BountyJobs is an internet-based job placement platform which streamlines a company’s recruiting process, helping employers save time and money. The site eliminates recruiting inefficiencies for employers by enabling access to a network of thousands of professional headhunters and all of their extended candidate networks. On 08 July 2008, BountyJobs announced that it has closed on $12 million in financing, led by venture capital firm Greylock Partners. For more information, visit www.BountyJobs.com.

Accuri Cytometers Inc. is a life sciences company developing and marketing revolutionary bench-top flow cytometer systems. On 08 July 2008, Accuri Cytometers announced the completion of a $13 million Series C financing led by Fidelity Biosciences and Flagship Ventures. For more information, visit www.AccuriCytometers.com.

Coherix develops inspection equipment in both the holographic interferometric metrology and machine vision fields. Their technology, which was spun out of the University of Michigan, has been refined in labs and plants of many of the leading automotive manufacturers and semiconductor fabricators. Coherix has raised more than $6 million utilizing the new Michigan Innovation Certificate of Deposit (MICD) angel-funding vehicle with Bank of Ann Arbor acting as the lead bank. For more information, visit www.Coherix.com.

Pixel Velocity is focused on deploying a unique combination of computer hardware, software, and proprietary image processing tools to markets that are reliant on visual information, such as security and surveillance (Homeland Security) and ultrasound-based medical imaging (Life Sciences). Pixel Velocity has raised $500,000 in funding from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund and from angel investors. For more information, visit www.Pixel-Velocity.com.