FREELAND – The BlueWater Angels are hosting a Pitch Night on October 2 at Apple Mountain in Freeland where Michigan entrepreneurs and private investors will meet.
The Angels are a group of local people who recognize that capitalism is not a spectator sport. They participate as an investment group in seeking out, screening, investing in, and advising Michigan companies that show the greatest potential for growth.
The program is administered by the BlueWater Angels Investment Network with support from the MidMichigan Innovation Center, Great Lakes Entrepreneurial Quest (GLEQ), the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center, and regional universities.
Companies presenting include:
Gantec, Inc., www.gantecinc.com – Gantec is a natural agriculture products biotechnology company based in Midland, MI. Gantec has developed advanced, plant-based growing aids, allowing agriculture professionals to reduce costs, cut back on synthetic chemicals, and improve yields. Our technology employs unique life science insights and sophisticated extraction and formulation methods to maximize the benefits of our products.
Micro‐LAM Technologies LLC, www.microlamtechnologies.com/ – Micro-LAM offers cutting edge technology that increases productivity, provides a better surface and reduces tooling and finishing costs. The company provides an easily adaptable tool that delivers precision machining capabilities for ceramics, semiconductors, glass and metals, leading to greater efficiency and improved profitability. Micro‐LAM has designed the only patented laser‐coupled diamond cutting tool that heats and softens hard and brittle materials, making them easier to machine.
Ornicept, www.ornicept.com ? Ornicept is leading environmental surveying into the future with cutting-edge data management tools. Ornicept has built a software platform where users can easily design studies online, administer them in the field, and analyze the data across an organization. Ornicept is changing the way that natural resource data is collected, analyzed, managed, and reported.
Social Patient, www.socialpatient.com – Social Patient focuses on engaging patients in their healthcare to ensure better health outcomes, and improved bottom lines for different types of organizations. Currently, the lack of individuals engagement in their health and adherence to treatment plans accounts for $290 billion in losses to our healthcare system annually. To help solve this problem, Social Patient’s platform improves access to care by leveraging social, gaming, and device technologies, and then provides incentives to drive treatment adherence, healthy lifestyles and social engagement.
Program Agenda:
4:30pm ? Overview of Angel Investing and the BlueWater Angels
5:30pm – Networking Reception with hors d?oeuvres & cash bar
6:00-9:00pm ? Entrepreneur Presentations
What: BWA Pitch Night, 6:00-9:00pm
When: Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Where: Apple Mountain Conference Center, Boardroom, 4519 N. River Rd., Freeland, MI 48623
Cost: $20pp Non-Members (sponsored guests attend free)
To RSVP, call Judy Morrison @ 800-473-5181. Tell her MITechNews.Com sent you.
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