Emily Heintz

Former MVCA Program Director Theis Joins EntryPoint

ANN ARBOR - EntryPoint announced that Molly Theis has joined its team as community engagement manager. She previously was program director at the Michigan Venture Capital Association. In this role, Theis connects leaders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem by strategically hosting events around emerging trends, successes or gaps in the market related to findings from EntryPoint’s

By |2020-01-09T18:27:19-05:00January 9th, 2020|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Report: 56 Percent Of Venture Capital In Michigan Invested In IT Startups

ANN ARBOR - A new report released this week show 56 percent of venture capital was invested in information technology startups over the past year. More than 25 percent of venture-backed startups in Michigan are now located in Detroit.  The 2018 Detroit Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Report comes from  EntryPoint, founded in 2018 by Emily Heintz, who

By |2018-10-31T16:29:43-04:00October 31st, 2018|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs|

EntryPoint Seeks To Fill Gaps In Funding, Talent, Research For Entrepreneurs

ROYAL OAK - Emily Heintz, Associate Director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, has spent a decade working with a wide range of entrepreneurial support groups and startups, in which she found gaps in funding, talent and research that she felt needed to be filled.  In March, Heintz, who joins M2 TechCast co-hosts Matt Roush

By |2018-06-06T18:33:40-04:00June 6th, 2018|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

EntryPoint Seeks To Fill The Funding, Training Gaps In Michigan Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

ANN ARBOR - Emily Heintz, Associate Director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, has spent a decade working with a wide range of entrepreneurial support groups and startups, in which she found gaps in funding, talent and research that she felt needed to be filled.  In March, Heintz launched EntryPoint, her gap-filling company she hopes

By |2018-05-13T12:03:10-04:00May 10th, 2018|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

MVCA Associate Director Talks Venture Capital Activity In Michigan

ROYAL OAK - Emily Heintz, Associate Director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, discusses the highlights of the MVCA 2017 Annual Report, covering Venture Capital activity in Michigan during 2016. Key highlights include: There were 141 active venture-backed startups in Michigan in 2016, which is a 48% increase in the last five years. 54 startups

By |2017-04-25T17:48:33-04:00April 25th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|