Banza Wins $500,000 Grand Prize In Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition

DETROIT – Banza, a food innovation company that uses chickpeas to make gluten-free pasta, won the $500,000 grand prize Thursday night at the sixth annual Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition. Genomenon, a life sciences company focused on personalized medicine with simplified genome interpretation software, took second place and a check for $100,000. Other sector-specific prizes of