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Mike Kohnen has developed strong ties across the Midwest “innovation ecosystem.” During his 18-year banking career in Chicago, he has worked with early stage, growth stage and late stage large corporate ventures. For the past eight years, he has put his Midwest work...
Advanced Battery Concepts has come a long way since 2008 when Ed Shaffer II and his wife bootstrapped the entrepreneurial enterprise in their garage using money from his 401(k) retirement savings account. Over time, the company has tapped an array of entrepreneurial...
Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing has all the earmarks of a Michigan-minted, high-growth, life-sciences start-up super star. GRAM evolved from a joint venture spun out of Michigan’s Life Sciences Corridor and received initial funding from Michigan’s angel investment...
On April 28, the Ross School of Business Alumni Club will host the inaugural Michigan in Fintech event at the Ross Bay Area Alumni Club in San Francisco. This event will be an opportunity to hear from alumni who have been, and continue to be, part of the changing...
Since assuming her new position as executive director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association on December 1, Maureen Miller Brosnan has not wasted a single minute. “As one of the premier membership associations in our state, the MVCA has a lot to contribute to...
“Right now, from the viewpoint of political and economic stability, North America is the best place to invest in emerging companies, and it’s going to be that way for quite a while. That augurs well for the venture capital business in the U.S. ─ and in Michigan,”...
Success builds upon success, says Tony Grover, managing director of Ann Arbor-based RPM Ventures. So it’s no surprise that the year-over-year success of Michigan’s venture capital and entrepreneurial community has accelerated its growth. Grover expects that...
Companies across a wide range of industries are clamoring for more detailed digital information about their land and water resources world-wide in order to increase sales and reduce costs. Until recently, those resources were monitored by taking physical samples of...
Serial entrepreneur Earle Holsapple III, the CEO of SciTech Development, faces a problem common to many start-ups, especially those focused on drug development. His Detroit-based biopharmaceutical company is pursuing the commercialization of a well-known anticancer...
As announced earlier this week, Elegus Technologies has been invited to represent the University of Michigan to compete in the 2015 Rice Business Plan Competition for more than $1 million in prizes at Rice University in Houston, TX on April 16-18, 2015. In addition to...