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The Story of Midwest House Part 2: Changing Names

The Story of Midwest House Part 1: Ten Years to Community

Homecoming: How a Campus Idea Became a Midwest Playbook

Michigan launches challenges to accelerate Advanced Air Mobility in the State

Midwest Startup Fundraising – Q3 2025: Uneven, Outlier-Driven, and Sober.

Illinois key contributor as US Energy storage capacity reaches 5.6 GW in Q2 2025

Lay of the Land #169: Aaron Slodov of Atomic Industries — Techno-Industrial Optimism and Exascaling American Manufacturing

Michigan Startup Fundraising: Q3 2025

Perseverance, Potlucks, and Potholes: Surviving Change as a Midwesterner

Pete Martin of MSU Research Foundation at PitchMI 2025

Fundraising in the Midwest: Longer timelines and a trickle of liquidity

Future in the Making Ep #3: The Startup Transforming Electric Vans into Mobile Businesses

Can a $1.25M pitch competition impact Michigan’s startup trajectory?

The Secret VC: startup red flags investors don’t tell you.

Madison’s TruStage Ventures targets investments in Veteran-Owned Fintech Startups

Detroit plays host to inaugural Mobility Week

Founder Stories: Troy M. Morris of Kall Morris Inc

Maker, Maker. Doctor… Quantum Physicist? Midwest Fundraising by Industry by State

Midwest standouts on Fast Company’s “Best Workplaces for Innovators”

Hitachi's JR Automation to open new global HQ in Michigan

Midwest Startup City Rankings 2025: Winners, Gaps, Reality Checks.

Applications for Techstars Spring 2026 now open

Michigan to host the nation’s richest state-based startup pitch comp

Founder Stories: RJ Talyor of Backstroke

How can we bring creativity back to the boardroom?

Autonomous Electric Bus route launches at Michigan State

The nation’s first Accelerated Semiconductor degree

Is Deep Tech Quietly Exploding in the Midwest?

Chamber of Commerce: 80% of small businesses using AI hired more staff

Michigan’s Swept AI raises $1.4 million for AI safety

Midwest Firms named in TIME’s annual ‘Top VC’ list

Founder Stories: Beth Hussey from Shifty

Detroit’s InvestNext wins PropTech award

Michigan Angel Collective: Speed of Entrepreneurship vs. Speed of Risk

Interview: Chris Thomas of Assembly Ventures on Reindustrialize 2.0

Non-Invasive Cancer Therapy firm HistoSonics acquired for $2.25 Billion

The Summit for VC collaboration in the Great Lakes region

City of Detroit launches Startup Fund

Midwest House Stories - Philippe Vella, Co-Founder of Start Midwest

Future in the Making Ep #2: Why US Manufacturing is coming back

a2Tech360 Announces Expanded Festival and Calls for Participants

US-made autonomous drone logistics network begins with Michigan pilot projects

Vote in the 2025 SaaS Benchmarks Survey

Midwest House Stories - Chris Luecke, Manufacturing Happy Hour

Fundraising Q2, 2025: Michigan

An Interview with: Derrick Maultsby, Jr. on Black Tech Week

Henry Ford Health and Michigan State Launch $10m Innovation Hub

Midwest House Stories - Hilary Doe, Chief Growth Officer for the State of Michigan

Future in the Making Ep #1: Detroit is where the future will be built

Founder Stories: Blake Mischley of MeetYourClass

Fusion Energy Takes Center Stage with FusionX: Great Lakes Roadshow

The StartMidwest “Where Are We?” Survey

The Flannel Rocket #14: Eleven Things Every Founder in Michigan Needs to Know

The Start Midwest University Rankings: 2025

Woodchuck raises $3.7m for waste-to-energy technology

The Midwest is a fundraising under-performer. What can be done to change that?

Centrepolis Make It in Michigan grant deadline extended

Cadillac maps path to 2026 F1 debut with local operations

The Flannel Rocket #13: The Tuebor Pledge Report with Chris Thomas and Reilly Brennan

Kodiak Robotics and Roush Industries partner for driverless trucks serving industrial logistics

Does Brand Matter in B2B SaaS? Yes. That means even for YOUR startup.

A Fireside Chat featuring Scott Ryder of Flow at SxSW: Midwest House

Think Tank Live: Jeff Ponders of Invest Detroit at SXSW

The Flannel Rocket #12: Recapping Mackinac Policy Conference | $2B Funding Round

The Flannel Rocket #11: Michigan's Startup Job Board | Newlab Update | MEDC Funding Concerns

If a Midwest startup raised $40m and no one knew, did it make a sound?