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March 26 Michigan Outdoor Innovation Fund

The Michigan Outdoor Innovation Fund is a statewide $3 million pre-seed fund powered by InvestUP. The Fund is supported by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) through the Michigan Innovate Capital Fund initiative to support early-stage Michigan start-ups commercializing competitive edge technologies. The Michigan Outdoor Innovation Fund will make pre-seed investments ($50,000 up to $250,000) […]


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August 04 Wakestream Ventures

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.


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August 04 Venture Investors

Venture Investors Health Fund makes seed and early-stage venture capital investments in high potential healthcare companies. The firm focuses on the Midwest and has a national reach. It specializes in university spin-outs from Midwest universities, with a focus on the Universities of Michigan and Wisconsin, where its two offices are located.


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August 04 Thornapple River Capital

We invest in and help build early-stage companies across a variety of tech sectors: healthcare, biotech, medical devices, AIML, deeptech, alt. transport, and more. We are versatile investors and do everything from participating in fundings, leading rounds, and in some cases helping operate our portfolio companies. We seek high-growth companies seeking to disrupt through innovation […]


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August 04 Techstars Detroit

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


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August 04 Tappan Hill Ventures

Tappan Hill invests in B2B software that solves difficult problems in large markets. Tappan Hill is industry agnostic and invests anywhere in the United States.


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August 04 Tamarind Hill

Tamarind Hill is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on backing high-growth technology businesses that are deploying or working towards deploying B2B software models in the Healthcare IT and Supply Chain sectors. Tamarind Hill seeks investment opportunities in businesses that have found product market fit and can benefit from our operating expertise and network to […]


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