KALAMAZOO Advanced manufacturing and engineering start ups will have more access to investors in a new Bank Consortium pulled together by Southwest Michigan First. Eleven bank presidents from Kalamazoo County will work closely with Southwest Michigans Firsts Investing in Innovation forum series, which has focused primarily on providing a platform for Life Sciences companies to
ANN ARBOR - The Wolverine Fund, run by the University of Michigan Business School, will invest $50,000 in Mobius Microsystems, a UM spin off that works with microchip makers to integrate technology. The UM investment comes as part of Mobius' near $1 million dollar investment round. "The University of Michigan's Zell Lurie Institute of Entrepreneurial
ANN ARBOR A third Michigan angel investing group went live last week when the Ann Arbor Angels hosted its first private meeting. The group has been quietly organized by Michael Cole with the Bank of Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor Angels joins Great Lakes Angels of Birmingham and Grand Angels of Grand Rapids in providing a
GRAND RAPIDS San Francisco may rank as the most competitive knowledge economy in the world, but surprisingly the Grand Rapids metropolitan area ranked ninth in the world knowledge competitive index. Innovation has been a hallmark of the Grand Rapids region and has been one of the contributors to this areas continuing economic success, said Right