Seamless IoT

04/24/2019

Attention, female : WomanUp and Pitch by is BACK! 👏 From May 1–June 7, aspiring female entrepreneurs have the chance to submit a business pitch for a brand-new business, or to grow an existing business. Competitions will be held in Detroit, Grand Rapids and Jackson, and 30 total finalists (10 from each location) will receive support services and technical assistance. 💯

What do you have to lose? Take a chance on yourself, and your business! Click here for more information, and while you're at it—submit your pitch to the at 100.startgarden.com! 😉 # https://buff.ly/2IVDuXo

Home Page how it works Video Anyone from anywhere in any language can submit an idea. It only takes a minute. You can submit more than one idea. Ideas can be submitted from February 26, 2019 to May 30, 2019 June 19, 2019 the 100 finalists are announced. $1,000 is awarded to each of the 100 to prepar...

04/24/2019

Attention, female entrepreneurs: WomanUp and Pitch by Michigan Women's Foundation is BACK! 👏 From May 1–June 7, aspiring female entrepreneurs have the chance to submit a business pitch for a brand-new business, or to grow an existing business. Competitions will be held in Detroit, Grand Rapids and Jackson, and 30 total finalists (10 from each location) will receive support services and technical assistance. 💯

What do you have to lose? Take a chance on yourself, and your business! Click here for more information, and while you're at it—submit your pitch to the at 100.startgarden.com! 😉

Michigan Women's Foundation's mission is to transform Michigan to achieve equality and empowerment for women and girls.

04/08/2019

More exciting news for your Monday—you have yet another opportunity to pitch your business idea to the Start Garden 💯 in person this week! Meet the Start Garden team at Bridge Street Market this Thursday, April 11 from 5–7 pm and pitch as many business ideas as you'd like!

Bonus: every single person who pitches an idea will win a prize! 🤩 That's right—every 👏 single 👏 person 👏 Don't miss out! https://buff.ly/2U44upi

10/17/2018

BREAKING: Seamless S1 startup HAAS Alert awarded $1.1M from Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate for development of Cellular V2X Road Safety Solutions for Emergency Vehicles. Read more from Markets Insider here: https://read.bi/2J2Kxv3.

10/03/2018

Seamless IoT partner Faurecia North America and alumni Vayyar Imaging Technology announce collaboration on the “Cockpit of the Future” at after completing a successful proof of concept earlier this year. Read the full story here: http://bit.ly/2RkXiVL.

10/02/2018

ICYMI: TechCrunch published this story about Michigan-based autonomous shuttle startup May Mobility naming Grand Rapids as its third U.S. city expansion. Read more about last week's announcement here: https://buff.ly/2DRTusg.

May Mobility launched its first low-speed autonomous shuttle service in Detroit this summer. By March, the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company will be operating in at least three U.S. cities. The company, which just announced plans to expand to Columbus, Ohio, is planning to add another route in Gran....

08/13/2018

“Business centers from Silicon Valley to Tel Aviv to Seoul are racing to develop the autonomous future trying to attract technology heavyweights, car companies, and rising startups. And it’s easy to understand why.”

Michigan is experiencing a digital renaissance, and it's not happening only in Detroit. From Ann Arbor to Ypsilanti, see how Michigan is making smart initiatives a statewide effort.

08/06/2018

Seamless success story in the news! “The partnership with Faurecia represents a significant step for us within the automotive industry and clearly demonstrates the value of Thermavance within the marketplace," said Bill Myers, Promethient's CEO. http://bit.ly/2KwzRnN

Promethient Inc., an early stage tech company in Traverse City, landed a large though undisclosed equity investment from Faurecia Ventures.

07/24/2018

Startup Spotlight: Seamless Season 2 startup HAAS Alert is making headlines in Detroit's Driven !

HAAS Alert is changing the way cars interact with emergency vehicles. See how the future of transportation is being reinvented with Driven, your source for the latest news and information about the automotive and mobility industries.

07/16/2018

computer tech legend Casey Cowell puts expertise behind startups. One of them, Promethient - maker of graphene-based devices for heating and cooling seat assemblies for vehicles and Season 2 startup.

Computer technology legend Casey Cowell is putting his time and money toward making Traverse City a hotbed of entrepreneurship.

06/25/2018

"Technology is changing the landscape of the office furniture industry and will be a leading disruptor for years to come." MiBiz dives into West Michigan-based global furniture manufacturers' view towards the future and all signs are pointing to tech.

CHICAGO — These days, furniture purchasers likely are interacting with a product virtually before they ever see it in a showroom or store. That’s but...

06/07/2018

There’s a special guest in the Seamless space this week! It’s Brody, Steelcase’s WorkLounge modular workstation! Man Made Music is also here to speak with Seamless Consortium Members Steelcase and Faurecia North America about potential collaboration with the sound design startup. Smart workspace solutions becoming even smarter? Sounds like it could be! 🔈

05/29/2018

Grand Rapids to invest $20M in LED streetlights and integrated technology to allow future streetlights to be managed remotely, collect data and to monitor parking spaces and pedestrian counts.

LED streetlights have been on the radar of the city commission for years.

05/11/2018

Today May Mobility, Inc.'s female founder Alisyn Malek joins us at Seamless to discuss what the future of safe, reliable, smart city transportations could look like in a city like Grand Rapids. Joining today's conversation, Matthew Benson and Dana Lowell from Faurecia North America and City of Grand Rapids Director of Mobility Josh Naramore.

04/27/2018

University of Michigan will become the first college campus to deploy driverless shuttles on public roads to transport students, faculty and staff, studying how passengers react to the vehicle as a way to gauge consumer acceptance of driverless technology, Mcity Deputy Director Carrie Morton said.

Two fully-automated, 11-passenger, all-electric shuttles will run on UM roads from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.

04/18/2018

Congrats to Seamless Consortium Partner Meijer on launching the latest solution to keep your customers connected! The Shop & Scan technology works with Meijer's popular mPerks program via a free app that customers can download through the App store. | via Markets Insider https://buff.ly/2JXHeW7

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Meijer is unveiling a streamlined shopping checkout program that provides customers yet another way to s...

04/10/2018

Grand Rapids healthcare innovation setting new statewide standards! This partnership with Seattle-based startup Arivale makes Spectrum Health the first healthcare provider in Michigan to introduce such a program.

Scientific Wellness, a relatively new concept, has not yet been extensively researched.