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February 17 New MVCA Board Member Ryan Waddington bring Michigan into focus for national VC community

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 […]


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February 09 MEMBER NEWS: Start Garden Expands Venture Capital Fund, Accepting Applications to the Start Garden Space

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 […]


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January 30 MVCA Co-Hosts Michigan Investment Landscape Meeting

Amid the quickly transforming skyline of downtown Detroit, DTE Energy, Kresge Foundation, Michigan Venture Capital Association, NEPC, University of Michigan and Renaissance Venture Capital Fund of Funds welcomed Michigan institutional investors and general partners across the capital continuum for the Michigan Investment Landscape Meeting.  The meeting highlighted the dense network of Michigan organizations that work […]


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January 27 MEMBER NEWS: Heather Rone Joins Delphinus as Clinical Affairs VP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Heather Rone Joins Delphinus as Clinical Affairs VP Strategic Addition to Fuel Clinical Research Endeavors PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Mich. – January 27, 2015 – Delphinus Medical Technologies, Inc <http://www.delphinusmt.com/> ., developer of SoftVue™, the first automated whole breast ultrasound system to gain FDA clearance using volumetric circular transducer technology, announced that Heather Rone […]


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January 26 Meet New MVCA Board Member Sara Kruse

 Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss partner Sara Kruse has been a member of many professional organizations during her career as a Corporate and Emerging and Growth Business attorney.  But when she first started coming to Michigan Venture Capital Association events, she noticed that something was different.  “At MVCA, I was able to see people consistently, […]


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January 14 MEMBER NEWS: RPM Portfolio Company Xtime acquired by Cox Automotive

Xtime, a leading provider of service scheduling and workflow software to more than 6,000 auto dealerships worldwide, has been acquired by Cox Automotive for $325M. Cox Automotive acquired Xtime to further its goal of assisting dealers to become more efficient and profitable enterprises. With the acquisition, Cox Automotive will be able to offer software for the back end of […]


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December 18 Techstars Mobility managing director Ted Serbinski talks about the new program's place in the Detroit startup ecosystem

Last week, nationally-recognized and proven accelerator model Techstars announced it would begin a three-year program in the growing entrepreneurial district of Detroit.  Officially dubbed Techstars Mobility, driven by Detroit, the program will kick off June 9, 2015 with 10 next-genertation automotive, transportation, and mobility startups and conclude with a Demo Day on September 10, where each team will present to investors, […]


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December 18 Techstars Mobility managing director Ted Serbinski talks about the new program’s place in the Detroit startup ecosystem

Last week, nationally-recognized and proven accelerator model Techstars announced it would begin a three-year program in the growing entrepreneurial district of Detroit.  Officially dubbed Techstars Mobility, driven by Detroit, the program will kick off June 9, 2015 with 10 next-genertation automotive, transportation, and mobility startups and conclude with a Demo Day on September 10, where each team will present to investors, […]


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December 11 MEMBER NEWS: Fontinalis Partners Transports Techstars Mobility to Detroit

Fontinalis Partners Transports Techstars Mobility to Detroit Accelerator Will Help Launch the Next Generation of Mobility Technologies  DETROIT, MI – December 11, 2014.  Fontinalis Partners (www.fontinalis.com), a venture capital firm strategically focused on Next-Generation Mobility, today announced its participation in Techstars’ newest accelerator program: Techstars Mobility, driven by Detroit.  Fontinalis, in collaboration with other firms […]


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