6th Annual Accelerate Michigan Innovation Award Winners Announced

The 6^th Annual Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition (AMIC) was held in Detroit November 4-5, and New Enterprise Forum salutes all participants for their efforts.  Special congratulations go to $100,000 Prize Winner Genomenon, an NEF coached company presented by our own Board member Steve Schwartz!

Of the 55 semi-finalist teams from around the State, almost one quarter of them had received coaching from NEF Teams:

·         ArborLight                             Beet Analytics                      Civionics                               ContentOro

·         GAPro System                      Genomenon                         LogiCoul Solutions

·         MakerOS                               MyFab5                                  PhaseIQ

·         PicoSpray                              SurClean                               Workit Health

In addition to Genomenon, WorkitHealth qualified as one of the ten finalists.  ArborLight (Alternative Energy), WorkitHealth (Information Technology) and PicoSpray (Advanced Transportation) won top awards in their categories.

 AMIC is not just a business plan competition, but also a great event for networking and connecting with potential investors.  Several of our presenting companies reported getting requests for follow-up meetings from investors.

 New Enterprise Forum is proud of the work it does to help entrepreneurs connect with potential investors, and congratulates this year’s AMIC winners.