How A Nurse-Founded Startup Is Tackling Denied Insurance Claims
Built on frontline experience, Authsnap helps healthcare providers manage and appeal denied claims—turning a manual, resource-heavy process into something scalable.
How One Startup Is Helping Research Discoveries Reach the Real World
Built for technology transfer teams, FirstIgnite helps universities and laboratories connect research discoveries with companies ready to develop them.
How a Nurse-Founded Startup Is Redesigning Medical Transportation
Built on lived experience, Michigan-based Ride YourWay treats transportation as a clinical-adjacent service to improve patient outcomes and hospital flow.
How One Restaurateur Built a Better Way to Train—and Keep—Restaurant Teams
Founded by a longtime restaurant operator, Shifty is rethinking how restaurants support and retain frontline teams through better training.
How One Respiratory Therapist Is Building a Better Way to Deliver Oxygen Care
Built by a respiratory therapist, Michigan-based AIRS is transforming home oxygen therapy from static equipment into a system families and clinicians can monitor and trust.
The Detroit-Based Startup Reinventing How Healthcare Professionals Learn
Created by an educator-clinician duo, Ollivate is turning outdated study habits into a modern, evidence-based experience now used by more than 6,000 healthcare learners.
Academic Publishing Wasn’t Built for Educators – This Startup Is
Cogrounded helps education experts bring high-quality programs, curricula, and training tools into the hands of the people they were designed for.
NK Cell Therapy Could Bring Advanced Cancer Treatment to Community Clinics
Indapta Therapeutics reports 90%+ tumor marker reduction in early trials—without the dangerous side effects of CAR T-cell therapies.
MSU Professor Helps Global Companies Track Environmental Impact One Square Meter at a Time
Built on MSU technology, Bruno Basso’s company CIBO Technologies helps global brands turn agricultural data into measurable environmental outcomes.
For High-Tech Startups, Michigan Rise Purchase Order Financing Fills a Critical Funding Gap
With nearly $5.8M deployed, the two-year-old financing program, backed by the MSU Research Foundation, is proving essential for Michigan-based startups.
