Stage of Investment: Seed

The MSU Research Foundation supports the Michigan State University ecosystem with resources that increase the impact of research and innovation. The Foundation achieves its mission through grant programs that contribute over $15 million annually to the University, entrepreneurial programming delivered through its venture creation subsidiary, Spartan Innovations, and early-stage investments made through it venture funds—Red […]

4100DX stands at the forefront of health innovation and patient capital, uniquely merging long-term investment with transformative healthcare advancements.

Pointe Angels is an independent investor club in the Grosse Pointe communities, east of Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 2019, Pointe Angels provides members with opportunities for meaningful financial returns on capital investments in scalable early-stage ventures. Pointe Angels favors Michigan start-ups, but invests globally.

TGap Ventures serves entrepreneurs throughout the Midwest by helping them define, develop, grow, and build value in their businesses. The TGap team is a mix of successful venture capitalists, managers, and entrepreneurs with aptitudes, experience, empathy, realism and patience required to build great businesses from, and add value to, developing companies. TGap invests in medical […]

MadDog Technology is a venture operator and investor. In addition to investing, the company partners with venture capital firms and entrepreneurs to immediately complete the full team required to elevate each venture to expansion-round funding or the next level. MadDog Technology specializes in advanced technology and mobile device development.

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.

Augment Ventures backs AI-native builders rewiring the real economy – sectors such as supply chain, logistics, manufacturing, and industrial automation. We invest early, before the signal is obvious. As seasoned builders turned into investors, we bring board-level strategy, deep industrial networks, and a repeatable exit playbook to every company we fund.

Apjohn Ventures is a life sciences-focused fund which does deals in Michigan and the Midwest. Nine portfolio companies with several exits were part of the fund, including Afmedica, ProNAi, ZyStor, Ikano, Asterand, Cytopherx, Renamed, Svelte, Kereos. The partners have been involved in starting a third of these companies and assisted in raising over $300M in […]

Mercury Fund is an early-stage VC firm focused on disruptive tech startups outside of Silicon Valley. To date, Mercury has created over $13.5 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 as seasoned founders seeking to […]