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U-M’s Innovation Partnerships Awarded $5M To Establish Statewide Venture Fund

ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan's Innovation Partnerships has received $5 million from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. to establish the Michigan University Innovation Capital Fund and Michigan University Innovation Capital Consortium. This venture fund will solidify the state's university research commercialization ecosystem through a partnership between U-M, Michigan State University, Michigan State University Research Foundation,

By |2024-02-05T13:29:30-05:00February 2nd, 2024|Entrepreneurs, Featured|
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Kalamazoo Venture Tuesday Virtual Pitch Session Jan. 30

KALAMAZOO - Join Kalamazoo Venture Tuesday Jan. 30 at 9 am for an online pitch event via the Microsoft Teams virtual platform. You’ll have a rare opportunity to see inside the minds of three investors as they reveal what three company presenters did right and wrong. The Kalamazoo Venture Tuesday meeting is designed as a

By |2024-01-15T16:05:24-05:00January 15th, 2024|Entrepreneurs, Events/Announcements, Featured|
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Startup Application For April 17 DEI UnDemo Day Opened For Underrepresented Founders

ANN ARBOR — Renaissance Venture Capital will host its third Spring DEI UnDemo Day on April 17 and is now accepting startup applications at www.renvcf.com/undemoapp through February 16.  Spring DEI UnDemo Day will feature startups from the Central U.S. led by women, people of color and other underrepresented communities so they can attract venture capital.

By |2024-01-11T09:21:31-05:00January 10th, 2024|Entrepreneurs, Featured, News|
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Tickets Selling Fast For Michigan Venture Capital Association Awards Dinner Sept 28

DETROIT - The Michigan Venture Capital Association is hosting its Awards Dinner Thursday Sept. 28 at the Fillmore in Detroit. MVCA Executive Director Ara Topouzian warns only 200 tickets are available and they are selling out fast. Ticket deadline is Sept. 15. TICKETS $200 MVCA Members Only $275 Non-MVCA Members More info at MichiganVCA.Org  https://youtu.be/7yvnJHwI3ZA

By |2023-09-14T12:50:55-04:00September 10th, 2023|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured, mitechtv|
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Report: Michigan Venture Capital Activity In 2022 Up, VC Deals Down Nationally

BLOOMFIELD HILLS - While national venture capital investing decreased in 2022, Michigan continued to show strength with $1.2 billion invested into Michigan-based companies--an increase of 12 percent over 2021. Within the Great Lakes region, Michigan has been accelerating in venture capital activity with a growth rate of 13.7 percent since 2006, slightly higher than the

By |2023-09-06T10:25:09-04:00September 6th, 2023|Announcements/New Products, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured, New Products, New Products / Contracts|
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Michigan Capital Network Names Sapna Patel Principal

GRAND RAPIDS – Michigan Capital Network (MCN), the state’s largest association of regional angel investing groups and the management entity for four venture capital funds, announced today it has named Sapna Patel as a principal with the investment organization. She becomes the third principal added to the firm since the start of 2023.  Patel brings

By |2023-09-05T17:51:22-04:00September 5th, 2023|Entrepreneurs|
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Michigan Venture Capital Assoc. Re-Launches Venture Fellows Program

ANN ARBOR - Michigan Venture Capital Association, the trade association for the venture capital and angel community in Michigan, announced the re-launch of its 2023 Venture Fellows Program. Thanks in part to a $500,000 grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund with support from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the MVCA is positioned to provide matching

By |2023-04-23T17:45:31-04:00April 23rd, 2023|Entrepreneurs, ESD|
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Michigan Venture Capital Association 20th Anniversary Report

ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Venture Capital Association celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2022 with a new report on the state of Venture Capital in Michigan. Details are provided by MVCA Executive Director Ara Topouzian in this interview with Mike Brennan and Matt Roush. To read the full report, click on MichiganVCA.Org https://youtu.be/RQKQDRHdG5Y

By |2022-08-08T14:36:45-04:00August 8th, 2022|Entrepreneurs, mitechtv|
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Renaissance Venture Capital Helps Raise $2.3 Billion For 78 Michigan Companies

ANN ARBOR - Renaissance Venture Capital has helped attract $2.3 billion in investments for 78 Michigan companies through its portfolio and capital attraction activities. Renaissance also announced that the 55 Michigan companies in its portfolio have raised $2.17 billion to date, or more than $13 for every dollar invested by Renaissance. This is more than

By |2022-03-29T12:57:54-04:00March 29th, 2022|Entrepreneurs, ESD|
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Genomenon Raises $20 Million Series B Financing To Expand AI-Powered Genomic Data

ANN ARBOR - Genomenon Thursday announced the completion of a $20 million Series B financing round. The funds will expand the company’s commercial operations and the development of its genomic data hub, which serves genetic testing labs, hospitals, pharmaceutical and biopharma companies. Genomenon leverages AI (Artificial Intelligence) to organize the world’s genomic knowledge and put it

By |2022-03-10T20:03:13-05:00March 10th, 2022|Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Life Sciences|
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