Midwest startup funding, week ending August 14, 2026: Niron Magnetics' $150m commitment plus rounds for ApartmentIQ, Vertical Insure and Lucrative AI.

Midwest startup funding, week ending August 7, 2026: Adams Street's $5B close plus rounds for InvestiFi, RWX, Quercus Biosolutions and SCO2.

How Midwest startup founders in Michigan and Ohio manage financial, operational, and market pressure — hard-won lessons on resilience from the trenches.

Voxel51's Brian Moore is building the Databricks of physical AI from Columbus, Ohio. How an open-source project became a $50M-backed infrastructure company.

Inside MN:EVC's first summit Minnesota: early-career investors learn how AI, founder expectations, and platform work are reshaping venture capital.

PitchMI opens applications for its 2026-27 Michigan startup competition with $2M across four semifinals. What the first year produced, and why year three isn't funded.

A new UW-Madison CROWE report finds Wisconsin manufacturers have booked $1.6B in AI-related orders — and warns power is the main limit on the state's data center boom.

As GM runs 50 'cobots 'at its Detroit EV plant, Chicago's Automate 2026 previews the humanoid robots and AI heading for Midwest factory floors.

VC and former founder Ilana Habib shares the hard questions co-founders should ask about equity, control, commitment, and exits — before building together.

Corporate venture capital is the Midwest's home-field advantage, but CVCs are retreating. Jim Dallke of TechNexus on why dormant portfolios put the region's edge at risk.