GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Angels announced Tuesday it has invested undisclosed sums in three West Michigan companies - Tetra Discover Partners, Ablative Solutions, and Altus Brands. ?Grand Angels is excited to be leading a follow-on round in Tetra and participating in follow-on rounds in Ablative Solutions and Altus Brands. In 2014, we have invested more
SOUTHFIELD ? Verizon Wireless has been rated the top network in Michigan for overall network performance. The report comes from RootMetrics in its second U.S. State RootScore Reports. Verizon Wireless also scored highest in the categories of Data, Reliability, and Speed. Verizon Wireless won or tied for the RootScore Overall Network Performance Award in 47
TROY - Creative Breakthroughs is hosting a career fair at its Troy headquarters on Sept. 3, and is seeking talented professionals to join its IT risk management team. ?We?re growing at a sizzling pace and we are not planning on slowing down this year or next,? said Steve Barone, CEO, CBI. ?The IT Risk Management
GRAND RAPIDS - Sisu Global Health, a Michigan-based medical device startup company, has been nominated for the Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development grant, as part of a global competition for technologies impacting infant and maternal health. Sisu was nominated among more than 500 applicants including Fortune 500 companies, major research universities,
DETROIT - Jack Zahran, President of the Pinkerton, joined the Internet Advisor to talk about why one of the oldest corporations in the US decided to move their home base to Ann Arbor; Jeff Harter, owner of PC Gladiator, the Livonia computer repair shop answered questions; Mike Brennan, Editor Of MITechNews.Com, shared headlines. Click on
ANN ARBOR ? Syntel Inc. founder Bharat Desai graduated from the University of Michigan in 1981 with an MBA and built a multi-million-dollar Information Technology services company. Now he?s giving back to his alma mater. On Tuesday, he announced the Desai Family Accelerator, a joint venture between the Ross School of Business and College of
LANSING - An audit assessing the effectiveness of the state's efforts to ensure reliability of data in the Enterprise Data Warehouse of the Department of Technology, Management and Budget yielded one material condition and three other reportable ones. The most serious issue the Office of the Auditor General found with the EDW, noted as a
TROY - The US Army last week signed a three-year contract renewal of up to $10 million for the Alley to study military equipment for which components or materials are limited or unavailable, as well as to reverse-engineer and create technical specifications for manufacturers to build replacements. The Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center
LANSING - The flooding that struck the metro Detroit region last week could provide a chance for supporters of a sales tax increase for road and infrastructure funding to push for a vote on the issue, an official with the Michigan Association of Counties said Monday. The association has backed an increase in the state's
LANSING - After former Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director Steve Arwood left the department last week, Acting Director Mike Zimmer is focusing on the program known as Reinventing Performance in Michigan. The program has been active for a handful of months and comes as the administration of Governor Rick Snyder wraps up its first term