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The Social Venture Fund today announced that it has closed its second investment this year in Louisiana-based sustainable food provider Jack & Jake’s. Led by founder and CEO John Burns, Jack & Jake’s aims to stimulate the economy and support Louisiana...
Check out this report on WVF's investment in Sonitus Medical from Sarah Scmid of Xconomy: Student-Led Wolverine Venture Fund Invests in Sonitus Medical Sarah Schmid 6/4/12 The Wolverine Venture Fund, a $5.5 million fund led by students at the University of Michigan,...
Check out what Matt Roush had to say about UM's Wolverine Venture Fund's investment in Sonitus Medical: UM’s Wolverine Venture Fund Part Of $25M Investment In Sonitus Medical May 31, 2012 5:00 AM By Matt Roush ANN ARBOR — The Wolverine Venture Fund, managed by...
Check out this piece from Tom Henderson on UM's student-led Social Venture Fund's investment in LearnZillion: The Social Venture Fund, a new fund operated by students at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, announced its first investment this...
The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business today announced its Social Venture Fund has closed its first investment. The Fund joined a syndicate of 17 investors in a...
In addition to helping students excel as entrepreneurs, the Zell Lurie Institute and Ross also do a lot of exciting work preparing students that have the desire to go on to work in venture capital. Among the opportunities provided are the three student-led venture...
On February 8, from 4-6 p.m. at the Ross School of Business, the Zell Lurie Institute will host 'Something Ventured' - an 85 minute documentary that tells the story of the creation of the Venture Capital industry and how it became the single greatest engine of...
Ross School of Business benefactor Sam Zell, whose name adorns the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and who has given $14 million in support of it, has given $5 million to the U-M Law School to establish a rare program in entrepreneurship and law....
Eight Michigan companies that have presented at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) recently received investments from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund. The fund, a collaborative effort of Michigan’s SmartZones, has invested over $11.6 million into 50...
Last week, energy efficient microcontroller maker Ambiq Micro announced that it closed a $2.4 million round of seed funding. Our excitement is three-fold not only because Ambiqe is a University spin-out but also because of the company’s ties to the Institute. First,...