This year’s Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) featured the debut of the University Research Pitch Track, which spotlighted the start up landscape at four Midwest universities and profiled a number of emerging companies. The Track was developed with the support...
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Industry Leaders Say Big Data Offers Big Opportunities to Entrepreneurs and Investors in Michigan
Big data is getting even bigger these days, as megabytes, gigabytes and terabytes give way to petabytes and yottabytes of information. Many of these ballooning data sets have become too large and complex to be managed with existing data-handling systems, said a panel...
Rapid Expansion of Healthcare IT is Impacting Health Systems, Patient Care and Investment Strategies, Say Industry Experts
In 2013, $2 billion was invested in healthcare information technology across the U.S. This drove growth of technology-enabled companies that are transforming the operations of major health systems, accelerated the adoption of electronic medical records and improved...
Prominent CEOs Weigh in on Best Practices for Engaging with VC-backed Boards
Chief executives can take strategic steps to ensure venture-capital-backed boards have the right people with the right experience to help start-ups and growth-stage companies achieve key milestones and avoid serious pitfalls. Likewise, said a panel of CEOs from...
The Midwest Offers Investment Opportunities and Value, Says a Panel of VCs
Venture-capital investment in the Midwest is picking up momentum, said four seasoned VCs during a panel discussion on Tuesday afternoon. “Investors on the coasts are thinking more about the Midwest, because they sense there is value here and they are interested in...
Entrepreneurial Companies Drive Job Creation and Economic Development, Says Keynote Speaker Kevin Conroy, CEO of Exact Sciences
Kevin T. Conroy, the chairman and CEO of Exact Sciences, said entrepreneurial companies serve as the leading engines of job creation and economic development, and have helped to fuel Michigan’s rebound from the depths of recession. Speaking on Wednesday morning at the...
Michigan Business Challenge Winner Takes First Place in Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest
Fresh off its Michigan Business Challenge win earlier this year, Movellus Circuits, represented by Daniel Andersen (MBA ’14) and Muhammad Faisal (EECS PhD ’14) took home top billing at yesterday’s Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest business competition, which was held...
Panelists Report Strong Resurgence of Health-Care IPOs
Over the past 18 months, investors have witnessed a strong rebound nationally in the IPO market, particularly in the area of health care. MGCS panelists, who discussed the return of the health-care IPO on Tuesday afternoon, attributed this turnaround to several...
Corporate VCs Have Deployed New Business Models to Reinvigorate Venture Investments in Life Sciences, Says MGCS Keynote Ed Torres
In opening remarks at this year’s Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, S. Edward Torres, co-founder and managing director of Lilly Ventures, said corporate venture-capital investors focused on the life sciences have spearheaded the evolution of new, more sophisticated...
Entrepreneurs and Investors Must Work to Build Better Companies and More Attractive Deals, Says UM’s Brophy
As entrepreneurs and venture-capital investors convene today for the 2014 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, they face a common goal of building better companies and more attractive deals that can compete for institutional investment money flowing from local, national...