DETROIT - Lions Tailgate Parties, Oktoberfest and Halloween events are scheduled this fall at Beacon Park beginning in September. The events are sponsored by DTE Energy Beacon Park Foundation and the Downtown Detroit Partnership. The park is at the corner of Grand River and Cass Ave. in Detroit. Visitors of all ages are invited to enjoy
NEW YORK - Carmera, a mapping and data analytics startup, has raised $20 million in a Series B funding led by GV, formerly known as Google Ventures. Carmera previously raised $6.5 million in an earlier round. The company announced the funding raise along with a few other updates, including a new feature on its autonomous mapping product
HOUSTON – Rice University researchers, in a collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine and Houston nonprofit Technology For All are developing a fleet of autonomous aerial drones that coordinate with each other to detect, track and model the environment and let neighborhoods know of airborne perils that can be especially hazardous following extreme weather events. Rice
AUBURN HILLS – Mathew Varghese has joined Munetrix as Vice President of Technology. Munetrix is a public sector solutions provider offering data management, analytics and reporting tools for states, local governments and public school districts. In this new role, Varghese will be a member of the Munetrix executive team, directing and managing the entire database,
GRAND RAPIDS - Drew Hall and Andrew Sedlar have joined Lambert Edwards as investor relations coordinators to support the company’s growth and recent acquisition of New York City-based financial communications firm, Owen Blicksilver Public Relations Inc. Hall joins the team in the Grand Rapids office after recently graduating from Grand Valley State University with bachelor’s
ANN ARBOR - As public transportation systems across the country struggle with low ridership and costly underutilized lines, some are experimenting with new systems that incorporate ridesourcing services to serve "last-mile" trips or to bring commuters to their fixed routes. But how will commuters respond to these changes? University of Michigan researchers Xiang 'Jacob' Yan,
ANN ARBOR – Nominees for Exit of the Year, Community Impact Player, and Up-and-Coming Company of the Year were named Monday by the Michigan Venture Capital Association and the envelopes containing the winners' names will be presented Oct. 2 during the MVCA Annual Awards Dinner at the Eastern Market. The Keynote address will be provided
ANN ARBOR — SkySpecs, the developer of automated drone-based inspection for wind turbines, announced the opening of a new office in Amsterdam, Netherlands. “A European presence represents a strategic expansion for the SkySpecs brand,” SkySpecs CEO Danny Ellis said. “We are busy assembling an operations and sales team and are excited to double our footprint
PONTIAC — Deliver My Ride, the online car buying service launched by Peter Karmanos Jr.’s tech firm, MadDog Technology, and retail automotive industry veteran Michael McInerney, announced the launch of its newly enhanced platform. Deliver My Ride is a modern alternative to the traditional car buying process. The platform creates a convenient, unbiased, and pressure-free
ROYAL OAK - On M2 Techcast Monday Aug. 27, Maureen Miller Brosnan will discuss the nominees for the Michigan Venture Capital Association Awards. Tel Ganesan will talk about the $1 Million Fintech Challenge his company, Kyyba Innovations, is sponsoring in Michigan. James Davies, CEO of WePredict, will discuss how his company can help auto OEMs and Tier
