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...
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The Wolverine Venture Fund Participates in $21 Million Series B Financing of NeuMoDx
The Wolverine Venture Fund, managed by students at The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, today announced it has invested in NeuMoDx Molecular, Inc., a privately held...
University of Michigan Team Takes Second Place at the Sustainable Venture Capital Investment Competition (SVCIC)
Last Friday, March 28, Liz Hershman (MBA ’15), Matt Logan (MBA ’14) and Brian Rassel (MBA/MS ’16), represented the University of Michigan at the SVCIC and earned second place. The SVCIC, is a competition that allows MBA students to place themselves in the mindset of...
Annual Private Equity Class Dinner
The Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance is holding its annual Private Equity class dinner today, sponsored by Chicago-based Glencoe Capital. During the dinner hosted by Professor David Brophy of the Ross School of Business, the class will participate...
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...
Ross Venture Capital Investment Competition winners announced!
Congratulations to the team representing Michigan at the VCIC Regionals on 2/21 at Babson - Nick Kransz (MBA '15), Jae Lee (MBA '14), Trish Leung (MBA '15), Matt Logan (MBA '14), Mark Shubitz (MBA '14)
The State of Entrepreneurship in Michigan
Michigan is fast becoming a hot place for entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, and U-M is playing a significant role is this fact. Michigan’s venture capital investment has spiked from $84.8 million to $232.3 million just from 2011-2012 and the number of venture...
Profile on Ambiq Micro
Last week we mentioned that Ambiq Micro, a Zell Lurie startup that made the Poets Quants list of top 100 MBA Startups. In this blog post we wanted to share more about the company to shed light on their success. Ambiq Micro's connections to the University of Michigan...
Internship Series: Venture Investors, Dan Freed
This Monday we bring to you Dan Freed, who interned at Venture Investors, and used his knowledge of start ups-from his entrepreneurial classes-to receive the most value out of his experience. Below you can find more information from Dan Freed about his internship....
Zell Lurie Institute Professor Tom Kinnear Awarded Lifetime Achievement by the Michigan Venture Capital Association
This past Monday night, November 4, 2013, Thomas C. Kinnear, received the Lifetime Achievement Award for remarkable achievements in helping to build a strong, diverse and entrepreneurial Michigan business ecosystem, from the Michigan Venture Capital Association. Tom...