Sponsors
Sponsors play a significant role in the weekend. Not only can they contribute to making the event possible, they have a variety of avenues to participate as well.
Below are the awesome companies that have chosen to play a part in this new initiative on the Ann Arbor Campus.
Interested in sponsoring? Contact us at IgniteItWeekend@umich.edu.
Quixey is a mobile technology company providing better access and engagement with mobile apps.
The mission of the CFE is to empower the entrepreneurial spirit of The University of Michigan College of Engineering to drive the impact of innovation in the State of Michigan, the Nation and in the global economy.
Teach for America’s mission is to enlist, develop, and mobilize as many of our nation’s most promising future leaders for educational equity and excellence.
Ann Arbor SPARK is focused on establishing Ann Arbor as a desired place for business expansion and location. They identify and meet the needs of business at every stage.
Michigan Industrial Tools is a hand tool company with over 2,000 products under three brands: TEKTON, Maxcraft, and WorkShop. Based in Grand Rapids, MIT is delivering products to leading retailers, automotive centers, independent hardware, lumber, and farm stores.
Based in Detroit, Sift is an employee directory app for both desktop and mobile that collects a team’s contact information all in one place, allowing for easy search that goes beyond just the titles: search by skills and interests, as well as by conventional contact information like name and telephone number -- or any combination of the above.
Venture for America is a community of passionate entrepreneurs working in fifteen major cities across the US (and still expanding) to revitalize major American cities, create opportunity, and restore a culture of achievement through entrepreneurship.
FOUNDER.org is a startup-builder that focuses on providing funding, education, and mentoring to promising young innovators to help them build the foundation they need to turn their startup into a world-changing company.
Start Garden is an investment fund and venture capital firm based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. It began as a fund with an unorthodox strategy of funding two ideas a week for $5000 each, focusing on developing a distinctly Midwestern startup culture and has now grown into incubating startups around the US into impressive companies.