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UM business class aims to help 15 tech companies take off
Crain's Detroit Business July, 2016 David Brophy, a finance professor at the University of Michigan, wants to take 15 early-stage tech companies to school in the prestigious Ross School of Business, and it won't cost them a penny. Read more >
BioStar Ventures shines bright in venture capital sky
Crain's Detroit Business July, 2016 David Brophy, director of the Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, is one of the godfathers of the local VC community, having...
The B-School Impact Investing Uprising
We See Genius June, 2016 Between research, teaching and talent development, elite MBA programs might be one of the most important cogs in the growth of impact investing. Some schools are already leading the budding field and sending elite talent into the most...
University of Michigan student startups win combined $430,000 in Houston competition
Crain's Detroit Business April, 2016 Two startup companies owned by University of Michigan students won a combined $430,000 in early stage investments over the weekend, at the national Rice Business Plan Competition in Houston. Read More
U of Michigan fund backs healthcare startup PHASIQ
PE Hub Network September, 2015 University of Michigan‘s Zell Lurie commercialization fund has made an undisclosed investment in PHASIQ. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, PHASIQ is a healthcare company that provides multiple protein testing solutions. Read More
A ‘Quantum’ Leap For Company Leaders
Poets & Quants May, 2016 Megan Driscoll, founder and president of PharmaLogics, a top bio-pharmaceutical recruiting company, had never had any formal business school training. Wanting to learn more from leaders like herself, she found what she was looking for in the...
TechArb showcases student community in entrepreneurship
The Michigan Daily February, 2016 Over 40 people gathered in the Alumni Center Thursday for the TechArb showcase, a culmination of a University of Michigan startup training program. Read More
U-M Student Fund Invests in Conversa Health’s Patient Engagement Tech
Xconomy May, 2016 The University of Michigan’s student-run Social Venture Fund has contributed to a $3 million seed round forConversa Health, a Bay Area heathtech company aiming to improve patient engagement. The amount of U-M’s investment was not disclosed....
UM's Social Venture Fund Invests in Teaching Technology Firm
TechCentury June, 2016 The Social Venture Fund, a student-led venture fund at the University of Michigan’s Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, has invested in an early-stage bridge financing round for Austin, Texas-based Querium Corp....
Austin e-learning software maker raises more funding
Austin Business Journal June, 2016 Querium Corp., an e-learning software maker, has completed a $720,000 financing to improve its product as well as boost sales and marketing efforts. The Austin company indicated Thursday that the financing is a convertible note...
Michigan’s Social Venture Fund Invests in Querium, Austin Edtech Firm
Xconomy June, 2016 Edtech startup Querium has received an early stage bridge round of funds from the University of Michigan’s Social Venture Fund, among other investors. Read More
How University of Michigan Alums Are Impacting the Chicago Tech Scene
ChicagoInno April, 2016 Chicago is a Big Ten city, a fact confirmed when walking down Clark Street in Wrigleyville and Lincoln Park on a Saturday during college football or basketball season. In fact Chicago attracts the most Big Ten alumni out of any city around the...