Since joining Flagship Ventures in 2012 as an associate in its Ann Arbor office, Michael Johnson has leveraged his University of Michigan medical and business degrees and entrepreneurial experience to help the Cambridge, Massachusetts-headquartered venture-capital...
Michigan Growth Capital Symposium
UM’s Brophy Says Out-of-State Venture Capitalists Can Benefit by Teaming Up with Local VCs
Out-of-state venture capitalists can reap substantial gains by co-investing alongside local VCs in Michigan-based companies, says David Brophy, professor of finance and director of the University of Michigan Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance, or...
Deadline Approaches for Presenting Companies at Michigan Growth Capital Symposium
With less than one week until application submissions close, organizers of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium expect that 90 high-growth, innovative ventures will compete to secure one of the 40 available slots to present at this year's premier networking and...
UM Growth Capital News: Presenting Company Application Submissions are Open
The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium is accepting applications from high-growth innovative companies seeking $500K-$20M of funding within six months of the June 17 & 18 event. Seed, early-stage, late-stage, and pre-IPO companies of market sectors including (but...
UM Growth Capital News: New High-Powered MiQuest Jump-starts Michigan-based Entrepreneurial Companies
The recent merger of Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest business plan competition, or GLEQ, and the Small Business Foundation of Michigan, or SBFM, has created a new, high-powered nonprofit organization, called MiQuest, with a mission to “ignite, unleash and promote a...
Partnership with CoFoundersLab on Michigan Founder Finder Search Site
On Monday we announced our first milestone with our Michigan Founder Finder portal that was launched in August in partnership with CoFoundersLab. The free portal is available to students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members to aid in the introduction of...
UM Growth Capital News: MAR Systems Bolsters Its Capital Financing and Market Penetration
Since making its presentation to investors at the 2013 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium last May, MAR Systems Inc. has brought in new capital and revised its market-penetration strategy, positioning the company for near-term profitability and long-term growth....
UM Growth Capital News: Baird Capital Builds a Pipeline of VC Investments in Michigan Start-ups
Baird Capital is putting additional boots on the ground and strengthening its ties in Michigan, where it sees increasing opportunity to build a pipeline of venture-capital investments in high-growth start-up companies. In August 2013, the Chicago-based national...
UM Growth Capital News: 2014 MGCS Aims to Attract Greater Number of Coastal VCs
If all goes as planned, you’ll see more West and East Coast venture capitalists at the 2014 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium on June 17 and 18 than in past years, predicts David Brophy, professor of finance and director of the University of Michigan Center for...
MGCS Presenting Companies Surpass $1.3 Billion Mark in Capital Raised in Past Decade
Underscoring the event's integral role in the region's burgeoning start up and venture capital community, organizers of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium today announced continued momentum for the companies selected to present at each year's event. In the past...