Accelerate Michigan Announces 53 Semi-Finalists

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

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Author: Sarah Schmid Stevenson

Sarah is a former Xconomy editor. Prior to joining Xconomy in 2011, she did communications work for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Michigan House of Representatives. She has also worked as a reporter and copy editor at the Missoula Independent and the Lansing State Journal. She holds a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Native American Studies from the University of Montana and proudly calls Detroit "the most fascinating city I've ever lived in."