Conquer Accelerator

Navigating the legal landscape of launching and scaling your startup? Join us on August 13 at the Bridge in Grand Rapids. Joe Morrison (Barnes & Thornburg, LLP) will discuss the essential legal knowledge every startup needs. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/3YgfIvz

REMINDER: To increase efficiency, reduce duplicative efforts & ensure consistent messaging, we are consolidating our social media accounts to a single platform. Moving forward, this account will no longer post. To stay up to date on our activities, please follow @MSUFound.

To increase efficiency, reduce duplicative efforts & ensure consistent messaging, we are consolidating our social media accounts across to a single platform. Moving forward, this account will no longer post. To stay up to date on our activities, please follow @MSUFound.

Learn more about current cohort team, Opnr (Techstars ‘22), here: msufoundation.org/msuresearchfou…

MSU Foundation has completed its name change to become the MSU Research Foundation. Adding ‘Research’ represents the next phase of consolidating & streamlining our brand & portfolio of subsidiaries & programs. It’s a better reflection of what we do! More: lnkd.in/gna3Hksc

We want to take a moment to shout out another one of our sponsors, Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC! With your generous support, we are helping two more exciting cohort of teams on their way to achieving their dreams. We can’t do it without you! #ConquerAccelerator #startup

Does Kristan look familiar? This is her second time participating in the CADE internship program! Kristan is not only interning for one of our startups, she is also helping Program Manager Tom Stewart, assisting with project management duties for the program.

We’d like to introduce you to JustAir Solutions, another of our startups in the 2022 GR Conquer cohort. JustAir provides air quality mapping, monitoring, and visualization tools for communities to better manage the health impacts of pollution. #ConquerAccelerator #startup

Introducing our next CADE intern, Paige! Paige is a senior in Davenport University’s Business Management program. In November 2021, Paige formed her own company, Drip Window Washing LLC. Welcome, Paige! #ConquerAccelerator #innovation #entrepreneurship

We’d like to introduce another one of our teams in the 2022 GR Conquer cohort, KOZI! Kozi is a SaaS provider, helping catastrophe housing vendors, insurance carriers, governmental agencies, & nonprofits solve the problem of relocating displaced families at scale. Welcome, Kozi!

Introducing our 2nd CADE intern, Jesse Kinyua! Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, Jesse was exposed early on to the world of entrepreneurship. He currently studies organization Communication, with a minor in Entrepreneurship at Calvin University, where he is currently a senior.

Introducing another startup in the 2022 GR Conquer cohort, Farmish! Farmish is a local foods marketplace app that brings together specialty ag growers with buyers. The company aims to grow local food systems and provide access points for homegrown food. #ConquerAccelerator

Kicking off our CADE introductions this cohort is Bailey Strasler! Bailey is a senior at Grand Valley State University's Seidman School of Business. She is expected to graduate in April of 2023 with a B.B.A in Marketing. #ConquerAccelerator #innovation #entrepreneurship

We want to take a moment to shout out one of our sponsors, the City of Grand Rapids Economic Development! We are so grateful to have you as we expand our reach to your city. Thank you for helping us help these Grand Rapids startups succeed. #GrandRapidsMI #innovation

Introducing the 1st startup in this cohort, CryoCellar! CryoCellar uses super compressed CO2 with a patent-pending container for farmers to keep produce refrigerated longer. This helps increase their distribution range & access to markets typically dominated by corporate farming.

Thank you to our Conquer alumni who participated in our Alumni panel this week! Sophie Vanden Bosch of Revolin Sports, Cody Pawlowski of FirstIgnite (YC S21), and Andrew Heuerman of The Patient Company had some great advice on how to get the most out of Conquer. #entrepreneur

Yesterday we gathered in the Grand Rapids Research Center for the first week of Conquer! It was great to meet all of you in person, and we are looking forward to the next ten weeks of working with you. #ConquerAccelerator #entrepreneur #innovation #startup

MONDAY starts the 2022 Conquer GR cohort program! We are so excited to kick this season off with you all. Shoutout to the Grand Rapids LDFA for helping make Conquer GR possible. Teams - see you Monday! #ConquerAccelerator #ConquerGR #innovation #entrepreneur #startup

Thank you to Crain's Detroit Business for the feature piece! We are so excited for our 3rd Grand Rapids cohort. Read more below. crainsdetroit.com/crains-michiga…

We want to highlight another of our amazing sponsors for Conquer, PNC! Thank you for your generous support of our program. To see all Conquer’s sponsors, go to our website: lnkd.in/gAEfdK_g