In 2023, Boomerang Catapult participated in funding Atterx’s next phase of growth and the company’s relocation from Wisconsin to Traverse City. Atterx Biotherapeutics is an innovative biotechnology company that has developed products to help fight infectious diseases caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

IncellDx is a precision medicine company that develops diagnostics and prognostics to better understand and treat cancer and infectious diseases. The company and its CEO, Bruce Patterson, have made news for IncellDx’s timely focus on improving the characterization and targeted treatment of chronic COVID through the identification of specific biomarkers and symptoms. In 2023, when

Neuraxis is a medical device company that has developed a new system to deliver safe and controlled localized therapeutic hypothermia directly to injured or at-risk tissue during surgery. The Neuraxis team includes leaders in spinal cord injury research, orthopedic surgery, and neurosurgery who aim to reduce neural and spinal cord injuries through the company’s novel

In 2018, Boomerang Catapult made a pre-product investment to support four Northwestern Michigan College students’ aspiration to turn their concept — a fully capable aerial drone that would operate an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and winch system — into a marketable product and a business. The student designers thus became the founders of Hybrid

In mid-2017, ground-to-satellite communications start-up Atlas Space Operations relocated its headquarters from California to Traverse City as the result of a growth capital investment by Boomerang Catapult. Since then, the Traverse City office has been home base for over thirty Atlas employees.

In 2018, Ainsley McCallister set out to fill a gap in specific-market online networking with a platform designed to serve college and professional athletes looking for athletic opportunities, industry advice, and off-field professional resources and connections. The result, Uru (pronounced ‘YOO-roo’) Sports, is a global digital network connecting athletes to teams, employers, and one another.

Taste the Local Difference originated under the roof of the Traverse City non-profit Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities. With a mission to educate consumers about the value of local food and to support food and farming entrepreneurs in building successful, well-connected businesses, TLD was purchased and converted into a standalone for-profit marketing service by Boomerang

In 2017, Brad King and Jason Sommerville founded Orbion Space Technology in Houghton, Michigan. King and Sommerville, Orbion’s CEO and CTO, respectively, saw an opportunity to advance satellite propulsion technology, responding to an expanding small-satellite market and rapidly expanding space technology industry. Named Up-and-Coming Company of the Year by the Michigan Venture Capital Association in

Founder and CEO of Vortex Studios James Deutch leveraged his film, television, and digital media experience to bring Vortex to life as a video and digital media content creation company focused on brand visibility and enhancement. In 2019, Boomerang Catapult invested in Vortex’s effort to establish a bridge between Hollywood and Traverse City. With its

Promethient, a graphene-technology thermoelectric heating and cooling company, was founded in Traverse City by Charles Cauchy in 2012. In 2017, Boomerang Catapult provided the initial capital to fund advances in automotive technology product R&D and business growth. Responding to market demand, Promethient sold a portion of its intellectual property portfolio in March 2020 to Gentherm,

In 2019, Boomerang Catapult became the first outside investor in Birch Infrastructure, a public benefit LLC. Birch develops data center industrial parks and provides renewable, carbon-free energy to power industrial parks and other businesses with high energy needs. Ken Davies, Co-Founder Chief Strategy Officer, oversees Birch’s Traverse City headquarters.

Founded in 2017, HealthBridge has devised a cloud-based platform to act as an intermediary between healthcare providers and patients to simplify and improve efficiency in healthcare payments. With its headquarters in Grand Rapids, HealthBridge opened a Traverse City office for an IT team, and Boomerang Catapult became an investor in 2019.

With a first-in institutional investment by Boomerang in 2017, GeoTix launched a digital ticketing platform designed to work with local media partners throughout the US. In mid-2020, GeoTix was acquired by Evvnt in an all-share transaction. Founded in 2012, Evvnt provides event ticketing and marketing services globally, and acquired GeoTix based on the value of

In 2017, Boomerang Catapult invested in Naveego, a standalone Traverse City software company led by developer and co-founder Derek Smith. Naveego’s product was designed to streamline and clean organizations’ data generated by different sources and software, thereby improving data analysis, impact, insight, and response time. In late 2020, Naveego was purchased in an all-share transition