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June 08 Navv Systems Completes Seed Financing to Accelerate Commercialization

DETROIT, MI (June 7, 2021). Navv Systems, a Southeastern Michigan-based healthcare technology company focused on hospital personnel location and equipment tracking and location services, announced the close of a $3.2 million seed funding round led by Arboretum Ventures. Detroit Venture Partners also joined the financing along with existing investors including Narrow Gauge Ventures. Navv has […]


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March 24 Innovative Healthcare Investor Nicole J. Walker joins Arboretum Ventures

ANN ARBOR, MI (March 23, 2021) – Arboretum Ventures, a leading healthcare venture capital firm, is excited to welcome nationally recognized healthcare investor Nicole J. Walker to its team as a Managing Partner. For more than 25 years, Nicole has successfully partnered with entrepreneurs to modernize and transform the healthcare industry. She emphasizes breakthrough innovations […]


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March 18 Global Talent Opportunities

Learn from national legal and policy experts about the status of immigration laws impacting businesses for corporate and skilled hiring. About this Event This is a webinar with national legal and policy experts on the status of immigration laws impacting businesses for corporate and skilled hiring. The webinar will provide: Update on Trump administration policies […]


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March 11 Autobooks Raises $25M in Series B Funding

Autobooks, the small business payment and accounting services platform, today announced that they have raised $25 million in Series B financing, led by MissionOG. The round also includes participation from other investors including Renaissance Venture Capital, Detroit Venture Partners and Draper Triangle, along with TD Bank Group [NYSE: TD]. Autobooks Series B Press Release


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January 15 WMed Innovation Center and MVCA partner to offer a series of educational seminars in 2021.

The Western Michigan University WMed Innovation Center and Michigan Venture Capital Association are partnering to offer a series of educational seminars in 2021. Turn the Tables is a virtual one-hour reverse pitch series that will take place 3X this year. The purpose of the event series is to educate entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ecosystem service providers […]


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January 15 Tamarind Hill fund announces Updox was acquired by EverCommerce

Exciting news from MVCA member, Tamarind Hill about the announcement of one of their portfolio companies, Updox recent acquisition. EverCommerce, a leading service commerce platform, completed the acquisition of Updox, a complete healthcare communication platform for in-person and virtual care. Headquartered in Dublin, OH, Updox serves more than 560,000 users across healthcare practices, health systems […]


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September 18 Kerr Russell Attorneys Named 2020 Michigan Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

Kerr Russell Attorneys Named 2020 Michigan Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Detroit, MI (September 18, 2020) – Super Lawyers named 11 Kerr Russell members to the list of 2020 Michigan Super Lawyers and included four Kerr Russell attorneys on the list of 2020 Michigan Rising Stars. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a research-driven, […]


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August 10 MSU Foundation and MEDC announce Michigan Rise Pre-Seed Fund III

As the newly named administrator of the Michigan Pre-Seed Fund III (MPSF III) by the Michigan Strategic Fund, Michigan State University Foundation (MSU Foundation) announced Michigan Rise. MSU Foundation was awarded the MPSF III on April 14, 2020 and will work closely with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC)’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Initiative to support […]


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August 10 City of Novi Produces “Now You Novi” Podcast series

Submitted by Victor Cardenas, Assistant City Manager, City of Novi. The City of Novi is a new 2020 MVCA member – welcome! We are going to do our very best to give “The Joe Rogan Experience” a run for its money with the City of Novi’s new podcast “Now You Novi.” Co-hosts City of Novi’s […]


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July 08 Accelerating the Success of U-M Startup Companies

By Kelly Sexton, Associate Vice President for Research – Technology Transfer and Innovation Partnerships The University of Michigan’s research enterprise is an engine for creativity, discovery and innovation.  U-M researchers have invented amazing technologies — new therapeutics that improve the lives of people around the world, the Intralase Lasik eye procedure that has given the […]


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