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Mindwell snacks on $100,000
Global University Venturing August, 2018 The Zell Lurie Founder's Fund, University of Michigan's $10m student-led, seed-stage venture fund, today invested $100,000 in Mindwell, a US-based producer of plant-based jerky. Read more...
UM fund invests $100,000 in plant-based jerky
Crain's Detroit Business August, 2018 The Zell Lurie Founders Fund at the University of Michigan announced Wednesday morning that it has made a seed investment of $100,000 in Chicago-based Mindwell Snacks LLC, which makes and markets jerky made from plants. Read...
Sahi Cosmetics Offers Science-Backed Products for Olive Skin Tones
Xconomy September, 2017 Sahi Cosmetics is currently operating out of Ann Arbor’s Startup Garage. Between U-M’s Desai Accelerator, where Sahi Cosmetics was a member of the winter 2017 cohort; Zell Lurie; and assorted grants and business competition prizes,...
Rise of the Rest pitch competition names finalists in Ann Arbor
Crain's Detroit Business September, 2017 Eight startups in Ann Arbor are fine-tuning their business pitches for a chance to win $100,000 next month. Rise of the Rest startup bus tour, led by AOL co-founder Steve Case, makes a stop in Ann Arbor on Oct. 11....
Zell Lurie Founders Fund Invests in Neurable's Cutting Edge Brain-Computer Interface Tech Startup
Markets Insider August, 2017 ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Zell Lurie Founders Fund at the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies announced an investment in...
Four Foods Group Founder Andrew K. Smith Named a QuantumShift 2017 Top Entrepreneur in America
Business Wire October, 2017 QuantumShift assembles up to 40 founders, owners and CEOs of private, high growth U.S.-based companies to boost their development through an intensive, five-day learning, networking and collaboration program, featuring sessions with Ross...
Just Because Elon Musk Is Doing It All, It Doesn't Mean That You Should Too
Inc.com May, 2017 Stephen Goldmann, a principal in the San Francisco-based food-and-restaurant consulting business the Culinary Edge. He's also a co-founder of Starbird Chicken, a chicken shack financed by the Culinary Edge's venture fund. And he's a co-founder of and...
Neurable Receives Investment from Zell Lurie Founders Fund
Finsmes August, 2017 Neurable, a Cambridge, Mass.-based brain-computer interface (BCI) technology startup, received an investment from the Zell Lurie Founders Fund at the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies. Learn more...
Brown Girls, Rejoice: Meet the Makeup Brand That's Redefining What It Means to Be "Medium"
Marie Claire September, 2017 Sahi, a ridiculously inclusive beauty brand that's fully devoted to "medium" skin tones - namely, those found in Latina, Arabic, Mediterranean, and Indian men and women, has the sole purpose of making people feel confident in their own...
Ventilator for infants in developing countries wins Cardinal Challenge
Insider Louisville February, 2017 The problem: Every year more than one million babies die of respiratory illnesses, most in low-to-middle-income countries. The solution: an affordable, high quality, low-tech pressure ventilator. AIM Tech, of the University of...
Cosmetics company wins best business at Michigan Business Challenge
Concentrate February, 2017 A cosmetics company focused on Arab, Latina, and Indian consumers was named winner of the Michigan Business Challenge on Friday, Feb. 17, after a multi-round pitch competition. Sponsored by the University of Michigan's...
Tech innovators honored at Michigan Venture Capital Association awards dinner
Crain's Detroit November, 2016 David Brophy received the Above and Beyond Award for his 35 years of sharing his knowledge of the venture capital industry and connecting investors with entrepreneurs at Wednesday's Michigan Venture Capital Association's awards...