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Republished from MIRS News:   Proponents of venture capital formation were out today touting the 10-year impact of state government involvement in the face of a legislative push to bring it to an end. “The program started about 10 years ago, and the message here is ‘now’s not the time to take your hands off […]

Groupon Co-founder Brad Keywell and Ford Global Technologies CEO Bill Coughlin to Keynote at 34th Annual Symposium  Ann Arbor, Mich. – April 21, 2015 – Today, organizers of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) unveiled initial program details for the 34th annual event, which serves as a conduit for introducing early stage and emerging growth […]

Angel investors might invest in one of every 100 opportunities that come before them—long odds for a startup, for sure. Ann Arbor-based RetroSense Therapeutics, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company, had already beat those odds, having raised $7 million in a 2014 angel-led Series A financing round that included Midland’s Blue Water Angels Investment Network. But the […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — APRIL 6, 2015 – ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Venture capital and angel investment in Michigan continues to contribute to the state’s economic recovery, according to the Michigan Venture Capital Association’s (MVCA) 2015 research report. The in-depth analysis of venture capital activity in the state indicates a steady and consistent trend of success […]

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The MVCA staff is expanding!  Please help us welcome Jennifer Romberg, the new Communication and Events Manager for the Michigan Venture Capital Association.  Jennifer, a resident of Ferndale, is a graduate of the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy and comes to the MVCA with experience managing political campaigns.  In her new role at MVCA, she will […]

From Tom Henderson, at Crain’s Detroit Business: The Ann Arbor-based Renaissance Venture Capital Fund has received almost $14 million in commitments from three new corporate and institutional investors and has closed its second fund at $79 million. The new investors are Benton Harbor-based Whirlpool Corp., the East Lansing-based MSU Foundation and Livonia-based Roush Industries Inc., according to fund manager and CEO Chris […]

As the Michigan representative of a national venture firm, Arsenal Ventures Partner, Ryan Waddington, regularly finds and touts great Michigan companies to the rest of his nationwide team.  “I help promising Michigan-based companies find capital, both inside and outside of the state.  Nothing spreads the Michigan message better than great Michigan companies that can attract capital from the traditional […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   START GARDEN EXPANDS VENTURE CAPITAL FUND,  ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS TO THE START GARDEN SPACE GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., February 9, 2015—In fewer than three years, Start Garden, the unconventional, early-stage, venture capital fund, has transformed Michigan’s startup ecosystem. Today the organization announced it has increased the amount of its cumulative investment limit from $500,000 […]