Michigan Founders Fund, presenter of Michigan Tech Week, is adding new features to the event that brings together high-growth founders from across the state.
To be held from May 19-21 at Michigan Central Station in Corktown, the 2026 Michigan Tech Week will include more than 1,000 founders, investors, and corporate leaders.
For the first time, the event will facilitate meetings between high-growth startups and more than 50 global corporations from a range of sectors across the country. Organizers expect 500-plus one-on-one meetings to take place on May 20 at the event.
“This is a rare and excellent opportunity for Michigan-based startups to access industry leaders that can help them build pilots, expand research and development, earn customers, begin strategic partnerships, and attract investment,” says Rishi Moudgil, executive director of the Michigan Founders Fund. “Global corporate innovation leaders and investors are coming to Detroit looking for opportunities at Michigan Tech Week.”
Additionally, the conference will convene leading stakeholders across a variety of sectors, including corporations, investors, founders, universities, and government in order to better align efforts to grow the state’s innovation economy.
On May 21, the conference will host the Michigan Founders Fund Venture Together Competition. Through the competition, startup founders will team up and pitch solutions for building companies alongside a commitment to support people, places, and the planet in Michigan. The winning team will receive the $100,000 grand prize.
“Innovation moves faster when startups partner with established organizations tackling real‑world problems,” says Lisa Prasad, vice president and chief innovation officer at Henry Ford Health in Detroit and one of the corporate innovation leaders who will be attending this year’s Michigan Tech Week.
“Pairing startup speed and creativity with the scale, expertise, and lived challenges of a health system accelerates learning and leads to solutions that truly matter. Michigan Tech Week helps bring those partnerships together.”
Michigan Tech Week 2026 is the fourth such gathering overall, and first since October 2024.
For more information and to register, visit: michigantechweek.com.
Michigan Founders Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, reports more than 150 members have collectively raised over $350 million of investment capital through 15 different industry verticals, while also remaining committed to lifting local communities.
