BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on Wednesday, October 5 that 51 “Build to Scale” grants totaling $47 million are on their way to organizations that support technology entrepreneurs, catalyze innovation and fuel economic growth.
One Michigan company in Battle Creek is getting two of those grants adding up to more than $500,000.
The company, Battle Creek Unlimited is receiving a $375,000 grant under the 2022 Venture Challenge for their project, Future Food Accelerator. And the other grant of just over $147,000 under the Capital Challenge, will go to the company for their project, Food and Beverage Investors Network.
The 2022 awardees will leverage an additional $48 million in matching funds from a variety of private and public sector sources.
2022 Venture Challenge Grant Recipients
- AgLaunch, Memphis, TN ($1.5 million)
- Battle Creek Unlimited, Battle Creek, MI ($375,000)
- Benedict College, Columbia, SC ($525,000)
- Black River Innovation Campus, Springfield, VT ($1.5 million)
- Chicostart, Chico, CA ($549,999)
- City and County of Denver, Denver, CO ($1.5 million)
- Codefi Foundation on Rural Innovation, Cape Girardeau, MO ($2 million)
- Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO ($749,117)
- Current, Chicago, IL ($516,639)
- Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center and Frederick Innovative Technology Center, MD ($1.8 million)
- Fearless Solutions, Baltimore, MD ($661,725)
- Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA ($600,000)
- Greater Green Bay Chamber, Green Bay, WI ($467,500)
- Innovate Mississippi, Jackson, MS ($375,000)
- Innovation Park, Tallahassee, FL ($724,911)
- Innovation Works, Pittsburgh, PA ($2 million)
- Launch Tennessee, Nashville, TN ($2 million)
- Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI ($813,330)
- New Energy Nexus, Brooklyn, NY ($2 million)
- New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM ($1.2 million)
- New Orleans Startup Fund, New Orleans, LA ($1.2 million)
- Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD ($748,036)
- Penn State University, University Park, PA ($1.8 million)
- Red Wing Ignite, Red Wing, MN ($2 million)
- Rutland Economic Development Corporation, Rutland, VT ($732,919)
- Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, WA ($674,874)
- Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, OH ($749,356)
- Southwestern Community College, Chula Vista, CA ($1.5 million)
- StartUpNV, Las Vegas, NV ($1.8 million)
- Tampa Bay Wave, Tampa Bay, FL ($2 million)
- University of California, Riverside, CA ($2 million)
- University of New Mexico – Taos, Ranchos De Taos, NM ($700,944)
2022 Capital Challenge Grant Recipients
- Alliance for SoCal Innovation, Pasadena, CA ($300,000)
- Battle Creek Unlimited, Battle Creek, MI ($147,750)
- Cleveland Water Alliance, Cleveland, OH ($299,302)
- Excell Partners, Rochester, NY ($750,000)
- Innovate Mississippi, Jackson, MS ($263,617)
- Launch NY, Buffalo, NY ($750,000)
- Louisville Healthcare CEO Council, Louisville, KY ($299,970)
- Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership, St. Paul, MN ($300,000)
- New England Aquarium Corporation, Boston, MA ($750,000)
- Next Foundation, Tucson, AZ ($519,999)
- Propeller, New Orleans, LA ($750,000)
- Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network, Vancouver, WA ($750,000)
- StitchCrew, Edmond, OK ($713,201)
- University of Memphis, Memphis, TN ($700,196)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE ($300,000)
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC ($299,987)
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT ($750,000)
- Venture Central, Charlottesville, VA ($299,871)
- Village Capital, Washington, D.C. ($541,700)
EDA’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship administers the Build to Scale program, which is authorized under Section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980.
