Sarah Schmid

Sarah is the editor of Xconomy Detroit. She joins Xconomy after working in Communications for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the state's business development office, and the Michigan House of Representatives. She's an award-winning journalist who cut her teeth at the small but fiercely muckraking Missoula Independent, where she carved out a beat covering issues critical to Native American people living in the state of Montana. Her reporting resulted in institutional changes that forced local school districts to better serve Native students. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Montana and proudly calls Detroit "the most fascinating city I've ever lived in."

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Two New State-Backed Capital Funds Launch

Last week, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced its new Michigan Venture Match Fund, a $5 million pot of money from the Michigan Strategic Fund for early-stage companies in... Read more »
Michigan Life Sciences Roundup: Swift Biosciences, Aastrom

A few Southeast Michigan biotech companies are in the news today:

—Swift Biosciences, based in Ann Arbor, has just rolled out its Accel-NGS DNA Library kit, the first in... Read more »
IDInteract’s Vision to Reinvent Brand Interaction Starts in Detroit

After quietly filing patents and operating in “stealth mode” since 2009, IDInteract‘s founder and CEO, Matt Standish, formally launched his brand interaction software platform in December. Now, he’s in the... Read more »
AutoHarvest Seeks to Become the “Amazon of Innovation”

AutoHarvest, a nonprofit website that aims to connect the auto industry with entrepreneurs and inventors, has just announced a partnership with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. It’s the latest big... Read more »
Company Born At Startup Weekend Detroit Releases Sales App

When Sandy Barris came to Startup Weekend Detroit last year, he had an idea for an app that would help people working in direct sales track their activities and stay motivated.... Read more »
Detroit Startups Stik.com and UpTo Raise Key Financing Rounds

Detroit’s nascent tech scene got another boost with the announcement today that Stik.com, an online business referral platform that relocated to the Motor City from San Francisco last year, has... Read more »
Challenge Detroit and Detroit Revitalization Fellows Seek New Participants

Two fellowship programs that bring talented young professionals to Detroit in the hopes that they’ll make a permanent home here are accepting applications through Sunday for a new cohort of participants.... Read more »
Kinnear: Big Ideas Define U-M’s Current Entrepreneurial Climate

After 30 years, what sets apart winners of the University of Michigan’s annual Michigan Business Challenge competition? “Big ideas,” says Tom Kinnear.

Kinnear is in a position to know. He... Read more »
Wayne State Biotech Spinout Advaita Continues Growth

Advaita, the Plymouth, MI-based biotech startup spun out of technology developed at Wayne State University, has been selected to participate in the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Commercialization Assistance Program... Read more »
Ag Tech Startup FarmLogs Nets $1M in Seed Funding

The Ann Arbor, MI-based ag tech startup FarmLogs is on a quest to bring farm management into the digital age, and the recent completion of a $1 million seed round lead... Read more »
Bizdom, TechTown, Invest Detroit Launch $1M Technology Exchange

Thanks to a $1 million grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund, Detroit business incubators Bizdom and TechTown are partnering with Invest Detroit on a new initiative called the Detroit Technology... Read more »
Coming Soon: the Detroit Bus Company’s Newest Transit Innovations

Andy Didorosi, the founder and CEO of the Detroit Bus Company, is on a mission. Not content to merely revolutionize the city’s transit system, which is in desperate need of... Read more »
U-M Opens Law Clinic for Student Startups

The entrepreneurial ecosystem at the University of Michigan quietly added another layer last year with the establishment of a law clinic that offers free legal services to student entrepreneurs. Described by... Read more »
State Funds Collaborations Between Small Companies, MI Universities

The Michigan Corporate Relations Network has issued a request for proposals from tech entrepreneurs looking to speed up their commercialization efforts.

Under the Small Company Innovation Program (SCIP), small- to medium-sized... Read more »
TechTown Adds Bootcamp-Style Venture Accelerator

The Detroit-based business incubator TechTown announced last week that it’s launching the new Labs Venture Accelerator, which is set to accept applications online starting tomorrow for the first session, which will... Read more »
Seelio: More Than Just LinkedIn For Millennials

If I’ve ignored a request from you on LinkedIn, I apologize. I have a confession to make: I have no idea what the purpose of LinkedIn is other than being... Read more »
Lycera Enters Into Second Collaboration Deal with Merck

Lycera, the biopharmaceutical company based in Plymouth, MI, announced today that it is entering into a second collaboration agreement with pharmaceutical giant Merck. This is the second collaboration deal between Lycera... Read more »
Talking Ag Tech, Bridging the Ann Arbor-Detroit Gap at U-M Unconference

The premise of the Entrepreneurs Engage unconference held at the University of Michigan yesterday may sound a little hokey to the uninitiated: The audience suggests breakout-group topics, and then folks spend... Read more »
Gilbert’s Rockbridge Growth Equity Adds to Tech Portfolio

Dan Gilbert’s Rockbridge Growth Equity, a Detroit-based private equity firm founded in 2007, announced last month that it has acquired Tampa, FL-based Triad Retail Media, which helps companies like... Read more »
BuyMichLocal: A Business Directory With a Twist

Michael Sacha worked as a multimedia account rep for companies like Gannett and Yahoo, where he helped businesses place ad campaigns that went across print, mobile, social, and online platforms. Working... Read more »

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