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Stunio Continues Growth Through Fundraising

and Partnerships

iring software startup Stunio has raised about a Stunio works with software design and consulting firm
half-million dollars as it upgrades its technology Atomic Object in Grand Rapids and Imagine Software
Hand grows its client base, university reach, and Consultancy, another business started by MSU students.
flexible staffing opportunities.
The Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce (LRCC)
Stunio president and CEO Adam Green said his company recently entered a strategic partnership with Stunio. Under
has attracted investors from California to Michigan, the partnership, LRCC members can access Stunio’s
including Michigan Rise, a wholly owned venture capital platform for their short-term staffing needs.
subsidiary of the Michigan State
University Research Foundation. "LRCC is committed to
Michigan Rise operates in empowering our local business
partnership with the Michigan community by providing
Economic Development essential support in attracting
Corporation. local talent. Our partnership
with Stunio enables us to further
Green said Michigan State our mission of connecting
University, where he earned his law degree, has been businesses with the best local candidates,” said Sarah
helpful throughout Stunio’s life cycle. Stunio got its start Bakken, talent development manager, LRCC.
under the tutelage of Michigan State University’s Burgess
Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Green said Stunio’s technology updates will make the
software more user-friendly for LRCC members, with the
“They’ve helped me grow Stunio from an idea to a ability to post jobs from the app or the website. Previously,
business,” Green said. “I’ve felt fortunate to migrate larger job requests needed to be set up by email.
through that ecosystem.”
“As we open up the LRCC relationship to get more
Green’s mobile app-based staffing platform connects businesses in the system, we’ll have the technology to
local college students with area businesses looking to handle it,” he said.
hire reliable help for quick gigs like events, catering,
warehousing, and cleaning. MSU and now Grand Valley Stunio is also working with Lansing-based public relations
State University in Allendale are both making the job- firm Martin Waymire to better market the job resource to
finding resource available to their students. the wider business community.

Though Green started his business with small job posts like “We’ve been deliberate about our growth as a startup,”
dog walking and lawn mowing, the need for larger staffing Green said.
headcounts has shifted Stunio’s business model. Hiring
entities have included the Lansing Convention Center, the He hopes to expand Stunio’s reach to businesses and
Lansing Lugnuts, and McLaren Health Care. college students throughout Michigan and, ultimately,
nationwide.
In response to demand, Stunio is upgrading its software
platform to accommodate more sizeable staffing requests. For more information on Stunio, see www.stunio.com. l

Leadership Lansing is now accepting applications for its 10th
cohort! This talent initiative is designed to develop a new
generation of community leaders in the Lansing region and seeks
established and emerging leaders who have the capacity to make
a positive impact in the community.
Apply at lansingchamber.org.

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