Dan Gilbert

Detroit Financial Tech Media Site Benzinga Raises $3 Million In VC Round

DETROIT - Benzinga, a financial tech media site, has raised $3 Million, including an investment from entrepreneur Dan Gilbert and WorldQuant Ventures. The investment will fuel an expansion of Benzinga’s original market-moving content and data service infrastructure, allowing Benzinga to better serve its rapidly increasing demand from traders and investors. “We’re very excited to announce our investment in Benzinga,”

By |2016-10-06T08:18:53-04:00October 6th, 2016|Entrepreneurs|

Forbes Magazine Names Dan Gilbert Richest Michigander At $5.1 Billion

DETROIT - Forbes magazine came out with its annual richest person list and Dan Gilbert was tops in Michigan (and 31st nationwide) with an estimated worth of $5.1 billion. Gilbert's Quicken Loans, the nation's largest online mortgage lender, is now hawking Rocket Mortgages, a new Web and smartphone app to speed the approval process. Critics

By |2016-05-25T11:41:04-04:00May 25th, 2016|Featured, News|

M2 TechCast: Diva Tech Talk Interviews Rocket Fiber’s Mousetrap Leader

FERNDALE - Two of the three Diva Tech Talk ladies, Amanda Lewan of Bamboo Detroit and Michipreneur.Com, and Nicole Johnson Scheffler, a Cisco engineer, interview Christina Mathes, Vice President of Client Experience at Mousetrap, part of the Rocket Fiber group. Rocket Fiber is offering 1 Gigabit Internet service in the downtown area, but launching into

By |2016-02-11T08:51:28-05:00February 8th, 2016|Diva Tech Talk, Podcasts|