Startup accelerators in Michigan
5 verified startup accelerators on Accelerator Atlas are based in Michigan. They span Mobility & Transport and Hardware & Manufacturing. Programs here include Centrepolis Accelerator, FLITE (Gerald R. Ford International Airport), and Michigan Mobility Prototype Grant. Each listing shows its source and the date we last checked it.
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| Centrepolis Acceleratorhardware / cleantech / mobility | administers Michigan mobility prototyping grants up to $100,000 | Not publishedA hardware scale-up accelerator at Lawrence Technological University and the City of Southfield. It offers a 12-week hybrid Idea to Product HardTech program (the program page still shows its 2025 cohort) and administers the state's Make it in Michigan Prototyping Grant Program, which gives mobility and electrification companies up to $100,000 each. The grant is service-based: funding is allocated against a statement of work and deliverables over a nine-month period. Program equity terms are not published; the administered grants are non-dilutive. The 2026 round (round three) took applications May 13 to July 12, 2026; on September 17, 2026 the State of Michigan announced 26 awardees sharing a combined $2 million in funding and services, with projects running October 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. No next round has been announced. | Mixed | MI | Hybrid | None confirmed | Oct 1, 2026 | Verified |
| FLITE (Gerald R. Ford International Airport)aviation and airport technology (grants plus live pilot testing at the airport) | Not publishedThe Ford Launchpad for Innovative Technologies and Entrepreneurship (FLITE), run since 2022 by the Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Seamless Ventures, Southwest Airlines, AvFlight Grand Rapids and the West Michigan Aviation Academy. It gives grants and pilot-testing opportunities at the airport to companies developing air travel technologies, in five focus areas: automation and analytics, electrification and sustainability, safety and security, the door-to-door and terminal guest experience, and advancing aviation. Applicants request a grant amount; per-company amounts are not published, and the ninth cohort of six companies (January 2026) shared more than $170,000. The MEDC's Office of Future Mobility and Electrification helps fund the grants, but FLITE is a separate program from the Michigan Mobility Prototype Grant. Companies must have team members in Michigan to deploy at the test site; participants have come from many U.S. states and eight countries. No equity or fee is mentioned. Applications are open until October 30, 2026. | Not publishedThe Ford Launchpad for Innovative Technologies and Entrepreneurship (FLITE), run since 2022 by the Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Seamless Ventures, Southwest Airlines, AvFlight Grand Rapids and the West Michigan Aviation Academy. It gives grants and pilot-testing opportunities at the airport to companies developing air travel technologies, in five focus areas: automation and analytics, electrification and sustainability, safety and security, the door-to-door and terminal guest experience, and advancing aviation. Applicants request a grant amount; per-company amounts are not published, and the ninth cohort of six companies (January 2026) shared more than $170,000. The MEDC's Office of Future Mobility and Electrification helps fund the grants, but FLITE is a separate program from the Michigan Mobility Prototype Grant. Companies must have team members in Michigan to deploy at the test site; participants have come from many U.S. states and eight countries. No equity or fee is mentioned. Applications are open until October 30, 2026. | Non-dilutive | MI | In person | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 1, 2026 | Verified |
| Michigan Mobility Prototype Grantmobility / electrification | up to $100,000 per company | Not publishedOfficial program name: Make it in Michigan Prototyping Grant Program (the state's release calls it the Make It in Michigan Mobility Prototyping Grant Program). A statewide non-dilutive grant program from Michigan's Office of Future Mobility and Electrification, administered by the Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University, funding mobility and electrification prototypes at TRL 5 to 9. It is a service-based grant of up to $100,000 per company, allocated against a statement of work and deliverables for product design, prototyping, testing, and manufacturing readiness. No equity is taken. The 2026 round (round three) accepted applications May 13 to July 12, 2026, its only application period for 2026; on September 17, 2026 the state announced 26 awardees sharing a combined $2 million in funding and services, with projects running October 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. It is a funding pipeline rather than a cohort accelerator. | Non-dilutive | MI | Remote | None confirmed | Oct 1, 2026 | Verified |
| Newlab Detroit (at Michigan Central)mobility economy, EV/AV, advanced manufacturing pilots | Not publishedNot a classic cohort accelerator: membership-based startup platform combining infrastructure (labs, pilot sites incl. new 380,000 sq ft 'The 23rd' manufacturing campus), commercialization projects with industry/government partners, and a venture + non-dilutive capital network. 100+ mobility startups in Detroit. Specific fees/investment terms not published, so null. | Not publishedNot a classic cohort accelerator: membership-based startup platform combining infrastructure (labs, pilot sites incl. new 380,000 sq ft 'The 23rd' manufacturing campus), commercialization projects with industry/government partners, and a venture + non-dilutive capital network. 100+ mobility startups in Detroit. Specific fees/investment terms not published, so null. | Mixed | MI | In person | None confirmed | Oct 1, 2026 | Verified |
| Plug and Play Detroit (Mobility)mobility and physical AI | Not publishedThe mobility program of the global innovation platform Plug and Play, based in Detroit, running batch-based cohorts that connect startups with corporate partners on Mobility & Physical AI themes such as autonomous transport, connectivity, electrification, Industry 4.0, and smart city and infrastructure. Partners listed on the Detroit page are BorgWarner and Michigan's Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME); the Detroit mobility page also lists Macomb County Government and TREMEC. The newest Detroit batch shown is Batch 5 (2025 expo). The program's own pages do not publish equity terms, investment amount, program length, or the next application window, so those are left unstated. | Not publishedThe mobility program of the global innovation platform Plug and Play, based in Detroit, running batch-based cohorts that connect startups with corporate partners on Mobility & Physical AI themes such as autonomous transport, connectivity, electrification, Industry 4.0, and smart city and infrastructure. Partners listed on the Detroit page are BorgWarner and Michigan's Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME); the Detroit mobility page also lists Macomb County Government and TREMEC. The newest Detroit batch shown is Batch 5 (2025 expo). The program's own pages do not publish equity terms, investment amount, program length, or the next application window, so those are left unstated. | Not publishedThe mobility program of the global innovation platform Plug and Play, based in Detroit, running batch-based cohorts that connect startups with corporate partners on Mobility & Physical AI themes such as autonomous transport, connectivity, electrification, Industry 4.0, and smart city and infrastructure. Partners listed on the Detroit page are BorgWarner and Michigan's Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME); the Detroit mobility page also lists Macomb County Government and TREMEC. The newest Detroit batch shown is Batch 5 (2025 expo). The program's own pages do not publish equity terms, investment amount, program length, or the next application window, so those are left unstated. | MI | Not published | None confirmed | Oct 1, 2026 | Verified |
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