Blog Category

Category: Uncategorized

Navigate all the resources featured in the Landscape Guide by geographic location, industry sector, and organization type. Landscape Guide
Everything you need to know to make a meaningful first connection can be found in our Landscape Guide! Download the Guide

2024 MVCA Research Report

Our state's entrepreneurial economy hinges on our ability to provide capital to our high-growth, high-potential companies. Download the Report
February 05 Bank of Ann Arbor Expands into Livingston County with Definitive Agreement to Merge with First National Bank in Howell

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 […]


Read More
February 04 dBusiness covers Michigan’s Venture Capital community in Jan/Feb 2020 issue

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.


Read More
January 20 Meet Kerr Russell

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 […]


Read More
January 20 Meet GDI Infotech

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 […]


Read More
January 15 Michigan Venture Capital Association Appoints Michael Gross as Chairman of its Board of Directors

[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 […]


Read More
December 03 Student Teams Finalize Their Investor Pitches for Dec. 11 Financing Technology Commercialization Competition

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 […]


Read More
November 12 Michigan Venture Capital Association Celebrates State’s Entrepreneurial and Investment Successes at 2019 Annual Awards Dinner

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 […]


Read More
October 29 Meet Angela Heflin, Associate Director of MVCA

Angela Heflin is a champion of entrepreneurship, strategic development, and community growth. Spearheading development teams in the public and private sectors and across the country in both nonprofit and for profit arenas. Her background in the education and nonprofit sectors bring a commitment to the creation of lasting societal improvement and integrity in leadership to […]


Read More
September 24 MVCA on The Lucy Ann Show for Renew Michigan segment

On September 17, 2019, MVCA Executive Director Ara Topouzian appeared in a segment on The Lucy Ann Show promoting the venture capital ecosystem in Michigan. Topouzian appeared with Larry Eiler, CEO of Eiler Communications, a marketing and PR/new media firm in Ann Arbor, Michigan. To hear the segment, follow this link: https://www.lucyannlance.com/audio/091619/renew.mp3 


Read More
August 26 MVCA office moves to Novi, Michigan

Beginning September 1, 2019 – MVCA will move to a new office located at 39555 Orchard Hill Place, Suite #203, Novi, Michigan. Our phone number will remain the same although there may be a slight delay as we port over the phone number to the new location.


Read More