Nurturing physical product development in Michigan.

IN² Welcomes Inaugural Channel Partner Advisory Board

A new type of Accelerator takes off at Lawrence Tech - with help from some big investors

Centrepolis Accelerator Plays Key Role in 4 EDA Projects that Grow Business in Michigan

LTU, DOE-supported Heartland Climate Tech Partnership launches new resource database

The Heartland Climate Tech Partnership announced that it has officially launched a new resource database for innovative climate tech and clean energy businesses across the Greater Midwest Region.

LTU's Centrepolis Accelerator awarded $1.5M state grant to help make more products in Michigan

The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University has received a $1.5 million Design for Michigan Manufacturing program grant to continue its mission of developing and launching more manufactured goods made in Michigan.

Michigan's clean energy future on display at C3 Summit

State and federal officials are bullish on the ability of industry in the United States in general, and Michigan in particular, to meet the challenges of “decarbonizing” the economy to combat climate change and clean up the environment.

Federal, state officials to attend C3 Summit for cleantech companies led by LTU's Centrepolis Accelerator

At a time when lawmakers in Washington D.C. just passed a $370 billion clean energy and climate bill, the largest climate investment in US history – Michigan’s cleantech leaders will gather on Aug. 25 for a C3 Summit, focused on climate technology.

Winners named in LTU's Centrepolis Accelerator client awards

A portable parallel bar system to deliver physical therapy anywhere. Coding-free software that allows anyone to create smart manufacturing inspection systems. A solar-powered pleasure boat. A recycling robot that uses AI to pluck valuable items out of the waste stream. These were the winners announced Wednesday at the second annual client awards ceremony of the Centrepolis Accelerator, the manufacturing business accelerator on the campus of Lawrence Technological University.

LTU's Centrepolis Accelerator recognized with $1M grant from Ralph Wilson Jr. Foundation

The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation has made a grant of $1 million to Lawrence Technological University’s Centrepolis Accelerator to further its mission of assisting “hardware” physical product startups and established small high-tech manufacturing firms in southeast Michigan.

LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator gets $150,000 NEI grant to support small manufacturers in Wayne County

The New Economy Initiative has made a $150,000 grant to the Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University to support new and existing small product manufacturers located in Wayne County by members of historically underrepresented groups.

Build Back Better…in Michigan!

Recently the Centrepolis Accelerator received a number of grants that support our mission to scale our operations and help more companies.

LTU's Centrepolis Accelerator wins grant from Consumers Energy Foundation

The Consumers Energy Foundation has awarded an $84,000 grant to the Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University to support the Accelerator’s mission to grow innovative high-tech manufacturing firms in Michigan.