June 10, 2021
Navv Systems Completes Seed Financing to Accelerate Commercialization
Ann Arbor SPARK has supported Navv Systems since 2020, when it provided the company with a grant to jumpstart commercialization efforts. With that business accelerator funding, Navv Systems accomplished key website, legal, and technical milestones. Through Ann Arbor SPARK’s Digital Engagement Clinic with Eastern Michigan University, the company accessed marketing interns to support further website development. […]
June 08, 2021
Ann Arbor SPARK Awards Startup Throdle $25,000 Best of Boot Camp Prize
May 18, 2021
Ann Arbor SPARK Reports Startup and Established Business Growth, Results of COVID-Related Grant Activity at Annual Meeting
May 18, 2021
A2GO Autonomous Vehicle Shuttle Service Coming to Ann Arbor in October
April 27, 2021
Kristine Nash-Wong Joins Ann Arbor SPARK as Entrepreneurial Services Manager at its SPARK East Innovation Center in Ypsilanti
Ann Arbor SPARK recently hired Kristine Nash-Wong to run its SPARK East Innovation Center in downtown Ypsilanti. Prior to this role, Nash-Wong served as a marketing strategy consultant to Ann Arbor SPARK’s entrepreneurial services clients, a role she will continue to fill in addition to her management of SPARK East. “Despite the economic challenges presented […]
April 06, 2021
Michigan Angel Community to Host Annual Celebrates Angels Event, Release 2020 Research Report on April 20
March 31, 2021
Business expansions bring high-wage jobs, new investments to Ann Arbor region
March 23, 2021
Ann Arbor SPARK to Manage Statewide Michigan Internship Program
March 09, 2021
A Year Later – SXSW and Michigan House are Back
February 25, 2021
New Eagle Promotes Kevin Alley to VP, Strategy
New Eagle has promoted Kevin Alley to VP, Strategy, to represent his role driving the company’s growth initiatives in the autonomous and electric vehicle markets. New Eagle offers control systems with integrated hardware and software, which give a wide range of companies the ability to control their IP and bring their vehicles to production fast. “Leading companies […]
February 24, 2021
SBA Prioritizes Smallest of Small Businesses in the Paycheck Protection Program
February 17, 2021
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announces nearly 6,000 small businesses across Michigan awarded $52.5 million through Michigan Small Business Survival Grant Program
The KLA-Tencor Site Selection Process with Ann Arbor SPARK
2018 marked a significant number of economic development projects for the Ann Arbor region, including the noteworthy announcement that KLA-Tencor — a Silicon Valley-headquartered provider of process control solutions for semiconductor and related industries — selected Ann Arbor as the home for a new R&D facility. The new development is expected to generate a total capital investment of $70 million and create 500 high tech jobs over the next five years.