We at Exo Dynamics are currently taking a big step from laboratory prototype to commercial product, and the timing of MGCS fits perfectly with our plans to meet investors and aim for a launch in 2015. Our core technology, invented by co-founder Daniel Johnson, began...
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Your gang. Your posse. Your peeps. 6 gang members every entrepreneur should know
No, I'm not talking Bloods or Crips, East Coast or West Coast. I'm talking about Your gang. Your posse. Your peeps. If you think you can survive the mean streets of entrepreneurship alone, good luck. Surround yourself with people who have your back and offer...
SurClean Refreshes its Products, Markets and Investor Pitches
Since making its first presentation at last year’s Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, SurClean Inc. has hit the refresh button on its product offerings, target markets and investor pitches. “We feel our story has changed dramatically,” explains CEO Susan Sprentall,...
Mercury Fund Doubles Down on its Commitments and Investments in Michigan
Blair Garrou, the managing director of Mercury Fund, a Houston-based seed-stage venture-capital firm, is spending a lot of time in Michigan and the Midwest these days. The firm is raising capital for its third fund and has closed on more than $100 million in...
Michigan Growth Capital Symposium Announces Presenting Companies for 33rd Annual Midwest Venture Capital Conference
Today, organizers of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium(MGCS) announced the 32 companies that will be presenting at the 33rd annual Symposium. Medical device, life sciences, healthcare, technology and clean tech tracks will showcase the "Best of the Midwest's"...
Michigan’s Greatest Challenge is to Build, Finance and Retain Innovative Companies, Says UM’s Brophy
This year’s record number of initial public offerings and the lofty valuations assigned to a handful of high-profile technology start-ups in Silicon Valley have created a stir in the entrepreneurial and venture-capital communities. “When we look at the markets, the...
Supported Intelligence Advances Development and Sales of its Decision-support Software
Since launching Supported Intelligence LLC in 2012, Executive Chairman Patrick Anderson has moved quickly to procure venture-capital financing to advance the development and sales of the company’s innovative decision-support software in the commercial market. “We...
Amherst Fund’s Turner Sees Expanded Role for Angel Investors in Michigan
Over the past year, Matt Turner, the president and CEO of Amherst Fund, has observed that venture-capital investors in Michigan are slowly moving away from the seed stage and shifting their investment sights further down the development life of entrepreneurial...
MGCS Unveils Details of the New Track Session to Spotlight Emerging Companies and Innovations from Midwest Universities
The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) announced a new track session that will spotlight the startup landscape at Midwest research universities and profile several emerging companies. Dubbed the University Research “Pitch” Track, the session will be facilitated...
MGCS Speaker and University Pitch Track Updates
Kevin Conroy of Exact Science was chosen to Keynote the 33rd Michigan Growth Capital Symposium to share his experiences building successful healthcare diagnostics companies in this region and providing suggestions to help the innovation community of investors,...