Roundup: Lansing Proto, MCWT, BizGrid, GM Wayfinder App & More
Summary
Here’s a look at tech and innovation news from around Michigan: —Plymouth Ventures has sold its position in 365 Retail Markets, the Troy-based developer of point-of-sale hardware, software, and mobile technologies for the workplace, to Omaha, NE-based McCarthy Capital Fund VI. “It is an impressive achievement for the company to graduate from local investors and attract high quality, national private equity,” said Mark Horne, managing partner at Plymouth Ventures, in a press release. Lansing Proto aims to support product-based companies as they move from concept to market, and was the only accelerator in Michigan to receive a grant from the SBA. Meijer, Open Systems Technologies, Gordon Food Services, and Spectrum Health have joined the nonprofit as sponsors to further the cause of diversification in STEM fields. To celebrate its new programming in Western Michigan, the MCWT will host a private screening of the documentary “CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap” on Sept. 30 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Bytwek Theater at Calvin College.
