Michigan Technology News and Entrepreneurs
WARREN - Winning Futures announced a two-year $150,000 grant award from the Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation to support implementing Workforce Prep - an in-school mentoring and leadership skills program for challenged high school students. This program addresses the critical need to better prepare students for life after high school and empower them with the
ROYAL OAK - Lisa Vallee-Smith, the co-founder of Airfoil Communications, has reorganized her 18-year old PR agency under a holding company that she will lead. Vallee-Smith will now serve as CEO of Airfoil Group, overseeing the business strategy for both Airfoil Communications and Airfoil Digital. Twelve-year Airfoil veteran Keith Donovan, former senior vice president, steps
ROYAL OAK - Tember Shea, Director of Inforum’s InGAGE program, interviews Christina York from Spellbound who announced a new patent for her Augmented Reality patient care product. SpellBound uses the mobile devices (iOS and Android tablets and smartphones) hospitals already own to create therapeutic 3D experiences. Hospital staff and patients use SpellBound's tools with a
SOUTHFIELD - DENSO Corporation subsidiary NSITEXE, a developer of key semiconductor components enabling automated driving, announced it has invested $65 million in ThinCI Inc., an Artificial Intelligence hardware startup developing computing platforms. ThinCI’s programmable computing architecture can accelerate deep learning, AI and other algorithms relevant to the automotive industry and will provide somewhere around 5
ROYAL OAK - Kathleen Norton-Schock joins M2 TechCast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush to update the latest interviews done by her podcast, Diva Tech Talk, and also what’s happening with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology. Diva Tech Talk's Nicole Scheffler (Left) Kathleen Norton Schock To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/internet-advisor-755109612/m2-techtalk-episode-139-kathleen-norton-shock-on-mcwt
GRAND RAPIDS — Auxo Investment Partners closed fundraising for its first fund after netting $50 million from family offices and institutional investors. The close last week enables Auxo’s partners to focus solely on seeking and vetting investment prospects. The Grand Rapids-based private equity firm expects to invest in 10 to 15 companies over the next three years
DETROIT – Toma Detroit will serve fresh, locally sourced simple yet sophisticated cocktails and foods from Latin America with the help of a $50,000 cash prize the founders won Thursday night in the 2018 Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest presented by Bedrock. The annual contest supports brick and mortar business growth in Detroit, Highland Park and
FARMINGTON HILLS - Have a Fintech startup that needs investment capital? The $1 million Fintech Challenge is seeking applicants. The rub is the deadline to apply is Aug. 30. Kyyba Innovations has partnered with Fintech Valley Vizag, a sustainable global Fintech ecosystem to organize the $1 Million Startup Challenge as part of “VIZAG FINTECH FESTIVAL.”
KALAMAZOO - Kalamazoo soon will be the newest home of a national program to engage, educate and connect local entrepreneurs. Founded by the Kauffman Foundation, 1 Million Cups is based on the notion that entrepreneurs network and discover solutions over a million cups of coffee. The free, weekly gathering helps build startup communities on a
GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Angels plans to launch its third venture capital fund, seeking $15 million to $25 million that builds off of two prior, smaller venture capital funds at the organization. The new fund would target investments in advanced manufacturing, advanced agriculture, life sciences and software, all of which were focuses of the previous funds. Managing
