Tag: Mark Horne

MVCA closed its year with their signature event, the 2016 MVCA Annual Awards Dinner, celebrating the successes of the entrepreneurial and investment community in Michigan.  Chief amongst those successes: more Michigan startups have received more venture backing than ever before.  In 2015, there were 74 companies that received $282 million from Michigan venture capital firms, […]

Plymouth Ventures wrapped up the successful final close for their new fund PVP III in June and is pleased to announce two additional appointments to the fund’s Advisory Committee: Jody Vanderwel Since 2005, Jody has been President of the Grand Angels, the leading and most experienced angel investing group in Michigan. Jody oversees Grand Angels’ […]

Plymouth Ventures announced the launch of Plymouth Venture Partners III (PVP III), a fund size targeted to be $60 million, investing in businesses in the Great Lakes region.

Plymouth Ventures made follow-on investments in four of its portfolio companies out of Plymouth Venture Partners Fund II in response to significant growth opportunities.

Plymouth was attracted to 365 due to its talented management team, their leading position in the Micro Market industry, and their high growth rate.

Kevin Terrasi has joined Plymouth Management Company (PMC) as Partner. He has worked closely with PMC since the investment in Pump
Engineering Inc. (PEI) in 2008.

Plymouth Management Company (“PMC”) announces its fifth investment from Plymouth
Venture Partners Fund II (“PVP II”), in UICO, LLC of Elmhurst, Illinois.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—The Michigan Venture Capital Association (MVCA) celebrated a year of individual, company, and statewide industry achievement at its Annual Dinner held November 7 at the Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth. Over 145 members of the Michigan venture community attended the evening event, where incoming Chairman Tim Petersen introduced members of the organization’s […]

Managing Partner Mark Horne reported today that fund-raising for Plymouth Venture Partners II has successfully concluded with $41 million of capital committed (slightly above the target range of $30 to $40 million).  The strategy of Plymouth Ventures II is to provide growth capital to young companies headquartered in the Great Lakes region that have begun […]

Mark Horne, Managing Partner of Plymouth Venture Partners I, L.P. has announced that Plymouth’s Company of the Year is Accuri Cytometers. In making the announcement, Horne commented: “Accuri essentially created a new market in personal use flow cytometry, and then demonstrated outstanding execution in designing and building world class products to serve that market. The […]