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Great Lakes Angels Creates $18 Million Investment Fund

ROYAL OAK - Great Lakes Angels, one of the first angel groups in Michigan, now is adding an Angel Fund that could eventually do $18 million in investments in Michigan startups, primarily in the technology sector. Co-partners Doron York and David Weaver explain how it will work on this segment of M2 TechCast. Technologies or

By |2018-07-24T14:37:51-04:00July 24th, 2018|Entrepreneurs, Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

TiECon Detroit 2018 Hosting Entrepreneur Bootcamp At TechTown Oct. 5

NOVI  – TiECon Detroit 2018 is hosting an Entrepreneur Bootcamp at TechTown Detroit on October 5, a one-day intensive program to engage, inspire, and mentor entrepreneurs to start, innovate, and scale their businesses. Deadline for applications is Sunday August 19th. More information can be found here: http://tiecondetroit.org/ai-competition.php Be Investable is a training to support the

By |2018-07-19T20:30:10-04:00July 19th, 2018|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Canopy Helps People Near End Of Life Deal With Health Questions

ROYAL OAK - Canopy is building tools to help you talk about health questions that drive during your last days of life. The company was co-founded by Elisabeth Michel, Co-Founder, who is interviewed by Tember Shea, Director of Inforum’s InGAGE second-stage female mentoring program. About Canopy: If you had to make end-of-life decisions for your

By |2018-07-18T15:08:16-04:00July 18th, 2018|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

FinTech Consortium To Open Hub, Incubator In Downtown Detroit

DETROIT - FinTech Consortium Tuesday announced it will open Detroit FinTech Bay, its flagship North American FinTech hub and incubator, located in a renovated former bank building in the heart of Detroit’s central business district. Rick Frisbie has been named chairman of its North American operations. Frisbie is the former chairman of RobustWealth, a FinTech

By |2018-07-17T21:15:51-04:00July 17th, 2018|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Applications Open For $1 Million Accelerate Michigan Competition

DETROIT - Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition is now accepting applications for startups to win up to $1 Million in Cash and prizes. This year the pitch competition unveils a new format to help company better connect. Investors and Companies must register to apply by Aug. 15. Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, a program of ID Ventures,

By |2018-07-17T20:43:46-04:00July 17th, 2018|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Vestaron Seeks $12 Million Investment To Commercialize Spider Venom Pesticide

KALAMAZOO - Vestaron Corp. seeks to raise $12 million in investments to enable the company to bring to market its environmentally friendly pesticide based on spider venom. Vestaron closed in late June on the first round of the capital raise, netting more than $4.2 million from five existing investors. The capital will go toward producing

By |2018-07-11T19:26:56-04:00July 11th, 2018|Entrepreneurs, Life Sciences|

July 13 Deadline To Apply For $50,000 Hatch Detroit Contest

DETROIT – If you’re a entrepreneur, dreamer or innovator in metro Detroit, you only have until July 13 to apply for the 2018 Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest and get a crack at the $50,000 prize. The contest is presented by Bedrock and the prize money comes from Comerica Bank. Entrepreneurs with a retail concept looking

By |2018-07-05T17:31:27-04:00July 5th, 2018|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs|

West Michigan Medical Device Startup Gets $3 million Investment

GRAND HAVEN — JSJ Corp. has invested $3 million in a startup company that wants to commercialize a device designed to reduce infections acquired in hospitals and other settings. UV Partners Inc.’s UVAngel disinfects surfaces using safe, low doses of ultraviolet light. The device mounts atop surfaces such as computer keyboards, touchscreens and equipment. The system’s sensors

By |2018-07-02T20:53:01-04:00July 2nd, 2018|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs|

New Economy Initiative Awards Grant To LTU For Growth Of Small Manufacturers, Hardware Startups

SOUTHFIELD – The New Economy Initiative has awarded a one-year grant of $40,000 to the Lawrence Technological University Collaboratory for the support of its accelerator program that will enable the growth for small manufacturers and emerging hardware startups in Southeast Michigan. “As a leading resource to small and start-up companies developing innovative, engineered products, the

By |2018-06-21T07:12:42-04:00June 21st, 2018|Engineering Society of Detroit, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, ESD|

PocketNest Fintech Startup Helps Investors Manage Their Financial Plans

ROYAL OAK - PocketNest is a Detroit-based fintech company built for people who are...people. Its mission is to demystify financial planning and equip you with the tools you need to manage your own financial plan - without anything slipping through the cracks. And we’ve got Founder and CEO Jessica Willis on M2 TechCast to explain

By |2018-06-19T20:19:09-04:00June 19th, 2018|Entrepreneurs, Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|