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Detroit-Based RIVET Work Closes $5.6M Seed Round
The Detroit-native construction software startup, RIVET Work, closed $5.6M in seed funding today. Founded in 2020, RIVET Work’s platform was created [...]
Heartland Ventures Announces Successful Closing of $52M Fund II
Heartland Ventures, a venture capital firm connecting high-growth startups to Midwest corporations, announced today that they have closed $52M for Fun[...]
Ann Arbor's Keebo Raises $10.5M to Shape Future of Cloud Data Analytics
Keebo, a data learning platform, has announced that it raised $10.5 million in Series A funding. The company is building a cloud solution that automat[...]
Genomenon Raises $20M, Launching a New Era in AI-Powered Genomic Data
Ann Arbor tech company Genomenon announced it has raised $20M in Series B financing. The round was led by Beringea and Spring Mountain Capital, with [...]
May Mobility raises $83M to deploy autonomous vehicles with Toyota
Ann Arbor startup May Mobility announced today its initial Series C funding round, an $83 million investment. The round was led by Mirai Creation Fund[...]
Detroit Startup Pocketnest Reaches Nearly $2M in Funding
Detroit fintech startup Pocketnest announced today a new investor, Reseda Group, a wholly-owned Credit Union Service Organization of MSU Federal Credi[...]
Lineage Logistics announces $1.7B to fuel supply chain innovation
Lineage Logistics, based in Novi, Mich., is the world's leading provider in innovative temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions.[...]
Drive Capital Portfolio Company Raises $58M, Rebrands to Enlace Health
Columbus-area technology companies continue raising big money. Aver Inc., an early portfolio company of Drive Capital, has raised more than $58 millio[...]
Top Midwest Startup Funding Rounds in 2021
The Midwest had a banner year in startup funding, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic continuing through 2021. Chicago has minted an unpre[...]
Root Insurance Backs Former Employee Aiming to Reinvent Title Industry
Empora Title Lands Investment from Root Insurance; Columbus’ Startup Flywheel in Full Effect A former employee of Root Insurance has launched a new ve[...]
Columbus Startup Aware Raises $60M Series C Round led by Goldman Sachs
It’s time we’re all aware of this Columbus startup. Aware, which helps companies collaborate by making sense of human behavioral data, has raised a $6[...]
Two Detroit startups raise millions in Series A, seed funding rounds
This week, two Detroit startups announced multi-million funding rounds, showing the strength of the Detroit startup community and its continued growth[...]
Sustainable Furniture Brand Floyd Raises $15M Series B
Based in Detroit, Floyd is a sustainable furniture startup founded by Alex O'Dell and Kyle Hoff. On Wednesday, April 21, the company announced they ra[...]
Detroit fintech startup Autobooks raises $25 million in Series B
Headquartered in Detroit, Autobooks is a top fintech startup in the Midwest that's making small business banking easy. Today they announced they raise[...]
Columbus insurtech startup Beam Dental raises $80 million
Beam Dental is a top insurtech startup based in Columbus, Ohio. The company has secured $80 million in Series E funding, bringing their total up to $1[...]
Detroit startup Guardhat raises Series B, brings funding over $40 MM
Detroit startup Guardhat just announced on January 5, 2021 that they raised Series B funding. The amount is undisclosed, but this new round will bring[...]
Top venture capital funding for Midwest tech startups in 2020
2020 certainly was a challenging year for startups across the board. And fundraising, though it fared better than many thought it would, was still no [...]
Columbus startup Olive raises $106MM to expand AI healthcare workforce
AI healthcare startup Olive just announced they raised $106 million in funding, led by an equity investment from General Catalyst and Drive Capital, a[...]
AaDya Security raises $2.7 million, continues upward trend in security funding
AaDya Security just announced that they’ve closed a $2.7 million funding round, led by Firebrand Ventures (Kansas City, Mo.), 645 Ventures (NYC), and [...]
Top 5 Midwest Venture Capital Firms in 2020
Ever wonder what powers the top Midwest startups and tech scene? Well, it’s a whole lot of good ideas, smart people to execute them, and, of course, c[...]
Columbus Cybersecurity Startup Raises $12.5 Million in Series A Funding
The Midwest is a cybersecurity powerhouse. From ForAllSecure in Pittsburg to Duo and Blumira in Ann Arbor, the Midwest is showing its cybersecurity st[...]
Top Q1 2020 Startup Funding In Columbus
Starting the year off on the right foot is always a good thing—and for startups, that can mean funding. Three Columbus startups crushed Q1 with some [...]
Top 6 Venture Capital Investors in the Midwest
Want to know where the money's at? It's right here in the midwest. More specifically, the Great Lakes region. Venture capitalists are looking outside [...]
Design-Driven Cannabis Startup, Pleasantrees, Raises $6.4M in Series A
Detroit-based luxury cannabis startup, Pleasantrees, announced a successful Series A funding round, raising $6.4 million in preparation for the launch[...]
6 Celebrity Investors from the Midwest
The midwest is packed with entrepreneurial talent, and the world is taking notice. From Motown to the Motor City, Detroit has a rich history of busine[...]
Michigan Startup, Rivian, Secures $350M Investment
Plymouth-based electric truck manufacture, Rivian, secured $350 million in investments this week, making it the company's third public investment of 2[...]
Detroit Startups on the Rise: Argo AI
In the race for accessible and modern mobility, a local startup is on a mission to improve the way the world moves. Meet Argo AI. With a self-proclaim[...]
Detroit Startup News Recap: August 2019
The final days of summer are here. As we take in the season's remaining moments, our team has reflected on August's biggest startup news. Missed the u[...]
Detroit Startup, Bloomscape, Raises $7.5M in Series A
Detroit-based eCommerce startup, Bloomscape, announced $7.5 million in Series A funding today. The direct-to-consumer plant company has disrupted the [...]
Capital One Acquires Lux eCommerce Company
Big news from the (literal) purpose.jobs fam. Our brother('s) company was just acquired by Capital One! Let us explain... Our founder, Ryan Landau, ha[...]
Xeeva Raises Over $40 Million in Funding
Recently we surveyed our community asking what type of content you want to learn about and the top response was news from the local startup community.[...]