SPARK spreading $6.6 million in state funds to start-ups
Ann Arbor-based SPARK, a business development group, is distributing $6.6 million in start-up money for tech businesses in Michigan. The businesses will be focussed on alternative energy, homeland security, life sciences and automotive research.
Ann Arbor-based SPARK, a business development group, is distributing $6.6 million in start-up money for tech businesses in Michigan. The businesses will be focussed on alternative energy, homeland security, life sciences and automotive research.
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To qualify, business owners must be sponsored by one of the state’s 12 SmartZones, and have additional funding from another investor, such as a venture capital fund.
Contact SPARK at 734.761.9317, or one of the state’s 12 SmartZones (www.michigan.org/medc/smartzones).
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