Investment Type: Accelerator
Mentions in press and media 14
| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.10.2025 | Governor Whitmer And Michigan Strategic Fund Approve Major Investments For Expanding Housing, Innovation, And Manufacturing | Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) Board have approved a series of new projects to strengthen Michigan’s housing infrastructure, innovation ecosystem, and advanced manufacturing capacity. The initiatives include... |
| 17.10.2017 | Who are the Leading Insect Farming Startups? | You can tell that the public is captivated by a particular food, when its mere existence on a menu makes the news. Insects are one such ingredient. Cricket ice cream, cricket granola, cricket meatballs, cricket bars, cricket pasta, cricket ... |
| 07.03.2016 | Insect Food Brand Exo Raises $4m Series A from Nas and Amelia Boone | Consumers, entrepreneurs, and investors alike are realizing the potential for insects to provide a sustainable and alternative source of protein for humans. While still consumed by the more forward-thinking and adventurous consumers out the... |
| 04.09.2015 | Daily funding roundup - September 4, 2015 | Letgo raised $100M; 500 Startups bagged $85M; PTC Group Holdings Corp received $75M Near Field Communication technology, or NFC, is starting to be embraced in commercial products everywhere, from the Apple Watch to customer loyalty keychain... |
| 29.06.2015 | Daily funding roundup - June 29, 2015 | Airbnb raised $1.5B; Velocity raised $12M; Airtable scored $7.6M Airbnb, a home-rental company, raised an $1.5 billion funding round, the Wall Street Journal reported. It was led by General Atlantic Inc., Hillhouse Capital Group of China an... |
| 20.05.2015 | Meet The Startups Pitching At TechCrunch’s Grand Rapids Mini-Meetup | TechCrunch is headed to Grand Rapids to host our first mini-meetup and pitch-off in West Michigan. The doors open tomorrow, Thursday May 21st, at 5:00. Expect the pitches to start around 5:30. Thanks to Start Garden, the event is free and t... |
| 14.05.2015 | TechCrunch Is Headed To Grand Rapids For A Mini-Meetup And Pitchoff | Join John Biggs and myself next week in Grand Rapids, Michigan for a mini-meetup and pitch-off. We’ll be at Start Garden’s new space on Thursday, May 21 from 5:00 – 8:00. The bar opens at 5:00 and the pitches start at 5:30. The event is fre... |
| 13.02.2015 | Start Garden Expands to Keep Up with Changing Grand Rapids Ecosystem | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints In 2012, Amway scion Rick DeVos launched Start Garden, a $15 million seed fund based in Grand Rapids, MI, that would support early-stage startups in $5,000 increments. Those s... |
| 17.10.2013 | Planting A Startup Garden | “We’re less interested in deal-making than getting things going. Perhaps I’m just naive.” Those are the words of Rick DeVos, founder and CEO of the Michigan-based Start Garden, a $15 million investment fund located on the West Side of the s... |
| 23.09.2013 | Dylan’s Desk: JOBS Act will trigger growth in the innovation economy | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! The JOBS Act is a complicated, flawed piece of le... |
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