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Business Accelerators / Manufacturing / Pitch Competitions / Startups

Advanced manufacturing pitch contest names winners

SOUTHFIELD—Three startup advanced manufacturing companies earned $35,000 in prizes in a virtual pitch contest held to celebrate National Manufacturing Day. The contest was sponsored by Pure Michigan Business Connect, the …

Entrepreneurship / Pitch Competitions / Startups

Startups invited to elevator pitch competition

LANSING—Officials at the Michigan Economic Development Corp. are looking for Michigan-based entrepreneurs and companies to join a special episode of Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch, a 60-second pitch competition for companies and …

Business Accelerators / Health Care / Startups / Venture Capital

XLerateHealth names six healthcare startups for 2020 cohort in Flint

FLINT—XlerateHealth, a national healthcare startup accelerator based in Louisville, Ky., announced the selection of six startup companies to its second annual cohort in Flint. The companies will participate in a …

Business Accelerators / Startups / Venture Capital

MSU accelerator launches fifth season with five startups

EAST LANSING—The Michigan State University Foundation’s Conquer Accelerator announced the launch of its fifth season and summer 2020 cohort. The 10-week accelerator welcomes five selected teams to its East Lansing …

Electric Vehicles / Patents / Startups

Bollinger Motors gets patent for unique vehicle openings

FERNDALE—Bollinger Motors announced it had been granted United States Patent No. US20190351950A1 on two uniquely named features of its electric truck—called “Passthrough” and “Frunkgate.” Both features harness the opportunity, presented …

Angel Investing / Startups

Report: 1,322 Michigan angels invested $73.6 million

ANN ARBOR—The Michigan “angel investor” community released its 2019 annual research report, showing an increase in the number of angel investors and the amount they invested in Michigan startups last …

Electric Vehicles / Startups

Bollinger Motors to build electric chassis cab truck

FERNDALE—Bollinger Motors, the electric truck developer, Thursday announced plans to manufacture and sell an all-electric chassis cab truck called the B2 Chassis Cab. The company says the truck is the …

Pitch Competitions / Startups / Venture Capital

Michigan Growth Capital Symposium moves online, to feature more than 50 companies

ANN ARBOR—The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, the Midwest’s oldest and largest event for young companies seeking capital, will be held online Tuesday, May 5 as the Midwest Venture Showcase 2020. …

Health Care / Startups

BlueWillow Biologics appoints chief medical officer

ANN ARBOR—BlueWillow Biologics, the Ann Arbor-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel anti-infective products and nasal vaccines, announced the appointment of Chad Costley, MD, as chief medical officer. Costley is a …

Clinical Trials / Pharmaceuticals / Startups

Pharma startup gives up on drug for Prader-Willi Syndrome

ANN ARBOR—Millendo Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on developing novel treatments for endocrine diseases, announced today that it is discontinuing the development of livoletide as a potential treatment …

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