Stage of Investment: Mezzanine

Since the founding of our family-owned business in 1935, Hylant has grown to one of the country’s largest privately held insurance brokerages. At Hylant, we’re focused on your interests, not ours. We deliver exceptional long-term results through understanding your business at its core. In Michigan, over the last 30 years, we’ve specialized in a tailored […]

Southwest Michigan First is an organization of privately funded economic development advisors who act as the catalyst for economic success in Southwest Michigan. Founded in 1999 on the principle that the most powerful force for change is a well-paying job, the organization works across all industries throughout the seven counties making up the Southwest Michigan […]

Since 2006, The Starting Block has served as West Michigan’s nonprofit regional kitchen incubator and entrepreneurial center. As a shared-use facility, it helps entrepreneurs start their food-related businesses at reasonable rentals without the initial investment in costly facilities and equipment. The Starting Block offers low-cost kitchen rental, refrigerated, frozen, and dry storage, warehouse space, and […]

Mi-Light is a nonprofit trade association that serves as the focal point for the photonics industry in Michigan, bringing together professionals from companies, academia and organizations, dedicated to mutually supporting, promoting and growing Michigan’s photonics industry. Mi-Light’s mission is to promote and grow Michigan’s internationally-recognized talent pool and leverage strong industrial and academic capabilities in […]

The Michigan Small Business Development Center (Michigan SBDC) enhances Michigan’s economic well-being by providing counseling, financial prep, training, secondary market research, and technology commercialization services to new and existing small businesses and advanced technology companies. With 10 offices statewide, the Michigan SBDC positively impacts the economy by strengthening existing companies, creating new jobs, retaining existing […]

The NSF Applied Research Center (ARC) is NSF International’s research and development arm, providing custom R&D services to academia, industry, and government. Services include proof-of-concept testing, method development, product validation/commercialization, next generation sequencing, clinical health services, toxicology, and risk assessment. The ARC furthers NSF’s mission of public health and safety by supporting scientific innovation and […]

The New Economy Initiative (NEI) is the largest philanthropy-led economic development initiative in the U.S. working to build a regional network of support for entrepreneurs and small businesses. NEI makes grants (over $150 million since 2008) to entrepreneurial service providers that are helping all types of businesses grow and thrive in metro Detroit. Equity and […]

The D-NewTech (DNT) is an organization that provides resources and networking opportunities for the Detroit and Southeast Michigan startup community. DNT hosts monthly meetup events that encourage and highlight the entrepreneurship startups in the region. In addition, DNT collaborates with other organizations to provide meaningful events that support entrepreneurs including Detroit Startup Week and Detroit […]

For over 25 years MichBio has been driving bio-industry growth in Michigan by providing access to resources and information critical to success, advocating for policy decisions that support the long-term viability of the life sciences, and connecting the people, companies, and ideas necessary to create the next generation of bio-innovation.

Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) Detroit is a peer-to-peer network of the most driven and accomplished entrepreneurs in Southeast Michigan. They are a local chapter of The Enterpreneurs’ Organization, which is comprised of over 150 chapters worldwide. Laser focused on creating, building & innovating, members fuel each other’s passions through killer learning & social events, meaningful experience […]