GRAND RAPIDS ? Rick Snyder, co founder of Ardesta, a nano technology-focused venture capital company in Ann Arbor, will be the keynote speaker at the first Celebrating Entrepreneurship in West Michigan event May 5 at Grand Valley State University's downtown campus. Snyder, the Chairman of the Board at Gateway Computers, and a University of Michigan
CLEVELAND - Bridge Investment Fund LP, with offices in Cleveland and Tel Aviv, announced it is participating in a $3.5 million series B financing round in Arbel Medical Ltd. The investment round was led by Giza Venture Capital and joined by Ofer Hi-Tech, two of Israel's leading venture capital firms. Arbel Medical is an Israeli
BATTLE CREEK ? Scott Baron, President and CEO of Arbor Preclinical and Consulting of Ann Arbor, was the winner Thursday night of the elevator pitch contest at the FastTrac TechVenture West Michigan training program finale. Baron bested six other entrepreneurs who gave 90-second elevator pitches to a panel of private equity finance specialists at a
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? If you want to know what the financial and tax considerations are when making an equity or debt investment in a start up company, you?re going to want to attend the April 10 meeting of Great Lakes Angels. A panel discussion on this very subject will be lead by the corporate law
LANSING ? If you're interested in submitting a proposal to win some of the $30 million up for grabs in the second round of the 21st Century Business Plan competition, here's the fine print you'll need to know. Applicants are required to submit business plan proposals via a web-based award management system at TheMEDC.Org/21CBizPlan Registration
ANN ARBOR ? A new round of investment has been opened up by the state of Michigan's 21st Century Jobs Fund and Skipp Simms, Director of AnnArborSPARK's Pre Seed Fund, will put his spin on the what it takes to qualify April 10 at SPARK Central. The brownbag conference will be held from noon to
WASHINGTON DC - As predicted by high-tech companies months ago, U.S. immigration officials said Tuesday that they've received more than enough petitions for next year's batch of H-1B temporary worker visas and would be considering no more of them. A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services spokeswoman said the agency won't say until later this week
BATTLE CREEK ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest is joining Western Michigan Economic Development organizations, entrepreneurs, investors, consultants, coaches and mentors on April 10 at the McCamly Plaza Hotel to celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit in Michigan. Keynote speaker, Keith Brophy, will kick off the evening. Brophy, a former Ernst & Young West Michigan Entrepreneur of the
GRAND RAPIDS - The MI-SBTDC Technology Team's 2007 economic impact survey shows the clients of this SBA-backed organization raised investment capital of $29.4 million, added 163 news jobs, and increased client sales by an average of $432,000. Other reported indicators of this impact: - 84 sub-contractors - 30 new patents - $7.3 million in government
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