Business Sector: Consumer Products

IncWell is an early-stage venture capital fund that was founded in 2013 by Tom LaSorda, former CEO of Chrysler. IncWell offers seed funding, strategic partnerships, and mentorships for U.S. and Canadian startup companies that present breakthrough or disruptive technologies backed by great leaders.

The New Community Transformation Fund is a $25M venture capital fund based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We invest in companies owned/operated by business leaders of color located in West Michigan.

North Coast invests in early-stage, technology-driven companies, primarily in the Midwest. Its goal is to work with talented entrepreneurs who want to build great companies. They do this by focusing on a long-term and sustainable plan, creating rapid growth through access to capital, and being good partners.

Amherst Fund makes venture capital investments in early-stage companies and also makes private equity investments in later stage companies. While investing carefully to achieve sound returns, Amherst Fund offers flexibility in structuring investments to best meet the needs of the company. Amherst Fund investments have included equity, subordinated debt, and senior debt structures when appropriate.

Markers is a $20 million seed fund that invests in overlooked founders leading valuable technology start-ups designed to disrupt industries and transform the world. We strategically leverage quantitative processes, value investing orthodoxy, and market inefficiencies to identify mispriced investment opportunities capable of generating outsized risk-adjusted returns.

Hyde Park Venture Partners (HPVP) is an early stage venture fund focused on software startups in the Midwest. HPVP focuses its investment activity on B2B software and consumer marketplace startups raising their first or second round of capital. The investment team is a combination of experienced operators, strategists, and investors and helps its portfolio companies […]

MadDog Ventures is a venture operator and early stage investor. In addition to investing, the company partners with venture capital firms and entrepreneurs to immediately complete the full team required to elevate each venture to expansion-round funding or the next level. MadDog Technology specializes in advanced technology and mobile device development.

M25 Group is a Midwest, seed-stage micro-VC firm. Our mission statement is: M25 Group seeks to responsibly steward our investors’ capital by sourcing alternative investments with substantial potential to multiply.

Red Cedar Ventures, the venture investment arm of the Michigan State University Foundation, focuses on growing startup companies created by MSU faculty, staff, and students. Red Cedar Ventures manages two funds—a $3.5M Pre-Seed Fund and a $5M Opportunity Fund—and participates at any financing stage.