US Ignite is looking for early-stage startups with a demonstrable product, ready to accelerate their business and preparing to seek funding. These products should use cloud infrastructure with focus on smart city technology. This includes everything from AR/VR for workforce development…
Morton-based autonomous vehicle startup AutonomouStuff has been acquired by Hexagon. Click here to read an article published by Inside Unmanned Systems about the acquisition. [Photo above taken from this site.] More information will be released soon, I'm sure, but for…
PayActiv, Easter Seals of Central Illinois, and Bradley University present the 2018 Healthcare Summit: Disruption of Technology in Healthcare. This 2nd Annual Healthcare Summit brings together a diverse group of high-profile global thought leaders from business, government, healthcare, industry, and…
PEORIA PITCH COMPETITION May 1 | 6-8pm | Peoria City Hall Council Chambers WHAT WE’RE DOING Startup GP and i3 Broadband are putting on a business pitch competition for early stage startup businesses. Businesses will be split into two categories…
When an industry leader of autonomous transportation lives in your backyard, it behooves you to pay a visit and say “Hello…I noticed your car drives itself.” So for our Spring Startup Mixer, we invited the crew from AutonomouStuff to hang…
We recently awarded another Startup GP Travel Grant, and we followed up with a few of those that received funding in the past. Natural Fiber Welding We want to extend a congratulations to the team at Natural Fiber Welding for receiving a…
According to Global Accelerator Network (GAN), it pays to be different when building up your company. While places like Silicon Valley and San Francisco are known for the tech startup ecosystem, GAN argues that starting your company in a "new"…
President Obama celebrated National Entrepreneurship Month with the rest of us! During November, the White House invited six student entrepreneurs representing finalists from competitions organized by Junior Achievement (JA) and Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. Check out the details here.
Here is the link to the NEXMachine blog: http://www.nexmachine.com/managing-activities-process/
1 Million Cups® alumnus Mike Acerra has gotten his prototype for a better building block toy into production and and into some stores across the U.S. Watch the video below to see how Lux Blox work and visit luxblox.com to…