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BACKSTITCH
LEVELELEVEN
Elevator Pitch: Internal business
platform that automatically delivers
the right information to the right team
members at the right time.
Founded: 2012
Co-Founder and CEO: Jordan Warzecha
Funding: >$500,000
Employees: 10+
Elevator Pitch: A sales management
system that reinforces behaviors that
help focus salespeople on closing
business.
Founded: 2012
CEO: Bob Marsh
Funding: >$9 million
Employees: 40+
BENZINGA
LUNAR LABS
Elevator Pitch: Financial news and
analysis service providing timely,
actionable insights for investors.
Founded: 2011
CEO: Jason Raznick
Funding: >$4 million
Employees: 40+
Elevator Pitch: A pay-as-you-go
Smartphone service that rids customers
of monthly wireless bills.
Founded: 2015
Co-Founders: Hunter Rosenblum, Rohith
Varanasi
Funding: >$1 million
Employees: 20+
QUIKLY
ROCKET FIBER
WAYMARK
Elevator Pitch: Speed. Service. Detroit.
Bringing 1,000x faster Internet and
world-class client care to the Motor City.
Founded: 2015
Co-Founder & COO: Edi Demaj
Funding: N/A
Employees: 50+
Elevator Pitch: Art meets technology
for smart and easy marketing tools for
small businesses. Enter a phone number
and a tech will create an original ad for
you in seconds.
Founded: 2012
CEO: Nathan Labenz
Funding: >$2 million
Employees: 20+
Funding: >$4 million
Employees: 30+
STOCKX
Elevator Pitch: Platform for buying and
selling authentic sneakers.
Founded: 2012
Funding: >$6 million
CEO: Josh Luber
Employees: 50+
Elevator Pitch: A digital marketing plat-
form that motivates consumers to react
… Quikly.
Founded: 2012
Co-Founder & CEO: Shawn Geller
Funding: >$5 million
Employees: 30+
BILLHIGHWAY
Elevator Pitch: Automating dues,
finances and fundraising for nonprofits
and associations.
Founded: 1999
Founder and CEO: Vince Thomas
Funding: Acquired BluePay
Employees: 50+
CASTLE
Elevator Pitch: Manages rental homes
for landlords using automation and
on-demand labor.
Founded: 2014
Co-Founder & CEO: Max Nussenbaum
Funding: >$2 million
Employees: 30+
SERVICE.COM
Elevator Pitch: A home service concierge
platform designed to help service pros
and consumers search, match, chat, hire
and pay.
Founded: 2013
Founder and CEO: Sandy Kronenberg
ANN ARBOR STARTUPS HIRING
growing companies and thousands of
organizations worldwide.
Founded: 2010
Founder and CEO: Dug Song
Funding: >$49 million
Employees: 450+
FARMLOGS
Elevator Pitch: Farm management soft-
ware designed to help run more effi-
cient, more profitable farms.
Founded: 2012
Co-Founder and CEO: Jesse Vollmar
Funding: >$35 million
Employees: 60+
NOTION, INC.
Elevator Pitch: Communications intel-
ligence company out to solve communi-
cations overload once and for all.
Founded: 2013
CEO: Guy Suter
Funding: >$10 million
Employees: 10+
NUTSHELL
Elevator Pitch: Beautiful CRM with real-
time feeds, native Android & iOS apps
and powerful reporting.
Founded: 2009
CEO: Joe Malcoun
Funding: >$1 million
Employees: 40+ •
DUO SECURITY
Elevator Pitch: Cloud-based access secu-
rity provider that protects the fastest-
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