Centrepolis Accelerator Gets $2 Million Grant To Fund Industry 4.0, Clean Energy, Defense

SOUTHFIELD – The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University announced an additional grant of $2 million from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation to strengthen its mission of supporting startups and small businesses in Southeast Michigan with their hardware and physical product innovations.

This new funding will further strengthen Centrepolis’s Evergreen Service-Based Investment Fund, which provides essential product development services for companies in key industries such as advanced manufacturing, clean energy, circular economy, industrial decarbonization, and defense.

The fund offers critical support services to Southeast Michigan companies through design, engineering, prototyping, and manufacturing readiness services, helping them reach technical and commercial milestones.

Joining Matt Roush and Mike Brennan on MITech TV is Program Director Riley Lenhard who provides details on how the money will be spent.

You can check it out at CentrepolisAccelerator.Com

By Mike Brennan|2024-06-18T15:25:35-04:00June 18th, 2024|ESD, mitechtv|

About the Author: Mike Brennan

Founder of Michigan News Network, and serves as CEO, as well as Editor & Publisher of MITECHNEWS.COM. Brennan has worked since 1980 as a technology writer at newspapers in New York, NY, San Jose, CA., Seattle, WA., Memphis, TN., Detroit, MI., and London, England. He co-founded and served as managing editor of Pacific Rim News Service (SEATTLE), which developed a network of more than 100 freelance journalists in 17 Asia-Pacific countries.