ANN ARBOR ? The Semi-Finalists for the Accelerate Michigan $1 million business plan competition have been selected. We’re providing a complete list of the companies vying for the $500,000 top prize Saturday in Ann Arbor.

Accio Energy is an Ann Arbor-based early-stage renewable energy company led by experienced and successful previously venture-backed executives. The company is developing unique ?turbine-less? wind energy generation technology to deliver clean, sustainable energy to people around the globe.

Advanced Battery Concepts has invented GreenSeal technology, an electrode that revolutionizes battery design. GreenSeal dramatically improves the performance and functionality of large-format, rechargeable batteries. Test data demonstrates that lead-acid batteries built with GreenSealTM products store more energy, have more power, and are anticipated to last longer than conventional lead-acid batteries. Yet, they have lower material cost.

Advanced Battery Control is commercializing a revolutionary Battery Management System (BMS) that enhances the reliability, efficiency, and cost of battery packs in automotive, military, aerospace, renewable energy, and utility applications.

Angott Medical Products has developed a low cost, non-invasive, comfortable, radiation-free, multi-modality medical device to screen for breast cancer. AMP Tester will be sold to doctors and will have sensitivity of 95 percent and PPV of 75 percent.

ApoLife is a privately held, early stage biotechnology company with a proprietary yeast production platform, which has application in the accelerated development of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) during drug discovery and cost effective manufacturing. ApoLife?s business strategy is to develop biogeneric and proprietary antibodies and proteins for cancer and infectious disease therapy through corporate partnerships and licensing arrangements.

Arbor Photonics is developing high power, fiber laser solutions for advanced materials processing and defense applications. The company?s products will be lasers and lasers subsystems that enable increased productivity and new capabilities in the growing $2 billion industrial laser market.

Armune BioScience is a molecular diagnostic company developing a prostate cancer diagnostic test utilizing autoantibodies which are capable of diagnosing cancer earlier and more accurately than competitive technologies. It is well established that the earlier cancer is detected the better the five-year survival rates.

Compendia Bioscience with roots at the University of Michigan, the company?s product has become the leading human cancer genomic database with powerful built-in analysis and data presentation engines. Oncomine has shown ?real-world? utility, having been used to discover causal cancer genes and potential therapeutic targets, as well as to link tumors, pathways and drugs with gene signatures.

CSquared Innovations is deploying a laser-assisted atmospheric plasma deposition technology which offers a high speed, cost effective and highly scalable ?platform? approach to the synthesis of nanostructured materials and films for large area Li-Ion battery electrodes, photovoltaic materials, and industrial coatings

Current Motor fills the unmet need for practical, affordable, electric vehicles in a growing environmentally conscious market. The company develops and manufactures all-electric motorcycles and motor scooters in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Discera is a timing and clock oscillator company. Its proprietary MEMS (micro-electrical mechanical system) PureSilicon resonator technology enables lower cost, enhanced ruggedness, smaller size and wider temperature range than quartz based products.

Eco Products intends to produce and sell energy efficient coating for various substrates such as glass, polycarbonate and acrylic today lighting product manufacturers like skylight manufacturers, greenhouse fabricators, building constructors etc. Our product, when utilized in the construction of green buildings, saves energy and provides comfort.

ElectroDynamic Applications is a research and development company founded by Aerospace Engineering professor Dr. Alec Gallimore and Electrical Engineering and Space Science professor Dr. Brian Gilchrist from the University of Michigan. EDA?s founders and research staff have a deep knowledge and understanding of electric space propulsion systems, the space plasma environment, and the more general field of plasma electrodynamics serving both terrestrial and space applications.

ENRG Power Systems is the premiere supplier of ground-breaking advanced ignition system technologies which reduce operating costs and improve the environmental performance of light-and medium-duty commercial vehicles.

ePack uses state of the art micromachining technology to provide cost effective and high volume packaging products and services for MEMS and other microdevices. Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) are moving mechanical devices that are manufactured thousands at a time on silicon wafers and currently represent an $8B market.

Epsilon Imaging is an early stage medical diagnostic company focused on increasing the utility of commercial ultrasound imaging systems, thereby improving cardiovascular care and reducing healthcare costs.

Evigia is a leading provider of wireless sensing, identification and tracking products and solutions targeting military, security, and commercial applications. The Evigia products advantage is in longer battery life, smaller form factor, and functionality per unit cost that all achieved through Evigia?s technology for integration of electronics and sensing functions on an integrated silicon chip.

Fanaroo is an ecommerce enterprise platform that completely changes the game for sports teams and their fans by allowing fans to become more connected with the teams they love. It offers fans the opportunity to see themselves in the middle of the action by inserting their name and logo into real-life sports and entertainment shots and then printing that image onto virtually any kind of promotional product.

Focus Power is developing an innovative approach to Unmanned Arial Vehicle (UAV) engine design that breaks down compromises between performance requirements and far outperforms existing offerings. UAV engines must be powerful, lightweight, quiet, and efficient ? and until now these requirements are often at direct odds with each other.

FreeStride Therapeutics, Inc. is a Michigan veterinary pharmaceutical company developing a novel drug that restores and maintains animal bone health.

GraviKor is a global leader in the development and implementation of state of the art spaceframe and structural weight reduction technologies to the military and security markets.

Hygieia has commercialized University of Michigan technology to revolutionize diabetes care. Hygieia leverages the mature glucose meter business model, to market an easy-to-use handheld device that continuously optimizes a patient’s insulin dosage, helping them manage their diabetes.

ImBio has proprietary medical image processing algorithms protected by three separate patents which provide for significant improvements in the detection and quantification of temporal changes in tissue properties.

Inmatech offers advanced, customized supercapacitors for the automotive and defense markets addressing the needs for longer operational time of mobile electronics, improved power delivery and many thousands load cycles.

Innovative Surgery is a technology-driven medical device company, specializing in the development and manufacturing of proprietary nerve monitoring systems. Injury to nerves is a major risk of surgical procedures and protection of nerves becomes an increasing challenge with Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS). ISS has pioneered a game-changing method for mapp