ANN ARBOR - Entrepreneurs need to know how to approach angel investors in hopes of getting their projects funded. Skip Simms, who co-founded and managed the Michigan Angel Fund until his retirement last year, provides tips in this video interview that all entrepreneurs should know. In this video, Skip addresses the following questions: • How
DETROIT – Michigan Venture Capital Association, the trade association for the venture capital and angel community in Michigan, celebrated the Michigan ecosystem during its 2023 Annual Awards Dinner held at The Fillmore Detroit on September 28 and presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Skip Simms, former Arbor SPARK vice president and Michigan Angel Fund managing
ANN ARBOR - Skip Simms was one of Ann Arbor SPARK's first employees when it was created a couple decades ago to provide business training and services to the Ann Arbor tech community, including engineers coming out of the University of Michigan. On Dec. 31, Simms retired from SPARK and stepped down as managing partner
On MITech TV Jan. 9, Erin Millerschin and Rick French discuss French/West/Vaughn's acquisition of The Millerschin Group. Skip Simms, employee No. 2 at Ann Arbor SPARK, retired on Dec. 31. He talks about his experiences co-founding SPARK and his future plans. David Weaver from CitySide Ventures and Birmingham Angels explains how his investment group works
ANN ARBOR — Long time SPARK senior executive Skip Simms retired effective Dec. 31, 2022, and was succeeded by Mike Flanagan will continue in his role at Ann Arbor SPARK as the vice president of capital programs and succeed Simms as the managing member for the Michigan Angel Fund. Simms recruited Flanagan seven years ago
ANN ARBOR - Skip Simms, managing partner of the Michigan Angel Fund, provides tips for how to attract private equity investors for your startups. He also encourages high net worth individuals and families to consider investing in Michigan startups as an asset class. More at www.miangelfund.com. https://youtu.be/hEymxiFql-I
ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV Dec. 6 at 2 pm, Gina Adams Founder of Ware·ologie updates new products she showcases this week at the LTU Accelerator. At 2:15 - Ara Topouzian, Executive Director, Michigan Venture Capital Association, recaps 2021 venture activity in Michigan. At 2:30 Skip Simms, Managing Partner of Michigan Angels, recaps 2021
ANN ARBOR—The Michigan “angel investor” community released its 2019 annual research report, showing an increase in the number of angel investors and the amount they invested in Michigan startups last year. “Since we started publishing this report in 2017, angel activity across Michigan has steadily increased,” said Skip Simms, Michigan Angel Fund managing director and
ANN ARBOR – If you want to join one of Michigan’s most active angel funds, you’ll have to do so quickly. Michigan Angel Fund Managing Partner Skip Simms said in an interview with MITechNews.Com that the sidecar fund is nearly closed. “We only accept new members when we are repopulating the sidecar fund,” he said.
