GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Friday, Start Garden, a West Michigan investment firm, announced the recipients of over $300,000 in grants for those struggling financially during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Launched April 7, entrepreneurs had 100 hours to apply for a grant from a $300,000 fund. Thursday, a review committee awarded more than $300,000 to 68 entrepreneurs.
“Each day we talk to entrepreneurs, many say that time is their biggest enemy,” said Jorge Gonzalez, Start Garden co-director. “When their April 1 bills came due, it was a serious blow. We knew they needed money before May 1, so we compressed what’s normally six months of work into three weeks. With so many requests, we wished we could do more. We’re confident we did the best we could as fast as possible.”
430 entrepreneurs applied for the grant, with 70% of fund requests asking for $10,000 or less.
Here's all the winners of the grant:
- 5F Ventures, LLC
- AgHelp
- Any Colour You Like Treats LLC
- Arebelo & Associates
- Art Caribbean Fusion Cuisine
- Aztech
- Bare All LLC
- BattleGR
- Blackbird RSVP
- Break Room Therapy
- Bryan Esler Photo
- Chez Olga LLC
- CNN Cleaning, LLC
- Daddy's Dough Cookies
- Dime & Regal
- Edgerow Property Management
- El Globo Restaurant
- El Granjero Mexican Grill
- Emonae Korean BBQ
- EverythingAB
- Flip Dog Yoga
- Germination Labs
- Grand Rapids Sport & Social Club
- Graped Out
- Guelaguetza Designs
- Irie Kitchen
- Jose Abreu Graphic Studio, antiguamente Koren Graphic Design*
- KOKI
- La Casa del Pollo Loco
- Lawnbot
- Life Addicts Studio
- Lindo Mexico Restaurante Mexicano
- Little Space Studio
- Littlebird, That Earlybird, Kingfisher
- Love's Ice Cream & Chocolate
- Luxe Artisan Preserves
- Matt Everitt Productions
- Michigan Clinical & Therapeutic Massage
- Michigan House Creative
- Mindset Meals
- Mosbys Popcorn
- Muse GR
- New Valley Landscape LLC
- Noble Strong Training LLC
- Old World Olive Co.
- Pack Elephant
- PhotoUp
- Polished Nail Bar & Spa
- Pottery Lane
- Rising Grinds Cafe
- Rogers Wealth Management Services, LLC
- RYE Venue Management LLC DBA The Lit GR
- SlothWerks LLC
- Soldadera Coffee LLC
- Sparkle All The Time
- Supreme Focus Ent (Dj Composition)
- Sympl.
- Tacos el Cunado
- The Comedy Project
- The G-1:27 Collection
- The Hot Spot Metal Studio
- The Wisdom Center LLC
- United Freedom Painting LLC
- VIVE MICHIGAN Magazine
- Wallway Technologies & Women in Tech with Ariana Podcast
- Wear Your Curls
- Wimage, LLC
- Wormies
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