Meeting The Moment

TechTown tells the story of Detroit’s small businesses during this most difficult year of COVID-19 and the ways we rose to the occasion to support them.

March 2020 – March 2021 Impact Report

About TechTown

TechTown is Detroit’s entrepreneurship hub. We empower Detroit-based startups and local businesses by providing resources, collaborative workspace and education for entrepreneurs that will further accelerate inclusive economic development across Detroit.

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Our Impact

1,600

Jobs created

4,530

Businesses served

$172M

Raised in startup and growth capital

Tech Startup Programs

If you’re serious about your startup, have an innovative technology or want to play a larger role in the city’s burgeoning tech industry, TechTown is the place to start. We can help you with proof of concept, incubation and commercialization services.

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Small Business Support Programs

We can help you start or grow a retail business like a bakery, coffee shop, clothing boutique or grocery store. We also support service-based or lifestyle businesses like fitness studios or hair salons, as well as small manufacturers.

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TechTown Spotlight

Father’s Day 2021 Shopping Guide

TechTown’s Small Business Services Director, Amanda Saab writes this quintessential guide to showing the dads and those who take on the role as dads the appreciation they deserve.

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Bridging the gap for Black tech founders in Detroit

Dr. Marlo Rencher is an entrepreneur, anthropologist and educator with over two decades of experience in startup and small business development. She has founded or co-founded three tech startups and currently serves as TechTown Detroit’s director of technology-based programs. Detroit has a deep and growing pipeline of tech founders with validated ideas, strong value propositions…

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Atomic Object Provides $5,000 Match to Help Black-Owned Tech Firms Bridge the Funding Gap

Atomic Object, a Michigan-based software development and design firm with offices in Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor and Chicago, today announced it has committed $5,000 to TechTown Detroit’s new Startup Fund designed to grow, support and encourage greater diversity in the technological sector. Donations to the fund currently are being accepted to specifically provide grants…

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Open Office Hours

Want guidance on which program is right for you? Are you looking for feedback on a business idea? Open Office Hours with TechTown coaches are available to tech startups and neighborhood small businesses at all stages.

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