Michigan Technology News and Entrepreneurs
DETROIT - Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition is now accepting applications for startups to win up to $1 Million in Cash and prizes. This year the pitch competition unveils a new format to help company better connect. Investors and Companies must register to apply by Aug. 15. Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, a program of ID Ventures,
KALAMAZOO - Vestaron Corp. seeks to raise $12 million in investments to enable the company to bring to market its environmentally friendly pesticide based on spider venom. Vestaron closed in late June on the first round of the capital raise, netting more than $4.2 million from five existing investors. The capital will go toward producing
DETROIT – If you’re a entrepreneur, dreamer or innovator in metro Detroit, you only have until July 13 to apply for the 2018 Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest and get a crack at the $50,000 prize. The contest is presented by Bedrock and the prize money comes from Comerica Bank. Entrepreneurs with a retail concept looking
GRAND HAVEN — JSJ Corp. has invested $3 million in a startup company that wants to commercialize a device designed to reduce infections acquired in hospitals and other settings. UV Partners Inc.’s UVAngel disinfects surfaces using safe, low doses of ultraviolet light. The device mounts atop surfaces such as computer keyboards, touchscreens and equipment. The system’s sensors
SOUTHFIELD – The New Economy Initiative has awarded a one-year grant of $40,000 to the Lawrence Technological University Collaboratory for the support of its accelerator program that will enable the growth for small manufacturers and emerging hardware startups in Southeast Michigan. “As a leading resource to small and start-up companies developing innovative, engineered products, the
ROYAL OAK - PocketNest is a Detroit-based fintech company built for people who are...people. Its mission is to demystify financial planning and equip you with the tools you need to manage your own financial plan - without anything slipping through the cracks. And we’ve got Founder and CEO Jessica Willis on M2 TechCast to explain
ROYAL OAK - I sensed a controversial story in an email I received predicting the demise of headhunters. So I contacted the best headhunter I know, Gary Erickson of Executive Search Partners, to get his input. The email said that artificial intelligence will eliminate the human factor in trying to help companies find people to fill
ROYAL OAK - Startup Week Detroit Co-Founder Monica Wheat talks about her week-long entrepreneurial extravaganza in downtown Detroit going on this week on a new indoor-outdoor campus that spans Grand Circus Park and adjacent buildings, including Bamboo Detroit. Now officially called Techstars Startup Week Detroit, the event is moving out of its previous home base,
FARMINGTON HILLS – The deadline to apply for Pitch Club Grand Circus is July 1. Sponsors for the July 25 event include Kyyba Innovations, Bodman PLC and TiE Detroit. The select pool of the companies chosen to pitch at the monthly Pitch Club events will be provided investment opportunities in the form of presenting to
EAST LANSING — Five student startups from Michigan State University kicked off on June 3 a 10-week creative journey that could propel some into commercialization. The five teams participating in the Conquer Accelerator program each received $20,000 in seed funding, tailored mentorship, a creative co-working space, as well as access to networking support and talent
