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Michigan Venture Capital Leader Calls For More State Investment To Keep Entrepreneurs, Jobs In Michigan

MVCA Executive Director Ara Topouzian urges Michigan's next governor and Legislature to strengthen support for venture capital and angel investors as the organization honors its 2026 award winners. DETROIT — Michigan attracted $1.44 billion in venture capital investment during 2025, nearly double the previous year's total. But the state's next governor and Legislature need to

By |2026-10-27T16:20:52-04:00October 27th, 2026|Business, Economy, Entrepreneurs, mitechtv|
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Four Michigan Startups Win $425,000 Each — Now They’ll Battle for Another $1 Million

LANSING - Four Michigan technology startups have each secured $425,000 in investment funding and are headed for a spring showdown in which one will win another $1 million — bringing the PitchMI champion's total investment to $1.425 million. But the competition represents something bigger for Michigan: an effort to solve one of the persistent problems

By |2026-10-06T14:57:57-04:00October 6th, 2026|Entrepreneurs, Government/Politics, News, Politics, Politics/Government|
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Michigan Startup Winners Can Now Land $375,000 As PitchMI Competition Begins

GRAND RAPIDS — Five Michigan defense and aerospace startups will compete Sept. 15 for a winner-take-all $375,000 investment, kicking off a statewide competition designed to identify young companies that could become Michigan's next generation of high-paying employers. And considerably more money awaits. The winner of the Grand Rapids PitchMI semifinal advances to the statewide championship

By |2026-09-14T10:58:57-04:00September 14th, 2026|Entrepreneurs, ESD|
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Michigan Needs More Venture Capital — Its 48,000 Bioscience Jobs Show Why

MVCA's VentureTrack 2026 will train Michigan's next generation of venture investors as the state tries to turn research and startups into companies producing high-paying jobs. Michigan's $56 billion bioscience industry shows what's at stake. ANN ARBOR — Michigan has nearly 48,000 bioscience jobs paying an average $110,204 a year. A statewide effort to train more

By |2026-08-17T20:54:27-04:00August 17th, 2026|Entrepreneurs, Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|
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MITechNews Is Building The Definitive Record Of Michigan’s AI Economy.

ANN ARBOR – Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming Michigan's economy. From manufacturing and mobility to healthcare, cybersecurity, finance, education, agriculture and defense, AI is changing how businesses operate and creating a new generation of innovative startups. Yet many of those companies remain largely unknown outside their own industries. MITechNews wants to change that. Beginning this

By |2026-07-28T16:50:43-04:00July 22nd, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured|
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Michigan Startup Competition Offers $2 Million In Funding To Early-Stage Companies

LANSING – Michigan entrepreneurs developing the next generation of artificial intelligence, defense, healthcare and advanced manufacturing technologies have a chance to compete for more than $2 million in prize funding through the 2026-2027 PitchMI startup competition. Applications are now open for PitchMI, a statewide startup competition led by the Michigan State University Research Foundation in

By |2026-07-21T09:53:34-04:00July 21st, 2026|Entrepreneurs, News|
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Velocity Emerging Defense Tech 5X5 Pitch Competition Offers Cash Prizes

STERLING HEIGHTS - Eighty years after Detroit became the Arsenal of Democracy, the Pentagon is once again turning to Detroit, which helped win World War II. Velocity, an MEDC SmartZone located in the Sterling Heighta, is hosting the Velocity Emerging Defense Tech 5X5 Pitch Competition during the Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium at

By |2026-07-20T11:04:24-04:00July 20th, 2026|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, ESD, mitechtv|
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Michigan Keeps Creating Great Ideas. Why Do Startups Leave?

New Innovation Alliance hopes to turn more Michigan inventions into Michigan companies—and keep billions of dollars in future value from leaving the state. LANSING - For decades, Michigan has been one of America's great innovation engines. The state is home to world-class research universities, global automotive and manufacturing companies, a growing artificial intelligence sector, and

By |2026-08-24T11:52:51-04:00July 10th, 2026|Economy, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Government/Politics, News, Politics, Politics/Government|
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MCWT Highlights Camp Infinity, Golf Outings, Gala And Networking Events In New Video Interview

ANN ARBOR - In a video interview with Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation's Kathleen Norton-Schock, MCWT highlighted its upcoming Camp Infinity summer technology camps, networking opportunities, volunteer programs, golf fundraisers, and annual Signature Gala. The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation (MCWT) has announced a full schedule of summer and fall events,

By |2026-07-07T02:58:18-04:00June 24th, 2026|Announcements/New Products, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, mitechtv|
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Why Michigan Isn’t Creating Enough Billion-Dollar Startups — And Why Ann Arbor Thinks It Has The Answer

ANN ARBOR  — Michigan helped invent the modern auto industry, remains one of America's top engineering centers, and is home to one of the nation's leading research universities. So why isn't the state creating more billion-dollar technology companies? That's the question increasingly confronting Michigan business leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, and policymakers as states like Texas, Colorado,

By |2026-05-31T12:27:03-04:00May 31st, 2026|Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, News|
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