Voxel51 raises $12.5 million in VC
ANN ARBOR–Voxel51, a machine learning software developer, announced that it has raised a $12.5 million Series A funding round from Columbus, Ohio-based Drive Capital, and Menlo Park, Calif.-based Top Harvest …
UM alum donates $1.5M for electronic business and financial center
ANN ARBOR—As the Tozzi Electronic Business and Financial Center approaches its 20th anniversary, namesake donor John R. Tozzi, MBA ‘67, has promised an additional $1.5 million to support the center …
Is personal privacy dead in the online age? Not quite yet, LTU speaker says
SOUTHFIELD—Is technology killing privacy? Only if we let it, according to a tech privacy expert who spoke Tuesday at Lawrence Technological University. Florian Schaub, assistant professor at the University of …
Michigan’s Ross School launches new business, tech initiative
ANN ARBOR—Officials at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan announced a new initiative to prepare students for thriving careers at the intersection of business and …
Life sciences startup raises $17.5M
ANN ARBOR—Officials at the Ann Arbor-based life sciences laboratory products startup Akadeum Life Sciences Inc. announced the closing of an oversubscribed $17.5 million Series B financing, led by the Ann Arbor-based venture …
Clare battery company offers home energy storage system
CLARE—Officials of Clare-based Advanced Battery Concepts announced the introduction of its Home Emergency Energy Storage system to address the growing need by homeowners and small commercial businesses for safe, reliable, …
UM gets $39M NASA contract for hurricane observation satellites
WASHINGTON, D.C.—NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Michigan for the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) for mission operations and closeout. A constellation of eight microsatellites, the …
Michigan Ross to host ‘positive business’ conference
ANN ARBOR—The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan will host its annual Positive Business Conference — an event aimed at informing and discussing topics related to improving …
Michigan’s Ross business school gets $1M gift for sustainability, poverty alleviation
ANN ARBOR–The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan has received more than $1 million as a result of a gift from the Applebaum Family Philanthropy …
UM discontinues investments in the largest contributors to greenhouse gases
ANN ARBOR—Officials at the University of Michigan said UM will shift its natural resources investments to focus more on renewable energy, stop investing in funds primarily focused on certain fossil …