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U-M Ross MBA graduate Sulav Singh, Class of 2014, was awarded first place in the 2023 ZLI Alumni Pitch Competition for his company, Vittas International. Beyond honing in on a winning elevator pitch, Singh was awarded a $2,500 prize and in-kind consulting with a ZLI...
By Claudia Capos While much of the nation was shuttered in 2020 during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the team at Neurable, a University of Michigan spinout, was hard at work on their latest product innovation. In April, the Boston-based startup unveiled the...
Morning Brew, a digital media company and publisher of a daily business e-newsletter for young professionals, cofounded by University of Michigan alumni Austin Rief (BBA ‘17) and Alex Lieberman (BBA‘15) recently signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Insider...
HandyLab launched as a technology spinout of the University of Michigan, with support from EDF Ventures, an Ann Arbor venture capital firm. The startup was founded by two PhD students, Sundaresh Brahmasandra (Sundu) and Kalyan Handique (Handy). After receiving $75,000...
Congratulations to the University of Michigan undergraduate team that earned a second place finish at the 2020 Undergraduate Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) Regional Finals. Sophomores Shiv Dave (BBA ‘22),, Sapan Patel (BS Econ/Org Psych ‘22), Kanav...
Guest blog: Monika R. Johnson, MBA/MS 2019 When the University of Michigan Social Venture Fund (SVF) launched in September 2009 as the first student-led impact investing fund, it sought to invest in and support innovative companies that place social and environmental...
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...
The Social Venture Fund, based in the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies located at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, announced an investment in Six Foods, an insect-based food company headquartered in San Francisco. Six Foods will...
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...