The Business Accelerator Network for Southeast Michigan recently announced that its four key technology business accelerators have helped create 7,225 technology jobs and 225 tech companies since the first accelerator was created in 1999.

The BANSEM group came together in 2010 and is made up of Ann Arbor SPARK, Automation Alley, Macomb-OU INCubator and TechTown Detroit. The report said that the 225 new companies have gone on to secure more than $300 million in follow-on investment.

Image: A conglomerate of Southeastern Michigan tech incubators recently released a report saying that the group of four incubators has produced more than 7,000 jobs since they all began, and have secured more than $300 million in follow-on investments after the companies launched. (MLive file photo) 

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