KALAMAZOO Next week Kalamazoo Venture Tuesday will feature two Life Sciences start ups, an advanced surface treatment for the tool and die industry and a B2B OEM inventory investment recovery operation run by auto industry veterans all of which will be pitching investors for cash.
This monthly morning meeting is part of Southwest Michigan First’s Investing In Innovation Forum series. Kalamazoo Venture Tuesday provides informal networking among entrepreneurs, investors, and others interested in nurturing entreprenership in Michigan and the Great Lakes region. Typically, three or more technology or life sciences companies present their business plans to the audience. Aspiring entrepreneurs will receive coaching from seasoned business development experts. The meetings are held on the first Tuesdays each month from 9-11 a.m. at the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center in Kalamazoo.
The August presenters include:
AST Group: The AST Group has an unprecedented combination of advanced surface treatment technologies that will solve wear-related problems caused by friction and wear for the Tooling and Component Parts Markets. AST’s surface treatments will enhance the performance and increase durability of tooling and component parts.
Gene Express, Inc.: Gene Express, Inc. is dedicated to the discovery, development & commercialization of a new class of diagnostics called Molecular Diagnostics. Patented, multi-gene expression products and high margin service being purchased by top pharmaceutical companies: Pfizer, Government: National Cancer Institute and major research universities. With a market growing from 1 to 7 billion in 5 years and a strong management team that has worked successful together before, the company is growing.
International Components Strategies, Inc.: International Components Strategies, Inc. employs advanced business processes, superior B2B systems technology and expanded international market networks to provide a comprehensive, highly systematized asset management solution to growing automotive OEM inventory investment recovery problems. ICS was formed as a joint venture by automotive industry executives with extensive asset management experience to capitalize on long term OEM relationships and markets across the world that they have cultivated over the past 25-plus years.
Doctors Orders Medical Engineering: Doctors Orders Medical Engineering develops, modifies, patents, and produces medical and rehabilitation equipment to doctor’s orders. Doctors Orders will be presenting information on their electronic stethoscope.
Email contact information to [email protected]. If you are interested in presenting at a future meeting, please contact Melissa Angel at (269) 337.7350. Organizers include Southwest Michigan First, the managing partners of the ARCH Development Fund, and the Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) at Kalamazoo College.
