MT. PLEASANT – The BlueWater Angels are providing an overview of Angel investing and the Bluewater Angels Investment Network March 19 at Bucks Run Golf Club.
Immediately following, the BlueWater Angels will host its Dinner Deal Review meeting where attendees have the opportunity to experience presentations from regional entrepreneurs.
Presenting companies include:
Larky, Inc. ? (Ann Arbor, MI) www.larky.com – Larky drives employee and member engagement for enterprise clients. Multiple studies have proven that deeper engagement yields stronger loyalty, higher productivity, and greater profitability. Our proprietary platform seamlessly integrates engagement into users’ daily routines, and is used by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Plante Moran, the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, and other industry leaders.
In the past 18 months, Lemon, Chatterfly and KeyRing have been acquired in this rapidly evolving sector. Larky’s founders previously launched Techstreet, which was acquired by Thomson. The company is backed by North Coast Technology Investors, the Michigan Angel Fund, MEDC, and other experienced investors.
Advanced Battery Concepts and Monarch Antenna will provide company updates:
Advanced Battery Concepts, LLC – (Clare, MI) www.advancedbatteryconcepts.com – ABC is a battery technology development company focused on making better batteries. Our first go to market technology is branded GreenSeal? which generates significant cost and weight benefits for today?s lead acid batteries. We are currently working with existing lead-acid battery producers in parallel with installing our own capacity to introduce GreenSeal? batteries into the market. Additional research is continuing to broaden our technology portfolio into other rechargeable battery chemistries including lead-carbon, lithium-ion and metal-air. We believe these new technologies will help all of us.
Monarch Antenna, Inc. – (Ann Arbor) ? www.monarchantenna.com/ – Enables substantial wireless performance improvements in smart phones through its patented adaptive antenna technologies. Monarch Antenna is a leader in the design and development of smart and adaptive tunable antenna solutions for mobile devices and applications. Monarch?s performance and antenna efficiency advantage is based on the company?s patented reconfigurable antenna architecture. Key attributes of the reconfigurable antenna architecture include a dramatic increase in gain, and the real-time tuning of the frequency, the beam form and the input impedance. These unique characteristics will allow the smartphone user to experience a dramatic increase in range, battery life, and data throughput speeds. In addition, Monarch?s tunable antenna architecture will automatically compensate for detuning caused by placing the user?s hand or head near the smartphone?s internal antenna. Monarch?s tunable antenna solutions can be delivered on a wide variety of substrates including glass, high frequency laminates and polymer bonded eFibers.
What: BWA Dinner Deal Review Meeting
When: Wednesday, March 19
Where: Bucks Run Golf Club, Banquet Room, 1559 S. Chippewa Road, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Cost: Members and sponsored guests attend free / spouses and non-members, $40 pre-paid.
Program Agenda:
To RSVP, call Judy Morrison @ 989-771-1007. Tell her MITechNews.Com sent you.
