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It was an auspicious first day of work for new MVCA Executive Director Maureen Miller Brosnan.  “Not many people get a party this big thrown in their honor the first day on the job!” she joked before a record crowd of 215 at the MVCA Annual Awards Dinner on December 1, 2014 at the Inn at […]

START GARDEN ANNOUNCES MOVE TO TRUST BUILDING IN 2015 New Space to Triple Footprint and Provide “Startup Village” for Grand Rapids GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., November 20, 2014 — Start Garden, the $15,000,000 seed fund that selects an individual idea each week to receive a $5,000 investment, based on endorsements from the public and the Start Garden […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — NOVEMBER 17, 2014 – Ann Arbor, Mich. — At its annual awards dinner on December 1, 2014, the Michigan Venture Capital Association (MVCA) will honor ForeSee Results with the Best Exit Award, ProNAi Therapeutics with the Financing of the Year Award, Detroit Labs with the “100” Award and Michael Finney with the […]

Baird Capital has completed fundraising for its fourth Venture Capital fund (BVP IV). The fund was significantly oversubscribed and closed at $185 million, exceeding its initial target of $150 million and the size of its previous fund. The fund was anchored by support from numerous institutions, foundations and family offices. Baird Capital’s Venture team is […]

Graduating MVCA Venture Fellow Sam Hogg has become immersed in the world of early-stage agribusiness, with ag-tech venture investor Open Prairie Ventures.  Sam recapped his two years in the MVCA Fellowship Program for us, and how he became an expert on spider venom’s most useful properties: Tell us about your Fellow position–where are you, what […]

Shawn O’Brien to Head Finance at Beringea, North Coast, and Arboretum Ventures’ Portfolio Company Delphinus Experience in Healthcare Sector Will Drive Value Proposition PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Mich. – November 5, 2014 – Delphinus Medical Technologies, Inc., announced today that Shawn O’Brien has been named Vice President of Finance, expanding further the recent appointments to the executive […]

Vestaron Corporation, a company that designs environmentally friendly insecticides, announced today the final close of its Series C Financing. Anterra Capital, based in the Netherlands, added $4M to the $10M previously announced to bring total funding to $14M. Anterra Capital is jointly funded by Moonray Investors, the proprietary investment arm of FIL Limited, the parent […]

After years on the tech scenes in San Francisco and New York, and with serious start-up and customer acquisition successes to his credit, Shelby Twp. native Shane Bliemaster watched Southeast Michigan’s tech industry growth with more than just passing interest.  And, in return, the burgeoning tech start-up scene wouldn’t stop trying to connect Bliemaster to the right […]

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (October 16, 2014): Tetra Discovery Partners (“Tetra”), a drug discovery company developing a portfolio of innovative drugs for psychiatric, neurological and inflammatory diseases, today announced additional private financing. The company has received additional financing from previous seed investor Grand Angels, as well as an investment by Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC). […]