Alerje earns $1M Phase II SBIR grant
DETROIT–Alerje Inc., developers of new products for emergency medicine and food allergy management announced a Phase II grant award from the Small Business Innovation Research program of the National Science …
Endra Life Sciences gets new U.S., European patents
ANN ARBOR–The Ann Arbor medical device maker Endra Life Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: NDRA) annlounced issuance of three new patents, one in the U.S. and two in Europe. The new patents …
Detroit to host Lightship Foundation’s first-ever ‘Black Tech Weekend’
DETROIT—Tech entrepreneurs from all over the United States gathering at Black Tech Week 2023 to grow their business and networks heard a common theme: Michigan is the best place to …
Caeregen wins $1.4M SBIR grant for new eye drug
ROCHESTER–Caeregen Therapeutics announced that it has been awarded a $1.4 million Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health and its National Eye Institute to …
Michigan EdTech Pitch Contest awards $22,000 to five education innovators
LANSING—Edtech innovators from Spelling Safari have been chosen as the winners of the second annual Michigan EdTech Innovation Pitch Contest, sharing $22,000 in business startup grants and legal and creative …
Robotic snow removal developer wins Centrepolis-Southfield business pitch event
SOUTHFIELD—Snowbotix, a startup company developing an autonomous, electric-powered robot that can be used to clear snow in winter and clean pavement in summer, won the $15,000 first prize in the …
Ann Arbor biotech firm Upkara raises $9M in equity
ANN ARBOR–Upkara, a biotech startup, announced that it has secured $9 million in Series A funding, including additional investment from prominent businessman and philanthropist Bill Parfet, along with industry veteran, …
Sniffer closes $2M seed round
ANN ARBOR–Sniffer Robotics, an environmental technology services firm, announced first and substantial close of a $2 million seed funding round, led by the Michigan Angel Fund. Other investors include Michigan …
Cybersecurity firm gets Series A funding, has women-led board
DETROIT–AaDya Security, a software company founded by cybersecurity veteran Raffaele Mautone in March 2019, announced the close of a $5 million Series A funding round. Led by Mautone as AaDya’s …
2023 Midwest Growth Capital Symposium returning to Ann Arbor in person
ANN ARBOR — Organizers of the Midwest Growth Capital Symposium announced that Louis Cannon, M.D., founder and senior managing director of Biostar Capital, and Dug Song, co-founder and president of …