KALAMAZOO ? BioStar Ventures and the Michigan Accelerator Fund led a $5.3 million preferred stock investment in Ablative Solutions Inc., a Kalamazoo-based medical device company with a new technique for fighting high blood pressure. ASI says it is developing a ?significantly different? approach to renal denervation, a new therapy for high blood pressure and other
ANN ARBOR - EDUCAUSE and Internet2 are implementing a new series of pilot efforts to evaluate technologies and business models in the fast evolving migration from traditional textbooks to electronic content. For the fall 2012 term, the pilot is being conducted in partnership with McGraw-Hill Education and Courseload, through which more than 25 colleges and
ANN ARBOR - The Charles Reinhart Company Realtors have improved online search feature at its web site. According to the National Association of Realtors, 89 percent of buyers begin their search for a home online. Search Enhancements at ReinhartRealtors.Com Include: Active or Under Contract ?Under Contract? now displays on listings to indicate if a sale
GREENVILLE ? United Solar Ovonic LLC thin, flexible solar panel business will be sold during a live web auction on June 26, its parent company, Energy Conversion Devices, announced Monday. On the auction block will be machinery, equipment, intellectual property, furniture, real estate and inventory. The live webcast auction sale will start at 9 a.m.
SALINE - Servant Systems has added three software specialists to the franchise software development company's team. They are; Adrian Forbes, B.A. in Computer Science, University of Iowa, with web experience in the pharmaceutical and transportation industries, as Senior Software Engineer developing web-based applications including mobile apps; Ben Carpenter, B.S.E. in Computer Engineering, University of Michigan,
GRAND RAPIDS - Tetra Discovery Partners LLC has been awarded a five-year $10 million cooperative agreement by the National Institutes of Health to support Tetra's efforts to develop a new drug to treat mild cognitive impairment associated, which often precedes and accompanies Alzheimer's disease. Tetra?s award includes up to $1.5 million in direct funding and
KALAMAZOO ? The Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund will be managed by Open Prairie Ventures, an Illinois-based venture fund. Patrick Morand, Managing Director of Southwest Michigan First fund, will remain in this role as well as assuming the role of President of Open Prairie Ventures. The funds have collaborated for more than five years
LAKE ORION ? A field next to General Motors' Orion Assembly Plant, home of the Chevrolet Sonic and Buick Verano, will soon hold a solar array with enough capacity to annually power 45 homes in Michigan. The energy from the 350-kilowatt array owned by DTE Energy will be sent back to the grid for use
BOSTON - 2012 will see the PC market refreshed by Windows 8, and the arrival of commercial ultrabooks. But will that likely translate into improved PC shipment numbers? IDC says no, forecasting worldwide PC market growth of 5 percent, but growth in mature markets to be under 2 percent. In addition to rising consumer saturation
SOUTHFIELD - Every day, millions of people search the web for products and services. Do you know how to make your organization's website show up in search results? During MCWT?s July 10 webinar, Cynthia Closkey, president of Big Big Design, will discuss the fundamentals of search engine optimization. Attendees will learn the difference between organic