ANN ARBOR — NanoBio Corp., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced that it has changed its corporate name to BlueWillow Biologics in conjunction with the closing of a $10 million Series A financing. The company’s new name reflects its evolution to a vaccines-focused company, and commitment to advancing its novel intranasal technology to develop new vaccines
ANN ARBOR - Organizers of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium Tuesday announced the list of companies that will present at the 37th annual event, which will be held May 15-16 at the Marriott Resort in Ypsilanti. A total of 32 companies, representing the best of the emerging growth companies in the Midwest that are actively
ROYAL OAK - Oakland County Tech248’s Greg Doyle interviews Yerko Sepluveda, creator of BackBeat, who benefited from the Oakland Entrepreneurial Alliance. BackBeat is a wearable, portable rumble pack and practice amp for bassists that turns every low note you play into a vibration you can feel. BackBeat has raised nearly $130,000 in a Kickstarter campaign.
ROYAL OAK - Kathleen Norton-Schock joins M2 TechCast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush to talk about her podcast series, Diva Tech Talk, and the latest happenings with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology, including summer Science Technology Engineering and Math summer camps for high school girls. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/internet-advisor-755109612/m2-techcast-episode-124-kathleen-nofton-schock
GRAND RAPIDS - Lambert, Edwards & Associates Inc., already one of the largest pubic relations agencies in the state, got bigger this week when the company announced it had acquired Owen Blicksilver Public Relations Inc. of New York City. Terms of the deal were not announced. Through this acquisition, Lambert Edwards created a top 10
ANN ARBOR — Investments were up, but the dollar volume was down. That was the story of the Michigan Venture Capital Association’s annual report on venture investing in Michigan, released Wednesday. The group fuond 68 startups received $179 million in venture capital investment in 2017. That’s up in terms of investments from 2016, when 54
SEATTLE, WA – Investment into venture-backed companies is already on pace to experience another record-breaking year in 2018. Investors deployed the highest amount of capital in 1Q 2018 than any single quarter since 2006 ($28.2 billion), with unicorns attracting over 18 percent of total VC capital. Coming off multiple years of record fundraising, more than
NEW YORK – While funding to Venture-Capital backed companies in the United States during the first quarter increased 4 percent from a year ago, deal activity declined 2 percent due to 30 rounds of $100 million or more. US-based Artificial Intelligence companies had a record quarter as funding leapt 29 percent in Q1’18. Representing an
ROYAL OAK - Cybersecurity has become one of the biggest concerns for businesses. In 2015, the Michigan Small Business Development Center launched its Small Business, Big Threat program to addresses these concerns. Zara Smith, SBDC Strategic Programs Manager, and Scott Taber, a Cyber Security Awareness Specialist, talk about some exciting updates in the Small Business,
TROY - Six finalists have been named by Kyyba Innovations to compete for a $50,000 investment, mentoring and so much more at a competition that will be held April 4 at IoT TechConnect at the Troy Marriott. IoT TechConnect is a day-long conference focused on highlighting Michigan IoT companies. Six of Michigan’s most promising ones
