Welcome to the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center
The Southwest Michigan Innovation Center is a 69,000 square-foot business incubator/accelerator which provides a comprehensive range of support and assistance to nurture the formation, survival, and growth of innovative, entrepreneurial, life science businesses. The Innovation Center opened its doors in 2003. Amenities of the Innovation Center include state of the art wet lab space, newly constructed executive office space, a subsidized, progressive rental structure, business services ... Learn More
| Our Mission Our mission is to provide a comprehensive range of support and assistance to nurture the formation, survival, and growth of innovative, entrepreneurial-driven life science firms in a state of the art wet laboratory building supported by knowledgeable professionals. |
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Bioscience Research & Commercialization Center
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We've Got The Tradition
The West Michigan region has influenced the life science industry for the past 125 years. Our rich history of life science entrepreneurialism dates back to the founding of the Upjohn Company in 1886 and the vibrancy of the Stryker Corporation since 1941 to the Innovation Center’s successful ... Read More »
We've Got The Success
West Michigan’s life science expertise is the foundation for the extraordinary success of the 31 client companies who have graduated from or are currently housed in the Innovation Center. Read More »
We've Got The Talent
Many of the companies in the region are owned and operated by scientific entrepreneurs who have decades of global drug discovery and development experience. We can help you grow your business because we work together, utilizing our strengths to optimize your results. Imagine the possibilities of working near other world-class scientists who have made the decision to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams in a bureaucracy-free zone. Read More »
We've Got The Building
Take a tour of our state of the art 58,000 square foot wet lab facility and 11,000 sqaure foot office expansion. Read More »
We've Got The Money
Southwest Michigan is home to the Southwest Michigan Life Science Fund, a $50 million dollar fund that invests primarily in early stage life science companies. Read More »
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Client Company Handbook
Current Client Companies
We are always here to answer any remaining questions or to schedule a personal tour!
Client Company Employees: 161
Total Annual Payrolls: $7,530,658
Client Companies at SMIC: 18
Companies Served Since: 106
Graduate Startup Companies: 5
Metabolic Solutions Development Company Awarded Funding by The Michael J. Fox Foundation
First-in-class mTOT Modulator™ to be studied as potential treatment for dyskinesia in collaboration with researchers at Van Andel Institute KALAMAZOO, Mich ... Read More »
VC on the rise: State bucks national trend, sees investments increase
By Mark Sanchez MICHIGAN — Venture capital investing in Michigan had one of its best years ever in 2012, setting the stage for what one venture investor sees as “another very big year” for further growth ... Read More »
Vestaron Corporation, Inc. is developing a new generation of insecticides using peptides from spiders ... Learn More »
