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The Tech 20: Innovations That Should Be On Your Radar

Written by Admin | Mar 4, 2019 4:53:05 PM

Via Twin Cities Business

"Minnesota is nationally known as a center for the medical device industry, but we’ve never had much of a reputation as a headquarters for technology companies. That’s changing. Aspiring entrepreneurs can now tap into an extensive ecosystem to help get them off the ground.

“I think tech is definitely taking over—you’re just starting to see the infiltration of tech into basically everything,” says Ryan Broshar, founder and managing partner of Minneapolis-based Matchstick Ventures, which makes seed-stage investments in regional tech companies. “There are startups servicing the retail industry, the ag industry, the health care industry … I think the local startup ecosystem now is more coordinated than it’s ever been.”

Local tech news website TECHdotMN estimates there are approximately 200 early-stage tech startups in Minnesota."

Check out the full article here