Type: Venture Capital Firm

Wakestream Ventures, previously a part of Start Garden, wears the hat of early stage financier and likes startups that take advantage of the Midwest expertise in manufacturing and global enterprise. Wakestream backs fascinating founders working where physical products converge with the internet.

Mercury is an early-stage venture capital platform that seeks out transformative software startups, led by exceptional founders, in communities across America. To date, Mercury has created over $9 billion of value with an operationally-focused venture investment strategy helping startups achieve rapid, sustainable growth. Mercury partners with first-time entrepreneurs who require support and guidance, as well […]

Plymouth Growth invests in noncoastal B2B software and technology companies – with $3MM to $10MM in revenue, proven business models, and strong teams – that are ready to scale. The Plymouth team brings decades of experience as operators, advisors, and investors, and understands that while metrics matter, it’s people that are critical to growth. We […]

eLab Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in businesses where AI is the difference in creating market disruption. We believe that talent is broadly distributed although opportunity is not. We strive to work with and support founders from all backgrounds who are building the most impactful technology businesses in the world.

Michigan Capital Network (MCN) is an early-stage investment management firm based in Grand Rapids, MI. We manage $150M in assets across 6 core funds, 2 custom funds, and several special purpose entities (SPEs) for institutional investors, local family offices and corporations, and high net worth individuals across the state of Michigan. We invest primarily in […]

Michigan Rise Pre-Seed Fund III invests in Michigan tech startups to help commercialize innovative technologies. We are proud to partner with Michigan’s best and brightest tech entrepreneurs and further economic development in the Mitten State. Michigan Rise Pre-Seed Fund III is made possible with support from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Michigan State University […]

Industry-agnostic, our focus is compiling a strategic mixture of early stage disrupters and later stage competitors who would benefit from accelerating together for 3months to increase valuations and reduce time to continue to grow to venture scale

Breakthrough bioscience innovation is not restricted by geography. With experienced & dedicated early leadership, breakthrough scientific discoveries from anywhere can chart a course for global impact and development of sustainable local bioscience ecosystems. Our current geographic focus is Michigan and Portugal, where there is more great science that the number of management teams to translate […]

Baird Capital makes venture capital, growth equity, and private equity investments in strategically targeted sectors around the world. Baird Capital’s venture team invests in early and expansion stage technology-enabled B2B services and healthcare companies. Having invested in more than 300 companies over its history, Baird Capital partners with entrepreneurs and leverages its executive networks to […]