Author: Ara Topouzian

City Side Ventures is pleased to announce that the newly formed Birmingham Angels had their first group meeting in September 2019. The group, which is growing rapidly consists of successful business executives and high net worth individuals from Oakland County, has already established that they are “players” in the angel investing asset class in a […]

Join us for the 40th Anniversary of the MGCS, May 12-13 at the Marriott Resort-Eagle Crest in Ann Arbor, Michigan! Be among the more than 400 leading founders of the region’s most promising start-ups and connect with venture capitalists, angel and institutional investors from the Midwest and beyond. Register today for two days of dynamic […]

Ann Arbor, Michigan – February 4, 2020 – Arbor Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Bank of Ann Arbor (“Arbor”), and FNBH Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for First National Bank in Howell (“First National”) (OTC Pink: FNHM), today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Arbor to acquire First National in an all-cash transaction. Read […]

In the January-February 2020 issue of dBusiness, the cover story is focused on venture capital investment, private equity activity, angel investing throughout Michigan. Written by Tim Keenan, several MVCA members were interviewed for this article. Read the article by clicking here.

2021 Bronze Service Provider Member For more than 145 years, Kerr Russell has been a fixture in Michigan’s legal landscape. Our firm is dedicated to serving the entrepreneurial and investment community throughout Michigan. Kerr Russell attorneys have extensive experience advising clients regarding a wide variety of M&A, financing, capital raise and joint venture transactions representing […]

2020 Platinum Service Provider Member Based in Ann Arbor, GDI Infotech is a leading talent matchmaking company dedicated to clients’ success. GDI partners with companies of all sizes and scope to get the right people in the right seat for their IT and software development needs. Over the past few years, GDI has helped many […]

[Novi, MI] – As the voice of the Michigan entrepreneurial and investment community, Michigan Venture Capital Association (MVCA), has appointed Michael Gross, managing director at Beringea, as chairman of the organization’s board of directors. Gross will assume the position previously held by Tom Shehab of Arboretum Ventures whose term expired in 2019. In his role at Beringea, Gross […]

Students from three universities teamed up with Michigan-based startups to stoke venture capitalists’ interest in taking stakes in new ventures with promising technological and life-science innovations during the 2019 Financing Technology Commercialization Pitch Competition. The event took place at Michigan Ross on Dec. 11. A record 100 students, divided into 20 teams, presented high-level investment […]

ANN ARBOR, Michigan ─ University of Michigan students are putting the final touches on their venture capital investment proposals in anticipation of the upcoming 2019 Financing Technology Commercialization Pitch Competition on Wednesday, Dec. 11. This year, 20 competitive teams of graduate and undergraduate students in Professor David J. Brophy’s Financing Technology Commercialization practicum will go […]

Michigan Venture Capital Association Celebrates State’s Entrepreneurial and Investment Successes at 2019 Annual Awards Dinner The Awardees of the 2019 MVCA Annual Awards Dinner are Arboretum Ventures, StockX, Orbion Space Technology, and Ferris Wheel Novi, Mich. – Nov. 12, 2019 – Michigan Venture Capital Association (MVCA), the trade association for the venture capital and angel community in Michigan, hosted […]