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Financing

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  • Venture Capital Emerging Sectors Brochure (pdf)
  • Access to Capital
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Incentives

• Property Tax Abatements
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  • High-Tech MEGA Tax Credit
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  • IRS
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  • Michigan Department of Transportation
  • Wayne County & Detroit Civil Rights Department
  • Center for Empowerment & Economic Development, Michigan Women's Business Council, Ann Arbor
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Emerging Sectors

• Brooks Patterson, Executive
  • Strategy
  • Top Ten Growth Sectors
    • Advanced Electronics & Controls
    • Advanced Materials & Chemicals
    • Alternative Energy & Power Generation Technology
      • NextEnergy Tax Incentives & Education Grants
    • Automotive R&D
    • Biotechnology
    • Communications & Information Technology
    • Homeland Security
    • Medical Devices & Instrumentation
    • Micro/Nanotechnology
    • Robotics & Automation
  • What We Are Doing
• Successes
• Venture Capital
  • Access to Capital
  • 21st Century Jobs Fund
  • Associations
  • VCs investing in Michigan
  • Equity Financed Companies (partial list)
• Emerging Sector Companies
  • Advanced Electronics & Control Companies
  • Alternative Energy & Power Generation Technology Companies
  • Biotechnology Companies
  • Communications & Information Technology Companies
  • Homeland Security Companies
  • Advanced Materials & Chemicals Companies
  • Micro/Nanotechnology Companies
  • Medical Devices & Instrumentation Companies
  • Robotics & Automation Companies
  • Automotive R&D Companies
• University Research Projects
• University Research Centers
• Support Organizations
• Contact Emerging Sectors
• Emerging Sector General Brochure (pdf)
• Emerging Sector Business Brochure (pdf) 

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