Michigan Technology News and Entrepreneurs
GRAND RAPIDS - Watch 5x5 Night LIVE tonight at 5pm as we give away $25,000 to one of our returning All-Stars. Each past 5x5 Night winner will have 5 minutes to tell our judges why they should take home one of Start Garden's largest grants to date! Check out the 5 presenting All-Stars below. Join
DETROIT - Navv Systems, a Detroit-based healthcare technology company focused on hospital personnel location and equipment tracking and location services, announced the close of a $3.2 million seed funding round led by Arboretum Ventures. Detroit Venture Partners also joined the financing along with existing investors including Narrow Gauge Ventures. Navv has developed an indoor navigation
DETROIT - The coronavirus pandemic changed how many Americans work, with some shifting to remote and others losing their job. Small business owners in particular have had a turbulent year navigating new and constantly changing guidelines that shuttered certain businesses for a period or indefinitely. Still, entrepreneurial dreams may keep many workers up at night,
EAST LANSING, Mich. â Conquer Accelerator announces its sixth season and summer 2021 cohort. The 10-week accelerator welcomes six selected teams to its East Lansing program: CrossBraining, Frizzmo, Nickels, Rebound AI, SafetySit, and Tandem. âWeâre proud of what weâve built over the last five years at Conquer Accelerator and weâre only getting better,â said Thomas Stewart, Conquer Accelerator Program
DETROIT - Design Core, the College for Creative Studies, and Connect313 are proud to announce the six teams of the 2021 City of Design Challenge. In its first year, the City of Design Challenge is a program that invites designers, residents, policymakers, and other community stakeholders to collaborate on projects that improve the quality of
DETROIT - Join TechTown Detroit to celebrate the hustle and hard work of 14 Retail Boot Camp (RBC) graduates and the programâs 11th cohort showcase. Tune in virtually to watch quick pitches and see how these businesses will make their visions a reality with what they learned at RBC. Five standouts will each win a
GRAND RAPIDS â The cityâs Local Development Finance Authority has recommended that Start Garden Inc. and Spartan Innovations L3C administer the Grand Rapids SmartZone business incubator through a collaborative approach. The LDFA on March 1 put out a request for proposals to run the business incubator, with the goal of bringing more diversity and equity among tech startups, as MiBiz previously reported.
LANSING - SBAM has developed a COVID-19 preparedness and response template, consistent with recommendations by MIOSHA. Version 10 of this template, available below, contains amendments to reflect the allowance of in-person work effective May 24. SBAM has also created the complete Small Business Ownerâs Guide to Remote Work, also available for download. Download your COVID-19
ANN ARBOR - Kathleen Norton-Schock provides the latest events listings for the Michigan Council of Women in Technology including summer computer camps for middle and high school girls, and golf outings in Southeast and Western Michigan later this summer. Welcome to MCWT Every day we work toward our mission to inspire and grow women in
SOUTHFIELDâThe Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation named Melanie Kalmar its âWoman of the Year in Technology.â Kalmar is corporate vice president, chief information officer (CIO) and chief digital officer at Dow Inc., the Midland-based chemical industry giant. The fifth MCWT award recognizes women in Michigan leading or driving change for other women in
