TernPro developed Slope, a software platform that enables novice digital media users to design, store, produce, and collaborate on creating visual content. This might be the year it helps the tech startup take off.
The Detroit-based film production firm made a name for itself when it premiered its first feature-length film, "Jinn." Since then, it's expanded into other areas.
The environmental and engineering services firm ASTI Environmental opens an office in downtown Detroit.
Uncle Ray's creates jobs in Detroit selling its chips across U.S.
The alternative energy startup GreenLancer watched its revenue jump 340 percent last year.
Investing in a startup is one thing. Making an impact with that investment is another. A growing class of impact investors is putting smart money into scaling Metro Detroit's new economy, and it's paying big dividends.
Once upon a time, venture capital in Michigan was small and inconsequential. Today it's powering the Great Lakes State's new economy, growing at a time when the industry has shrunk.
"This year we're going to have even bigger growth because we added some key people," says Joe McClure, co-owner of McClure's Pickles.
Today, Hacienda Mexican Foods is a multi-million-dollar business that employs 60 people and just signed a partnership with Meijer to make flour tortillas, corn tortillas, and tortilla chips.
Over the next year, we will identify the fastest-growing local companies and tell you the behind-the-scenes stories of the entrepreneurs, investors, and the resources that are building Michigan's new economy.
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