Roundup: OptimizeRx, Parabricks, URC, Startup Detroit, ACM and More
Summary
The weather is finally starting to cool—I’m a fan of fall —but Michigan’s tech startups and entrepreneurs are still red-hot: they’re raising money, buying competitors and complementary companies, launching new products, and more.The URC also attracted 94 cents of every federal dollar spent on academic research in Michigan, and accounts for 92 percent of all R&D conducted at higher education institutions in the state.The Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional Office is located in the Stroh’s Building along Detroit’s riverfront, and it helps tech startups and inventors in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin apply for patents.— Parabricks , the Ann Arbor startup using “proprietary high-performance computing techniques” to speed up analysis of genomic data, has received a $748,104 Phase II SBIR grant from the National Science Foundation .The two-year study will involve both commercial and military-grade trucks, and “aims to autonomously control an entire fleet of vehicles—throttle, brake and steering—while optimizing fuel efficiency and safety,” the ACM said in a statement.
