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By Claudia Capos The future of Michigan’s entrepreneurial economy ─ and the talented University of Michigan students who will help it flourish ─ were spotlighted at the annual Financing Research Commercialization Pitch Competition on Dec. 12 at the Ross School of...
By Claudia Capos Nine University of Michigan student teams squared off against each other on December 11 during the annual private-equity “battle of the pitches,” held by the Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance, or CVP, at Michigan Ross. Two...
From an original field of nearly 100 student teams in the qualifying rounds, 54 startups pitched their business concepts in Round One of the ZLI Michigan Business Challenge (MBC) last Friday. After much deliberation, judges selected 17 student teams to advance in the...
The University of Michigan has been nationally recognized for its visionary leadership, continuing innovation and high standard of excellence in entrepreneurial education. Michigan was selected as the #1 undergraduate program for entrepreneurship in the latest...
By Claudia Capos As the new program manager at the Desai Accelerator, Katy Lind looks forward to being the “bolt that zaps people into action.” Having launched her own Ann Arbor-based company, Pincause, in January 2017, Lind knows all too well the many hurdles and...
More than $100,000 in prizes awarded to University of Michigan student startups—the largest prize pool in Michigan Business Challenge history. After months of preparation and training leading up to the finals on Friday February 16, Clot Buster – a startup developing a...
By Claudia Capos At the 13th annual Private Equity “Bake-off” competition in December, two University of Michigan student teams advanced to the semifinals and took their best shot at winning this year’s Alan Gelband Private Equity Award and a hefty slice of the...
Nonprofit institute to combine U-M institutional expertise with proven local knowledge to support innovation economies in developing countries The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, in partnership with the William Davidson...
The University of Michigan’s Wolverine Venture Fund, invested $150,000 in HistoSonics’ $8.3 million Series B financing round. The investment will help advance clinical trials of the U-M’s startup’s technology. HistoSonics developed a non-invasive, non-thermal surgery...
SAHI Cosmetics Takes Top Honors at University of Michigan’s Michigan Business Challenge More than 200 students across the University of Michigan’s 19 schools and colleges have tirelessly honed their pitches and refined their business plans for the chance to win the...