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ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 12, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Genomenon announced a partnership with enGenome, which includes integration of the Mastermind

This is an article about portfolio company, Autobooks.

Detroit-based TCF Bank has partnered with Autobooks, a Detroit fintech company. Starting today, small-business customers of Chemical Bank, a division of TCF National Bank, can enroll in Autobooks and begin accepting online payments via automated clearing house and credit cards, with funds deposited directly into their accounts.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chemical Bank is waiving the monthly software fee for the first 90 days. TCF Bank expects to make Autobooks available to all customers in the near future.

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This is an article about portfolio company, Akadeum.

Finding and supporting local entrepreneurial talent was always a big part of the plan at Kern Venture Group. It just took a while.

The group's early investments went to startups based outside the area. But KVG kept its eye on two local grads, one innovating in science and the other in the film industry.

Each entrepreneur achieved huge milestones in time, raising money and landing key deals — enough that the club recently moved forward with significant investments in both companies.

Neither startup is based locally: Film-casting digital platform Castifi Inc. is headquartered in Culver City and Akadeum Life Sciences Inc., a developer of fluid separation technology, is in Ann Arbor, Mich. But each was de

This is an article about portfolio company, Bloomscape.

If you're searching for the perfect Mother's Day gift, you can never go wrong with flowers. Whether you'll be celebrating with your mom at home or want to send a gift from far away, there are plenty of ways to have a beautiful floral arrangement delivered right to her doorstep.

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Since I'm indoors all day, I'm looking for new ways to make my home the most enjoyable place to be. One easy addition? Houseplants. Not only are they beautiful to look at, they can also clean your indoor air by absorbing toxins and producing oxygen. Plants hav

Ripple Science today announced new initiatives to help clinical researchers continue their work through COVID-19. Many clinical trial teams are working remotely and have paused patient visits, forcing teams to do more of their work online. Ripple Science wants to help researchers continue their research during this uncertain time by giving research teams free access to Ripple for their first study. For those working on COVID-19 trials directly, the company is providing six months of access to Ripple free of charge.

Ripple is a web-based platform designed for clinical research teams who want a secure and streamlined way

This is an article about portfolio company, Bloomscape.

The clock is ticking and Mother's Day is less than a week away. Don't freak out—from seasonal peonies to air-purifying snake plants, there’s still time to make your mom feel special. Shop our roundup of the 21 best websites for flower and plant delivery services, most of which will ship by May 10th.

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This is an article about portfolio company, Bloomscape.

As the weather warms up, you might be looking to flex your green thumb in the form of fresh flowers and vibrant new houseplants. But if you have a small outdoor space or balcony, you might be itching for something more creative, like a 

Mastermind Genomic Search Engine Identifies Approved and Off-Label Treatments Found Across the Medical Literature

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (PRWEB) April 28, 2020

Genomenon® announced today that the latest release of the Mastermind® Genomic Search Engine includes the ability to search by therapy. Mastermind users can now query the comprehensive database of genomic evidence for over 180,000 drugs, therapies, and other interventions.

This new offering furthers Genomenon's ability to catalogue a complete dataset of all "Genomic Associations" supported by medical evidence. These associations help clinical

This is an article about portfolio company, Bloomscape.

Real Simple’s mission, through its 20 years, has been to simplify your life with smart finds like these. Clear up acne breakouts subtly, cut the perfect slice of bread, and more with these staying-at-home-friendly items.

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced that it has acquired Celsee, Inc., a company that offers instruments and consumables for the isolation, detection, and analysis of single cells. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Bio-Rad will discuss the acquisition in more detail during its first-quarter 2020 financial results conference call.

Celsee’s Genesis System offers a practical, scalable, and efficient approach to accurately analyze single cells. Using the Genesis System, scientists can isolate, analyze, and interpret cellular behavior and collect cell-based information for improved results in applications such as single-cell cyto

This is an article about portfolio company, Mi Padrino.

Kim Gamez, Jackson native and founder of Mi Padrino, has started a fundraiser and hopes to raise enough money to donate 100,000 much-needed CDC-approved N95 surgical masks to the medical community. She is using her unique online business platform to get the job done.

“Mi Padrino is an event planning platform for the Hispanic community based out of Jackson, MI that helps hundreds of thousands of families plan and fund traditional Hispanic celebrations,” says Gamez. “Last year alone we had over 900,000 users of the platform. In Hispanic culture, you will have ‘padrinos’ (godfather or sponsor) to help pay for different parts of your event, kind of like crowdfunding or a gift registry.&rdqu

This is an article about portfolio company, MaxOne.

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COVID-19 has taken everybody by surprise. With schools closed across much of the United States, practice for spring sports have been cancelled and offseason regimens for all sports have been put on hold. This pandemic has left nearly 36 million youth athletes and their coaches stunned, and unsure of what to do and how to move forward.

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SOUTHERN PINES, N.C., March 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- First Bank, the largest community bank headquartered in North Carolina, has announced its launch of Autobooks, a small business payment and accounting platform that seamlessly integrates with the bank's online and mobile banking.

Autobooks allows First Bank business clients to create invoices, accept payments, and pay bills automatically. This saves them from having to track down their customers or vendor partners for credit card numbers or checks. Business owners also get access to accounting tools and real-time reporting within Autobooks that make month-end, year-end, and tax-time assessments much less stressful. All of this lives directly within First Bank's secure onli

This is an article about portfolio company, Bloomscape.

I don’t exactly have a green thumb. In fact, I’ve managed to kill quite a few succulents, and I’m much more comfortable with the idea of a faux plant adding a pop of color to my living room than tending to a live one. So when I heard about 

Grand Rapids, MI, March 4, 2020 (Business Wire) – Tetra Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for patients with cognitive impairment and memory loss, today announced it has entered into an expanded strategic alliance with Shionogi. The two companies will work together to develop and commercialize BPN14770 for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, Fragile X syndrome and other indications marked by cognitive and memory deficits.

 Under the terms of the expanded alliance, Shionogi has increased its equity investment in the company to 50% and has the option to complete a structured buyout of the remaining equity if certain closing conditions are met based on the topline results of the comp

This is an article about portfolio company, Orbion.

A new alliance between two out-of-this-world companies could make commercial accessibility to space easier and cheaper. That's thanks in part to a technology called Hall-effect plasma thrusters.

Hall-effect plasma thrusters are a type of ion drive in which a propellant is accelerated by an electric field. The technology has been around since the 1960s, and Hall-effect thrusters were in use on Soviet satellites between 1972 and 1990. 

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This is an article about portfolio company, Bloomscape.

If you've spent any time on Instagram or watched even one YouTube beauty tutorial, you may have noticed that all the coolest women seem to have plants in their bathrooms. Naturally, these green-draped self-care oases are a source of envy for anyone who considers their daily skincare routine to be an almost spiritual practice, but how do you

Detroit, MI - According to Pitchbook, in 2019 Invest Michigan was the fifth most active venture capital investor in the ‘Great Lakes’ region. In 2019, Invest Michigan made 16 investments into 14 high-growth technology companies. PitchBook defines the ‘Great Lakes’ region as comprising six of the states that border the Great Lakes: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Since 2014, Invest Michigan has been among Michigan’s most active early-stage investors, completing 110 investments into 52 early-stage companies.

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Movellus co-founder Jeff Fredenburg also promoted to CTO as part of executive team expansion to meet accelerating demand

SAN JOSE, Calif. and ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Movellus, a leader in design-optimized, process portable “analog” IP technology, today announced the appointment of Dr. Ken Wagner as Vice President of Engineering. The hiring of the semiconductor, IP, and software veteran underscores Movellus’ commitment to ensuring its customers have the industry’s most advanced analog IP in substantially shorter delivery times, as well as its goal to rapidly expand the company’s analog IP coverage.

Dr. Wagner brings decades of semiconductor experience f

This is an article about portfolio company, Tetra.

Scientists have shown that inflammatory disease in the body is associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s

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The company's content-rich genomic database platform and AI-driven processing help mitigate early-stage genomic translational research challenges

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the global clinical genomics interpretation market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Genomenon, Inc. with the 2020 Global Company of the Year Award. Genomenon offers products and services

Rising startup acknowledged for flexible and collaborative work environment

Autobooks is a small business payment and accounting platform integrated within a financial institution’s digital banking experience. Today, the company announced that it has been named one of the 2020 Best Places to Work in Financial Technology by Arizent, publisher of American Banker and PaymentsSource. This is Autobooks’ first year on the list, ranking No. 36 of 49 companies.

Each year, Arizent and research partner Best Companies Group determine the rankings based on results from a two-part employee survey. Nominated companies were evaluated on workplace policies, practices, philosophy, systems, de

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ChoiceOne Bank, based in Sparta, Mich., announced today that it is expanding its relationship with HT Mobile Apps (HTMA), to offer the company’

This is an article about portfolio company, Bloomscape.

According to the National Gardening Association, U.S. houseplant sales grew 50% over the last three years. Bloomscape Founder and CEO Justin Mast joins On The Move to discuss the demand for houseplants and the online gardening landscape.

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ANN ARBOR, MICH. (PRWEB) JANUARY 23, 2020

Ripple Science today announced their one-hundredth customer. Ora, Inc., the world’s leading, full-service ophthalmic Clinical Research Organization (CRO), has adopted Ripple SaaS, enabling Ora to centralize patient recruitment in order to improve efficiency at clinical trial sites.

Rod Walker, Sr. Director

This is an article about portfolio company, Ripple Science.

An Ann Arbor-based maker of HIPAA-compliant clinical research software has raised $2.5 million through equity financing, with more than 80 percent coming from funds outside Michigan.

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This is an article about portfolio company, B2B.

Business payment startups and banks are rushing to offer clients the same kind of intuitive, automated payment experience that consumers have come to expect from their favorite personal finance apps. 

While startups like Bento for Business, HighRadius and AvidXchange are working with businesses to solve expense management pain points, Miami-based startup Biller Genie is embedding with banks in its effort to offer best-in-class payments experiences for business clients. 

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Genomenon® announced that over 175,000 recently documented genetic variants (DNA mutations) have been added to the Mastermind® Genomic Search Engine in the 4th quarter of 2019, for a cumulative total of more than 5.9 million genetic variants. This number reflects the rapidly accelerating pace of genomic discovery, and stands in stark contrast to the number manually curated by HGMD, the previous “gold standard” tool for variant interpretation: Qiagen added just under 11,700 variants in the HGMD Q4 2019 release, for a total of less than 276,000 genetic variants

This is an article about portfolio company, Bloomscape.

The Challenge

Bloomscape, a DTC plant delivery company, wanted to launch itself in a way that would achieve fast growth, but also bring value to its customers. 

Says Kelsey Cohen, director of growth, "I did not want to repeat the mistakes that I had seen so many other companies make. I have seen and worked for other companies that went full-force for acquisition without a content nurturing strategy and then floundered when they realized continued engagement was important to sustainable growth. 

"I also wanted to make sure that we were making our content work for us on multiple levels."

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Does your 9 to 5 grind leave you feeling anxious and uptight? According to this new study, you may want to turn to the power of plants. 

A team of researchers from the University of Hyogo in Japan recently found that having a plant on your desk can significantly reduce your stress in the workplace, publishing their findings in 

First Community Bank announced today that it will offer Plinqit, a savings app and the only savings tool that pays users for learning about personal finances, helping customers save money and creating higher engagemen

This is an article about portfolio company, HTMA.

While third-party personal finance apps have garnered attention through direct-to-consumer offerings, HT Mobile Apps is looking to reach more users by offering savings and financial literacy tools to partner institutions. The eight-year-old company is working with banking technology giant FIS to reach new financial institutions. Through the FIS partnership, HTMA, which currently partners with 41...

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This is an article about portfolio company, Shoulder Innovations.

Holland, Michigan-based Shoulder Innovations, LLC has received FDA clearance for its InSet Plus™augmented glenoids for the InSet™Total Shoulder System.

The system, says the company, is “used to treat significant disability in degenerative, rheumatoid and traumatic disease of the glenohumeral joint and avascular necrosis of the humeral head. The InSet™System includes patented inset glenoid technology, originally innovated by Stephen Gunther, M.D. The new InSet Plus™ glenoids feature an angled articular surface and are available in both 5° and 10° variants with multiple diameters.”

Don Running, vice president, Research and Developm

This is a press release about portfolio company, SkySpecs.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SkySpecs, leading provider of Operations & Maintenance solutions for the wind energy industry, today announced that it's closed a $17 million series C round. The Ann Arbor-based company experienced a heavy-growth year, tripling its staff, significantly building out its solutions offerings for the wind energy industry, and reaching a landmark 30,000 fully autonomous inspections. SkySpecs set its sights on using technology like AI, machine learning, robotics, and software, to optimize operations & maintenance in order to enable better decision making about repairs and proactive planning. Their mission is to continue d