GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Angels Wednesday announced its fifth funding commitment of 2013, investing in Ambiq Micro, a leader in ultra-low power integrated circuits. Grand Angels invested alongside venture capital firms Austin Ventures, ARM, Mercury Fund, Huron River Ventures and other investors in the $10 million Series B funding round. How much Grand Angels invested
LANSING - Michigan stands to create or sustain 119,300 jobs each year throughout the economy if investments to repair infrastructure across the state are made, a report released Wednesday through the BlueGreen Alliance has found. The report analyzes various sectors of infrastructure, including: roads and bridges, rail, transit, waste water, drinking water, electricity, natural gas
DETROIT ? Strategic Staffing Solutions has opened its fifth office in Europe and 27th office globally ? in Edinburgh, Scotland. The new office is located at 9-10 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH2 2AF. It is part of the European network run by S3?s partner in the UK, Gibbs S3, and will initially serve one
ANN ARBOR ? Online Tech continues to expand across Michigan, announcing this week it will open a 34,000 square foot, $10 million data center in Westland, the fourth in Southeast Michigan. The company also operates two data centers in Ann Arbor and one in Flint. Online Tech is renovating and building out a network switching
EAST LANSING - Even more than the city's fiscal woes, education and employment levels of Detroit's population will make the city's long-term economic recovery more difficult, a Michigan State University economist argues in a recently published paper. Compared to other cities of similar size, Detroit is burdened with a smaller percentage who have either high
DETROIT - Who says Southeast Michigan has a strangle-hold on hot technology in the state. On Thursday night Grand Rapids-based Varsity News Network, a web site for high school sports communications, won the $500,000 grand prize at the Accelerate Michigan business-plan competition. In the student competition, first place and $25,000 went to Soletics of Grand
BARCELONA, Spain ? A new report shows worldwide mobile phone sales totaled 455.6 million units in the third quarter of 2013, an increase of 5.7 percent from the same period last year. Gartner analysts said global mobile phone sales are on pace to reach 1.81 billion units in 2013, a 3.4 percent increase from 2012.
TROY ? The Detroit Auto Dealers Association has developed a new app that features photos of vehicles at the North American International Auto Show, but also at other major shows in Paris, Geneva, Frankfurt, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and beyond. NAIAS Chairman Bob Shuman says Auto Show Passport app will answer a common question: 'What are
LANSING ? Tax incentives of more than $2 million by the Michigan Strategic Fund and Michigan cities will prompt three companies to invest up to $24 million and create some 400 new jobs in the state. ?These expansions in our automotive and IT sectors highlight Michigan?s singular leadership in making things and making things work,?
DETROIT ? If you want to get a chance to check out Google Glass, the search engine?s new wearable computer, you can do so Nov. 16-17 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Since May, Google has been beta testing Glass, which will display on-the-go maps, voice searches, video calls, photo sharing and more. More