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Top Grand Rapids Startups to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

Their high-end products and storefront come from a hand-cultivated culture, state of the art facilities and a sustainable growing practice. Airway Innovations is one of five first cohort companies out of Grand Rapids taken on by the new Conquer Accelerator run by Michigan State University (founded 2020). million in funding.

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The biggest moonshots from 500 Global’s latest Demo Day

TechCrunch

This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. Participants ran the gamut from fintech and sustainability to edtech and developer tools, and several stood out from the rest of the pack.

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Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator launches 12 new startups at demo day tomorrow

TechCrunch

How to get into a startup accelerator. Hopscotch uses a freemium model for clinicians and offers a site license fee for hospitals, and currently has more than 1,500 clinicians on the platform across 46 states. The hope is to reduce chemical fertilizer use, increase crop yields and help farmers grow sustainably.