Accelerate Michigan Announces 53 Semi-Finalists
Sarah Schmid9/27/11Follow @XconomyDET
The 53 semi-finalists in the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition have been announced. The global business-plan competition targets mid-to-late-stage business startups with the potential to generate an immediate impact on Michigan’s economy, as well as student concepts with longer-term business viability. (Students can still register up until the September 30 deadline.) At stake is more than $1 million in cash winnings, plus in-kind awards of services, staffing and software.
The semi-finalists competing for both general and sector-specific prizes are:
Advanced transportation
Current Motor
ECO-Fueling
EcoVElectric
ENRG Power Systems LLC
ParkingCarma
Alternative energy
Accio Energy
Advanced Battery Concepts
Arbor Wind
Climate Technologies Co.
Grid Logic
Metro Ag Services
NextCAT
Spider9
Defense and homeland security
Emitech, Inc.
H3D
nanoRETE
Visotek
Information technology
Are You Human
GPX Software
i3D Technologies Inc.
Practical EHR Solutions
TherapyCharts
White Pines Systems
Life science
ApoLife
BioPhotonic Solutions
DeNovo Sciences
NEXTGEN Metabolomics
ONL Therapeutics
Phrixus Pharmaceuticals
RetroSense Therapeutics
Syzygy Biotech
Medical devices
Advanced Cooling Therapy
Blaze Medical Devices
OcuSciences
Retia Medical
Shoulder Innovations
ULTrA
Next generation manufacturing
ePack
Fusion Coolant Systems
North Coast Industrial Imaging
SenSigma
Products and services
Algal Scientific Corporation
Applied Engineering Technologies
ArtJen Conplexus
FamilyMint
Llaamasoft
Nutriinfo
To qualify for the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition prize monies, businesses must make a commitment to locate and grow in Michigan. These companies must also be past proof of concept and in the commercial stage of business development.
The competition will be held from November 15 to 17 at the Eagle Crest Conference Center in Ypsilanti, MI.
