Duo raised $70 million in a recent round of financing, placing the company among the small handful of venture-backed private companies worth $1 billion or more. News from Concentrate Source: SPARK
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is expanding its automotive research footprint in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to provide Detroit-area clients more convenient access to SwRI’s powertrain engineering services. SwRI signed an agreement with A&D Technology Inc. to provide client services with powertrain development cells in the Detroit area, augmenting SwRI’s more than 200 powertrain dynamometers in …
About 90 girls participated in the event, which came together as the result of a collaboration between school staff, businesses, and nonprofits. News from Concentrate Source: SPARK
Our football blog series is back! Like last year, we’re using the football season as an impetus to ask ourselves how we stack up against other, similar regions. How does Ann Arbor compare to other college towns in the US? Unlike last week’s game against Indiana (Bloomington), State College is not a common comparison to …
The co-op has provided free tune-ups and repairs for 310 bikes since it got started in May at the Ypsilanti Farmers Market in Depot Town, and it's planning to offer more services next year. News from Concentrate Source: SPARK
Ann Arbor-based pharmacy software solutions company completes the SOC 2 Type 1 audit and receives attestation. Such compliance provides clients an increased level of confidence in McCreadie Group’s security controls and data protections. OCT. 12, 2017 – ANN ARBOR, MI – McCreadie Group, Inc., a privately held pharmacy software solutions provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, …
The state’s largest gathering of high-growth, high-tech companies and venture investors offers $1 million in prizes, including a $500,000 grand prize. News from Concentrate Source: SPARK
Advocates are hard at work trying to assist the county's homeless youth, who number over 1,000. But barriers to success range from getting young people a government ID to lack of affordable housing. News from Concentrate Source: SPARK
Who: Alex West, Director of Research, Ann Arbor SPARK What: Benchmarking the Ann Arbor Region, an Economic Competitiveness Assessment When: April 2017 and continuing annually Where: using Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County data, comparing against a competitive set of regions around the USA Why: …read on, dear friends… This all started with a series of …
When Jon Carstensen’s significant other moved to Ann Arbor for grad school, she was exposed to the annual A2 Tech Trek. Realizing it was a great opportunity to learn about potential careers here, she urged Carstensen, who was considering a move from Chicago to Ann Arbor, to check it out. He looked the event up …
The Greater Ann Arbor Region is a collaborative partnership of six counties working together to serve growing businesses that are seeking a destination for relocation or expansion.
