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Centrepolis Accelerator

Centrepolis Offers Grants, Manufacturing Support, And Growth Programs For Michigan Companies

SOUTHFIELD - Michigan manufacturers, product developers, and technology startups have multiple opportunities this summer to access funding, engineering support, and business assistance through programs offered by the Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University. Many Michigan manufacturers are looking to diversify beyond traditional automotive work. These programs can provide funding, engineering expertise, prototype development assistance, investor

By |2026-06-18T17:49:20-04:00June 18th, 2026|Industry 4.0|
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Michigan Expands Mobility Innovation Push With $100K Prototype Grants

SOUTHFIELD - Michigan is expanding its push to become a national hub for next-generation mobility and advanced manufacturing with the launch of the 2026 Make It in Michigan Mobility Prototyping Grant Program. Led by the Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME) and the Michigan Office of Defense and Aerospace Innovation (ODAI) in partnership

By |2026-05-21T16:05:42-04:00May 21st, 2026|Industry 4.0, mitechtv, Mobile MI, Mobility|
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Michigan Doubles Down On Mobility Innovation As AI, Robotics And Autonomous Systems Reshape Manufacturing

SOUTHFIELD - Michigan is once again putting taxpayer-backed resources behind its effort to become the national center for next-generation mobility, autonomous systems, AI-driven manufacturing, and advanced industrial technology. The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University announced a new funding round for its “Make It in Michigan Mobility Prototyping Grant Program,” offering up to $500,000 in

By |2026-05-14T09:37:03-04:00May 14th, 2026|Engineering Society of Detroit, ESD, Industry 4.0|
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17 Companies Split $813,000 Through Michigan Mobility Prototyping Grant Program

SOUTHFIELD – The Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrification, in partnership with Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University, is pleased to announce the recipients of the Michigan Mobility Prototyping Grant Program. The initiative, launched earlier this year, provides funding and technical assistance to accelerate the development of innovative mobility and electrification technologies. The funding

By |2024-10-03T15:46:24-04:00October 3rd, 2024|Featured, Mobile MI, Mobility|
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LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator Secures $360,000 Grant From Walters Family Foundation

SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University announced that it has been awarded a $360,000 grant from the Walters Family Foundation. This funding will be instrumental in bolstering Centrepolis Accelerator's mission to support innovative hardtech startups and small businesses by providing access to seasoned Experts in Residence (EiRs). These EiRs, with over 20 years of

By |2024-07-30T14:43:04-04:00July 30th, 2024|Industry 4.0|
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Advanced Manuacturing Expo In Grand Rapids Focused On Industry 4.0

GRAND RAPIDS - Mark your calendars for the 2024 Advanced Manufacturing Expo, which will be held August 7-8 at Devos Place in Grand Rapids and focused on bringing many of the 12,000 manufacturing companies in Michigan up to speed on how I4.0 can improve efficiency.  Centrrepolis Accelerator CEO Dan Radomski joins MITech TV to provide

By |2024-08-10T19:25:42-04:00July 29th, 2024|Industry 4.0, Mobile MI|
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LTU’S Centrepolis Accelerator Receives Additional $2 Million In Funding

SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University announced an additional grant of $2 million from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation to strengthen its mission of supporting startups and small businesses in Southeast Michigan with their hardware and physical product innovations. This new funding will further strengthen Centrepolis’s Evergreen Service-Based Investment Fund, which provides essential

By |2024-06-12T15:16:31-04:00June 12th, 2024|Industry 4.0|
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LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator Wins National Award From Wells Fargo Foundation

SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Centrepolis Accelerator has been named one of 15 national winners of a Channel Partner Strategic Award from the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN²), a $50 million clean technology program funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation and co-administered by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This year, IN² distributed

By |2024-04-21T16:31:48-04:00April 21st, 2024|Industry 4.0|
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LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator Gets Grant From Breakthrough Energy Partners

SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Centrepolis Accelerator has received a $125,000 grant from the Kirkland, Wash.-based Breakthrough Energy Foundation for general operating support. The Centrepolis Accelerator is unusual among business accelerators in that it concentrates on companies manufacturing physical products, rather than services or software. It works with both startups and established small businesses. Several of its

By |2022-12-19T15:15:05-05:00December 19th, 2022|ESD|
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LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator To Host Micro Makers Pitch Event June 22

SOUTHFIELD—Ten fledgling companies will compete for $35,000 in prizes at the “Micro Makers Pitch Event” to be held on Wednesday, June 22 at Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University. The virtual event will feature startups creating innovative physical products—startups that are being established by historically underrepresented populations in the City of Southfield and Wayne County.

By |2022-06-11T18:40:03-04:00June 7th, 2022|ESD, Featured|
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