Business Reporter Ben Freed at AnnArbor.com recently spoke with Tom Porter, mentor and managing director of the Frankel Commercialization Fund, and Dan Itsara, a student member of the Fund, about the Fund's most recent investment in Fusion Coolant Systems, a developer...
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Xconomy Covers Major Announcements Coming out of Frankel Commericalization Fund
by | Jan 23, 2013
Sarah Shmidt at Xconomy recently connected with Tom Porter, managing director at the Zell Lurie Institute, to discuss the Frankel Commercialization Fund's most recent investment in Fusion Coolant Systems, a developer of an advanced coolant and lubrication system...
Frankel Commercialization Fund Leads $600,000 Series A Investment in Fusion Coolant
by | Jan 16, 2013
The Frankel Commercialization Fund, in collaboration with the Zell Lurie Institute, today announced that it has invested $80,000 in Fusion Coolant Systems, a developer of an advanced coolant and lubrication system making manufacturing more efficient. The Frankel...
University of Michigan’s Frankel Fund Leads Portfolio Company to Acquisition
by | Jan 14, 2013
The Frankel Commercialization Fund, in collaboration with the Zell Lurie Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies, today announced that Arbor Photonics, a portfolio company of the fund, has been acquired by nLIGHT Corp, a leading producer of high-performance lasers. The...
TESTING THE WATERS OF GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
by | Oct 15, 2012
Last spring, Joseph (“JD”) Brannock, MBA ’13, tested the waters of global entrepreneurship as part of a four-member Entrepreneurial Multidisciplinary Action Project (E-MAP) team assigned to work with JP AquaKnit Ltd., an Israel-based clean-tech company that has...
The Detroit Free Press Covers Are You a Human
by | Aug 21, 2012
The Detroit Free Press recently ran an article profiling startup Are You a Human, a business built by three U-M MBA grads. Are You A Human, which is based in Michigan, has received funding from the Zell Lurie Institute's Frankel Commercialization Fund and is now well...
Venture fund run by UM business students picks LearnZillion as its first investment
by | Apr 13, 2012
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...
University of Michigan’s Social Venture Fund Makes First-of-its-Kind Investment in LearnZillion
by | Apr 12, 2012
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...
Venture Capital Know-How Pays Off in VCIC Semifinals
by | Feb 17, 2012
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...
Ambiq Micro’s Momentum Continues with $2.4 Million Funding Round
by | Nov 15, 2010
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,...