The Michigan Venture Capital Association (MVCA) is a longtime partner and major sponsor of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS), providing support and promoting attendance at the annual event. “I think it’s become sort of the premier event of the year on the...
Programs & Events
Panel Topics Announced for Annual Michigan Growth Capital Symposium
Ann Arbor, Mich. – March 15, 2012 – The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium today announced initial details on the program for the 31st annual event. The Symposium, which serves as a conduit for introducing early stage and emerging growth companies seeking funding...
David Brophy, MGCS Founder, Reflects on 31 Years
As the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) prepares to welcome hundreds of investors and start-up companies to its 2012 event, the forum’s breadth and purpose remain as strong and relevant today as it did when MGCS Founder David Brophy launched the annual event...
Michigan Growth Capital Symposium Application Process Has Opened for Presenting Companies
The application process has begun for presenting companies for the 31st annual Michigan Growth Capital Symposium. MGCS is the Midwest’s leading event for attracting the best investors from across the U.S. and introducing them to high-quality, early stage and growth...
Michigan Entrepreneurship Leaders Forum
The Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business has joined forces with Michigan State University’s Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Broad College of Business to create...
University of Michigan’s Zell Lurie Institute to Host Annual Private Equity Conference
Event to Explore Trends in Private Equity, Strategies for Deal Sourcing and Legal Developments This week the Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and its Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance at the University of...
Groupon Co-Founder Brad Keywell to Keynote Entrepalooza 2011
Next Friday, the region’s best and brightest will come together at the University of Michigan for the Zell Lurie Institute’s annual entrepreneurial symposium, Entrepalooza (on Twitter: #epalooza). This year’s event theme, The Path Forward, will cover how to advance...
Michigan Growth Capital Symposium – 30 Years and Stronger than Ever
A spirit of rising optimism permeated the Marriot Eagle Crest Conference Center in Ypsilanti, MI last week as more than 400 entrepreneurs, investors and managers of early-stage and growth companies joined forces at the 2011 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium. The...
Highlights from Day 2 at MGCS
“The people I connected with just today normally would have taken me an entire year of asking for introductions, booking meetings and attending networking events to get in front of.” These words, which were uttered late yesterday afternoon by a local venture...
Highlights from Day 1 at MGCS
The halls of the Ypsilanti Marriott Resort were abuzz yesterday as investors, entrepreneurs and members of the innovation community descended upon the hotel for Day 1 of the 30th anniversary Michigan Growth Capital Symposium. Over 250 people attended, with more...