DETROIT - Pitch Club Michigan is excited to announce a special Mobility themed event, happening August 14th during the Woodward Dream Cruise week. Deadline for startups to apply is Sunday July 28. IGNITE MOBILITY PITCH CLUB is a showcase recognizing the top startups working on emerging and innovative mobility technologies in autonomous, multi-transit, and electric vehicle
LANSING—Projects expected to generate more than $500 million in total investment received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund, the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced today. Besides the massive $80 million redevelopment of a former paper mill in Vicksburg (see story), the following projects were announced: Knauf Insulation North America Inc. received a $204,000 million Michigan Business
GRAND HAVEN–GHSP, a supplier in the automotive and appliance industries, announced the hiring of sales and marketing veteran John Major as the company’s first marketing director. GHSP has restructured its executive management team, adding a chief technology officer, presidents of operations in North American and China, a general counsel, and now, a marketing director, as a catalyst
DEARBORN – Former Vice President Joe Biden - in Michigan to attend an NAACP political event - blasted the "Medicare for All" platform backed by several of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination, saying some of the candidates are living in a "fantasy world" as they peddle the idea that people can keep their
DETROIT - As technology evolves, so do communications practices. A new survey shows some 70 percent of Detroit tech leaders said their company uses texts to coordinate interviews with prospective candidates, 3 points above the national average. Robert Half Technology Survey said in today’s hot job market, time is of the essence and texting with
GRAND RAPIDS—Officials from the Heart of West Michigan United Way and the Ann Arbor-based Cybercrime Support Network were joined by local and state law enforcement and government officials Tuesday to announce the launch of Michigan’s first cybercrime support and recovery hotline. The new system allows Kent County residents to dial 2-1-1 to report and find resources to recover from
GRAND RAPIDS—The Grand Rapids data center services provider US Signal Co. LLC has released its 2019 State of Web and DDoS Attacks survey. The study—which included data derived from more than 100 IT decision makers in U.S.-based companies with up to 750 employees—revealed that 83 percent of organizations have experienced a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack within
LANSING—Officials of Liquid Web LLC announced the company’s EU Data Center is now available for Managed WordPress and Managed WooCommerce hosting, helping its European customers meet data residency requirements as well as helping improve performance and reduce latency. “Even though it’s a tiny factor, the latency between a user making a request from England all
ANN ARBOR—Plinqit, a brandable savings app that pays users for engaging with content, has exceeded $400,000 (and growing) in total deposits by users since launching last year. Supporting this rapid increase in deposits, Plinqit is creating substantially higher user engagement (55 percent on average) compared to other savings apps, which average an engagement rate of
FARMINGTON HILLS—Ocuphire Pharma Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapies to treat patients with a variety of ophthalmic disorders, announced that it has closed on over $5 million of financing. Investors include Jackson-based RBI Opportunities Fund, Douglas, Mich.-based Belle Capital Fund, Grand Rapids-based Grand Angels Fund, Farmington Hills-based First Capital Fund, Ann Arbor-based Michigan Angel
