Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f3bc4196-fcf8-4110-9845-e5628f18a90c&Preview=1 Date 4/26/2012 Company Name Coliant Corporation Mailing Address 5520 Chicago Road Warren, MI 48092 Company Description Coliant Corp in Warren, MI is a private company categorized under Wholesale Power Transmission Equipment. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A … Continue reading “Coliant Corporation Secures New Funding”
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Varsity News Network Receives New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b89f3b5e-b6fa-4ccc-a6f5-f426cf1c7e1b&Preview=1 Date 4/26/2012 Company Name Varsity News Network Mailing Address 335 Madison Avenue Se Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Company Description Varsity News Network increases exposure and recognition for high school athletes, and empowers students interested in media to gain experience in the field. In sports and advanced education, VNN pushes the boundaries … Continue reading “Varsity News Network Receives New Financing Round”
MI Pre-Seed Capital Fund Awards $444,000 in Microloans to 12 Tech Startups
The Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, which supports high-tech startups, recently announced it has awarded more than $444,000 in microloans to 12 companies through the Michigan Microloan Program. To qualify for the loans, which range from $10,000 to $50,000, companies must be located in Michigan, have the rights to innovative technology, be pre-revenue, and have the … Continue reading “MI Pre-Seed Capital Fund Awards $444,000 in Microloans to 12 Tech Startups”
BrightTag Receives $15,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=31e89414-19fe-4724-9c5e-fcaed10523a8&Preview=1 Date 4/25/2012 Company Name BrightTag Mailing Address 150 N. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 Company Description The company is operating as a digital advertising company. Website http://www.thebrighttag.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes This latest round of financing will be used to accelerate development … Continue reading “BrightTag Receives $15,000,000 New Round”
BrightTag Obtains $15,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=31e89414-19fe-4724-9c5e-fcaed10523a8&Preview=1 Date 4/25/2012 Company Name BrightTag Mailing Address 150 N. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 Company Description The company is operating as a digital advertising company. Website http://www.thebrighttag.com Transaction Type Debt, Venture Equity Transaction Amount $15,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes This latest round of financing will be used to accelerate development … Continue reading “BrightTag Obtains $15,000,000 New Financing”
The Napa Summit: Keeping America Growing
How do we keep America competitive and growing? To explore this vital question, Xconomy is tapping its national network of Xconomists, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and other leading members of the innovation community for an intimate, invitation-only summit in the heart of California’s wine country. This extraordinary day-and-a-half-long, off-the-record retreat will feature candid chats, entrepreneur and … Continue reading “The Napa Summit: Keeping America Growing”
RegainGo Offers Online Tools to Introduce Homeowners to Remodelers
Clark Covert and Jason Beale, co-founders of Detroit-based startup RegainGo, are looking to technology to try to recapture the nostalgic feeling of knowing and trusting the people who work on your home. RegainGo, sort of a hybrid between Angie’s List and Groupon, offers short-term deal coupons as a way to introduce homeowners to the home … Continue reading “RegainGo Offers Online Tools to Introduce Homeowners to Remodelers”
The JOBS Act—The “IPO On-Ramp” Makes IPOs Easier
Enacted with great fanfare in early April, the JOBS Act is intended to improve access to the public capital markets for startup companies. The cornerstone of the act is the creation of an “IPO on ramp” which provides “emerging growth companies” up to five years following their IPO to come into full compliance with various … Continue reading “The JOBS Act—The “IPO On-Ramp” Makes IPOs Easier”
What Are the Hottest Targets in Biotech Today?
Hardly anybody wants new drugs that act like a sledgehammer, bashing diseased and healthy cells like old-school cancer chemotherapy. Many drugs today are supposed to be smart enough to work like laser-guided missiles that hit the diseased cells and mostly spare the healthy ones. But if your goal is to create one of these amazing … Continue reading “What Are the Hottest Targets in Biotech Today?”
CoffeeTable Aims to Reinvent Catalog Shopping for the iPad Era
When e-commerce startup CoffeeTable was brand new, the company occupied a table at San Francisco’s Dogpatch Labs, right across from another startup called Burbn. The week Burbn launched its iPhone app, CoffeeTable’s lead engineer “started to see that it was going to take off, and decided to switch over and join them,” says Ben Choi, … Continue reading “CoffeeTable Aims to Reinvent Catalog Shopping for the iPad Era”
Xconomist of the Week: Ramsinghani On Microinvesting in a Company Town
There is a lot of talk these days in post-industrial American cities like Detroit about transforming the “brawn economy” into the brain economy. Detroit Xconomist Mahendra Ramsinghani, who runs Invest Detroit’s First Step Fund, is on the front lines of that battle to economically recalibrate. “As a community, generation after generation got up and went … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Ramsinghani On Microinvesting in a Company Town”
Mt. Elliott Makerspace: Fertile Ground for Detroit’s Future Innovators
[Updated 4/18/12, 8:51 p.m. See below.] When the Mt. Elliott Makerspace, the Detroit Digital Justice Coalition, and Detroit Future hosted a DiscoTech event at the Museum of Contemporary Art last weekend, it was a uniquely Detroit affair. As kids and their grown-up escorts bounced between stations that offered lessons on everything from beat-making and computer … Continue reading “Mt. Elliott Makerspace: Fertile Ground for Detroit’s Future Innovators”
Small is Beautiful in Q1 Venture Deals as VCs Write Lots of Checks
Venture investors wrote lots of checks during the first three months of 2012, but the amounts were small, according to the venture capital activity report being released today by CB Insights, the New York data services firm. The firm counted 785 venture deals during the quarter that ended March 31, marking the second-highest deal count … Continue reading “Small is Beautiful in Q1 Venture Deals as VCs Write Lots of Checks”
U-M Social Venture Fund Picks LearnZillion for Its First Investment
The University of Michigan’s student-run Social Venture Fund recently announced it has made its first investment in an education-tech startup called LearnZillion. The fund, which makes early-stage investments of up to $200,000, joined a syndicate of 17 investors for a Series A round valued at $2.4 million total. (The Social Venture Fund’s portion was $50,000.) … Continue reading “U-M Social Venture Fund Picks LearnZillion for Its First Investment”
Optimism and Innovation
There are many opinions on the essential elements for innovation. One component is particularly crucial, and one of my favorite quotes on the matter is by Intel co-founder Robert Noyce, who said “Optimism is an essential ingredient for innovation. How else can the individual welcome change over security, adventure, over staying in safe places?” Having … Continue reading “Optimism and Innovation”
Driving for a Better Way to Engage Consumers in their Own Health
Attention to health is life’s greatest hindrance—Plato Let’s just say you own a car. You have undoubtedly purchased insurance for the car and if you are diligent and worried about value and performance, you also are diligent about maintenance. You get the oil changed according to schedule, you fill it with the right kind of … Continue reading “Driving for a Better Way to Engage Consumers in their Own Health”
U-M Student Startup Fetchnotes Offers ‘Sticky Notes for the Modern Age’
After collecting a few thousand users through a private beta launch and garnering press from the likes of the Wall Street Journal and All Things Digital, Ann Arbor, MI-based Fetchnotes opened the mobile app for its digital note-capturing service to the public last Friday. The startup, which is headed by a pair of University of Michigan … Continue reading “U-M Student Startup Fetchnotes Offers ‘Sticky Notes for the Modern Age’”
Abbott’s Humira, the 3rd-in-Class Drug That Toppled Lipitor as No. 1
Sometimes the biggest success stories in business never make it to the magazine covers. There’s no single Eureka moment, no surprise turning point, no redemption, no swashbuckling CEO delivering the goods. There’s just a team pursuing genius like Edison once said: through 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. Dull as it may sound, there … Continue reading “Abbott’s Humira, the 3rd-in-Class Drug That Toppled Lipitor as No. 1”
SetPoint Medical Receives $1,800,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e3e368a9-4bc2-4afc-96d7-0702ac22ec9b&Preview=1 Date 4/16/2012 Company Name SetPoint Medical Mailing Address 1000 Twelve Oakes Center Wayzata, MN 55391 Company Description The company develops neuron-modulation platform technology to treat chronic diseases. Website http://www.setpointmedical.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $1,800,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing-amended. M&A Terms Venture … Continue reading “SetPoint Medical Receives $1,800,000 New Financing”
SocialKaty Secures Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=756e3ead-a705-43a2-bf1a-a21a68e6c792&Preview=1 Date 4/16/2012 Company Name SocialKaty Mailing Address 355 East Ohio Chicago, IL 60611 Company Description SocialKaty, Inc., a Chicago-based social media marketing company that leverages technology to manage online communities for businesses. Website http://www.socialkaty.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount Undisclosed Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The investment from Lightbank … Continue reading “SocialKaty Secures Series A Funding Round”
Kullect Reinvents Blogging for the Smartphone Era
Blogs are coming up on their 15th birthday—the term “weblog” was coined in December 1997, according to Wired (though it wasn’t shortened to “blog” until 1999). What’s interesting is how little the form has changed in that time. A typical blog is still just a collection of text-based essays or articles and comments written on … Continue reading “Kullect Reinvents Blogging for the Smartphone Era”
Detroit Labs, Compuware & More on the Mobile Opportunity in Michigan
The scene at a recent happy hour hosted by Detroit Labs was bustling, especially considering that the only means of event promotion were flyers hastily taped to the doors in the Madison Building, where Detroit Labs is headquartered. About 50 people crowded into the upper bar—most of them young men—and discussed their latest projects and … Continue reading “Detroit Labs, Compuware & More on the Mobile Opportunity in Michigan”
Xconomist of the Week: Jason Baptiste and the Ultralight Startup
Where did this guy find the time to write a book? Never mind that. Jason Baptiste is on the prowl again. The co-founder and CEO of New York-based Onswipe, a tablet-based media and advertising startup, has just released his new book, The Ultralight Startup (Portfolio Penguin, 2012). It’s a how-to-entrepreneur guide with lots of details … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Jason Baptiste and the Ultralight Startup”
SoMoLend Secures $870,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ecdc4016-3cce-4c0b-bcbd-ba28843bcfa1&Preview=1 Date 4/12/2012 Company Name SoMoLend Mailing Address 1660 West 2nd Street Cleveland, OH 44113 Company Description SoMoLend LLC, a company developing a peer-to-peer lending platform for small businesses. Website http://www.SoMoLend.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $870,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing-amended. M&A Terms … Continue reading “SoMoLend Secures $870,000 New Financing”
Rippld Builds a Social Network for Creative Professionals
When Rippld co-founder Adrian Walker started an independent film-production company two years ago, he was frustrated by the lack of online platforms for his fellow creative professionals to use to network, post portfolios, and share jobs. He wanted to showcase the people he used for sound work and CGI effects because, as he says, “the … Continue reading “Rippld Builds a Social Network for Creative Professionals”
BioPharma Needs A Safe, Reliable Way To Repair Broken Genes
The sequencing of the human genome didn’t immediately lead to treatments for a number of diseases, as many had hoped and a smaller number had predicted. However, the enormous drop in the price of DNA sequencing over the past decade has now made it possible to sequence an individual’s complete genome for less than $5,000. … Continue reading “BioPharma Needs A Safe, Reliable Way To Repair Broken Genes”
SilkRoad Technology Obtains $25,046,299 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1c7c241b-7ab0-4592-a4d2-3debe36ec920&Preview=1 Date 4/11/2012 Company Name SilkRoad Technology Mailing Address 20 West Kinzie Street Chicago, IL 60654 Company Description SilkRoad technology, inc. specializes in talent management solutions that offer a unique blend of systems and services that enable companies to gain competitive advantage through optimum alignment of employee performance with organizational goals. Website … Continue reading “SilkRoad Technology Obtains $25,046,299 New Financing”
Dwolla Garners Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=61fc9779-94f6-4ed7-9843-3f924c1671a8&Preview=1 Date 4/11/2012 Company Name Dwolla Mailing Address Undisclosed Des Moines, IA 50309 Company Description New technologies are putting our lives, our communities, and our world at the tips of our fingers. At Dwolla, we’re using those same ideas to build a new payment experience that’s powered by you. Website http://www.dwolla.com Transaction … Continue reading “Dwolla Garners Series A Funding Round”
StoreFlix Obtains $200,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a3711856-2aa1-4c39-979e-10b3648157e5&Preview=1 Date 4/10/2012 Company Name StoreFlix Mailing Address 6000 Mason Montgomery Road Mason, OH 45040 Company Description StoreFlix has a real time world wide patent pending technology that allows businesses to see, share, and analyze operations around the world. Website http://www.storeflix.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $200,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds … Continue reading “StoreFlix Obtains $200,000 Seed Financing”
MyBestFriendsHair.com Obtains $365,000 Series A Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a619b5ef-dbd8-4093-a374-21b1920cb6f0&Preview=1 Date 4/10/2012 Company Name MyBestFriendsHair.com Mailing Address 12523 Jeffries Place Carmel, IN 46033 Company Description At My Best Friend’s Hair, we believe everyone deserves great hair. Whether you’re searching for a new hairstylist or love the one you’re with, My Best Friend’s Hair is for you! Find the best hairstylists from … Continue reading “MyBestFriendsHair.com Obtains $365,000 Series A Funding”
Vesting Is a Hack
Vesting in general (and founder vesting in particular) is an oft-misunderstood tool that has a tendency to really screw up young companies. There are some deep misconceptions at work here that often cause founders all sorts of grief. Most of it comes from the simple fact that stock grants are, at their heart, a crude … Continue reading “Vesting Is a Hack”
Ludlow Ventures: A Family Venture “Without Ego”
Ludlow Ventures, the Detroit-based firm, has a motto: “VC without ego.” Managing partner Jonathon Triest certainly lives up to that ideal of selflessness when describing the influence his partners—his father, Brent Triest, and his great-uncle, Warren Coville—have had on his life. “They’re successful, humble, super smart, and philanthopic. They bring extraordinary talent to the table, … Continue reading “Ludlow Ventures: A Family Venture “Without Ego””
Investing in Biotech Isn’t Just for Investors Anymore
There hasn’t been much to crow about for years in the world of biotech financing. There’s no getting around the fact that new drugs still take a long time and a lot of money to develop, and they usually fail. It doesn’t fly in an instant-gratification economy, where people take extraordinary technical achievements—like, say, streaming … Continue reading “Investing in Biotech Isn’t Just for Investors Anymore”
Notepaper App Showdown: Bamboo, FiftyThree, and Noteshelf
Most geeks like me suffer from a condition called Amazing New Tech Syndrome. The chief symptom of ANTS is a happy delirium over the latest gadget you’ve acquired, followed by resentful disillusionment toward that same gadget as soon as a newer one comes out. You can only assuage the resentment by buying the new gadget, … Continue reading “Notepaper App Showdown: Bamboo, FiftyThree, and Noteshelf”
Apple and the Cloud: A Cautionary Tale
The consumer’s electronic world as we know it today is shared between Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and a handful of other popular brands. Most offerings must ride on these platforms and play by their rules. Yet I believe our current interest in—and use of—this ecosystem will peak in 3-6 years, and what awaits each of … Continue reading “Apple and the Cloud: A Cautionary Tale”
TechTown Report Sheds Light on Its Economic Impact
TechTown, the business incubator and entrepreneur training program located just north of Wayne State University in Detroit, recently released a report with some hard numbers to shed light on the economic impact it has had since it first opened in 2007. According to the report, which took seven months to prepare, TechTown has provided support … Continue reading “TechTown Report Sheds Light on Its Economic Impact”
Innovation in Startup Business Models
In our industry, it’s not uncommon for entrepreneurs to become so mono-focused on the novelty of product innovation that they forget to innovate equally around their business model. In my estimation, a disruptive business model is at least as important as disruptive technology. As an investor, the perfect scenario for me is a disruptive technology … Continue reading “Innovation in Startup Business Models”
Xconomist of the Week: Roger Ehrenberg Plans for Deeper Investments
Innovative use of data will change our world when you peer through the lens of Roger Ehrenberg, founder and managing partner of two-year-old IA Ventures in New York. From financial services to education and beyond, he sees opportunities to mine, harvest, cleanse, and analyze data in competitive ways. Armed with a $105 million fund that … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Roger Ehrenberg Plans for Deeper Investments”
DraftDay Garners $875,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=58cb81f7-52bc-4f9f-90c2-3230c3c4aa6c&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2012 Company Name DraftDay Mailing Address Undisclosed Chicago, IL 60601 Company Description Every day of the week, DraftDay gives sports fans an electrifying and challenging way to test their fantasy sports skills. We offer Daily Fantasy Sports games for a variety of sporting events with buy-ins ranging from free games … Continue reading “DraftDay Garners $875,000 New Financing”
Strand Diagnostics Obtains $30,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bdc934d1-a280-40c3-93bc-6bfa714f9485&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2012 Company Name Strand Diagnostics Mailing Address 5770 Decatur Blvd Indianapolis, IN 46241 Company Description Strand Diagnostics develops and markets the know error® system which uses bar coding, forensic principles and DNA matching to confirm that surgical biopsy samples being evaluated belong to the patient being diagnosed. Website http://www.knowerror.com Transaction … Continue reading “Strand Diagnostics Obtains $30,000,000 New Financing Round”
Tastytrade Garners $1,700,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=969736ea-4ae3-4fa0-bbbe-6ffc11ccacdb&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2012 Company Name Tastytrade Mailing Address 62 West Huron Street Chicago, IL 60654 Company Description Tastytrade is different. It’s something that even our parents can use to understand a Lil Wayne rap song and save money. Or where our 20-year-old niece can learn more about actionable finance than an internship … Continue reading “Tastytrade Garners $1,700,000 New Funding”
LiveYearbook Secures $935,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a6e57b05-7ada-4795-96ca-7b65c75ead8a&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2012 Company Name LiveYearbook Mailing Address N1208 Peaceful Court Greenville, WI 54942 Company Description The mindset of the founders of LIVEyearbook was to create software that would reduce or eliminate the major challenges of the yearbook adviser. Website http://www.liveyearbook.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $935,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “LiveYearbook Secures $935,000 New Financing Round”
Life Core Receives $250,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=46c1a236-033d-415b-9b3e-e6e17d422ae2&Preview=1 Date 4/5/2012 Company Name Life Core Mailing Address 3515 Lyman Blvd Chaska, MN 55318 Company Description Lifecore’s business is the development, manufacturing and marketing of specialty medical products. The medical use of our products mandates that we take ultimate care in assuring quality throughout all of our operations. Website http://www.lifecore.com Transaction … Continue reading “Life Core Receives $250,000 New Round”
Twitter’s Downtown Detroit Office to Chase “Big Three” Ad Dollars
Social media giant Twitter announced today that it’s opening an office in downtown Detroit, hoping to tap into the region’s pool of digital marketing dollars with a small staff focused on advertising sales. Twitter’s decision to set up shop in the Rock Ventures-owned Madison Building adds to Dan Gilbert’s quest to make the whiteboard-and-Nerf gun-heavy … Continue reading “Twitter’s Downtown Detroit Office to Chase “Big Three” Ad Dollars”
ProNAi Therapeutics Lands $310,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=597ff1f9-edda-4f5b-80e8-22a113793ba2&Preview=1 Date 4/4/2012 Company Name ProNAi Therapeutics Mailing Address 2725 South Industrial Hwy Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Company Description ProNAi Therapeutics, Inc. is an emerging biopharmaceutical company that is leveraging its novel and proprietary nucleic acid-based interfering technology, DNAi, to advance a next generation of therapies for patients with cancer and other … Continue reading “ProNAi Therapeutics Lands $310,000 New Round”
Ilesfay Technology Group Receives $265,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2f049216-5ad2-44c8-b0e0-4be211513fa8&Preview=1 Date 4/4/2012 Company Name Ilesfay Technology Group Mailing Address 10979 Reed Hartman Hwy Blue Ash, OH 45242 Company Description The Ilesfay team brings unique IP and tremendous domain expertise to its cloud services. The team has years of experience tackling infrastructure limitations of PLM implementations. Website http://www.ilesfay.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Ilesfay Technology Group Receives $265,000 Seed Round”
Manta Lands $44,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=facdf09e-6d33-464d-90f4-b8eef7edf712&Preview=1 Date 4/4/2012 Company Name Manta Mailing Address 8760 Orion Place Columbus, OH 43240 Company Description Manta helps small businesses profit, connect and grow through the largest online community dedicated entirely to small business. Millions of people come to Manta each day to buy from, partner with and connect to companies. By … Continue reading “Manta Lands $44,000,000 New Financing”
CareWire Lands Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fc33553d-43d4-4cc2-90ce-6e12bcbc697d&Preview=1 Date 4/4/2012 Company Name CareWire Mailing Address 202 Water Street Excelsior, MN 55331 Company Description Using the insights gained from a variety of deep patient innovation projects, CareWire was created to invent a new tool for affecting patient flow before the patient arrives and for providing an immediate early warning of … Continue reading “CareWire Lands Seed Round”
PUSH Wellness Lands Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1e625f6f-c3a6-4197-8dd9-df9607f68167&Preview=1 Date 4/4/2012 Company Name PUSH Wellness Mailing Address 180 N. LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60601 Company Description The PUSH Wellness incentive management concept was developed by Dr. Greg Vachon. As a practicing physician, Greg witnessed firsthand the costly effects of poor health behavior. He realized that many of his patients lacked … Continue reading “PUSH Wellness Lands Seed Financing”
Knight Foundation Initiative Funds Innovative Civic Engagement
The Knight Foundation announced it has teamed with CEOs for Cities to fund nine projects designed to encourage civic engagement, for a total grant amount of $65,000. Xconomist Rishi Jaitly, Knight’s program director in Detroit, says the awards build on the existing momentum in the city. “We see a lot of people here leading enterprises that … Continue reading “Knight Foundation Initiative Funds Innovative Civic Engagement”