Author: Ara Topouzian

**This position has been filled** Job Opening: Marketing & Communications Manager Michigan Venture Capital Association Ann Arbor, MI We seek a highly-organized, self-directed, and detail-oriented marketing & communications manager to work with the entrepreneurial and investment community in Michigan.  The individual will work collaboratively with a broad range of constituencies, including investors, entrepreneurs, public officials, […]

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 […]

2017 Bronze Service Provider Member An entrepreneurial, full service law firm that provides strategic legal services to high-growth and innovative businesses and investors in technology, advanced manufacturing, and food product industries, among others, Clark Hill has more than 350 attorneys and professionals nationwide.  The firm’s innovative E2 program is designed to help early stage and […]

2017 Gold Service Provider Member Combining backgrounds in patent law, engineering, and public policy, the attorneys who founded Applied Licensing bring value to startup companies through a combination of angel level investment, intellectual property portfolio development, and intellectual property monetization.  “We work with startup companies and inventors to construct a cost effective intellectual property portfolio […]

2017 Bronze Service Provider Member As Detroit’s largest law firm, Honigman has been part of the formation and on-going operation of many of Michigan’s most-established venture capital funds and fund-of-funds devoted to investing in venture capital.  Honigman attorneys assist fund investors in making portfolio investments and advising in the sale of venture-backed companies. The firm’s […]

2020 Bronze Service Provider Member Plante Moran has built a national practice from their Midwestern footprint and has become the 14th largest certified public accounting and business advisory firm in the country. Via their multidisciplinary engagement teams, clients work with professionals with a range of expertise to solve problems in a variety of areas including […]

2020 Silver Service Provider Member Gunderson Dettmer is the only business law firm of its kind—singularly focused on the global venture capital and emerging technology marketplace. With more than 220 attorneys in nine offices—Silicon Valley, Ann Arbor, Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Beijing, and Singapore—Gunderson Dettmer represents more than 2,000 high-growth […]

Effective 1/1/2017 please change your records to reflect MVCA’s new office location in the Kerrytown area of downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan.

A global communications company looked to a Michigan venture-backed startup for a world-class solution to a 21st century problem, as Nokia announced plans to buy Ann Arbor-based Deepfield, a provider of real-time analytics for IP network performance management and security. The acquisition of Deepfield will extend Nokia’s leadership in real-time, analytics-driven network and service automation, […]

After a national search, Mike Psarouthakis has been selected as the new director of the U-M Tech Transfer Venture Center.  The Venture Center is responsible for helping to identify, develop and launch new startups based on U-M technologies, and works alongside licensing, legal and marketing specialists within U-M Tech Transfer.    Psarouthakis, who has served […]