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The Institute today announced that its Social Venture Fund has participated in a Series AA round of financing for Loveland Technologies, a Detroit -based social web mapping company. The Social Venture Fund was part of a syndicate of investors. The Social Venture Fund,...
The Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance is hosting two fireside chats this Friday, September 19, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m in the Blau Auditorium at Ross. Hosted by Professor David Brophy, the chats will kick off with Gary Zenkel, President of NBC...
Today the Ross School of Business announced that it has captured a position in the top three graduate entrepreneurship programs in the nation for the third year in a row, driven in large part by the programs, initiatives and courses offered through the Institute. This...
Four young entrepreneurs who launched and grew start-up ventures while they were students at the University of Michigan shared their insights during a panel discussion at Entrepalooza 2014. A common theme resonating throughout their discussion was the competitive...
Former Michigan basketball star Rob Pelinka, BBA ’93, JD ’96, returned to the U-M campus on Friday, Sept. 12, to speak at Entrepalooza 2014 where he provided an animated play-by-play recap of his meteoric career in sports law and his decision to strike out on his own...
From July 31 to August 3, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel invited 125 students from top Midwest universities to take a tour of Chicago’s tech scene and attend the 3-day Lollapalooza music festival. I was one of the fortunate selected participants at ThinkChicago...
Entrepalooza, the Zell Lurie Institute’s annual entrepreneurial symposium, is set for Friday, Sept. 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Michigan League, located at 911 N. University Ave. in Ann Arbor, Mich. This year’s event will feature a keynote address at 9:00...
Tim Mayleben, president and CEO of Esperion Therapeutics, recently appeared on the Ann Arbor SPARK podcast along with Roger Newton, executive chairman and CSO of Esperion. The bi-weekly podcast, hosted by the SPARK president and CEO Paul Krutko, supports high-tech and...
The Desai Family Accelerator, a joint venture of the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and the College of Engineering, launched today. The Accelerator is dedicated to helping Michigan startups gain ground and will provide the physical infrastructure,...
AdAdapted Inc., a tech startup invested by the Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund, announced $725,000 in seed capital. The funding will be used to scale up sales and marketing efforts. AdAdapted Inc. is an Ann Arbor company that builds ads designed for mobile devices....