Nutshell Types: Venture Capital Firm

The Michigan Biomedical Venture Fund (MBVF) invests in biomedical startup companies with U-M licensed IP in the domain of therapeutics, devices, diagnostics, or health IT. The MBVF is a collaborative effort between the U-M College of Engineering’s Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) and U-M Medical School’s Fast Forward Medical Innovation program (FFMI) program.

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 […]

Markers is a $20 million seed fund that invests in overlooked founders leading valuable technology start-ups designed to disrupt industries and transform the world. We strategically leverage quantitative processes, value investing orthodoxy, and market inefficiencies to identify mispriced investment opportunities capable of generating outsized risk-adjusted returns.

M25 is an early-stage venture firm based in Chicago, investing solely in tech startups headquartered in the Midwest. Since we launched in 2015, we’ve become the most active investor in our region.

Invest Detroit Ventures was founded in 2010 and has invested in over 80 companies since inception based on the philosophy that, while the firm cannot invest in every entrepreneur, its team can provide assistance to every one of them. Invest Detroit Ventures is committed to supporting the entrepreneurial ecosystem with capital, ongoing mentorship, and community […]

Hyde Park Venture Partners (HPVP) is an early stage venture fund focused on software startups in the Midwest. HPVP focuses its investment activity on B2B software and consumer marketplace startups raising their first or second round of capital. The investment team is a combination of experienced operators, strategists, and investors and helps its portfolio companies […]

Grand Ventures is an early stage venture fund investing in seed stage B2B SaaS companies in emerging regions of the US and Canada focused on Supply Chain, Fintech, and DevOps. Grand Ventures has invested in some of the fastest growing companies in North America alongside some of the most prestigious venture funds. They pride themselves […]

Fontinalis Partners, founded in 2009 and with offices in Detroit and Boston, is a venture capital firm strategically focused on next-generation mobility (i.e., the efficient movement of goods, people, and services). The firm invests across all facets of the world’s mobility systems on a stage-agnostic basis.

Exit Quotient Ventures is a founder-focused venture capital firm based in Lansing, MI. The firm was established with the mission of fostering the growth of the Midwest’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and contributing significantly to funding pre-seed and seed-stage companies as they scale. By integrating financial investment with strategic founder support and additional resources, the firm aims […]

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.