IndigiPitch connects Indigenous entrepreneurs and investors

A startup competition is soliciting business proposals from Indigenous entrepreneurs in Michigan. It's called IndigiPitch, and it's organized by 20 Fathoms, a tech startup incubator in northern Michigan.

Chief Financial Officer and Tribal Liaison Shiloh Slomsky says Native communities face more barriers to getting a business off the ground than other groups. "Number one is capital or access to representation at pitch events, or in front of venture capitals and even banking."

IndigiPitch will place entrepreneurs in front of investors. A panel of Indigenous judges will choose the winners in December and award cash prizes.

-MPRN

Additional headlines from Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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• The Detroit Free Press Marathon is this Sunday and organizers are inviting the community to come out to cheer the runners on. Runners in the International Marathon, the International Half-Marathon and the Motor City Half-Marathon versions of the race will wind through parts of Midtown, the Cass Corridor, Eastern Market and downtown. Police will start towing cars along the marathon route at around 2 a.m. Sunday morning and keep streets blocked until 2 p.m. Check marathon routes and get more information at freepmarathon.com/marathon/
• Michigan Central is hosting Halloween at the Station. The free family event includes an Outdoor Festival on the Michigan Central Lawn and LaCombe Street with an interactive science station arts and crafts, a selfie station, airbrush tattoos, cider, doughnuts and more. Inside, DJ sets and live painting. Costumes are encouraged but masks are not allowed. No registration is required for the outdoor festival. Register for Fridays at the Station at michigancentral.com/events/
• People in more than a hundred Michigan communities plan to join nationwide protests against the Trump administration this Saturday. That includes a "No Kings" rally at Roosevelt Park in Corktown, at Parkwood Plaza in Oak Park, and at Lathrup Village City Hall. Millions attended similar demonstrations across the country in June.  

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