{"id":9985,"date":"2025-07-14T21:03:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/9985\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T21:03:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:03:03","slug":"these-two-ann-arbor-institutions-awarded-millions-for-startups-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/9985\/","title":{"rendered":"These two Ann Arbor institutions awarded millions for startups, entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AVPEJH2UGNGOJOKO55JCWVBCCY.jpg\"  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"The Michigan State Capitol\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"article__image-content\" height=\"600\" width=\"300\"\/>MLive File Photo. The state of Michigan has awarded millions to universities and economic development organizations through the new Michigan Innovation Fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6DFLDHPEHRDM5DHUONNDZO5SGM\">ANN ARBOR, MI \u2014 Two Ann Arbor-based organizations that foster entrepreneurship and help startup companies have been awarded millions through a new state fund. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JN6UASR3ORFFNHCIPP2SSRKP74\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annarborusa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/annarborusa.org\/\">Ann Arbor SPARK<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/innovationpartnerships.umich.edu\/resource\/accelerate-blue-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/innovationpartnerships.umich.edu\/resource\/accelerate-blue-fund\/\">University of Michigan Accelerate Blue Fund<\/a> are among the first eight recipients of the Michigan Innovation Fund, which Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law in January. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLive File Photo. The state of Michigan has awarded millions to universities and economic development organizations through the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[28,158],"class_list":{"0":"post-9985","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}