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October 20 MVCA Joins the Rise of the Rest Tour with Steve Case and J.D. Vance

On October 11, MVCA Associate Director, Emily Heintz, joined Steve Case and J.D. Vance on a bus tour exploring Ann Arbor’s startup community. With 18 venture firms and 49 venture-backed startups, the city has one of the densest entrepreneurial and investment communities in Michigan. During the Fireside Chat, she posed the following question: How can […]


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June 14 2017 Mackinac Policy Conference Recap

by Maureen Miller Brosnan, Executive Director, MVCA Mackinac Island may not have had the best weather this year, but this didn’t stop the change-makers attending Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Policy Conference. This year was one of our most productive years yet at the Mackinac Policy Conference. MVCA had the opportunity to meet extensively with almost […]


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Chris Stallman, Fontinalis
January 05 Congratulations Chris Stallman, newly named partner at Fontinalis Partners!

On a winding path from teen entrepreneur to partner at Detroit’s largest venture capital firm (and winner of the 2016 MVCA “100” Award!), Fontinalis Partners’ Chris Stallman rarely strayed too far from his true calling: building and investing in valuable businesses.   After starting several tech companies as a high schooler in suburban Chicago, Stallman headed to […]


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October 18 Strengthening Collaboration Between Startups & Automotive Industry in Detroit

On Dec 11, 2014, Bill Ford introduced Techstars Mobility to the world: the first startup accelerator program in North America to focus on the future of mobility, automotive, and transportation. You can watch part of this announcement here. Since then, we’ve been on a mission to connect the automotive and startup worlds by breaking down […]


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October 03 Fontinalis Partners, The “100” Award!

For Detroit-based venture firm Fontinalis Partners, next generation mobility (i.e., “the efficient movement of goods, people, and services across all modes of transportation”) isn’t just an investment sector focus, it’s a way of life. So when the team chose a headquarters location for their firm in 2009, an investment thesis centered on innovating mobility led […]


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