Michigan Tech Week to Offer New Ways to Bring More High-Growth Business to the State
Michigan Founders Fund, presenter of Michigan Tech Week, announces new ways the event will bring together high-growth founders from across the state, hosted by Michigan Central in Detroit’s Corktown May 19th to 21st to advance and celebrate their progress. More than 1000 founders, investors and corporate leaders are expected to gather for this year’s Michigan Tech Week events.
For the first time, the event will facilitate meetings between high-growth startups and more than 50 global corporations from a range of sectors, from across the country. Organizers expect more than 500 one-on-one meetings to take place on Wednesday May 20th at the event.
“This is a rare and excellent opportunity for Michigan-based startups to access industry leaders that can help them build pilots, expand research and development, earn customers, begin strategic partnerships and attract investment,” said Rishi Moudgil, executive director of Michigan Founders Fund. “Global corporate innovation leaders and investors are coming to Detroit looking for opportunities at Michigan Tech Week.”
Additionally, the conference will convene leading stakeholders across a variety of sectors, including government, corporations, investors, founders, and universities in order to better align efforts to grow and distinguish Michigan’s innovation economy. Michigan Tech Week will serve as a catalyst to unify efforts to build a stronger high-growth agenda essential for the state to compete in the future.
On Thursday, May 21, the conference will host the Michigan Founders Fund Venture Together Competition. Through this unique competition, startup founders will team up and pitch solutions for building exceptional companies alongside a commitment to people, places, and the planet in Michigan. The winning team will receive the $100,000 grand prize.
“Innovation moves faster when startups partner with established organizations tackling real-world problems,” said Lisa Prasad, Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Henry Ford Health and one of the corporate innovation leaders who will be attending this year’s Michigan Tech Week. “Pairing startup speed and creativity with the scale, expertise, and lived challenges of a health system accelerates learning and leads to solutions that truly matter. Michigan Tech Week helps bring those partnerships together.”
Michigan Tech Week 2026 is the fourth such gathering overall and first since October 2024.
For more information and to register, visit: https://www.michigantechweek.
