Spartan Innovations

Spartan Innovations is an acceleration firm located in East Lansing, Michigan, and serves as a wholly owned subsidiary of the MSU Foundation. The organization is dedicated to fostering economic development and entrepreneurial activities at Michigan State University and throughout Michigan, particularly in the Greater Lansing Area and Grand Rapids. Spartan Innovations offers a variety of essential resources for entrepreneurs, including the Conquer Accelerator, Entrepreneur-In-Residence, and Mentor-In-Residence programs. In addition to these programs, the firm assists startups with market assessments, commercial development, business plan development, and access to gap funds and grant funding. Startups that emerge from Spartan Innovations have the opportunity to pitch for early-stage funding through associated venture funds. Moreover, in 2021, Spartan Innovations partnered with the Grand Rapids Smartzone and Start Garden to manage the SmartZone Incubator and related high-tech business support services in the region.

Brad Fingland

Director of Venture Creation, Physical Sciences

Kyle McGregor

Director of Health Innovations

Frank Urban

Director of Venture Creation, Life Sciences

Janet Wyllie

Director of Gateway Services

3 past transactions

Frich

Seed Round in 2024
Frich is a social finance application aimed at empowering Gen Z to manage their personal finances collaboratively. The platform enables users to set spending goals and participate in savings challenges with friends, incorporating gamification and social media elements to enhance user engagement. By tracking social spending and offering rewards for achieving financial goals, Frich helps users make informed financial decisions and navigate their financial lives more effectively.

Titan Bioplastics

Funding Round in 2022
Titan Bioplastics is a Material Engineering company with an emphasis of expertise in nano technology composites, and sustainable material solutions for companies adapting existing and new materials in manufacturing. TBP commercializes material technology innovations for various industries, including ballistic projects for military/DOD and energy environmental technology for DOE. Our expertise spans, but is not limited to: Coatings, polymer composite development, nano barrier technology, the use of Graphene Oxide and Graphene resin composites and masterbatches, pilot compounding, material testing, bioremediation and energy capture technology.

CLIFTN MOTORS

Grant in 2020
Our mission is to make electric bikes mainstream in the US among millennials by providing high performance, cost effective ebike solutions to consumers, bicycle OEM’s, and bikeshares.
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