Business Sector: Consumer Products

Southeastern Michigan’s premier wet lab incubator and innovation center, the Michigan Life Science & Innovation Center is a 70,000 square foot life science incubator complete with state-of-the-art wet labs, a 13-bed Phase 1 Clinical Trial facility, well-appointed offices and conference rooms, ample parking, and every possible business amenity. Tenants include very early stage start-ups through […]

Dandelion is data, design, media and technology for the public and social sector. The organization helps government and nonprofit agencies redefine the way they engage community, activate underutilized assets and deliver services.

The Michigan Research Institute provides wet lab and office space in addition to services for startups and growing biotech companies.

Southwest Michigan First is an organization of privately funded economic development advisors who act as the catalyst for economic success in Southwest Michigan. Founded in 1999 on the principle that the most powerful force for change is a well-paying job, the organization works across all industries throughout the seven counties making up the Southwest Michigan […]

Since 2006, The Starting Block has served as West Michigan’s nonprofit regional kitchen incubator and entrepreneurial center. As a shared-use facility, it helps entrepreneurs start their food-related businesses at reasonable rentals without the initial investment in costly facilities and equipment. The Starting Block offers low-cost kitchen rental, refrigerated, frozen, and dry storage, warehouse space, and […]

re:purpose is a curated marketplace that matches highly curated talent with startup companies. We leverage our placement algorithm and curation team to make matches. We are the only company in the world that matches based on culture. Yes, we’ll match based on role and compensation, too. But that’s the easy stuff! We want everyone to […]

The Michigan Small Business Development Center (SBDC) enhances Michigan’s economic well-being by providing counseling, financial prep, training, secondary market research, and technology commercialization services to new and existing small businesses and advanced technology companies. With 11 offices statewide, the SBDC positively impacts the economy by strengthening existing companies, creating new jobs, retaining existing jobs, and […]

The New Economy Initiative (NEI) is the largest philanthropy-led economic development initiative in the U.S. working to build a regional network of support for entrepreneurs and small businesses. NEI makes grants (over $150 million since 2008) to entrepreneurial service providers that are helping all types of businesses grow and thrive in metro Detroit. Equity and […]

The D-NewTech (DNT) is an organization that provides resources and networking opportunities for the Detroit and Southeast Michigan startup community. DNT hosts monthly meetup events that encourage and highlight the entrepreneurship startups in the region. In addition, DNT collaborates with other organizations to provide meaningful events that support entrepreneurs including Detroit Startup Week and Detroit […]