Join us on January 25th, from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. for an exciting online pitch event via the Microsoft Teams virtual platform. You’ll have a rare opportunity to see inside the minds of three investors as they reveal what three company presenters did right and wrong. The Kalamazoo Venture Tuesday meeting is designed as a teaching opportunity for participating companies and members of the audience. So come join us for an enlightening look into the minds of investors.
This is a FREE event.
Investor Panel:
Diane Durance from Michigan Capital Network (https://michigancapitalnetwork.com/)
Doug White from Dow Venture Capital (https://corporate.dow.com/en-us/about/venture-capital.html)
Simon Burton from Eighteen94 Capital (https://www.1894capital.com/en_US/home.html)
The Companies:
Tradion delivers an energy ecosystem built around energy storage and EV Charging. (https://www.tradion.io/)
CAREgivers Insight has created a mobile app that allows family members to check in on their loved ones at any time. (https://www.caregiversinsight.com/)
Ambitious Games Inc. is an indie game development studio specializing in multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA). (https://ambitious.games/)
Congratulations to Gregory Shelton of Grand Unique Laundry for receiving his first loan through Northern Initiatives. With help from his SCORE mentor, Cheri Bales, Gregory did a fantastic job on developing his business plan and showing real entrepreneurial spirit. We wish you much success, and look forward to your upward movement. You are a wonderful role model.
I appreciate your ears for listening, your eyes that see my vision and your heart that makes you who you are. I thank you for your time. You are making a difference.
The WMed Innovation Center is a perfect environment for innovation to grow and become a successful commercial enterprise.
Whether you are seeking a research partner or want to enlist the help of student groups in developing business plans, or just looking for ways to engage with WMU, the Business Connection office can find the resource to help move your business forward.
A loan (from Local Initiatives Support Corporation) helped expand our cafe to triple our seating, add a kids space, increase much needed staff work areas, and make other improvements to the space.
The Michigan eLibrary (MeL) is the State of Michigan’s digital library. It has excellent resources available to Michigan residents at no cost.
Western Michigan University’s Starting Gate helped me take an idea and transform it into a much more attainable reality. Whether providing talks with investors and business owners or accountability, the ultimate goal is helping your business succeed.
The Kalamazoo Land Bank did robust community engagement around the vision and gave us something to work with that was solidly desired by people in the neighborhood. Having a vision meant we had to protect it. That’s something I thank the Land Bank for. It was difficult. It didn’t make anything faster or easier, but we got a better project in the end as a result of it.
Buy Local Greater Kalamazoo is a hard working grassroots group focused on the greater Kalamazoo community and its small businesses. Their events and networking opportunities are the best!
Michigan SBDC is a great company providing top notch service to local businesses all over Michigan. The consultants are professional and the student workers contribute with excellent work!
