Product As Security Startup Doubles Hiring

Save Pinball Pete's: Popular Lansing and Ann Arbor Arcade Needs Support Through COVID

Save Pinball Pete's: Popular Lansing and Ann Arbor Arcade Needs Support Through COVID

Pinball Pete's arcade is a favorite haunt of both Ann Arborites and Lansing residents who cherish memories of gathering with friends around…

Save Pinball Pete's: Popular Lansing and Ann Arbor Arcade Needs Support Through COVID

AaDya Expands Ann Arbor Security Startup Scene to Detroit

AaDya Expands Ann Arbor Security Startup Scene to Detroit

Raffaele Mautone is founder and CEO of AaDya, former Duo Security alum from Ann Arbor. Another security startup has joined the growing ranks…

AaDya Expands Ann Arbor Security Startup Scene to Detroit

Blumira Builds On Ann Arbor's Rise as Emerging Security Tech Hub

Blumira Builds On Ann Arbor's Rise as Emerging Security Tech Hub

Blumira Raises $2.6 Million in Seed Round If you're in tech, you know something special has been happening in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the last…

Blumira Builds On Ann Arbor's Rise as Emerging Security Tech Hub

What Would It Take For Ann Arbor To Be The Next Biotech Hub?

What Would It Take For Ann Arbor To Be The Next Biotech Hub?

This article is a guest post from Cameron McCausland. Cameron is a partner in and currently leads the overall strategy and asset management…

What Would It Take For Ann Arbor To Be The Next Biotech Hub?

Washtenaw County's Economic Resilience Uneven But Holds Through COVID

Washtenaw County's Economic Resilience Uneven But Holds Through COVID

EntryPoint today just released its 2020 Ann Arbor Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Report, which covers everything from 20 years of growth in the…

Washtenaw County's Economic Resilience Uneven But Holds Through COVID

Censys Raises $15.5 Million, Hiring To Double Staff, As Cybersecurity Startup Announces New Features

Censys Raises $15.5 Million, Hiring To Double Staff, As Cybersecurity Startup Announces New Features

The Censys team in Ann Arbor's Main Street offices. In light of the recent Meow attacks that delete vulnerable databases on the internet, we…

Censys Raises $15.5 Million, Hiring To Double Staff, As Cybersecurity Startup Announces New Features

"Bar Napkin" Pitches @ TCNewTech Michigan Tech Virtual Takeover Pitch Competition Tomorrow

"Bar Napkin" Pitches @ TCNewTech Michigan Tech Virtual Takeover Pitch Competition Tomorrow

TCNewTech pitch competition TCNewTech Welcomes Michigan Tech and Husky Innovate Startups to August Meetup The following is a press release…

"Bar Napkin" Pitches @ TCNewTech Michigan Tech Virtual Takeover Pitch Competition Tomorrow

David Ponraj's StartupSpace Democratizes Access For Underserved Business Owners

David Ponraj's StartupSpace Democratizes Access For Underserved Business Owners

David Ponraj is founder and CEO of StartupSpace Just a little over 2 years ago, David Ponraj decided to do something for underserved…

David Ponraj's StartupSpace Democratizes Access For Underserved Business Owners

How Do You Launch A Business During a Pandemic? 100K Ideas Takes Entrepreneurs from Ideation to Launch

How Do You Launch A Business During a Pandemic? 100K Ideas Takes Entrepreneurs from Ideation to Launch

Brandee Cooke, Executive Director 100K Ideas "Ferris Wheel Flint is the building--a coworking space with 7 floors and flexible memberships…

How Do You Launch A Business During a Pandemic? 100K Ideas Takes Entrepreneurs from Ideation to Launch

Washtenaw Community College Offers Free Business Planning Support

Washtenaw Community College Offers Free Business Planning Support

How To Start A Small Business in Michigan... During Shutdown So you’re laid off, or already thinking of starting a new company, but now it…

Washtenaw Community College Offers Free Business Planning Support

Behind The Scenes of Midwest Tech During COVID-19

Behind The Scenes of Midwest Tech During COVID-19

An event at 20 Fathoms in Traverse City, Michigan, a growing coworking and incubator space for startups in northern Michigan. Incubator…

Behind The Scenes of Midwest Tech During COVID-19

Washtenaw County COVID-19 Business Impact Report Now Available

Washtenaw County COVID-19 Business Impact Report Now Available

Michigan's business analysis firm EntryPoint has just released the Washtenaw County COVID-19 Business Impact Report to help business owners…

Washtenaw County COVID-19 Business Impact Report Now Available

How Tech Startups Are Succeeding During COVID-19

How Tech Startups Are Succeeding During COVID-19

Research labs have been shut down. Small businesses are searching for funding. But it's not all bad news in the emerging tech hubs of the…

How Tech Startups Are Succeeding During COVID-19

The 2020 Midwest Tech & Venture Capital Scene with Chicago's Hyde Park Ventures

The 2020 Midwest Tech & Venture Capital Scene with Chicago's Hyde Park Ventures

Hyde Park Ventures' Managing Director Guy Turner heads up the Chicago office of the VC investing firm. With everything going on in the world…

The 2020 Midwest Tech & Venture Capital Scene with Chicago's Hyde Park Ventures

MVCA Releases 2020 Annual Research Report on Venture Capital in Michigan

MVCA Releases 2020 Annual Research Report on Venture Capital in Michigan

Today, the Michigan Venture Capital Association released its annual research report on the state of venture capital in Michigan. As with…

MVCA Releases 2020 Annual Research Report on Venture Capital in Michigan

Michigan Announces SBA Paycheck Protection Program

Michigan Announces SBA Paycheck Protection Program

Michigan launches statewide effort to encourage businesses to apply for $349 billion SBA Paycheck Protection Program, starting today…

Michigan Announces SBA Paycheck Protection Program

Announcing The Washtenaw Small Business Resiliency Fund

Announcing The Washtenaw Small Business Resiliency Fund

Small businesses in Washtenaw County have another option to help bridge the coronavirus crisis: Ann Arbor SPARK has just announced the new…

Announcing The Washtenaw Small Business Resiliency Fund

Lansing Region LEAP Emergency Small Business Relief Grant Applications Now Open To Mid-Michigan Businesses

Lansing Region LEAP Emergency Small Business Relief Grant Applications Now Open To Mid-Michigan Businesses

We're posting these business loan and grant programs quickly for Michigan area businesses both because we know small businesses are hurting…

Lansing Region LEAP Emergency Small Business Relief Grant Applications Now Open To Mid-Michigan Businesses

MEDC Announces Michigan Small Business Relief Program

MEDC Announces Michigan Small Business Relief Program

MEDC Announces Michigan Small Business Relief Program Up to $20 million in grants and loans now available to Michigan’s small businesses…

MEDC Announces Michigan Small Business Relief Program

Ann Arbor SPARK Business Resources for COVID-19 Response

Ann Arbor SPARK Business Resources for COVID-19 Response

Ann Arbor SPARK is emerging tech hub Ann Arbor's premier small business support organization and new business incubator. We connected with…

Ann Arbor SPARK Business Resources for COVID-19 Response

Emergency Funds To Help Michigan Small Businesses Through COVID-19 Planning

Emergency Funds To Help Michigan Small Businesses Through COVID-19 Planning

The following is a press release from LEAP in Lansing, Michigan regarding COVID-19 emergency funding and access to small grants and loans…

Emergency Funds To Help Michigan Small Businesses Through COVID-19 Planning

Lean Rocket Lab Offers Incubator Mentorship to Midwest Manufacturing Tech Companies

Lean Rocket Lab Offers Incubator Mentorship to Midwest Manufacturing Tech Companies

Lean Rocket Lab in downtown Jackson, Michigan, a global hub of manufacturing companies. Brandon Marken is co-founder and CEO of Lean Rocket…

Lean Rocket Lab Offers Incubator Mentorship to Midwest Manufacturing Tech Companies

How To Know If An Incubator or Accelerator Program Is Right For Your Startup

How To Know If An Incubator or Accelerator Program Is Right For Your Startup

Diane Bouis of the University of Michigan Office of TechTransfer connects startups at U of M with the tech community in Ann Arbor. Startup…

How To Know If An Incubator or Accelerator Program Is Right For Your Startup

Detroit's ID Ventures Announces New First in the U.S. Google Partnership

Detroit's ID Ventures Announces New First in the U.S. Google Partnership

The ID Ventures team, Martin Dober far right. A continuing problem in an emerging tech and startup hub like southeast Michigan is lagging…

Detroit's ID Ventures Announces New First in the U.S. Google Partnership

EntryPoint's Emily Heintz on The Challenges of Tech Growth in Michigan

EntryPoint's Emily Heintz on The Challenges of Tech Growth in Michigan

Emily Heintz has been featured in Forbes Magazine, Axios, and VentureBeat. She was also named to Crain’s Detroit Business 40 Under 40 List…

EntryPoint's Emily Heintz on The Challenges of Tech Growth in Michigan

SkySpecs Wind Turbine Inspection Drone Tech Now Operating In 19 Countries

SkySpecs Wind Turbine Inspection Drone Tech Now Operating In 19 Countries

A SkySpecs drone inspects wind turbines on a wind farm. "We recently closed on $17 million in funding, reinforcing our commitment to the…

SkySpecs Wind Turbine Inspection Drone Tech Now Operating In 19 Countries

MTRAC: How a Michigan Life Science Startup Is Born

MTRAC: How a Michigan Life Science Startup Is Born

Susan Shore, Ph.D.. Technology aims to remodel neural pathways that cause ringing in ears. Joe Affholter of Michigan State Unversity and…

MTRAC: How a Michigan Life Science Startup Is Born

How The MEDC Supports Michigan Startups

How The MEDC Supports Michigan Startups

Denise Graves is Director of University Relations for the MEDC. How The Michigan Economic Development Corporation Helps Companies Get…

How The MEDC Supports Michigan Startups

MVCA's Executive Director Ara Topouzian Balances Economic Development with Award-Winning "Side Hobby" in Armenian Music

MVCA's Executive Director Ara Topouzian Balances Economic Development with Award-Winning "Side Hobby" in Armenian Music

Ara Tapouzian of the MVCA at right plays with his award-winning Armenian band at TechCity Jam in Ann Arbor. We met him at the TechCity Jam…

MVCA's Executive Director Ara Topouzian Balances Economic Development with Award-Winning "Side Hobby" in Armenian Music

6 Detroit Tech Startups & Orgs Rocking Detroit's Tech Revolution

6 Detroit Tech Startups & Orgs Rocking Detroit's Tech Revolution

Detroit Tech Startups As of 2019, Detroit now has 4 unicorns--Duo, Stockx, Rivian, and OneStream--tech companies valued at more than…

6 Detroit Tech Startups & Orgs Rocking Detroit's Tech Revolution

Startup Trends in Detroit, With Detroit Build Institute's Evan Adams

Startup Trends in Detroit, With Detroit Build Institute's Evan Adams

Evan Adams is the Capital Programs Manager at Detroit's Build Institute, a Detroit-based incubator founded in 2012 that has already…

Startup Trends in Detroit, With Detroit Build Institute's Evan Adams

BOAA Technology Industry Group President Michael Cole On The Tech Financing Process, Tech City Jam Friday

BOAA Technology Industry Group President Michael Cole On The Tech Financing Process, Tech City Jam Friday

Bank of Ann Arbor Technology Industry Group courtesy graphic. When new businesses start up, arranging financing can be fraught. When that…

BOAA Technology Industry Group President Michael Cole On The Tech Financing Process, Tech City Jam Friday

Every Time The Bell Rings, a Startup Gets Its Wings: Venture Accelerator's Diane Bouis Talks Connecting New Ann Arbor Startups

Every Time The Bell Rings, a Startup Gets Its Wings: Venture Accelerator's Diane Bouis Talks Connecting New Ann Arbor Startups

Innovation Program Manager Diane Bouis of the University of Michigan Venture Accelerator stands in the Office of Tech Transfer, where every…

Every Time The Bell Rings, a Startup Gets Its Wings: Venture Accelerator's Diane Bouis Talks Connecting New Ann Arbor Startups

eLab Brings VC Funding to Ann Arbor AI and Machine Learning Startups

eLab Brings VC Funding to Ann Arbor AI and Machine Learning Startups

eLab Venture Capital Managing Director Doug Neal poses in front of the A2 Startup Garage on Liberty, where he meets with colleagues from Ann…

eLab Brings VC Funding to Ann Arbor AI and Machine Learning Startups

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