Upcoming Events
Startup events happening around us.
Bronco Build It
WMU Student Center
A weekly workspace for homework, side projects, and launching a business. Meets in the WMU Student Center RSO Lounge.
Bronco Build It
WMU Student Center
A weekly workspace for homework, side projects, and launching a business. Meets in the WMU Student Center RSO Lounge.
Bronco Build It
WMU Student Center
A weekly workspace for homework, side projects, and launching a business. Meets in the WMU Student Center RSO Lounge.
Cultivate269: The $100,000 Pitch Night
WMU Student Center, Kalamazoo
Pitch competition hosted by Kalamazoo Forward Ventures. Local founders compete for a share of $100,000 in front of investors.
Bronco Build It
WMU Student Center
A weekly workspace for homework, side projects, and launching a business. Meets in the WMU Student Center RSO Lounge.
Dev Club: Learn ESP32
Parkview Engineering Campus
Build a Simon Says game on an ESP32. Learn breadboards, C with Arduino IDE, GPIO, OLED displays, and MQTT. Winner gets a free t-shirt.
ClawCon Michigan
Crisler Center, Ann Arbor
Open, social-first gathering from the OpenClaw community. Live demos of personal AI tools, Q&A, and time to meet fellow builders.
Bronco Build It
WMU Student Center
A weekly workspace for homework, side projects, and launching a business. Meets in the WMU Student Center RSO Lounge.
Student Software Showcase
Floyd Hall D-212, Parkview Engineering Campus
Show off your projects and businesses at Dev Club's last event of the semester. Free Canes, lemonade, and cookies.
LINK: Art Night at KIA
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Evening at the KIA with hands-on art activities, guided gallery tours, live music, food, and short talks from local voices in the Kalamazoo arts scene.
Kalamazoo Venture Tuesday
Online (Microsoft Teams)
Free virtual pitch event hosted by the WMed Innovation Center. Three investors give live feedback to three presenting companies on what they did right and wrong.
April 5x5 Night
Start Garden Vault, 2 Fulton St W, Grand Rapids
Five Michigan innovators get five minutes each to pitch. One walks away with $5,000. Open pitch competition hosted by Start Garden.
Founders First Friday
Start Garden Vault, 2 Fulton St W, Grand Rapids
Agenda-free morning meetup for founders to connect, share challenges, and be resources for each other. Hosted by Start Garden on the first Friday of each month.
Startup Zoo Pitch Night
229 East Michigan Avenue, Suite 335, Kalamazoo
Five finalists pitch their startups for $10,000 in equity-free capital. Audience favorite wins an additional $1,000. Hosted by Startup Zoo.