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Coming from an engineering background in corporate America, Michael Sherman, an evening MBA student, is now delving into the smaller scale but often more challenging world of start-up ventures at the Zell Lurie Institute. As a member of the Wolverine Venture Fund’s...
The student managed Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund has made two investments. The fund provided pre-seed investments to healthcare startup AlertWatch and ad tech start up AdAdapted. The collective investments total $90,000 and closed in November 2013 and January...
This morning, the University of Michigan’s Wolverine Venture Fund announced that it has invested in ArborMetrix, a leading provider of real-time healthcare analytics. The $7 million Series B round of venture capital financing was led by RPM Ventures alongside existing...
The student-led Wolverine Venture Fund (WVF) turned in another strong year, assessing new investment proposals and participating in a $25 million Series D round investment in Sonitus Medical, a medical-device company focused on advanced hearing solutions. Based in San...
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...
Last week, the Accelerate Michigan business plan competition took place at the University of Michigan’s North Campus Research Complex in Ann Arbor where students and companies presented their business plans. Of the 28 teams that presented at the business plan...
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....