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W.E. Da'Cruz

July 15, 2025 1200 × 800 CEO sees UM-Flint doctoral research as startup's missing ingredient
A woman wearing a black blazer and a gray t-shirt with a colorful mushroom graphic smiles as she holds a large novelty check. The check is made out to “The Mushroom Angel Company” for $10,000 and is dated December 6, 2024. The check is from The BasBlue Foundation and is labeled for “Founders + Fund(HER)s Pitch Day.”

W.E. Da'Cruz, chief executive officer of The Mushroom Angel Co. Inc., poses with an oversized check after winning the BasBlue Foundation's Founders + Fund(Hers) Pitch Day competition.

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